Workout Intervals
Tired of running on the treadmill or the elliptical machine but feel those are some of the only workouts that really get your heart rate up? That’s how I feel sometimes. I need a really good run to clear all the gunk out of my lungs. If I don’t have that feeling then sometimes I don’t feel like I have done anything in terms of burning calories.
Try this workout. Instead of just hopping on the treadmill and running a good pace for 30 minutes, mix it up with intervals of sprints. For example, every 2 minutes do a sprint for 20 seconds and then go back to your pace for the next 1 minute 40 seconds until the next 2 minute mark. You can do this on any workout machine–treadmill, elliptical, stairclimber, rowing machine, bike, etc.
Just go as hard as you can for 20 seconds every 2 minutes. This will increase your heart rate and will give you mini goals to accomplish during your workout. Help yourself lose weight and boost your energy by mixing it up a bit.
February 22, 2010
Posted in: Exercise, Tips to Lose Weight 
No Comments
Weight Loss in the Winter
Do you feel it is harder to work out in the winter than in the spring, summer and fall months? Need to fight the slump in your winter weight loss program?
For most people it is harder to work out in the winter months due to shorter days, cold weather, and the many holidays that come at this time of year. So try and keep yourself motivated by doing activities that you already have to do. For example, shoveling snow. Most of the country has been hit by huge snowstorms already this year and the only way to get out of some of them is to dig yourself out. So don’t view it as being such a pain but more of a way to achieve your weight loss goals.
Did you know that a person who weighs 160lbs. can burn 173 calories just by clearing snow with a snow blower for only a half an hour? There are snow blowers like this one
Just think how many calories you can burn in an hour doing the same. So get out your winter gear and make your mark on the neighborhood by shoveling your driveway and then moving on to your neighbors!
February 16, 2010
Posted in: Basics to Losing Weight, Tips to Lose Weight No Comments
Featured Product
Getting ready for summer? Need to get your body ready quick? Here is your ticket. Get that summer-ready body in just 30 days! Check out this dvd
This is a 60 min program that uses cardiovascular exercise mixed with strength training and an intense focus on abs to create a dynamic program that can result in extreme weight loss in just 30 days! And we know Jillian won’t steer us in the wrong direction. Watch her on Biggest Loser and see how she is determined to help others lose weight with her intense approach. If you have ever wanted to lose weight now is the time and this dvd
About the Author: Jillian Michaels is best known as the former strength trainer and life coach for the Red Team from the NBC hit series The Biggest Loser. She shared her team’s losing secrets in her debut fitness book, Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life. Jillian holds two personal training certificates from the leading certification programs in the country and is a regular contributor to Cosmo Girl, a columnist for Redbook, and a media favorite. She lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Baxter.
February 12, 2010
Posted in: Featured Products 4 Comments
February 12, 2010
Posted in: Featured Products 10 Comments
Lose Weight Breaks
For those of us who are so busy at night right now because of all the good tv shows (Lost, American Idol, Biggest Loser, Castle, The Mentalist, The Forgotten, and the Olympics to name a few) here is an easy way to utilize that time to help yourself lose weight. Take advantage of the commercial breaks to do simple exercises such as lunges, wall sits, crunches, push ups, body squats, and other toning exercises.
An average commercial break is 4 1/2 minutes long and there are usually about six or seven of them per hour show. Can you imaging how much exercise you can get in during that time? So if you dvr the shows, don’t fast forward through the commercials. Use that time to tone some overlooked muscles and burn some calories to help you lose weight.
February 11, 2010
Posted in: Tips to Lose Weight One Comment
Color Red = Weight Loss
Anywhere you go this week you will see great amounts of the color red. Whether it’s candy, hearts, balloons, roses they all are the color red this week in honor of Valentines Day on Sunday. So how can seeing all this red help us to lose weight?
There are a few ways.
- Make a small weight loss goal and then every time you see the color red, remind yourself of that goal. Have you ever put a penny in your shoe or worn an elastic on your wrist so you don’t forget something? Same thing. For example, say you make a goal to not snack on junk food between meals and you are at the store buying groceries. When you see the color red, remind yourself that you aren’t going to buy any snacks today because you don’t want them in your house. This should really help when you go reaching for the Valentines candy–they are all packaged in red! Reach those weight loss goals faster by reminding yourself what you are trying to accomplish.
- Pick a small routine that you can do every time you see the color red. A good example of this is when you see red flex your butt cheeks as hard as you can and hold for 10 seconds. Do this six times so it totals a minute. This will help you get a good tone to your backside–especially if you do it every time you see red.
- Wear the color red. How will this help us lose weight? Red has been known to signify power and assertiveness. Wearing red also makes you want to be more assertive and want to make things happen faster. Wearing red could give you the energy you need to get motivated to lose weight. You can go big by wearing a bright red shirt or just wear something small like this Sterling Silver Marcasite & Garnet Glass Heart Pendant (pictured above).
Take advantage of this Valentines Day to reach your weight loss goals.
February 10, 2010
Posted in: Appearance, Tips to Lose Weight No Comments
Lose Weight on “Holidays”–Superbowl Sunday
Congratulations Saints!!! Superbowl Champs 2010!!!
For some of us “Super Bowl Sunday” is a holiday with all the friends, family, drinks, snacks and good food. It seems that every month there is some day like yesterday where we have to have a big meal and lots and lots of munchies.  Days like this are sooooo hard for people who are trying to lose weight.
Did you know that by eating 2 handfuls of chips (which is really easy to do) you would have to run 45 football fields to work off the calories you just ate?  Yikes! And by eating one, just one chip dipped in a 7-layer dip results in 9 1/2 minutes of stadium stairs to work off those calories. So when attending one of these parties be careful what you are eating. If you try and avoid these parties because of the food you will never learn how to handle yourself in these situations. Avoiding snacks all together may inhibit your weight loss because you may eat more calories just trying to avoid what it is you are craving. Don’t go crazy. And don’t be scared to attend–just know your limits and find the foods that are low in fat. Eat something before you go so that you aren’t as hungry and so you have more control over what you are eating.
P.S. If you are the host of the party, make sure you send some of the leftovers home with the guests or you will be the one munching on all the goodies with no one around to see you and hold you accountable. You will have a harder time losing weight having half eaten bags of chips and candy at your house–it is way too tempting.
February 8, 2010
Posted in: Basics to Losing Weight, Tips to Lose Weight No Comments
