Weekends are Killing Me!!!

Had 2 clients in the same boat this past year. Both of them (guys in their late 30s..40-50 lbs over weight) were doing everything they should during the week. They (lets call them Harrold and Kumar)came to all their workouts, did cardio on days in between and followed the nutrition plan I set them on. But they were frustrated that they hadn’t lost any weight! The last thing they had in common was killing them.. Party party weekend!!! All the progress they made during the week was destroyed in 2 days. They found it hard to believe that working so hard during the week could all be changed by that one slight screw up. I finally convinced Harrold to follow my advice. The alcohol not only was adding a few calories but worse it blocks fat metabolism!

After a month and a half , Kumar was asking what the hell Harrold was doing. He was shocked to hear he just cut out the partying and already dropped 25 lbs. Hard as it was, Kumar gave it a try. I know it was hard for him to give up the night life for a while and even harder to admit I was right…but 19 lbs later he had no choice. He also admitted to all the late night eating the drinking led to and hadn’t realized he was making some pretty poor decisions(I hope those poor decisions were only about food..ha).

They are both on track now, getting closer to their goals and with their metabolism revved up, can afford to have a few fun nights out. Sacrifice doesn’t have to last forever. But it is important to get things headed in the right direction, add lean muscle to raise your metabolism, be consistent and get in a healthy habit first.

This is just one small piece of the puzzle.