So what do I mean by don’t listen to the losers?

We are in a fast paced society and when it comes to weight loss, it can never happen fast enough. When you hear about someone who lost 30 lbs. in 30 days, you think they are amazing and you want to emulate everything they did to get the same results. 

Now that is an exaggerated weight loss but what about the person who dropped 30 lbs. in 12 weeks. That’s a more realistic number and a very healthy amount of time to lose weight and in fact we’ve had numerous boot campers do just that. 


But a lot of times what happens with fast weight loss is that the weight comes right back on 6 months down the road if you don’t pay attention. 


So don’t always assume that the person who lost a ton of weight in a short period of time has all the answers and you should model after them entirely. 


The people you need to be searching for and modeling your actions after are the ones who have lost the weight and kept it off for a period of 1 year or more, ideally 3-5 years! They have learned to make health and fitness a part of who they are and it’s a lifestyle now, not just a short term goal. 


In the video below I am speaking to a group of the Wealth For My Health contestants about this very topic and how to avoid gaining all your weight back after you’ve reached your weight loss goal. 

Wealth For My Health Trainer Mike Bevard Talks About Maintaining Results- Lincoln, NE from Mike Bevard on Vimeo.
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For more information on the Wealth For My Health Challenge and to learn how to register for the next challenge that starts in August, click HERE. 

Registration deadline is August 23rd. 

So I just wanted to take the time to briefly explain the method behind the madness of the incredible, cutting-edge Continuous 20-Minute Workouts that we are doing this month.

For example, if you used a 10 lb dumbbell for all exercises within the circuit, that means you would have performed 4,000 lbs of work in 20 minutes- Not too shabby!

Mike

 Now there’s a great quote for the kind of mentality you need to have to lose fat, change your body and keep it that way for life.

I just wanted to give a shout out to a few boot campers who have done an outstanding job these past few months and deserve some credit for their results!

 Shea Timmerman- Shea started the camp about a month ago and so far has lost 4.5 inches and 2 dress sizes and has cleaned up her eating and attends our 9am/7:30pm boot camp and 6:30pm FitBoxing classes at least 3-4 times per week.

  Christine Keating- Christine has been in the camp for about two months and participated in the Mosier-Timperly Weight Loss Challenge and tied for 5th place out of 84 people!! She lost 19 scale pounds and 5.1%. So that means she lost over 15 lbs of body fat! Way to go Christine attends the 5:45am boot camp 3 times per week.

  Trent Maly- Dr. Maly is my personal chiropractor at MT Chiro and has been attending the 5:45am camp for close to a year now. His office just finished their weight loss challenge last week and he ended up being the winner by dropping 15 lbs and 6.5% body fat in three months! Plus he just won a gift card to Scheels during our Weekend Core Challenge where he held a front plank for 11:11 and actually broke the overall record of 7:37 set by Lyndsey Gardner. BUT he did have to battle for it as Ashley Deisler also broke the record and set a new female record of 10:15!

 These are just a few of many others in the camp who have taken it up a notch the last few months and decided to fight the fat loss battle with everything they have.
 
Great job everybody and keep going strong!
 
Get after it!
Mike
 

” So how many beers can I have?” or ” Can I still drink wine?”

Well this week in our boot camps we are having a nutrition challenge of NO ALCOHOL for the next 7 days. For some this may be easy, but for others this will be a challenge.

Why? According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, alcohol is fat-sparing, meaning the body burns alcohol first before it burns fat for fuel. Drinking alcohol stops the body from burning fat as energy just as skipping meals and not getting enough rest does. Not only does alcohol shut down fat burning but it also causes the body to make even more bodyfat.

Plus drinking alcohol increases the desire to eat more high-calorie foods which is the worst thing you can do when the fat burning process is shut down. So your body just stores more fat and makes it harder to get rid of.

A glass of regular beer or wine supplies more than 100 calories. Reduce calories by choosing light beers, limiting the amount or switching to non-alcoholic beers and wines. Regular beer and wine are lower in calories than mixed drinks, such as martinis and margaritas.
Here is a little breakdown of calories in alcohol from www.livestrong.com

Calories in Beer
A 12-ounce bottle of regular beer delivers 153 calories, while its light beer counterpart is only 103 calories, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Nutrient Database. Beer companies have been trying to cut calories, and Budweiser has stolen the show. Calling it “the lightest beer in the world,” Budweiser offers BUD Select 55, a light beer that delivers only 55 calories for a 12-ounce bottle.

Calories in Wine
A five-ounce glass of red or white table wine is 121 to 125 calories. Dessert wines are higher. A 3.5-ounce glass of dry dessert wine is 157 calories, and a sweet dessert wine is 165 calories. Note that a 5-ounce glass of non-alcoholic wine is only 10 calories!!

Bottomless Cup
Waiters and friends like to refill that wine glass or toss you another beer. Calories add up fast. Two 5-ounce glasses of wine totals 242 to 250 calories, and three glasses total 363 to 375 calories. Two regular beers are 306 calories, and three are 459 calories.

Beer and Wine Compared with Hard Liquor
A 1.5-ounce shot of vodka, rum, gin or whiskey is 97 calories. One shot full of hard liquor served on the rocks is less calories than a glass of regular beer or wine. Mixers can add many more calories. One apple martini is 235 calories, according to Calorie King. One large margarita is 325 calories, according to The Daily Plate.

So what if still want to drink alcohol and lose your love handles?

Try O’Doul’s. Yes…I know it’s non-alcoholic. Get over it

So if your serious about losing fat and getting in shape, then try our Boot Camp Challenge Week of NO ALCOHOL for next 7 days and post your comments on how you’re doing below.

But here’s the bottom line, alcohol and a leaner, stronger body just doesn’t mix.

Get After It!
Mike

I think this video and what Jamie’s trying to do really opens parent’s eyes to what types of food the school system is feeding their kids. It also shows the importance of teaching your kids how to eat healthy and cook food.

I think one of the biggest reasons our nation has become so overweight and obese is because of the lack of knowledge about how to cook and that’s just being passed down to the younger generation and has led to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity.

Before the 1970′s, most families still valued cooking meals at home and sitting down together at the kitchen table. After the 70′s, this became less of an occurance and it’s rare today for families to sit down and have meals together. Nobody wants to spend the time to prepare the food as a family. Instead, families are eating more prepackaged, processed and fast food that comes in a can or box. So as a consequence, people don’t know how to cook and it’s really becoming a problem.

And the food that kids are getting in the school system for breakfast and lunch is all “fake” packaged food washed down with a nice carton of sugar loaded milk. And I’m not bashing the schools because they are working hard and doing what they are told by the government. But it always seems to be about the cheapest and the fastest way to do things. We need to have higher standards.

So do you think we should be concerned by this here in Lincoln?  

Check out this video!

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