Week #1

first of all – good work getting started.
typically I don’t say a word during the 1st week. I just want to assess what people are doing, where they need help and what levels they are at. Don’t fear, I read and saw everything (yes caroline, even your rants – very entertaining).

Week 1 feedback.
do you see the power in accountability? All through the week I heard you telling yourselves ‘I know... I know not great’... which is great.
don’t fear being judged by me – that’s not my job – my job here is to hold you accountable to what will help you create new lifestyle choices (note – not lose weight) create new lifestyle choices.
there is a reason you are overweight – that reason is usually psychologically based – eg: you telling you that you can’t - so it’s not about “losing weight” and moving on, it’s about creating habits that show you YOU CAN. Don’t lose sight of this.
yes there will be times you want to quit – and sure you will be able to lob 100 excuses your way to justify & rationalize this decision – spew them out, and get back to work. For every example you can throw my way [too busy, travel, single parent, 3 kids & husband, 2 jobs, heavy workload, no time, cafeteria food etc] I can show you twice the examples of people in the same or worse conditions making it happen. And folks that’s just what we are going to do – MAKE IT HAPPEN.
person x – you cited doing everything for others as a reason there’s no time for you – knowing you & your history, that’s the problem right there. This project is about you learning how to make time for you. And yes there are millions of people in your same situation who have the same challenges – who also need to / have learned to and will need to learn to do the same thing. If you are constantly running around trying to help others, while not helping yourself – you are not sending the message you think you are or want to be sending. That’s black & white – you can fight it and you can whine – I’ll listen but assure you you are not unique.
all of you. If the intermediate workouts are too advanced, feel free to drop down to the beginner workouts – just make sure you follow the progression. Week 1 session 2, session 3 etc. remember everyone in this group should be following the on line workouts to be part of the contest that includes you too person s! I don’t care if you are training twice / week on your own, this is a different ball game and contest and you should be taking the advanced routines and running through them – or no $1000 reward should you win. Others, stop missing workouts! I can see who’s taken them and who has not – and this week wasn’t the best overall start. You can’t start healthy habits by ignoring the advice for healthy habits!
As person y said – the goal is to make it through without stopping. You should be using your hr monitor and reporting on how many calories you burn per day – in fact, that’s what I want you all to post on the wall whenever you can so we can have a motivational contest. Once you start seeing how hard you have to work to burn calories – you will eventually stop putting SHIT into your body, eg: processed food, eg: late eating eg: mcdonalds and the list goes on.

I could go on – but this is it – reminders
accountability is your friend
you aren’t being judged by me
I can I will I am – can’t be repeated enough through your day. Post a picture of this saying somewhere everyone can see it please
it’s about making time for YOU
everyone’s using the video workouts – select your own level & follow the progression
post your calories burned.
work to get better each day – 1 step at a a time.

Any questions?