Congratulations..

Congratulations to you all for completing the first 6 weeks of the Move it and Lose it Challenge.  You have all put in a great effort and I am proud of every one of you all :-)..

Now that we are at the half way point  I want to re-motivate you to ensure you have a  great second half of the challenge. This point is also a great time to look over your goals and see whether they need to be adjusted and to adjust them accordingly and ensure that they are realistic. 

I also want to remind everyone that the results for everyone will be vary as there are many factors when it comes to weight loss.. And everyone will lose weight and inches differently.. So I ask you to please not give up hope if it is all happening slower then you would like..   Because it is still happening!!.. Looking at all the results everyone has either lost or remained the same which is fantastic during this cold weather and is a real reflection on your dedication to training and your health.. 

The idea of the challenge is to make lifestyle modifications and to not focus solely on just a "diet".. Taking it one step at a time and working out what your weaknesses are and then working through these will assist in long term weight loss and more sustainable healthy eating habits..  All of the challenges are designed to help you identify these areas you need to work on and to work out strategies to over come these.. By learning these and making these changes you will make a more significant difference to your long term weight loss then you will with just going on a crash diet alone. 

We all need to be realistic and realise that life will get busy and stressful and sometimes we may go back to bad eating habits.. This happens to the best of us however, what is important is that we learn what triggers off our old eating habits and that we put in place mechanisms to over come these. . The other important lesson here is that if you have had a bad day or couple of days don’t beat your self up about it and work out a plan so you can get back on track the next day.. So if you find that you are in this position don’t stress  about what you have eaten but focus on what you are going to eat the next day!!

I am here for help and support so if you wish to discuss this further we can arrange a time to go through your health and fitness goals in more detail..

Finally I would love to say that I am so proud of everyone and I really look forward to the next 6 weeks of the challenge and beyond. Keep up the great work J