It was the beginning of a new year. Early January '09, Lesley and I made it our goal to get healthy from the inside out. I had found a book online called "The Truth About Six Pack Abs" written by Mike Geary. I have to say it was extremely motivating and the main inspiration for helping my wife Lesley and I get back on the road to fitness. We followed one of his suggested workout routines, level 2 of 8 in difficulty. It was a circuit training program which we stuck to pretty consistently 3 days a week for nearly 6 months. We also took to heart much of his advice on nutrition, which is very similar to The Paleo Diet and we had followed this style of eating for nearly 8 months.
One of our main goals was to lose weight. We knew that it couldn't be a diet but it really had to be our new way of life. If we viewed it as temporary our results would be just that, temporary. So we strived to push each other to always eat healthy and keep each other motivated when the cookie monster came calling. We allowed ourselves one cheat day per week, which really only ended up being 1 cheat meal, our favorite sushi place, every Thursday night.
We both saw terrific progress in our physical appearance and aerobic capabilities. I saw tremendous improvement in my weight loss and body fat loss. I started the year at what was in my mind a debilitating 230lbs and cut that to 200 in the first 12 weeks of eating healthier and exercising three times a week. Six months into the "Ab program" we were still exercising regularly and eating fairly well. I had dropped more weight and Lesley was in the best shape of her life at 43years old.
One of our main goals was to lose weight. We knew that it couldn't be a diet but it really had to be our new way of life. If we viewed it as temporary our results would be just that, temporary. So we strived to push each other to always eat healthy and keep each other motivated when the cookie monster came calling. We allowed ourselves one cheat day per week, which really only ended up being 1 cheat meal, our favorite sushi place, every Thursday night.
We both saw terrific progress in our physical appearance and aerobic capabilities. I saw tremendous improvement in my weight loss and body fat loss. I started the year at what was in my mind a debilitating 230lbs and cut that to 200 in the first 12 weeks of eating healthier and exercising three times a week. Six months into the "Ab program" we were still exercising regularly and eating fairly well. I had dropped more weight and Lesley was in the best shape of her life at 43years old.
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