Suzie’s Weight Loss…Almost There!

Suzie’s weight loss challenge is being extended by one week.  After following our Online Weight Loss Package, she has almost reached her goal (woo-hoo!) but there was a slight blip last week.  The best laid plans…

I was poorly last week… great I think, at least I will lose extra pounds! Sadly not.  Having spoken to Jacqui I now understand that although you lose pounds whilst ill, you quickly pile them back on as soon as you feel better as your metabolism crashes. We are adding another week to the challenge to make up for this blip.

So, I thought I would give you an update as to how I have been getting on this week. As soon as I recovered I was straight back at the gym and eating well, still no starchy-carbs in the evening.  Since I last wrote I have lost 5 pounds, a grand total of 7.5 pounds lost so far.

The weekends are the hardest challenge by far and I have a few meals out next week. With 2.5 pounds still to go I have my work cut out and will need to be really disciplined.  I am writing down everything that I eat and drink – this is helping me to stay on track.

That’s all folks, I will let you know how I am getting on in a weeks time before the dreaded body mass scales are back in the house for the final result!  Until then…

Principles of Fitness & Weight Loss

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Five Ways to Boost Your Metabolism

“Metabolism” is the name of the bodily system that converts food calories to energy needed to perform various tasks, like pumping oxygen to muscles during a long walk. Many variables contribute to your metabolism, including heredity, gender and age. But you can quicken yours; here’s how.

Exercise more. When you walk, run, or lift weights, you increase the energy required of your body, which raises your metabolism then, and for hours afterward.

“It’s not a huge spike, but it makes a difference,” says Gary Miller, PhD, associate professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [Read more...]