Livingloca’s Hot Bodyblog

Getting fit is not far-fetched.  Actually, it’s all pretty simple.  There are just a few things you need to get straightened out before jumping in to insure that it’s promising.

 1.  Have the intense desire to make changes.  This means you will need to sacrifice some, but in the end, isn’t it the desired "end product" what you want?  Hard, sculpted, chiseled muscles that leave your confidence high?

2.  Be ready to dedicate time and effort to it.  Nothing comes overnight.  Diets don’t work, we all know that.  It’s the tired and true "lifestyle changes" that do it.  You moan and groan how you may not have time, but it’s pretty simple.  Too tired after work? No lunch time to get it done?  Get your booty up early and get in the gym before work.  Not only does it wake you up, give you a fresh start to your day, but that hardcore workout is done and out of the way and leaves you energized, flying with those intense endorphins and clears your head.

3.  Go in with a plan or hire a personal trainer.  I have to say, I never paid a personal trainer to get me going.  Self-motivated, I did the work myself.  Designed a workout plan to fit my time schedule (workouts consist of daily muscle group routines instead of a full-body workout several times a week).  If you don’t know where to start, hire someone to guide you until you feel you are self-sufficient and make make the journey alone.  I’m not one for group classes (although I’m very social), I prefer to get my weight routine in, and push it to the limits, and finish off with my cardio session

4.  Be prepared for it to take time.  Results do not come quickly and the more you let that sink in your head, the less impatient you will be knowing it takes time to sculpt and define muscles along with leaning out.   The sooner you realize you don’t need the scale, the better off you will be.  The scale gives you false hope in certain situations (when you are trying to lean out, not bulk up).  The scale doesn’t distinguish between muscle and fat, it gives you total body weight.  This is useless in your journey to achieving a certain bodyfat percentage or just plain getting lean.  Go by your clothing or by measurements.  Best of all, it takes time to fine-tune those muscle groups you see responding so well to your workout routine.  Once you reach a certain level of definition, you want more, then it’s time to tweak it and change up your routine or re-evaluate your eating.

5.  Stay motivated.  When I ran across bbcom, I was amazed at the before and after pics on here.  Totally stunned, I knew it was obtainable.  I am not one to be told "no" and that was all the motivation I needed.  A bikini hanging in my closet it was the perfect motivation to inspire and motivate me.  When I set my mind to something, I become totally focused.  No prodding me, no lazyness.  I get it done.  I never dreamed I would be able to get fit enough to achieve abs, and my goodness, I am amazed at my age, I would have achieved such a goal.  I never saw my workouts as excruciating work.  It definitely was alot of sweat and hard work, but I enjoy every single minute of that intensity.  I love the feeling of accomplishment and as long as I completed my workout and pushed the envelope, that was all that was necessary to move on to the next step. 

6.  Change those eating habits.  This is definitely the most trickiest of it all.  You can live at the gym all day but unless you change the way you eat, you are setting yourself up for a long, arduous process that will take you a long, long time to see changes.  I laugh that there are women who go to the gym weekly and get their cardio in and (ho-hum, do a "workout routine") and yet a year later, look exactly the same.  It’s that type of lifestyle you want to avoid if you really want to make changes to your bod.  Those people are working out, but aren’t bothering to change their eating.  You want abs?  Stop eating crap   Re-vamp your eating, eat 6 small meals a day if you aren’t doing so already and focus on your protein, carbs and fats.   Drink your water all day and enjoy your cheat meal.  Discipline is hard to achieve but when you want something bad enough, it comes rather easy. 

 Keep it going and don’t give up.  Make those goals and stick to them.  Take pics of yourself along the journey.  It’s a great way to look back at where you started and how your progress is going and will continue to motivate you!

Keep training hard and keep it fun!

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