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Comment by Julie Leavitt on June 11, 2010 at 5:33pm

Woohoo, down 1 more to 69 kg. Mom's coming to visit for a month so not a lot of exercise with get done BUT she doesn't drink so no extra booze calories for me. Fingers crossed anyway...

Comment by Chris Fuggle on June 4, 2010 at 9:47pm

Hi everyone,
Just to let you know, that fitcorpasia (Dan) has a brand new FREE Online Fitness magazine with loads of great articles, exercises and workouts for you to enjoy and get in great shape.

Get all the info here: http://fitcorpasia.fitpromag.com

No more excuses ;)

Comment by Chris Fuggle on May 15, 2010 at 10:00pm

Mmmmm.....I'm being quiet for a reason. My little girl is 7 weeks old today and I've not done any exercise for 7 weeks! I'm going to go for a run tomorrow. Not long until Mazars Urban Charity Fun Run and I'm certainly not going to miss that. 3 weeks to get fir for a 10km.

http://www.sportsthailand.net/events/mazars-urban-charity-fun-run

Comment by Julie Leavitt on April 27, 2010 at 11:50am

Weekly weigh-in: 70.5kg--lost 1/2..its something.

Ian: this is for you:
Week workout schedule--Sun-rest; Mon-yoga 1 hr, lift upper, spinning 1 hr; Tues-yoga 1 hr, lift lower, run 1 hr; Wed--bball 2 hrs; Thurs-yoga 1 hr, lift upper, spin or run 1 hr; Fri-yoga 1 hr, lift lower, spin 1 hr; Sat-rugby 2 hrs.

I'm a little sick this week so feeling tired and losing motivation. BUT had a great workout last night so the motivation feels back.

Comment by Julie Leavitt on April 21, 2010 at 10:24am

Songkran damage assessed--no weight gain (yay!) or loss (boo).

I'm really kicking it up this week in my aspirations to become a gym-rat instead of drinking for the next 6 weeks.

Tips I am following for diet--avoiding all excess sugars at all costs (hence, the no drinking for 6 weeks), and only eating fruit by itself after a high-intensity workout. I'm eating 6 smalls a day with a as-best-I-can balance of protein & complex carbs. I've also kicked up the protein to at least 100 g a day, especially since I'm a vegetarian. I've been doing this since around the last of March and have completely felt a difference (thanks for the diet advice, Dan!).

Training: I hurt my ankle playing Gaelic in Feb and it never properly healed, then I reinjured it playing bball before Songkran, so I've been adding spinning classes to my regular weekly routine.
This week: Sunday-rest; Monday-yoga 1 hr, lift to burn out 1 hr (upperbody), spin class 1 hr; Tues-treadmill interval running 50 mins, lift to burn out 1 hr (lower body); Wed-yoga 1 hr, bball 2hrs; Thurs-lift upper 1 hr, spin class 1 hr; Fri-yoga 1 hr OR body pump class 1 hr, then spin 1 hr OR interval running; Sat-Touch Rugby 2 hrs.
Basically, I started this workout routine the beginning of April, but then took a break last week so it's sort of like I'm starting again! I'm also being sure to add in ab work and ample stretching and resting b/w lifting sets (doing about 3 sets of each exercise 12-15 reps). I'm trying to give myself at least one day of rest a week so I don't burn out as well.

Dan, I am planning to try bootcamp after payday (when I can afford it!). Also, I find that when I lift full body, I am unable or don't have the endurance to do my yoga, spinning, or interval running. For example, if I lift my legs then go to a spinning class, I start to get the lactic build up faster. Is it just b/c I'm not used to doing it that way (always done split body routines) or b/c I'm lifting too heavy or should I lift AFTER the cardio/interval training?? I drink at least 4 liters of water a day too, so I'm not sure why such the build up crampy feelings in my legs.

And now for some general rants--eating healthy is expensive and HARD! Mostly, for me, the hard part is to stay away from drinking and sweets--I guess that's why it's called WILLPOWER! And to keep a well-balanced, vegetarian (now added fish so a Pescatarian I guess I am) diet is expensive. As of yesterday, no more white rice for me, but brown rice is way more! And just in general, I have to go to Villa to buy different canned beans (imported of course) and soy protein products, blah, blah, blah...it just adds up. BUT on the good side, I have an outdoor market on my soi where I can buy all the cheap eggs and fresh produce to my hearts content all for under 100 baht!

Wow, that was a long one!

Comment by Fitcorp Asia - Fitness Experts on April 18, 2010 at 1:13pm

Congratulations to you Chris and Kathy!

Sure, stress may help, but its just a band-aid solution.

Back to training and nutrition...

The old school methods of split body routines are out, go functional, go full body and go intervals. Just make sure you do get the adequate rest of muscle groups hit the HIIT!! (High intensity Intervals)

On the nutrition, DITCH the SUGAR!! There is increasing support and research that sugar is the culprit to weight gain and the obesity epidemic. Fructose, and more importantly HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is processed exactly the same way as ethanol, also known as poison! Or a toxin which will also be stored as fat. Up to 30% of calories derived from these will be stored and processed through the liver.

We have killer nutrition program, a client who started 2 weeks ago lost 5kgs already. Her husband also lost 5kgs, WITHOUT working out (he is piggy backing off his wife's program) LOL.

So a calorie is not a calorie, the body does process them differently and the exercise in addition to burning calories is there to prevent certain types of calories from being metabolised into fat!

So Julie, I would go for more intense full body sessions 3 x week, intervals on alternate days, or even better, get yourself along to BOOTCAMP!

www.bangkokbootcamp.com

OR, our famous Fat Loss Challenge starts May 4th, something to consider. This will be the 7th we have conducted, this stuff works!

www.fatlossclub.ning.com

Either way, get rid of the sugar, increase your fibre (as much as you possibly can) and be consistent with both your nutrition AND training!

Dan.
www.fitcorpasia.com

Comment by Windsurfing Thailand on April 18, 2010 at 8:21am

SO HAPPY for you and Kathy!
Glad you guys all made it through, you must have been exhausted and terrified.
You have restored my faith in GOOD KARMA

Regarding stress to loose weight.
Yep, run your own business, forget to eat, work long hours, sleep badly and exercise excessively every eight days only. - You can look like a speed addict and age just as quickly :) Part of the insomnia problem comes from the addiction to running on adrenaline. Running on reserves and burning muscle for fuel is problem you do not hear many people talk about.

Actually - I have been getting out on the water at least every 3 days which helps me to sleep and regulate my appetite. Still looking to add some small protein hits on training days, to add a little power for SUP surf trips in this wave season.

Interesting Julie, you mention not eating fruit by itself - I always thought the opposite was better ??

Comment by Gabrielle McCarthy on April 17, 2010 at 10:37pm

Yes Chris, you're right - stress is one way of losing weight! Fight or flight and adrenalin pumping through the body certainly will burn some fat off - it releases fat to be carried away/burnt off.... same reason people on speed lose so much weight!?!... is that PC?

Comment by Julie Leavitt on April 17, 2010 at 7:17pm

Chris-CONGRATS!

i'm just back from Songkran and eating and drinking my way through the festival up north! So back on track starting tomorrow with another official weigh-in on MOnday to assess the damage. Hopefully its nothing I can't reverse with 2 weeks of intense training!

Comment by Chris Fuggle on April 17, 2010 at 5:59pm

First daughter born 5.5 weeks early! Wife in intensive care for 7 days!! Daughter in intensive care for 10 days!!!

I've lost a further 2KG. It would seem stress is a good way to lose weight...not sure I'd recommend it though!!

P.S Both ladies doing very well now :) Thank goodness. Looks like I'm back to more traditional approaches to health and fitness.

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