Step 1: Don't want to be skinny, want to be fit and healthy.
The difference?
Skinny: No muscle tone, no muscle. This is kind of an extreme picture, but I couldn't find any other.
Fit: A person who EATS HEALTHY, and MOVES THEIR BODY.
The main difference? The one at the bottom goes to the gym probably about 8-12 hours a week, and eats probably somewhere between 1500-2000 calories a day. She is also happy because she sees the results she likes, AND working out makes you happier (endorphins!!!).
2. Eat healthy.
This is hard. But eat something with lots of protein, and not a lot of unhealthy fats. You need calories to move your body. If you do not eat calories and you try to lose weight, it will not work because your body will start taking the energy from your MUSCLES and using IT as energy. You will feel more depressed.
Also this means do not eat anything unhealthy. We know the difference.
3. Join a gym.
4. Go to that gym, not too much, but not too little. If you are new to the gym, slowly move into doing larger workouts. If you want to be "skinnier" do CARDIO, and not that weak stuff on the elipticals, get your ass on the treadmill and run OR walk at a VERY HIGH incline.
Also, learn what weights are. Lift them. Don't be afraid you will "get bulky" you will not, that takes a LONG TIME and usually takes a bit of natural ability (for girls).
A good amount of time to go to the gym a week is 8-10 hours I would say. Doing half of it in Cardio and half of it in weight training. Go 4-5x a week. Don't train the same muscle group every day.
If you are EXTREMELY TIRED and DO NOT want to go to the gym one day, that is fine. You are probably working out TOO MUCH.
If you have a LOT OF ENERGY after going to the gym, and even the day after, you are doing it right.
5. Mark your progress. Make a chart, write it in a book, remember it. Write down your weight, your waist measurements, etc. Know your body fat %. AIM TO LOWER YOUR BODY FAT %, not altering your appearance (okay maybe a bit). Learn your body fat %, there are online tests (that aren't overly accurate). Most gyms have a body fat % measurer. Learn what your body fat % means.
Repeat these steps MONTHLY. Even though you may not look overly different in a mirror, the numbers will show it.
IF THEY DON'T follow these steps:
1) Are you REALLY eating healthy? Are you ACTUALLY eating? If the answer is no, then you know why.
2) Did you skip any workouts? Skipping a few is fine, but going to the gym 5 times a month, although will help, is less effective than 12 times.
3) Are you tired? You are probably overtraining, and you need a new routine. Google new moves and ways to do things, increase your reps and sets, try new things. Take a 3 day break.
4) Are you in shape already? If you have reached a standstill, you may have reached a "good shape". Although you can still change it, it will slow down. Example: I am 125 pounds, I reach standstills at WEIGHTGAINING. I have to increase my reps and sets and weight max every so often, so I can gain muscle.
6. Treat yourself.
Don't always eat healthy. Don't reward yourself for weight loss with an icecream sundae. Don't treat yourself everyday. On occasion (a birthday, a weekend, a party, you just REALLY NEED IT/WANT IT and haven't had anything unhealthy in 2 weeks) etc, it is FINE to allow yourself something unhealthy. It will not make you put on 5lbs.
7. Follow this advice:
Know that you aren't cheating on your workout, you are cheating on yourself.
It takes time, but so does everything.
Your body is the machine that gets you through life, treat it nicely.
Have a reason for why you are doing this. If it is to "be thin" that is not good enough.
The Golden Rule of Being HEALTHY:
It is a lifestyle. You cannot be healthy one week and unhealthy the next. This takes a while, you must COMMIT. Commit. This will be your #1 spouse. Commit to this HEALTHY lifestyle. You will be happier, live longer and feel stronger.
You are not dieting. You are not losing weight....
You are committing to a lifestyle and making good choices.
The difference?
Skinny: No muscle tone, no muscle. This is kind of an extreme picture, but I couldn't find any other.
Fit: A person who EATS HEALTHY, and MOVES THEIR BODY.
The main difference? The one at the bottom goes to the gym probably about 8-12 hours a week, and eats probably somewhere between 1500-2000 calories a day. She is also happy because she sees the results she likes, AND working out makes you happier (endorphins!!!).
2. Eat healthy.
This is hard. But eat something with lots of protein, and not a lot of unhealthy fats. You need calories to move your body. If you do not eat calories and you try to lose weight, it will not work because your body will start taking the energy from your MUSCLES and using IT as energy. You will feel more depressed.
Also this means do not eat anything unhealthy. We know the difference.
3. Join a gym.
4. Go to that gym, not too much, but not too little. If you are new to the gym, slowly move into doing larger workouts. If you want to be "skinnier" do CARDIO, and not that weak stuff on the elipticals, get your ass on the treadmill and run OR walk at a VERY HIGH incline.
Also, learn what weights are. Lift them. Don't be afraid you will "get bulky" you will not, that takes a LONG TIME and usually takes a bit of natural ability (for girls).
A good amount of time to go to the gym a week is 8-10 hours I would say. Doing half of it in Cardio and half of it in weight training. Go 4-5x a week. Don't train the same muscle group every day.
If you are EXTREMELY TIRED and DO NOT want to go to the gym one day, that is fine. You are probably working out TOO MUCH.
If you have a LOT OF ENERGY after going to the gym, and even the day after, you are doing it right.
5. Mark your progress. Make a chart, write it in a book, remember it. Write down your weight, your waist measurements, etc. Know your body fat %. AIM TO LOWER YOUR BODY FAT %, not altering your appearance (okay maybe a bit). Learn your body fat %, there are online tests (that aren't overly accurate). Most gyms have a body fat % measurer. Learn what your body fat % means.
Repeat these steps MONTHLY. Even though you may not look overly different in a mirror, the numbers will show it.
IF THEY DON'T follow these steps:
1) Are you REALLY eating healthy? Are you ACTUALLY eating? If the answer is no, then you know why.
2) Did you skip any workouts? Skipping a few is fine, but going to the gym 5 times a month, although will help, is less effective than 12 times.
3) Are you tired? You are probably overtraining, and you need a new routine. Google new moves and ways to do things, increase your reps and sets, try new things. Take a 3 day break.
4) Are you in shape already? If you have reached a standstill, you may have reached a "good shape". Although you can still change it, it will slow down. Example: I am 125 pounds, I reach standstills at WEIGHTGAINING. I have to increase my reps and sets and weight max every so often, so I can gain muscle.
6. Treat yourself.
Don't always eat healthy. Don't reward yourself for weight loss with an icecream sundae. Don't treat yourself everyday. On occasion (a birthday, a weekend, a party, you just REALLY NEED IT/WANT IT and haven't had anything unhealthy in 2 weeks) etc, it is FINE to allow yourself something unhealthy. It will not make you put on 5lbs.
7. Follow this advice:
Know that you aren't cheating on your workout, you are cheating on yourself.
It takes time, but so does everything.
Your body is the machine that gets you through life, treat it nicely.
Have a reason for why you are doing this. If it is to "be thin" that is not good enough.
The Golden Rule of Being HEALTHY:
It is a lifestyle. You cannot be healthy one week and unhealthy the next. This takes a while, you must COMMIT. Commit. This will be your #1 spouse. Commit to this HEALTHY lifestyle. You will be happier, live longer and feel stronger.
You are not dieting. You are not losing weight....
You are committing to a lifestyle and making good choices.
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