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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Where to start?

So you have decided to change your life, lose the weight, and get healthy. But where on earth do you begin?! It can be sssooo daunting! 

Here are some ideas for you. 

Lets say you (like myself and so many people) have physical problems like back pain, bad knees, bad shoulders, etc, whatever the case is there are options out there for you! Don't just assume because you can't do cardio or pushups or whatever that you can't workout. You can!

First step: Get a program that will be easy on your body. I recommend Tai Cheng, Power 90, or Yoga Booty Ballet. 

Tai Cheng is a wonderful strengthening program that is geared towards managing pain, coordination and increasing range on motion. How cool right!? 


http://www.teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/TaiChengBase?referringRepId=145010

Power 90 is a more gentle start to get yourself into some Cardio and Weight Training. This is low impact and you can start nice and easy and work your way up to more intense workouts. 


http://www.teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/Power90?referring1RepId=145010

Yoga Booty Ballet is a mixture of Yoga and Light Cardio. Also a great way to start yourself off nice and easy. Pretty fun too! With some dancing and fun music. 


http://www.teambeachbody.com/shop/-/shopping/YBBAbButt?referringRepId=145010

Second Step: Follow a diet.. Learn about nutrition.. Fuel your body to give you the energy you need to workout. Learn which foods are good for you, which aren't. 

Each of these programs come with nutrition packs which is very helpful, you can learn a lot from them. Its not always easy to follow them however, so that is why it is important to understand nutrition. And track your calories! Some of us eat too many, some of us don't eat enough! So you have to find out where you are at and adjust accordingly. I found that I was eating half (yes half!) of the calories I should have been daily.. Before starting to work out! So I was putting my body into starvation mode and thus my body stored every single calorie I ate. :/ Not good! 

So where are you at? Are you ready to change your life? 

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