Amy Aspey is a Life Time Fitness member at the Parker-Aurora club in Colorado who recently committed to vastly improving her physical condition. She had a strong desire to become healthier, fitter, stronger, and to enhance the overall quality of her life. Amy is journaling her 12-week Metabolic Makeover on the Assessments & Testing page every Wednesday. Read her past entries:
10 lbs!!! Yeah!!! Things are really feeling like they're falling into place.
The workouts continue to be tough, but good. Both Barry and Jen were right when they told me to focus on lunges, squats and those step-ups. I can already notice my legs getting toner. I'm working out more than I uses to. I'm at the gym 6 days a week, and, for the first time in my life, my cardio workout is a full 60 minutes. The kids have been real troopers. They happily head into the kids club at least 4 days a week and seem annoyed when I pick them up before their crayon masterpieces are finished. Thank goodness! I don't know what I'd do without those folks running the daycare. They're lifesavers!!
On the nutrition front, let me share with you something my friend Michelle told me. When she was in college, she joined Weight Watchers to learn how to eat. Now, you need to understand that Michelle is not heavy at all. In fact, quite the opposite. She has the perfect body! She's strong, lean and buff. (If she wasn't also the nicest person in the world, we would all hate her.) And she was skinny in college, too. So why did she need Weight Watchers? Because just like the Nutrition Coaches at Life Time do, those programs teach you what to eat, how much to eat, and when to eat it. When you instill these healthy eating habits from the start, you never struggle with a weight problem later on. We all know how to eat on a diet, but do we really know how to eat? I didn't. Now, I'm starting to feel like I do. (Thanks, Jen!)
Check back next week for more updates on my progress!
If you are interested in documenting your own Metabolic Makeover on the Assessments page, please contact Marissa Kristal.
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