Old Clients success and advice after the program.
Old clients I am trying to help you continue with the weight loss through pointing out success and slips and how you dealt with them by using this program . Any experience you may have had might help someone else in the future.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:35 pm
OK, well I have only been gone from the camp for close to two weeks. But I thought I would offer some suggestions.
When I first left I had way too much to do. I left the program and immediately had a reunion with some friends from law school. After that I went home for just a couple of days and then went to a reunion with some friends from high school. Then I got back and celebrated my birthday with my friends and family over two days. So, all of that was just way too much. It would have been much, much better for me to just have come home and immediately continued eating right and exercising each day. By doing what I did, I got out of the grove of things and fell into old habits.
However, I kept in mind what Eric kept drilling into my head… if you screw up for a day, or a weekend or a week then just forget about it and move on. So, I put those days behind me and I re-dedicated myself to the program.
Here are a few of the things I am doing and that I think might help others…
1) At the very least, join a gym as soon as you get home. I actually have not done that yet, but instead I have started working with a personal trainer. I’m going to work with her three times a week. That is going to keep me accountable to someone. She also asked me a lot of questions about Camp Technique and she was very impressed with my answers. She complimented the program and said she didn’t expect them to do so many impressive things.
2) Join some organization that will force you to weigh yourself once a week. I thought about joining weight watchers, not because I wanted to sit through the meetings or follow their program, but because I would have to go in each week and have them weigh me. They also have an online program, which is cheaper, where you input your weight each week. Luckily for me, my personal trainer weighs me each week and does my measurements and body fat readings. And for those concerned about money, personal trainers really aren’t all that expensive. I would imagine you could find them for about $500 a month in most places. Mine is a little less than that.
3) Subscribe to Men’s Health. It is a great magazine with lots of good advice on diet and exercise. They just started publishing a magazine for Women called Women’s Health. You can get lots of tips from them and even inspirational stories. Each week they profile someone who has lost a bunch of weight.
4) Use the recipes that Sarah and Eric gave you before you left. I just made a huge vat of the chili, and I’m loving it. I eat some every day. I also just got some low carb bread and turkey that I eat a lot. I was also happy to find out when I got home that they had just opened a Trader Joe’s near me. So I went and got some pizza dough and other stuff to make some of the other recipes. I prepare stuff once a week and just keep it in the fridge. That means I never have to worry about food and I don’t get any cravings. I also went out and bought some of the shakes that we used at camp and use them. Always having prepared food around means you want let yourself go too long without eating and you won’t get frustrated and head to McDonalds.
5) On a related note, as soon as you wake up, make sure you eat something. That is always hard for me because I’m never hungry in the morning (or even the afternoon when I finally get my butt out of bed) but it is SO important. You need to kick start your matabilism (yeah, I can’t spell). Then note the time that you ate and then make sure you don’t go for more that 4 hours before you eat your next meal. Write down the times and keep them in your pocket or set your watch to beep when you need to eat. Just don’t let yourself fall back into eating once or twice a day.
6) Walk! Granted, it does not compare to the exericse we were doing at camp, but it does help you a great deal. I am lucky because the grocery store and the gym I’m going to join is only about a mile away from me. I started to get in my car today to drive to the store and I stopped myself, put on my ipod and walked it.
7) Keep in touch with the other campers. I know I really want to keep in touch with all the friends I made at camp. Not only because I just really liked them, but also because it continues to motivate me. I don’t want to have to email any of them or post on here and say that I have gained back all my weight. Keeping in touch keeps you motivated and constantly reminds you of all the hard work you put in to get the weight off.
8) Keep some exercise equipment. A lot of the stuff we learned at camp is easy to do at home, if you just buy a few things. I have a lot of free weights. So, when I’m sitting there watching TV I can take the 25 pound weights and work my biceps or shoulders. If you get a exercise ball you can easily do shit-ups, but for those you don’t even need any extra equipment. You can do those on the ground, just like push ups. You can also use a chair or a strong table to do some dips. And you can always just get on the floor and do Nicola’s patent-pending butt workout. You can do all of this while watching your favorite shows on TV.
9) Put a before and after pick on your fridge or by your bathroom mirror or someplace you will have to look at it every day. All through the program I knew I was shedding some pounds, but I was not sold that I looked that much different. Really, I don’t have the before and after pictures that would make anyone look and be amazed, but I can definitely see a difference. When one of my friends sent me some pictures from a wedding I went to after the program I was pretty impressed by how I looked. I think I said something like… “Damn, I’m dead sexy!”
So, put your pictures up somewhere you have to see them everyday to remind you of what you were, what you are and what you could be.
10) Lay out your exercise clothes each night before you go to bed. I know I am always much more ambitious at night right before I’m going to sleep. Put our your clothes and your shoes so when you wake up you will see them. That may motivate you to put them on and get your butt in gear.
OK, that’s all I got for now. Will all that stuff work for me? Will any of it work for you? Maybe, maybe not. But it can’t hurt.
February 21st, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Hmm, “shit ups”… freudian slip? I hate those things. Should have proof read before I posted, sorry.
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