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What Up Superstars!!!

by Antoine Dove on November 11, 2009 · Comments

I hope the last post was helpful.  If you all have any questions or if something doesn’t make sense, please drop a comment on the blog and I will try to answer it to the best of my ability.  So this week’s tip is…….

Tip #2 – Set a Weight Loss Goal

This week’s tip is kind of self explanatory, but surprisingly some people forget to do this before they begin their weight loss journey.  Before any of us set a foot on the Ranch, the first thing we had to do was set a weight loss goal for ourselves.  If you are familiar with the show, a goal of 50 pounds just isn’t going to cut it, so I set for myself a goal of at least 150 pounds weight loss.  When those words first came out of my mouth, “Hi my name is Antoine Dove, and I want to lose a total of 150 pounds,” I laughed on the inside.  I said to myself, “what in the heck am I thinking?”  A total weight loss of 150 pounds is going to be extremely tough and seems impossible.  However, setting a goal as high as 150 pounds pushed me even harder because I didn’t want to let myself down by not reaching my goal by the finale. Whenever I enter the gym that goal is always in the front of my mind and it gives me something to work toward.

So far I am only 23 pounds away from my goal, which is very exciting, but most importantly it’s rewarding to know I accomplished something that seemed impossible at first sight!  It lets me know that nothing is impossible and I can do anything I put my mind to. 

What is your goal for your weight loss journey?  If you don’t have one, then let’s set one today.

When setting a goal, it’s important to remember:

  • The goal must be something that seems unattainable. That way you will push yourself to get to it.
  • Be sure to set a timeline on how long it’s going to take you to reach that goal. Don’t set a timeline of three years for 50 pounds weight loss. Make it challenging!! Maybe set a goal such as lose 50 pounds in one year or even try losing 50 pounds in 6-8 months.
  • If you don’t have a target weight loss number, then try inches in waist, hips, chest etc.  For example, maybe you want to drop 10 inches in your waist as opposed to losing 80 pounds in a year.  This is OK also!!
  • Most importantly, once the goal is set do not change it. 

Remember this is your journey and YOU set the parameters. Don’t cheat yourself out of your full potential by sand bagging on your weight loss goal.  You are STRONG. You are RELENTLESS. You will SUCCEED!!  Thank you all for reading this post and hit me up if you have any questions.

 

Antoine Dove

Biggest Loser Season 8

“Believe in yourself. Trust the Process. Change forever.”

 

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DISCLAIMER ALERT: The ideas expressed in this post came out of my own head, were researched by my own eyes and were expressed by my own hands. They are not intended to serve as medical advice in any way, shape or form. And they do not reflect the views of Humana Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. I take full responsibility if you think this post is awesome or not awesome.

A Bugg’s Life (Volume 3)

by Laura Tabler on May 7, 2009 · Comments

How difficult is it to burn 3,000 calories a day?

Thankfully, it’s probably much easier than you think.
 
When I joined the bodybugg program about 3 months ago, I learned that to reach my weight loss goals, I needed to burn about 2,500 calories each and every day. 
 
Let’s just say I felt defeated from the get-go. I have a treadmill at home, and it shows distance traveled, heart rate, and calories burned. I recalled burning about 500 calories after an hour of walking or 30 minutes of jogging (neither of which I did very often). I thought to myself, “How in the world will I be able to burn 2,500 calories in a day and work a full time job?”
 
After wearing the bodybugg for about a week, I realized that burning 2,500 calories in a day is a very attainable goal when you add up all of the little (and seemingly insignificant) activities that most people do every day. For those of you who are not familiar with the bodybugg, it is a device that you wear on your arm and tracks your calories burned using sensor technology
 
It also helps that the bodybugg also calculates calories burned even when you are not exercising. Who knew that people burn a little more than 1 calorie per minute when they are sedentary or even asleep? 
 
Here was a typical weekday’s worth of activity for me when I first began the bodybugg program:
o        Walk from my parking garage to the office (and vice versa – probably about 7 minutes each way)
o        Take about a 25 minute walk outside at lunch time (weather permitting)
o        Walk my dogs around the neighborhood twice (probably about 20 – 25 minutes)
 
Believe it or not, I usually hit my goal just doing these regular, daily activities!
 
After the encouragement of routinely reaching my daily goal for caloric burn, I decided to test myself – could I reach 3,000 calories burned in a day? In addition to the fact that I am very competitive (even against myself in this case), I found a huge motivator for burning the extra calories was the fact that I would be able to eat more calories in a day if I burned 3,000 calories that same day. Let’s be serious here – the ability to eat more than the 2,000 calories a day that was originally allotted to me by the bodybugg program was way more motivating than any competition I might have with or against myself.
 
So…I decided to make my reality tv habit more constructive by recalling an old mantra spoken to me by many a teacher (and my mother – also a teacher by the way) when I was in grade school – “use your time wisely”.  I started walking on the treadmill about an hour a day while I got my latest reality tv fix. This has been the greatest change I have made for myself – and my health – in a long time. I am making real progress in my weight loss, and I am not taking any extra time out of my normal day to work out. I would have been in front of the tv anyway – only I would have been laid up on the couch rather than walking on the treadmill. 
 
I have been amazed at the results of this change. As of now, I burn an average of 3,500 calories per day – and thus I have been able to lose weight at about twice the rate that I had originally planned. I am happy to report that when I got on the scale this morning, I was 23.5 pounds lighter than I was before I began the bodybugg program. Only a pound and a half to go until I hit my goal weight (which I must admit was seemingly unattainable to me before I started the program).
 
Those of you who read my first post know that I first learned about the bodybugg while watching an episode of The Biggest Loser.  Now, as I walk on the treadmill while taking in my favorite shows, I feel like I’m working out right alongside the contestants.
 
Who knew reality tv could be so good for you? :)

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DISCLAIMER ALERT: The ideas expressed in this post came out of my own head, were researched by my own eyes and were expressed by my own hands. They are not intended to serve as medical advice in any way, shape or form. And they do not reflect the views of Humana Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. I take full responsibility if you think this post is awesome or not awesome.