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Moving in May with your Virtual Personal TrainerSubject: Movement Mission - 5/27/08 - Why Skipping Meals is Counter-Productive!Testimonial: Unexpected Strength Hi Jonathan, Last year when my family would bike a 7-mile circuit we like, my husband would pull both our children behind him. It was all I could do to get myself around! The other weekend I thought I was up to helping, so we hooked up my 4 year old in a trailer on the back of my bike. My 6 year old was on a tag-along behind my husband, able to help peddle. At exactly mile 3.5 in this loop, my husband's chain broke. We ended up putting both boys in the trailer and I pedaled them the last 3.5 miles while hubby walked/jogged his bike + tag-along. Not only was I able to make it to the end, I was actually not sore--even the next day! I get frustrated at not losing much weight (2-4 pounds in the last 6 weeks depending on the day), but I was so happy to have such a visible result of the strength I've gained from the no excuse work outs. Thank you for such useful exercises. Andrea M. Good Morning No Excuse Ladies, This is Jonathan Roche writing - your Virtual Personal Trainer. I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. TODAY'S FITNESS MISSION: THE NO EXCUSES WORKOUT! * 6-minute in-home strength training requiring no equipment, just a POSITIVE ATTITUDE You can print out the free sample workout by going to: http://www.momentumfs.com/flylady/ * The full 24 minute No Excuses Workout (set-up in 4 sets of 6 minutes) comes as one of the DVDs with the Momentum Fitness & Weight Loss System. * So if you are one of the over 6,800 Flybaby Momentum member, please let me guide you through the exercises by using the DVD. * PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHY STRENGTH TRAINING IS SO IMPORTANT AND ABOUT A BONUS WORKOUT OPTION. You deserve to have tons of energy, to feel good about yourself and to be health. SO PLEASE INVEST IN YOURSELF AND MAKE TODAY'S WORKOUT HAPPEN! You will feel great when you are done - I promise! IF YOU HAVE TIME TO SPEND ONLINE OR WATCHING TV TODAY, THAN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EXCUSES FOR MISSING THIS WORKOUT! Sorry for the tough love, but it is true. Make your health a top priority and make this workout happen! Please make sure to enter your exercise minutes for the FlyLady Virtual Walking Tour of the World: http://www.flylady.net/pages/byhc_1.asp Why Skipping Meals is Counter-Productive! Many people try to skip meals to lose weight. Although you would think this makes sense, it is actually counter-productive. Skipping meals or not taking in enough calories leaves you with low energy, compromises your health and definitely does not aid in weight loss. When your body is deprived of needed nutrients, its response is to store food during your future meals. The response dates back to the early days of existence when food was scarce and people potentially needed to survive without a lot of food. The body starts anticipating this cycle and stores food in order to avoid starvation in the future. So although you take in fewer calories, you actually store more calories and you also slow down your metabolism. The negative health, energy and metabolism slow-down effects by far cancel out the reduction in calorie intake. So what should you do? The best way to keep your metabolism elevated (not to mention help you maintain energy throughout the day and keep your immune system strong) is to eat every two hours throughout the day. Ideally you will have three full meals Ð breakfast, lunch and dinner Ð and then have healthy snacks in between. This approach will actually help you lose more weight, although it is not intuitive. If you are one of the 70 million Americans currently on a diet, I propose that you try a new approach: Eat every two hours, watch your portions, take in plenty of water and crank up your metabolism by doing interval workouts (visit www.momentumfs.com/flylady for a free sample interval workout). This will enable you to drop the word diet and help you adopt a healthy and sustainable new lifestyle. Good luck and keep it fun! Please remember these important keys to success: - Take Baby Steps - Avoid Making Excuses - STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Be Proud of Yourself when you are done exercising - HAVE FUN! Take care ladies, Jonathan aka "Your Biggest Fan" [Home] [Join FlyLady] [Contact Us] [About FlyLady] [Privacy Statement] [Terms & Conditions] FlyLady.net "This is FlyLady's List that has grown by leaps and bounds..." Copyright 2001 - 2008 FlyLady and Company, Inc. 
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