I could not believe the amount of comments I received from my last blog. I was surprised by how many people showed support towards my goal of losing weight. I also received a few questions and also some new things to try that people said worked for them. Now like I said in the beginning of the whole workout blog I said I would let you know what works for me and what does not. Well after my first post I received so many comments I started to think what is the best way for someone to lose weight? The answer is the support of friends and family, you can also receive support from others that you do not even know but you need to work at getting this support.
People just do not walk around screaming go to the gym, well unless you are me, to everyone they meet. So you have to tell people that you are trying to get into shape or just that you are working out because people are very curious creatures and every time they see you they will ask, "Are you still going to the gym?" So in one way kind of making you accountable for going or make you hide from all of those people that you told. You also might want to find someone to workout with that you are going to meet on the days you workout. When you know that someone has taken time out of their schedule to meet you it feels like you will let them down by not showing up. One hard part of that is it is almost easier to find other things to do such as lets skip the gym today and have a drink. It is rather funny how many excesses one can make up to skip the gym than go so one of you needs to be focused on the task at hand. Also you will run into others, who you know, but did not realize that they were going to the gym to also workout with.
You can also be motivated from people that you do not already know and there are many places to get this support. Such as many web sites dedicated to weight loss and getting healthy and many of these sites allow you to compete with other in training and can help you set goals for yourself and see how others are doing. I highly recommend doing this as the first step towards weight loss and health. I also found that using twitter.com, foursquare.com and facebook.com helps to broadcast when I am at the gym and lets my support groups know that I am going and also helps to make working out a competition. You can watch shows such as The Biggest Loser or there are a few on the Discovery Channel that talks about loosing weight. These shows are great because if you have no idea how to workout or how to use the machines they show people on them and give great ideas toward how to mix cadio with weight training. These shows also give great ideas for healthier eating habits and snack ideas.
I will have another post hopefully sooner than this one took but when you workout two times a day like I have been going you find it almost impossible to write. A few of the most asked questions that I have received were, "How much weight have you lost?" and "Why don't you include your progress in your blog?" So at the end of every blog I will include my weight lose to date and also my progress. Last month when I blogged last, I was somewhere around seven to nine pounds of weight lose but as of Friday, which was the last time I got on a scale, I had lost sixteen pounds. I had a minor setback during the last month of a pulled calf muscle that I believe slowed my weight lose but I worked through the pain and continue to walk on a treadmill. I had just began to run on the treadmill when I pulled the muscle so about two more weeks till I begin running again.
