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the two sides of my fitness coin
By heather | January 13, 2009
Like most of us, even if I didn’t declare it a resolution I decided that this would be the year to get in shape. Last year would have been the year, but getting pregnant kind of torpedoed that plan in the form of this-is-my-second-pregnancy-and-dangit-I’m-eating-whatever-I-want-this-time-around gluttony.
So this is it! 2009! Woot! However, I’m not SAYING I’m trying to lose a few pounds and I don’t need diet cheerleaders, because if I pay too much attention to it, the diet will become needy. And hungry.
Being a sensible fitness professional, I know there are two ways to lose weight: binge and purge or starve. Ha! I jest…it’s Sl!m Fast or Dulco!ax. Ha ha!
All righty…I guess that leaves eat less or exercise more. The sucky part about that, (besides eating less (boo!) and exercising more (hiss!)) is that even if you’re doing everything right, you’ll plateau in your quest to fit into your size 8s. Which means then you have to exercise even more and eat even less until eventually you’re doing nothing but running on the treadmill while consuming your daily allowance of 10 grapes and a handful of vitamins.
Which is why I’ve hatched a cunning plan – I will only do one or the other. Because if I go crazy upfront with the exercise AND start eating healthier, what will I do when I hit the dreaded plateau? I’m lucky now if I can find 30 minutes to do the 30-Day-Shred. Not that I’ve actually done it, but I have WATCHED it. While sitting on the couch eating a popsicle.
Why has no one else thought of this? This could be how I get my book deal. I shall call it “Just Do One (Or The Other).”
On the plus side for getting more exercise, my co-workers have decided to train for a half marathon. On the flip side, I hate to run. But, I work harder when I train with a group, which is the reason I teach group fitness classes and the reason I agreed to the running club. Left to my own devices I will watch fitness videos on the couch, see above.
I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to find that the past 8 months of virtually NO cardio has not hurt my running skillz in the least. Apparently a steady schedule of power yoga and core strength has been keeping me in better shape than I thought.
Or it could be that running with a merry, motley band of slightly overweight, ex-military folks who are at least 10 years older than me isn’t quite the same as say, getting my ass kicked by a drill instructor. Or Jillian. Definite ego boost, though.
On the plus side for eating better, thanks to the CrockPot Lady I discovered over the holidays that you really can take a hunk of frozen chicken and dump it in the crockpot with a cup of broth or a bottle of BBQ sauce and it makes a delightful dinner. Good for me because the less contact chicken and I have before actual consumption occurs, the better. I think that I don’t ever want to see thawed chicken again.
I think this will work as long as I’m careful to offset: workout days mean extra dessert, rest days mean water instead of wine. Genius, no?
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January 13th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
That actually *is* genius.
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January 14th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Vicki sent me over as her favorite blog.
I like the idea. One or the other. Of course, when I focus on one, I tend to want to get better at the other…should I resist the urge to eat healthier if I’m working out?
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January 15th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
This is my new motto! I super love this idea.