I hear that a a lot. Given the yo-yoing that most people do it is understandable.
The good news = as long as you continue to do what you did to get the weight off it will stay off.
The bad news = you have to continue to do whatever it is you did to keep the weight of.
Weight gain is caused by two things - lack of exercise and/or poor nutrition. So as long as you do not repeat the poor habits that added the weight on, you will keep it off.
Hi Jamie
I would like to sign up for the moms exercise class starting July 7th (I think) can you put me on the list? I have a few questions so will chat with you on Friday if you have a few minutes.
I have never exerted myself exercising or learned/practiced the true meaning of exercise until visiting kdr fitness. You both have a tremendous amount of patience which I am very grateful for. I want to thank both you and Ben for showing me I have more ability than I give myself credit for.
See you Friday.
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A lot of you don’t know that I have a TV show on CATV (T/TH at 7 PM…primetime baby!!!). Anyway I just got an email from a fan! Lots of exclamation points in those sentences.
Thanks Ben,
Since I sent you this e-mail I have watched your show every week. I really love the idea that there are no excuses just hard work. I want you to know that I walk at least a mile a day now. I have cut out some sugars, and drink at least 6 classes of water a day. Your right water does curb my appetite. I am going to physical therapy for my neck and lower back. So I thought that once the damage I had done to myself from yrs of self abuse of my body. I could never improve my range of movement. I was wrong I have also noticed my pain level has decreased. Thank you so much for doing a show that is both educational, and empowering to me. Keep up the good work. Oh I wanted to tell you My Dr said that swimming would really help me too so I am going to begin that next week.
Sincerly thank you!!
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Scientists have learned that even though we’re all born with a certain number of fat cells, that number increases during infancy and again right before puberty. After that, most of us won’t make any more fat cells unless we gain more than 160 percent of our ideal weight. If your ideal weight is 130 pounds, for instance, you wouldn’t be adding any more fat cells until you reached 208 pounds.
Yet another reason to turn your children into pack mules.
Where do you work out at? You look great!
A lot of our members hear that. “Where do you work out at? You look amazing!”
Really?! Like the GYM that you work out is what gives you the results? How does the gym that you go too give you results? A gym is just a collection of equipment. Furthermore how can a GYM give you results? A gym is a location. Does the supermarket give you results? Nope. But there are skinny people and overweight people that shop at the same super market. That is like saying “Wow, you look great. Where do you eat?” or, “Geez that girl looks great in her bikini. I wonder where she got it from”.
Duh. Recognize the hard work that someone puts at the where. Unless they work out with us…then recognize the hard work they put in with us. It’s the person that ultimately is in control of their own destiny.
Hard work, intelligent exercise, consistent nutrition and a systemized approach are what get results. Not a specific gym, health club or spa. Unless it’s KDR Fitness.
Just to cap it off, “Your skin looks so healthy. Where do you get your spa treatments from?”. Hellloooooo…it’s called broccoli and fish. Try some, they are located on the corner of Smart and Healthy.
Ok, now where is the skinny grocery store?
Jamie and I went to the beach this past weekend for a short vacation. We stopped (meaning I, because she doesn’t believe in sunscreen. But my pasty ass sure enough believes in sunscreen.) to get some sunscreen and I was stunned to see SPF 100 being offered. 100! Serious!!! 100. I remember when not that long ago the highest SPF I could find was SPF 30 and at some rare locations SPF 50. No one ever bought the SPF 50 though. That was for the people that lived in a cave.
That was just a few years ago! Sweet Jesus! We went from SPF 50 to SPF 100 in approximately 10 years. What is it going to be 10 years from now? Are we going to wrap our selves in black cloth and all carry umbrella’s?
I was talking to one of our members today and she was telling me how this Gold’s gym near her kids house closed down. She asked me how can a gym close down?
It really comes down to overhead via equipment. See, most gyms lease or buy their equipment out right. This requires a huge amount of capital out lay or a large monthly payment. Most gym owners don’t understand that the Hammer Strength Bilateral Leg Press is not really a required piece of equipment. Does anyone reading this even know what that piece of machine is?
I have belonged to gyms where I didn’t use 90% (no joke or exaggeration) of the equipment. Gyms are like tool chests. When I see tools in a tool chest I get over whelmed!!! I know each tool is specific for a particular use, but I have no idea which one does which.
I mean what the hell does a five fifths allen wrench go to besides a five fifths allen…screw? Why does a gym need 8 difference pieces of cardio equipment that do the same thing? Or 3 different types of leg extensions (come to think of it, why does a gym have leg extension machines in the first place?). Members are paying for all that fancy stuff that they will never use. It’s like buying a 116 piece tool chest for the hammer. Show me a gym that has squat racks, barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells, a pull up bar and medicine balls….and ill show you a successful gym.
Or just come to KDR Fitness and make it easier ;)
I don’t know man big commercial gyms are just crazy. Need more tools? Nah…just give me a hammer.
STOP! BEFORE YOU READ FURTHER!
I DO NOT WANT YOU TO GO ALL CRAZY SURVIVOR STYLE ON ME AND START SENDING HATE MAIL ABOUT HOW ALL I WANT YOU TO EAT IS GRUBS AND GRASS. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. I DO NOT SUPPORT A 100% ORGANIC DIET NOR DO I LIVE OFF SQUIRRELS AND BARK. I SUPPORT A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE AND GOOD EATING HABITS. I ENCOURAGE MY MEMBERS TO CHEAT 10% OF THE TIME. BELOW IS A LIST OF THINGS I LOVE THAT ARE SURELY NOT ORGANIC AND THAT I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.
1. PEANUT BUTTER
2. TRISCUITS
3. WHEAT THINS
4. ALCOHOL (I DON’T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE SO I HAVE TO SELF MEDICATE SOME HOW)
5. GIGANTIC ASIAN PEARS (NOTHING THAT BIG IS NATURE MADE)
6. HIGH FIBER BREADS (HELLLOOOOOOO FORTIFED WITH FIBER)
7. SELTZER WATER
8. MUSTARD
9. SOY SAUCE
10. PROTEIN BARS
I believe you got the picture.
An obesogen is a chemical compound, foreign to the body, that can disrupt normal development or homeostasis (usually concerning metabolism and use of lipids, or fat) inducing obesity.[1]
These chemicals can effect things such as the distribution of fat in a person to sexual characteristics through disrupting the nuclear receptor signaling pathways which regulate the genetic expression of the proteins of these biological functions. For example, if an obesogen affects where fat deposits are located, it could do so by disrupting the genetic expression (by increasing or decreasing the propensity of a cell to produce certain proteins) of the biochemicals which regulate where fat is deposited. If this happened and there was more fat in the blood vessels of the heart, a heart attack could be more likely.
The term was coined by Bruce Blumberg of the University of California, Irvine.[2]
The topic of obesogens and how to counteract their effects is explored at length in the book The New American Diet.
Short section from an article I just read. Very interesting.
Dr. Berardi: Wow, what unbelievable arrogance we see in that quote right there! So as a tribute to that dermatologist, let’s discuss chapter two of your book. In this chapter you’ve included one of the greatest expository pieces I’ve read to date on how limited the average medical student’s nutrition training can be. What’s up with this and why does it piss you off so much?
Dr. Logan: The average person would be shocked at the sad state of affairs that is nutritional training in our medical schools. It does upset me because people with chronic illnesses look to physicians for guidance on nutritional matters, assuming that they are well versed.
In truth, only 30% of medical schools require an actual nutrition course, and even this is almost exclusively related to intravenous nutrition and biochemistry of the cells. It’s not the clinical stuff.
According to a study last year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 78% of graduating medical students didn’t feel that they were extensively educated enough to provide appropriate nutritional counseling. In their patient contact hours, only 17% had frequently counseled patients in nutrition.
The real problem is lack of accountability. For my license to practice I had to take separate board exams in biochemical and clinical nutrition. For MDs, it’s a different story. Only 3% of medical board exam questions are even remotely connected to nutrition. Why study it, why learn it, why make the effort if you’re not going to be tested on it?
And so it goes. For students in the world of pharmaceutical drugs and surgical techniques, nutrition becomes the stuff of home economics class.
Dr. Berardi: You know, I was particularly surprised by the studies published in Nutrition Journal showing the following:
1. Nearly 25% of medical students didn’t know that fat contains, gram-for-gram, more calories than an equivalent serving of protein or carbohydrates.
2. Nearly 50% of the students were unaware that olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fat.
3. Nearly 50% of the students thought that folic acid (B9) supplementation can make up for a B12 deficiency.
Dr. Logan: It’s a bit shocking, but once again, it’s reflective of a broken system. It’s pretty easy to fix this. A little less influence by Big Pharma on setting the curriculum and even just a little more on nutrition and lifestyle, even just the basics, would be a good start.
Dr. Berardi: Plus it’d be nice if the medical students themselves actually knew something about good nutrition personally.
Dr. Logan: Absolutely! At present, medical students are hardly the poster children for healthy eating. Only 11% of them meet even the minimum five servings of fruits and vegetables!
To read more about this click here: http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_interviews/skin_deep_nutrition_and_good_skin
This was an email that I recently got and I decided that I would post my response below it.
Hello Ben,
We got your bulk mailing for KDR Fitness.. I did spend some time on your web site and liked the overall concept of your program.. maybe place a photo of you and your staff in the about us section..
I wanted to say I think you miss the point of the Wii Fit.. if there is a point.. owning one I would never never say that it replaces a good fitness program and common sense nutrition life styles.. what it does is, hopefully, get young people to get off the couch and do something with their body other than push a game controller button..(come on parents get your kids active please!) .. maybe even a few adults.. it certainly does not replace a personal trainer.. or trips to the gym.. my grand daughters use the Wii Fit (and yes Guitar Hero) and both play soccer, hoops, dance, are active young adults.. I admit that I use it for yoga poses as a cool down after treadmill or elliptical work outs.. the Wii may seem like crap to a Navy Seal.. but if it motivates a kid to get up off the couch for some light weight workouts.. maybe they’ll begin to see the value in sweat equity.. now if we can just get them off fast food and high sugar sodas..
Best regards and wishes for a successful venture
My response:
Great points. Wii fit is just a bad concept period. There is no good point to it. Basically you have society saying “hey, we have a serious problem here. Our kids are the first generation in the history of human kind that are predicted to die before the parents. We have to do something about it!”. Enter the Wii and Nintendo. Enter Wii Fit. Everyones happy because they “think” that its just about getting kids active, but you have to get kids active in the right way. For instance teaching a child how to run. My girlfriends son got home from spending time with his grandparents and he told us that he played the Wii and it was a running game. The whole while he was running in place. Not a bad thing, however, running in place is not RUNNING. It is actually a single leg hop w/alternating knee drives. Running requires propulsion forward and upward initiated by the toes and finished by the force absorption of the opposite foot.
So the Wii is fit is good because it elevates your heart rate, makes you sweat, gets you breathing heavy and is better then the traditional video game. However, a high school student goes through those same body functions on their first date, or any time their “crush” walks by. I know some friends who get that way about eating a big meal! In fact, I just saw an episode of Man vs. Food where the host was kind of looking like that! Activity for activity sakes is not good in young kids. Let’s get them moving is a good quote. But it should be lets get them moving in a way we were meant to move. We were not meant to move in place, in side with incorrect tactile/visual and proprioceptive feed back. I wont even go into the incorrect messages the brain is getting with the Wii fit as it pertains to “sporting movements”. I wish I could agree with you about maybe leading them into a more active lifestyle by showing them the value of sweat. But the only real value they are getting is an external rewards based system. The more I sweat, the more points I get. Not the more I sweat, the better I can perform at my chosen activity, the better I feel, the better I look, etc.
As a stand alone, there is no excuse for using the Wii and classifying it as exercise. As a supplement, absolutely! Speaking of which I think I may challenge my girlfriend to a game of tennis now…on the Wii!
Great thoughts!
Ben
