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Will I Lose Weight (And Keep It Off) By Adding Exercise?

Good question, huh? Will you lose weight and keep it off?

What’s the answer? Nope! This is something I have learned time and time again. People want to change, they want, no NEED that weight to come off so they figure if they add in some workouts each week and that because they lose 10lbs they are good to go.

The funny thing is, the moment that the workouts stop, it will all come back. Why? Because you aren’t changing your food. Did you know that food is at least 70% of your weight loss? That is at least 70%, others think its more than that.

Weight watcher meals, pills and magical fairy dust isn’t going to keep the weight off if you aren’t making it a lifestyle change. I had to learn that the hard way. Before I started my shakes, I thought I was eating pretty healthy only to find out (fortunately we have a naturopathic doctor on my team to keep me in check) that I wasn’t eating healthy at all. Having pastas, whole wheats, etc every day was why I wasn’t losing my belly fat. But I was working out, so the weight should have just flew off, right? No, your body is meant to survive on certain nutrients that aren’t always in foods, or should I say the foods that we are eating.

If you want to keep the weight off, in my opinion there are 3 major factors that you need to look at.

How To Lose Weight And Keep It Off

Protein – Protein is what your body thrives on. You need at least 65% of your body weight in protein for your weight to stay off.
Water – You need 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water for your body to be hydrated.
Breakfast – Having breakfast increases your metabolism and sets the tone for your day. If you wait until 11 or 12 to finally eat, you are going to want to eat everything in site and your metabolism is already slowing down which slows down your weight loss. When you start your day right, you feel so much better.

There are more factors but for now in what I’m learning these are some of the most important factors for weight loss. It’s not just about weight loss, its about a lifestyle change. With new customers coming on with me, I focus on creating a lifestyle change so taking a protein shake every morning gets you in a habit. As you change habits, you change yourself and that builds the confidence that you want.

If you want to take the breakfast challenge with me, let me know! I’m offering free nutritional coaching to my customers to get you headed in the right direction. You don’t want to do this alone and I’ll be a positive motivator for you!

How To Lose Weight This Year – Set Yourself Up To Succeed!

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A brand new year has come, and it is the best time to start planning to lose weight and set yourself up for success. Shedding off some extra weight can be difficult but How to lose weight reachable, especially if you take time before starting the actual process to at least be ready, physically and emotionally. With good preparation, you can be successful in making your weight loss resolutions a reality. I have pulled and identified 5 easy steps to help you live healthier in 2013.

Be sure to set an attainable goal. Choosing to lose bigger amounts of weight, especially within a short period of time is a recipe for failure. It is better to set smaller, short-term goals makes it more bearable to stay on track and lose weight. As soon as you are successful in reaching your goal weight, you can check how you look and feel and make a decision whether you still want to continue or not.

Quantify the calories. Shedding off excess weight makes use of a simple formula. It is always more effective to take in less calories than you burn. You can start by recording your daily food intake, and quantifying the amount of calories you consume. My Fitness Pal is a great resource, it’s a free version of Weight Watchers basically. It counts your calories for you, keeps track of your exercise, etc. Based on researches, you need to maintain a daily calorie level of 1200 for ladies and 1400 men, at least. So you would need to make sure you are burning enough calories to lose weight with working out (a combined program of cardio and exercise).

Plan an effective and regular exercise program. Pick a program that you are sure to enjoy. Trying out new classes and activities is also recommended to boost your interest and excitement. This will surely challenge your fitness level. Exercise for at least 30 minutes, three times each week. Complete and more effective workouts consist of a mixture of cardio exercises and weight training. Some of my favorites are Zumba, Walking/Jogging and I love lifting because it really does make me feel sexy. I’ll bet you feel the same way as you start to lose weight.

Ask for help and support from others. As stated in notable researches, the majority of respondents were more likely to make good and long lasting changes to their lifestyle, including diet and exercise, when they are at pair or groups. Make an agreement with your friends or workmates, or get support from experts online.

Shake off negative habits and negative thoughts. One of the hardest parts of wanting to lose weight is to break negative habits like eating light snacks after dinner, while viewing your favorite shows or relying solely on fast foods and other convenience items. Commit yourself to defy these negative habits at the same time as you commit yourself to hale and hearty goals. Reorganizing your schedule can be a good approach to stop bad habits. If you are fond of grabbing unhealthy treats once you go home from work, try coming heading to a different door. Go straight to your bedroom, change clothes, and start a healthy walk. Change your schedule. This will surely help you stop a long bad habit.

Make this year different and more beautiful! Aim to look and feel good about yourself!

Beginning 90 Day Stats

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Hi! So happy you’re here! So my challenge starts tomorrow and I am getting all of my stats up and ready before I get started. I’ll be posting weekly updates on here and probably more than weekly updates on my video channel. Want to see it? Click here for my YouTube page.

Personal Non-Financial Goal: To run a 7 minute mile, run/walk 300 miles in 90 days and to go from flabby belly to 6 pack abs. To see what program I am doing for the first 6 weeks you can check it out by clicking here.

Financial Goals: I want to hit President Director or Ambassador by November 1st. I want to help 20 people get in to their free BMW by the time we go to our St. Louis trip. If you are interested in getting paid to help people lose weight and feel great, please contact me by calling me at 800-396-4179 or you can email me at support@visalusbyshay.com and I would be happy to go over it with you!

Here are my Beginning 90 Day Stats. So my before measurements are a pretty big deal this time:

Chest: 37 inches

Waist: 34 inches

Hips: 38 inches

Right Arm: 10 1/2 inches

Left Arm: 10 1/4 inches

Right Thigh: 21 inches

Left Thigh 21 1/2 inches

Weight: 141 currently

Height: 5’3

BMI: 29.5

Body Fat: 25.2

Those are my beginning measurements. I will be using the Transformation Kit and eating nutra cookies and using the Vi-Pak (vitamins from Visalus) as well. My first 30 days I am going sugar free with some mamas from one of my mommy Facebook groups and I am just super excited to get started with this journey.

But You Don’t Know What I’ve Been Through….

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I hate hearing that. You’re right, I don’t know what you have been through. I don’t live your life every day. I don’t even know where you live, LOL. But I have been through my own stuff. You don’t know where I’ve been and I’ve been through a lot.

At one point, I didn’t know how I was going to pay my electricity and it even got shut off. I was on food stamps, I didn’t know how I was going to pay for gas to get to work, I racked up credit cards and my credit was shot. Who cares where you were… where are you going? It doesn’t matter what I did back them, I am focused on what I am going to create for my health, future and my kids.

Something had to click inside of me. I deserved more, my kids deserved more. This weekend, Jason O’Toole (he went from being over $100,000 in debt to making over $100,000 PER MONTH) from ViSalus gave the best speech about people.

He said something that really sat with me and I hoe it sits with you. He said, “How you do this, is how you do everything else.” If you give up on this, I bet you’ve tried to start and stop 1000x times. Stop giving up, stop quitting on yourself, stop quitting on your kids.

Oh now here you go right? But that’s not what I’m doing and I am certainly NOT giving up on my kids. Bull shit. Every time you tell your kids you can’t do something, you can’t afford it, you can’t go out to play with them because you’re tired, you can’t do this, you can’t do that, then you’re giving up on them.

Stop living in the past, stop giving up, stop MAKING EXCUSES.

Want to lose weight and you want someone to hold you accountable? I’m here. I’m not going to listen to your excuses, but I am here to help you become better. Create your opportunities for you, for your family and for your health.

Days 4-7 Update

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Sorry this is so late. I am going to Miami for our ViSalus training and I have been trying to figure out babysitters, flights, etc before I leave next week.

Anyway, I lost a total of 4-5lbs on the cleanse and I felt okay after I was done. To read more about it, you can check it out here. I know some people do this for 2 weeks, but I couldn’t do it. I needed some meat in my life LOL.

I didn’t think to take pictures, I have been terrible with pictures LOL.

Overall it was a success. While I don’t think I will do anything like this again, I think I will do a day of fruit cleanse and veggie cleanse and then a day of meat and the soup. I actually really enjoyed the soup.

That’s my short update for now