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Diet and Exercise Reduce Gestational Weight Gain, Not Neonatal Adiposity Endocrinology Advisor According to findings of a randomized trial presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 77th Scientific Sessions, a diet and exercise intervention in women with obesity or overweight led to reductions in glucose levels and gestational weight ... and more »

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Professional athletes dont get to the top by accident. It takes superhuman levels of time, dedication, and focusand that includes paying attention to what they put in their bellies. In this series, GQ takes a look at what pro athletes in different sports eat on a daily basis to perform at their best. UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson tells us how he cuts weight while still loving beer.

For years, Demetrious Johnson has been in the conversation as the UFCs top pound-for-pound fighter. In fact, the company itself has bestowed that honor upon Johnson in their very own rankings. Hes successfully defended his flyweight championship a record-tying 10 times and hasnt lost a fight since 2011. So you might be shocked to learn that, according to Johnson, the UFC has contemplated shuttering the 125-pound weight class (Theyre trying to burn my division down, Johnson said somewhat arbitrarily at the end of our conversation, three days before publicly airing out a slew of grievances towards Dana White and the UFC in response to a potential fight with bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw). But before any of that came to light, we caught up with Mighty Mouse to try to learn the key to staying on top as champ for so long in a sport where no champion is ever safe.

GQ: About a month ago on your Instagram, you posted a photo of a shot glass with some green substance in it. Was that some sort of magic elixir?

Demetrious Johnson: We were juicing some wheat grass, actually.

Is that something new for you, or have you always been into that?

Yeah, weve always been into juicing. Its one of the things that my wife likes to do. Shes a vegetarian, so she loves to juice. And Im a big health freakwell, when I feel like being it. Well also juice ginger. I like to make my ginger, lemon, and cayenne pepper shot. Thats kinda like my coffee shot in the morning. We were doing it pretty consistently, but weve been so busy travelling for the last two and a half weeks. I brought some ginger shots to Disneyland, but then I was in Dallas, New York, and Vegas. Once we get back home I think well start back up with juicing consistently, though.

Will you do that even when youre in camp or when youre dropping weight for a fight?

I dont do it to help make weight. Im a small guy, as it is. For me, I dont need to juice to make weight for my fights. I just do it for the health benefitsto keep my body healthy and to get my greens in me.

Cutting weight is one of the things that has always fascinated me. How close to 125 pounds do you usually stay?

It all depends. You know, last night I had two beers and four slices of pizza and five apple empanadas and I woke up at 143 pounds. I can eat whatever I want and I dont get over 145 pounds. A lot of the guys who fight at 125 pounds, they get pretty big and when it gets closer to the fight, theyre walking around at 135 pounds. For me, I try to stay the same weight I typically walk around at. Ill show up to a fight week on a Tuesday weighing 138, 140 pounds. I only have to weigh 125 pounds for like, one second. So when I jump on the scale and they yell, 125! Then I can blow back up. Come fight night Ill weigh 140 pounds. Thats how I run my style. Like I said, a lot of people blow up to 150 or even 160 pounds, then they have a hard time cutting more weight. But I stay at a pretty consistent weight, so when I make that 15 pound cut, its not such a drastic change where my body is like, Whats going on? I just gotta shed 15 pounds of water and then Ill put it back on, dont you worry.

I know everyone has their own methods for cutting weight, and what works for one person might not work as well for another, but I have to admit that your method seems like one of the smarter ones, especially with how quickly a fight can pop up in the UFC sometimes.

Yeah, I was at the UFC retreat and Aljamain Sterling was like, Yeah, Im at 165, 166 pounds right now. I was like, You weigh almost as heavy as a welterweight walking around! Me? Im 53, eating whatever I want, drinking beer, having pizza. Stuffed-crust pizza! Not that dry-ass crust! Stuffed-crust, and Im waking up at 140 pounds.

When it comes to a camp, Im assuming your diet gets you away from the stuffed-crust pizzas?

You know, I do have my cheat meals. I have Oreos inside the house right now and I have beer and fried chicken and waffles. All that good stuff. But once it comes down to when I really want to get in shape and get lean, Ill eat clean and go with whole foods. In the morning Ill have some type of toast. Ezekiel bread, so its all whole grain. Then for the rest of the day I wont have any sweets, no beer, nothing bad for me. My wife will come home and cook my meals during training camp. Shell be like, What do you want for dinner? and Ill say, Chicken and greens. Its that simple. She just throws some chicken in the oven and steams some broccoli or spinach or asparagus. Its super easy. Then Ill have some type of good carb, like a sweet potato or brown rice.

I know youre a big beer guy. I saw you drinking some beer on Instagram that is way too adventurous for me.

Yeah, a coconut and chocolate stout. It was delicious! Thats one thing, I just love beer. And I like dark beers. Ill drink chocolate stouts, porters, stuff like that. But beer is just wasted calories. When I cut alcohol for eight weeks before a fight, Ill lose maybe two to three pounds Man, Im contemplating right now if I want to have a beer just as we speak about it! But Im like, Fuck, its three oclock in the afternoon and the kids are still up. What do you do? Decisions, decisions.

Post-fight, is that something you look forward to the most? Having a celebratory beer?

I used to be like that. At one point we would do Irish Car Bomb shots, me and the coaches. That was when I was fighting at 135 pounds in like, 2011. But now when I go through these long periods of time without any alcohol, to introduce it back into my system sort of messes me up. So I have to take it slowly. After a fight I let my stomach rest and hold off on the beer. Ill have burgers and fries, though.

Be honest, how hungry are you right after you make weight or right after a fight? Do you just have a meal waiting for you the second you get back to the locker room?

You know, its funny that you mention that, because its not the starving part. Its more the malnourishment. Im eating meals, but Im eating just salad and bland chicken. Im not getting the carbs, Im not getting the minerals or vitamins that I need during fight week. So thats when people get to where they have seizures and their stomach lining dries up and they have lots of problems. So for me, its not about being starving. Its all about the nutritional value of stuff. Its not that you get to eat, its that you get to introduce stuff in your body thats going to hang on and make you feel good, like carbs. Vitamins A, C, Ball that stuff. It all helps you hang on to weight and water.

Hydration is obviously a huge key for fighters. Anything special you do to help with hydration?

Literally all I drink outside of fight camp is beer and water. I stay away from popbeer is healthier than pop. Im not big on energy drinks or protein shakes. During camp, the biggest thing is to just drink as much water as possible. I try to get a gallon down a day when Im lifting weights. When it comes to fight time, two weeks before the fight Ill drink two gallons of water a day, which will give me about 15 pounds. Now, thats a lot of water, so youre going to be peeing a lot.

After you make weight, a lot of people dont know what to digest. Doctors have told me that Pedialyte is the best thing. It has the perfect combination of zinc, vitamins, iron, carbohydrates. Its the perfect drink for your body to digest.

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Throwing a spear, flipping a tire, leaping over a wall of flame, its all in a days work for triathlete turned obstacle course racer Ben Greenfield.

After competing in more than 120 races and 12 Ironman triathlons, writing 13 books, and launching a highly rated fitness podcast, Ben Greenfield, owner of Ben Greenfield Fitness Systems, wanted a new challenge.

He found it in Spartan racing.

I got bored doing Ironman, he said. Theres more to fitness than just riding a bike or moving your feet.

Though he was undeniably fit, Greenfield said seven years ago he couldnt climb a rope or flip a tire. Now, hes been selected to join a group of elite obstacle racing competitors in a five-race U.S. Spartan Race series leading up to the 2017 Reebok Spartan Race World Championship which will be televised in September.

Hes no stranger to television. Last year he appeared on Steve Austins Broken Skull Challenge, and he recently returned from filming Spartan: The Ultimate Team Challenge in Atlanta.

The show premieres Monday night on NBC.

In Spartan: The Ultimate Team Challenge, Greenfield and his team will race across a Spartan course against other groups of families, co-workers and friends. The course is engineered to test endurance and determination. The winning team will receive the grand prize of $250,000. Greenfields team includes wife Jessa, brother Zach, sister Rosie, and long time family friend Jason.

This year the show was filmed in an urban setting where they filmed Terminus in The Walking Dead, he said. It was like Spartan races on steroids. Its a fun show to watch and film.

As an avid bow hunter, Greenfield said this style of competition was right up his alley.

Bow hunting is obstacle course racing with a weapon, he said, shrugging. And I cant say I get bored doing Spartan.

The rise in popularity of this gritty sport doesnt surprise him a bit.

People want to get out of the office and return to their ancestry and roots, he said. Men and women all over the globe want to feel like badasses and compare their barbwire scars.

Greenfield has plenty of his own scars. Indeed, probably one of the biggest challenges of Spartan racing is staying healthy and coping with the injuries that come from hefting huge logs and scrambling up cargo nets.

I always hurt, he said. But Id rather burn out than die of Type 2 diabetes.

Greenfield says social media is partially responsible for obstacle course racings rise in popularity.

Its very conducive to social media. People love to post photos on Instagram and Twitter.

(Greenfield is on Instagram as bengreenfieldfitness, and on Twitter @bengreenfield.)

For him, the appeal lies in spending time outdoors and, of course, the competition. The Lewiston-born University of Idaho grad has built several obstacles on his wooded Spokane acreage where he lives with his wife and twin sons River and Terran, nine.

Im an author, speaker and consultant, but I dont want to spend all my time hunched over a computer writing about fitness, he said. Ive always loved to compete and these races push me and challenge me. I like competitions that tap into my creative side.

He says he is just average at many of the obstacles.

Where I usually pass people is carrying heavy (stuff).

His frequent swims in the Spokane River also give him an advantage.

He laughed. Cold water swimming? I destroy that.

When he isnt traveling for competitions or speaking engagements, you can find Greenfield snowboarding on Mt. Spokane (We have season passes, he said.) Or paddle boarding down the river.

He and his family like to dine at Thai Bamboo or Wild Sage, and when eating at home they buy local and eat local very local.

Weve got goats and chickens, he said.

Always ready to tackle something new, Greenfield is finishing his first novel and a deal is in the works to sell it to Sony pictures.

Im a firm believer that life is like a book. You have many different chapters, he said.

But as to the chapter on how his team did in Spartan: The Ultimate Team Challenge, Greenfields not giving anything away.

He grinned. Youll have to watch the show and see what happens.

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Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has insisted both he and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq have the same expectations over player fitness after Umar Akmal was axed from the Champions Trophy squad a week before the tournament.

Akmal had been omitted from the West Indies tour when he was the one player from a group of 31 who failed to meet fitness standards. He then made it into the final 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy at the last minute after clearing a fitness test supervised by Inzamam at the National Cricket Academy. However, shortly after arriving in England, he failed two further tests overseen by Arthur and was dispatched back to Pakistan.

Arthur, addressing the issue for the first time in the tournament, said there was no question of any part of the Pakistan management accepting different standards of fitness.

"Inzi and myself are on exactly the same page," he said in Cardiff ahead of Pakistan's decisive group match against Sri Lanka. "In terms of that test, I'm not sure how that happened. We were always going to test the guys here so every guy who is now here is fine. Inzi has bought into exactly what we want to do so there's no disconnect between us at all, we are on the same page."

Arthur struck an exasperated tone when talking specifically of Akmal, whose ODI career has stalled on 116 matches since the tour of Australia. "It was incredibly disappointing with Umar Akmal because he didn't tour West Indies for the same reason. I would have thought in that month that he would have done something.

"He's just got to get out there and do it. All the players know what the standards are and they need to do it because it's a culture we are trying to develop. It doesn't happen overnight. The standards are going to go up and up. There has to be that culture of hard work, commitment and dedication because that shows us players really want to play."

At the time of Akmal being removed from the squad, Inzamam said: "We had a set a fitness standard which isn't really a tough one to start with. But he still didn't meet the average level. So whoever the player is, whatever his performance is like, we could not select him. Akmal being dropped is a reprimand and it's a major blow for any player. He is a good player, we needed him, but we had to take a decision."

Asked about the fitness levels on show at the Champions Trophy, Arthur said: "It's one the things we work tirelessly on and we are going in the right direction."

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WEST HAVEN >> Students and their families at Carrigan Intermediate School are getting some help from their neighbors at University of New Haven to learn about nutrition, practice an active lifestyle and bolster efforts to keeps kids fit and fight childhood obesity.

In return, the kids all fifth-graders who will be back at Carrigan next year in sixth grade are helping UNH dietetics professor Anne Davis and her students with some important research and hopefully will have some fun doing it.

Theyre part of the Chomp n Stomp to Your Best Fitness program, which began this past week at the school, which serves fifth- and sixth-graders.

I feel excited. I feel like Ill be more fit, said fifth-grader Abigail Phelan, 11, after getting her body analyzed and getting her Sqord electronic activity monitor, which she will wear on her wrist all summer. It measures all the movement.

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As she spoke, Davis had her classmate, Olivia Trenchard, also 11, hooked up to some electrodes on her middle finger, wrist, toes and ankle, which were connected to white wires that ran into a bioelectrical impedance analysis machine in a room within school nurses Marilyn Nairns and Barbara Cases office.

Davis said the machine measures the quantity and quality of body mass, including the amount of fat, bone, water and muscle.

The study will dig deeper than a typical study, said Davis, head of universitys dietetics program.

Typically, when there are programs that study childhood obesity, they just look at height and weight, Davis said. Were going deeper to study body composition and do exercise testing, she said.

Last week, Davis and three of her students began using sophisticated electronic equipment to gauge students body composition beyond just the body mass index thats often measured.

They also began issuing students, beginning with 35 kids Tuesday, Sqord electronic activity monitors that they will wear on their wrists all summer before coming back to do additional measurements in fall.

Were hoping for 250 (participants) eventually out of a total 450 students in the classes, Davis said.

The program is funded by a $47,066 grant from the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority, said Davis and Principal Frank Paolino.

UNH had reached out to a few of the schools, including Carrigan and Bailey Middle School, said Paolino. But I guess Bailey decided that the program did not work out for it, he said.

He said his hope is that the study will lead them into a healthier lifestyle. Were trying to get them to eat healthier and lead a healthier lifestyle, Paolino said.

In addition to helping kids lead healthy lifestyles, its a great opportunity for undergrads to get involved in research, said Davis.

The grant pays only for equipment.

Were all volunteering our time, she said.

The Sqords cost $36 apiece and are specifically designed for kids and are even waterproof, Davis said.

They are pretty much indestructible, she said.

Fifth-grader Danyella Lanch-Flores, 11, said she was excited that I get to not be a lazy couch potato and that the study will measure what she eats, because I eat a lot of junk food.

With an activity monitor on her wrist, I feel like Im going to be playing outside more, she said.

Im OK with it, fellow fifth-grade student Michael Mention, 11 said about his monitor. It will keep track of how long I run and what Im doing. This summer, Im going to be outside a lot with my friends, he said.

His classmate Max Ginsberg, 10, also is excited, calling the monitor on his wrist something new to me. Its just going to involve a little more activity and exercise, he said. Its going to keep me motivated to wear it.

Fifth-grader Angelo Caramanica, 11, who is a running back on the West Haven Seahawks youth football team, said he felt pretty good about his upcoming summer wearing a Sqord.

Ill probably run a lot more, swim a lot more, he said. Right now, he said he likes to play football and swim.

UNH nutrition and dietetics major Sabrina Svozzi, 21, an incoming senior from Philadelphia, who is one of the student researchers, predicted that the program is going to get kids to be more active, and I think its going to help.

For her, the study is a great opportunity to actually be in the field instead of just learning in a classroom, she said.

I think when it comes to childhood obesity, its never too soon to start looking at it and I think prevention is the cure, said student researcher Riley Knebes, an incoming senior from Salem, Oregon, who has a double major in English and communications with a minor in nutrition and dietetics.

UNH nutrition and dietetics major Stephanie Alvarez, 22, of Lakeville, called the program a really good start for kids to learn about childhood obesity.

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Lindsey Cramer, owner of I WILL Fitness & Training at 716 1st Ave S., said she and her staff want people of all ages and fitness levels to achieve goals in a fun and supportive environment. Getting people out of the house and learning to enjoy fitness is the first step, she said.

Everyone has a goal statement and we want to help people find that I will statement and make it happen for them, Cramer said.

Cramer taught classes part time at Legacy Center at the former James River Fitness Center while raising five children ages 2 to 12. She has a bachelors degree in physical education and nutrition from the University of North Dakota.

Shane Kurtz, principal of Central Dakota Home Builders, renovated the former Carquest Auto Parts building, she said. The space has natural lighting on an open lobby, a group classroom and a specialized strength area to train athletes, she said.

We wanted the feel of a gathering space as opposed to strictly a gym feel, Cramer said.

Gymnasiums are great, but I WILL Fitness is for instructor-led classes. The focus is on the classes so there are no treadmills or other machines, she said.

We feel this is a very welcoming environment, she said. It is nonjudgmental, inviting and energizing.

Cramer teaches SilverSneakers. These workouts are for senior citizens and others who want stretching and non-impact aerobic exercise.

Other more intense classes blend cardio and strength training with movement to music. These include Zumba, Pound, PiYo, Insanity, HIIT (high intensity interval training) and Tabata classes with Core de Force, a mixed martial arts workout coming soon.

The classes are designed to blend people from all levels of fitness, she said. The athlete and the person with no physical activity are working to his or her own level by doing a modified version of the same workout.

The beauty of our classes is that they can all be modified work for anyone, she said.

The other half of the business is the strength gym. The goal there is to work with athletes who need challenges, she said.

We are bringing the best training technique to help athletes improve, she said.

The no-contract membership system has something for everyone, she said. There are pay-per class to no expiration 10-class cards to full memberships for all classes, she said.

We want people to love it and then get a membership and want to stay with us, she said.

For more information, call 952-5530 or visit iwillfitness.com.

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We have all experienced the excitement of having committed to a weight loss goal, you can practically feel the fat melting off having just made the decision to lose weight! And then reality kicks in, weight loss motivation wanes and suddenly we are reaching for the junk food and the TV remote

However there ARE people who manage to stay motivated to reach their weight loss goals, so how do they do it? This is the question we put to 37 health and fitness experts and we have listed their answers below.

There is a great mixture answers from professionals such as personal trainers, fitness authors and bloggers and weight loss coaches, plus you also get to hear from people who have battled with the bulge themselves some even losing in excess of 100lbs!

We hope you enjoy reading through these weight loss motivation tips as much as we enjoyed compiling them.

What is your number 1 tip for staying motivated when trying to lose weight?

Ben Greenfield ~ Ben Greenfield Fitness

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Post a photo on your mirror of the body you want and look at it every day. For bonus points, put it on refrigerator too.

Tina ~ Carrots N Cake

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Know that the changes you are making are long-term, lifestyle changes, not quick fixes, so ENJOY the process, take your time, and find what works for YOU!

Terry Asher ~ Gym Junkies

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Want to stay motivated when trying to lose weight? Have sex; yes its great for you. It releases tons of endorphins in your brain when you have an orgasm.

Theres also plenty of research showing that the more weight you lose the better your sex life becomes. Being motivated for losing weight does not have to be boring!

Jennipher Walters ~ Fit Bottomed Girls

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Find and focus on your why! Take a few minutes to think or journal on why you want to lose weight and why you deserve to be healthy. As the answers pop up, keep drilling down and asking why you want those things. Keep asking why? until you get down to a really basic and emotional feeling that resonates with you. Most of the time, its something like: I want to feel confident, or I want to be seen for who I really am. Then put reminders up around you that inspires and reminds you why youre making healthy choices. When you have a strong emotional connection to your why, its much easier to make the better-for-you decision!

Keith Lai ~ FitMole

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Be like Chinese bamboo.

The Chinese Bamboo Tree is a story of persistence.In its first 4 years, Chinese bamboo doesnt appear to grow above soil no matter how much sunlight, water, and nurturing it gets.

But in its 5th year, it is said that Chinese bamboo grows to over 80 feet in just 6 weeks time.

So whats the moral of this story?

No, Im not saying you need to wait 5 years to see weight loss results.

But most people these days cant even wait 5 days.

Theres no such thing as a quick fix, and if you expect yourself to lose 20 pounds in one week, then youre going to be in for a rude awakening.

So be patient.

Weight loss takes time and consistency always wins in the long run.

Lee Sutherland ~ Fitness in the City

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Motivation can come in so many forms these days social media, famous people, strangersbut why not look a little closer to home and become your own motivation. Dont you want to be the best version of you? To see how strong/fit/energized/awesome you can become? Use THAT as a driving force. Not someone who has a differentbody shape, or may be paid to workout for hours on end.

Once you stop looking outwards for motivation (because hey, that is always pretty short lived right?) and start looking in at what YOU want to achieve, it suddenly becomes a lot clearer and less daunting. If weight-loss is the goal, it is all about consistency. Keep adding in fresh real food (think proteins, greens, good fats, seeds/nuts and a little fruit) so it crowds out the not so good stuff (yep, that includes processed food), move that body daily in some way and you will be on your way my friend!

JC Deen ~ JCD Fitness

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Get some form of accountability in place, whether it be a group of others supporting you, or a coach. Dont try to do it by yourself.

Justin Miller ~ Limitless 365

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Consistency is something that you can control. You have a choice every day to workout to not. You can decide to go on a walk instead of watching TV. You can decide to wake up 15 minutes earlier and practice Yoga. You can decide to skip out on happy hour and get in a workout instead. You can decide that doing the laundry is more important today than going to the park and doing a couple bodyweight movements.

One way you can practice more consistency is by paying attention to the way you talk to yourself. Listen for when you say things like I have to do this, So and so needs me to do this, or Im supposed to or should be.

There really is not much you HAVE to do. Realizing you have a choice is a very powerful thing.

Next time you catch yourself saying I have to try changing it to I choose to.

I choose to workout. I choose to prepare my healthy meals ahead of time. Im choosing to work late instead of heading to the gym.

Michael Wood ~ Michael Wood Blog

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To keep someone motivated throughout a period of time when they are trying to lose weight check in periodically with smaller, short term goals to help them reach their weight loss goals. For example, if someone has a goal to lose say 20 pounds in about 2 1/2 months then I would have goals to preserve lean muscle tissue and drop body weight and body fat a specific amount of each every three weeks.

Amira Lamb ~ Holistic Hottie

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Find joy in the process instead of punishment.

Training isnt about beating yourself up. Its about building yourself up. Youre (probably) getting stronger and more powerful as you change your body composition. Youre discovering how your body, mind and emotions are responding to exercise and how youre now feeding yourself. This can be very eye opening for some people!

By focusing on the wins that have nothing to do with scale weight, motivation can be easier to maintain. Scale weight can be unnerving. One week you might lose X amount of points but then you might not lose any the next. Or you might not lose anything for two weeks straight until suddenly a substantial amount is lost.

If youre feeling stronger, more energetic and more resilient the scale wont get you down or at least not for long! Youll start to see the scale as simply an interesting source of information rather than the ultimate golden standard. And this is one of the reasons why some people ditch the scale all together.

Personally I like the scale. I use it for feedback but I dont agonize over numbers.

Jason Jacobs ~ Finding My Fitness

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Thats the golden question. I spent a few years looking for the magic bullet for finding motivation, and I finally just realized there isnt one. Why do some people succeed in their efforts and others have to keep trying over and over? Bottom line, they havent found a compelling enough reason why.

So how do you fake motivation until you have it? It depends on the person. You have to find out what drives you. For me, when I felt like I could really start to stick to a plan was when I started tracking my activity. I set goals (10000 steps, 15 flights of stairs, 30 minutes of activity, and 5 miles per day). My fitness tracker makes this really easy, and the competition against myself is what has actually worked the best for me.

Gail Spencer ~ Go Go Gail!

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The thing that keeps me motivated, that keeps me going even when I dont see progress, is the promise I made to myself to never, ever, ever give up. So I guess you can say Winston Churchill keeps me going!

Mike Medeiros ~ Exercise and Nutrition Tips

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When setting a goal for weight loss it is important to make that goal something that is attainable and reasonable. Many people often will set the bar to high only to get discouragedwhen they dont come close to it. Reaching these smaller goals will give you the motivation needed to make your ultimate goal.

Heather ~ Fit Aspire

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My #1 tip for staying motivated is to understand WHY you are trying to lose weight. How is this goal related to your overall value & dreams? If you have a deeper reason, youre more likely to keep pushing when you hit your first roadblock.

Mariah Dolan

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My #1 tip is to join a challenge group with others trying to lose weight. The support and accountability youll get creates massive momentum which keeps you moving forward.

Otherwise, you start a diet on Monday and eat a whole cake by Friday because you feel restricted. Hence, you start again on Monday, right? This pattern can go on for YEARS. (It did for me!)

Its a game changer when you pair up with others trying to lose weight. You no longer feel alone. You feel supported. You feel motivated. And THATS what will get you to the finish line!

Jen Sinkler

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To build consistency in a fitness regimen, make your fitness time as official as possible. Put it in your calendar, make a date with workout buddies, hire a trainer do whatever you need to do to make it a nonnegotiable block of time, every time.

Drew Manning ~ Fit2Fat2Fit

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My number one tip for staying motivated is finding accountability. Finding an audience to keep you accountable is what has helped so many people maintain a healthy lifestyle. So whether thats a friend, family or an online community or a running group, fitness class, basketball team, etc. its so essential to have this support group.

I have many friends who have been on The Biggest Loser and Extreme Weight Loss and unfortunately, most of them gain the weight back after the show. The ones that have kept the weight off all have one thing in commonand thats staying accountable. They continue to post on social media about their successes, their struggles, their races they enter, their food, their workouts, their epic fails, or cheat meals. No matter what it is they find a way to stay accountable to their audiences and so it is for the rest of us.

Finding a support group is the number one tip for staying motivated and staying accountable. Even as a personal trainer I need to remember this. Signing up for a race or a competition of some kind helps me stay accountable, because if Im just working out to look good, that gets old real quick. There has to be a bigger reason. So find your support group and stay accountable to that you can maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Danica ~ Chic Runner

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My number one tip for staying motivated when trying to lose weight is to start each day fresh. No matter what you did the day before, every time you wake up is a new opportunity to eat healthy and have a great day. Dont hold your old habits or what you did yesterday against yourself or youll be fighting an uphill battle!

Ivan ~ The Body Building Blog

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Losing weight is no easy mission. The task itself requires a lot of knowledge in the field of nutrition, dieting techniques and training. The hardest part, however, is staying motivated throughout the whole process. I mean, after all what you are aiming for is long-term consistency its a marathon, not a sprint. One of the best ways to elevate and retain motivation is to always be in a competition, not with someone, but rather yourself. No matter what results you achieve always try your best to better them. Because fitness in general is not about making sure you are better than someone else but making sure that you are a better you.

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Create deadlines and stakes. These are literally the only reasons people do anything. You need a timeline to get it done by, and if you dont get it done then there have to be consequences. Set yourself up for success, and the only way to do that is to set a deadline and create stakes for yourself.

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Charles Barkley revealed Friday night that hes going to attend a fat farm in San Antonio, Texas, to lose weight.

The former basketball star told his TNT cohosts on Inside The NBA that he would be taking six weeks off to focus on his weight and overall health.

Barkley discussed his personal struggle with his body during the NBA finals post-game report.

Listen, I am embarrassed about how fat I have become, he said. I have become lazy. Number one, Im not healthy.

Barkleys cohosts were surprised, remarking that they thought he was just going on a vacation. The panelists were unsure as to whether he was being serious, but he insisted that he wanted to get fit again.

Im taking the next six weeks to get my fat ass in shape, he said. Not around anything. So, I dont drink, I gotta eat healthy, and I gotta work out. So, Im disappearing until I see yall.

The sports legend already lost 27 pounds back in 2011, when he became a spokesman for Weight Watchers Lose Like a Man program.

Barkley has been open about his body struggles, which he has said began after the Houston Rockets gave him a pay cut to help bring Scottie Pippen on the team. The former power forward told Bill Simmons on Any Given Sunday last year that the cut was less than he had agreed on, and it left him feeling unmotivated.

The only year that I was fat was my last year in Houston, because they had promised me $12 million, Barkley told Simmons. When I showed up, the contract was only for $8 million. And I said, What happened to my other $4 million? They said, Well, we just decided to keep it.

The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionwarns against fad diets. Instead, it recommends that weight loss comes from a lifestyle change that includes healthy eating, regular physical activity, and balancing the number of calories you consume with the number of calories your body uses.

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Charles Barkley announced during Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday, June 9, that he plans to attend a "fat camp" for the next six weeks to lose weight.

"Listen, I am embarrassed about how fat I have become," the retired NBA player told fellow TNT cohost Shaquille O'Neal. "I've become lazy. Number one, I'm not healthy. I'm not healthy. Y'all not going to see me. I've got to come back for the [NBA] awards show. But I'm taking the next six weeks to get my fat ass in shape. [I won't be] around anything. So, I don't drink, I've got to eat healthy and I've got to work out. So, I'm disappearing until I see y'all."

Barkley,54, insisted that he was "being very serious" after his fellow broadcasters questioned his comments. He said the so-called "fat farm" that he plans to attend is located in San Antonio.

The 11-time NBA All-Star, who stands at 6-foot-6, was previously a spokesperson for Weight Watchers' "Lose Like a Man" program. During an interview on Any Given Sunday last year, he said he first gained weight in 2000, his last year playing with the Houston Rockets, when the team cut his pay to bring Scottie Pippen on board.

"The only year that I was fat was my last year in Houston because they had promised me $12 million," he said. "When I showed up, the contract was only for $8 million. And I said, 'What happened to my other $4 million?' They said, 'Well, we just decided to keep it.'"

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Let's start with what I like about the Whole30. First, the name is no joke: The Whole30 really is an eating plan that emphasizes real food not processed meals and snacks that regularly sneak into our diets.

For those just tuning in, this diet skips sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes and dairy for 30 days. It permits meat, seafood, eggs, veggies, fruit and "natural fats" like vegetable oils, coconut oil and tree nuts.

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The Whole30 also has a built-in support system that encourages accountability a key part of a successful weight loss. The plan's presence on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter is the 2017 version of a '90s Weight Watchers meeting, only on a much bigger scale.

Here's where they lose me: The Whole30 seems to be either supported by very small, poorly-conducted studies, or based on pure conjecture otherwise disproven by reputable nutrition scientists.

I know being less-than-enthused by this trendy eating plan makes me unpopular, but hear me out! These are a few attributes of the Whole30 that give me pause and why plus, better ideas to consider in their place.

One horrifically grating thing about the Whole30 books: The authors claim that they're "not telling you what to eat" while literally telling you what you can and cannot eat. For example, "processed foods" are off limits, but lo and behold you can eat cured pork, otherwise known as BACON and SAUSAGE!

Many Whole30 recipes use bacon and coconut-based ingredients, making the plan high in both saturated fat and sodium, top nutrients of concern identified by the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These nutrients (along with added sugar) have been linked to harmful health effects, including weight gain and increased risk of chronic disease.

TRY THIS INSTEAD: Eat more lean protein instead of cured meats. Seafood, eggs, 100% whole-grains and legumes fill you up without a nutritional downside.

The Whole30 preaches that legumes contain "anti-nutrients," which is simply not true. It's well-established in nutrition science that legumes like beans, lentils, chickpeas, soybeans and peanuts are hands-down the most nutritious foods you can possibly eat!

They're loaded with prebiotic fiber, which is linked to boosting immunity. The antioxidants and minerals in legumes also improve blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's and cancer. Legumes are also nature's gift for weight-loss. They're low in calories from fat, but higher in fiber, reducing the temptation to snack.

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TRY THIS INSTEAD: If legumes make you feel bloated, you're either not used to eating them, or you're not drinking enough water! If you're not a regular chickpea-chomper, gradually introduce these foods into your diet, and sip more H2O.

Diets that include dairy products (about two cups per day) are linked to a lower risk of chronic disease and smaller waist circumference. Diets that emphasize dairy alternatives? Not so much. Despite the health halo worn by almond and coconut milk, nut- and seed-based substitutes don't even come close to their counterparts. They're lower in potassium and protein, higher in sodium and don't provide the vitamins A and D that you'd get from fortified milk or unsweetened soy versions.

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For weight loss, it's senseless that the Whole30 includes clarified butter (a high-fat, protein-less version) and nixes better-for-you low-fat Greek yogurt. Their rationale: Eliminating milk solids can help you detect an allergy to whey or casein, milk's predominant proteins. But an actual allergy would cause mouth and throat swelling, as well as hives and anaphylaxis. It's supremely unlikely to suddenly appear in adulthood, so consult a physician ASAP if you're truly concerned. Lactose intolerance, on the other hand, is the result of an enzyme deficiency that causes more nuanced discomfort, like gas and bloating.

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