5 Pounds Gone in 2 Weeks!

As a group, the Motiv Biggest Loser participants lost 25 pounds over the first 2 weeks, an average of 1.3 pounds lost for the 19 participants we had weighed-in as of the this morning.

Didn’t lose anything in the first weight in? Don’t worry, everyone’s body loses weight at different rates; those rates are determined by your hard work and nutrition.

Comparing yourself to anyone else – no matter what they weight and how “easy” it may look for them to lose weight – won’t help you lose your weight. Trust me, no weight loss is ever “easy” for anyone. Don’t get discouraged and stay focused on your goal. Weight loss is a marathon and not a sprint.

Keep up your hard work!

Who’s Leading?

Due the searchable nature of the internet, look for the current leaderboard in your email or at the studio.

Bonus Points for this Week?

Last week was tracking all the calories in everything you drink. So, you guessed it, this week is a food (and drink) log.

For the bonus points, you will keep a calorie log of everything you eat and drink beginning on Monday April 20h to the end of Sunday April 26^th.  This is more work, but I think the results my really surprise you. You may find 1 or 2 things you are eating that you can cut without noticing and see a significant total calorie reduction.

Track your calorie log online using a free account at www.fitday.com.  Fitday.com will do all the work for you – adding up your calories, looking up the calories in your foods, etc – all you have to do is track your food and enter it. Or you could just keep track on paper and look up your calorie info at http://caloriecount.about.com/, or on the labels of your food. A google.com search will reveal tons of nutrition information sources on the web.

Don’t forget, measure your food. Does your portion size match the listed portion size on the label?

During the week of April 27^th, you’ll turn in a printout of your log, with calories added up per day, which we will review.

Turn in your Beverage Log this week

This is your only reminder…all calories must be added up.

Any other tips? I really want to win…

Every week we’ll provide an insider tip for you. Week 2 is below:

1. Remove all cow dairy from your diet. Just watch what happens. You’ll probably feel better overall too. (Make sure you getting enough Calcium. Here are some sources aside from milk)
   
2. Don’t waste your cardio effort outside of the studio. Interval Training is the best way to burn fat. Ask us for the take home Interval Training workouts. The good news is these workouts take only 21 minutes. Bad news is that they are much hard than what you probably are already doing. But you knew that, right?
   

Any questions, just ask anyone here at Motiv.

Good Luck!