LIVE FIT

If those two little words make you roll your eyes…then welcome to the club!

How in this day and age of running around busy with work , kids and homes are we supposed to have time to work on ourselves as well? In my mind things seem to always be extreme. If I need to clean my house…I need all day to do it-top to bottom! If I need a break I want an entire day or dare I say weekend to myself! If I have to work out it needs to be everyday for at least an hour and I better be hurting and sweaty when I’m done…puh-leeeeease! If this sounds like you I am about to let you off the hook! I left that kind of thinking in the dust and eventually learned that baby steps are a best bet for accomplishing anything! If you’re tired take a 10 min nap, the house a mess clean one room a day, if you need some activity take one class this week-before you realize it things are getting done! When people first come to join in a class or personal train with me they are always ambitious and full of promises of sticking to a healthy diet and coming to every class I teach that week. “Don’t be stupid!” is my usual response because that kind of thinking only increases stress on our already stressful life. My advice is always the same-start out small and take everything day by day-if you can make a class come…if you can go for a walk on a nice day-GO…if you can change one bad eating habit (like skipping breakfast) do that…the point is that once you make a small change and are consistent with keeping the change-soon it becomes the norm and then you’re ready for another small change or baby step towards a much greater goal.

Living fit doesn’t mean being able to bench press 300lbs or run a marathon…what it does mean is to be able to play ball with your kids –throw them on your back and run around-carry a full load of laundry up the stairs and go for a hike on vacation! When you are living fit you can enjoy life rather than dwell on the negative –focus on how many positives there are in your day-and if there aren’t enough knowing how important 10 minutes of quiet or a short walk can be-and doing something for you- for your body!

I always reflect on one specific personal training client that I had years ago. He came to me so I could get his daughter in shape (she had just joined the Navy and was worried about bootcamp). He was going to train with us –so he could feel better too. He informed me on the first day that he knew he was overweight and that he smoked, drank, and loved pork and beans and was “NOT going to change anything”. I told him simply that as long as he didn’t do any of those things the hour he was with me-I was fine with it! We worked twice a week for a few months when he started inquiring about how to eat healthier…then he informed me that he now only drank on weekends…his daughter went off to the Navy (breezed through bootcamp ,I might add) and yet he stayed on for another 9 months or so-in that time he quit smoking-lost 90lbs- and became a trainer! He took things slow-no grand expectations and sure enough accomplished more than he ever dreamed!

So start small-set your intentions for one positive change today…

Who knows where it may take you!

XOXO

jen

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FAQ 

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Q: IS IT REALLY BENEFICIAL TO EAT 6X A DAY?

A: Think of your metabolism as a fire in the fireplace.

In the morning you need to start it so you add some wood and a flame

To keep the fire burning hot you have to add some wood every few hours

If you wait 5 hours and throw a bunch of wood on it –it will go out

If you then wait another 5 hours and throw more wood on the fire it will do nothing

The next day the fireplace will be to full to light at all

So in the morning light your fire with breakfast!

DO NOT wait 5 hours until lunch to eat but

DO keep your body burning by eating another mini meal in between breakfast and

lunch.

DO NOT wait until dinner to fuel your body but

DO eat another small meal in between lunch and dinner

The sixth mini meal should be something light like a cup of tea, piece of fruit, or if

it’s the weekend a cocktail!

Q: WHAT KIND OF RESULTS WILL I SEE BY DOING PILATES?

A: Pilates is a form of exercise created by Joseph H. Pilates over the years starting in

1934! It strengthens your core muscles while it stretches all the muscles in the body

resulting in:

• FLAT STOMACH
• TIGHT BUTTOCKS AND THIGHS
• IMPROVED POSTURE-MAKES YOU TALLER
• BETTER SLEEP
• IMPROVED BONE DENSITY, CHOLESTEROL LEVEL, AND BLOOD PRESSURE
• TONED AND TIGHTENED MUSCLES FROM THE INSIDE OUT-STRENGTH WITHOUT BULK
• IMPROVED FLEXIBILITY
• IMPROVED SEX LIFE!

In the words of Joseph Pilates himself:

“In 10 sessions you will feel the difference;

In 20 sessions you will see the difference, and

In 30 sessions you will have a whole new body”