Okay so picture this, for about five years I worked out five days a week with a personal trainer for about two hours a day.  I am not talking about just a little jog or a brisk walk.  Oh no, it was seventy minutes (at least) of cross-training, hard-core cardio.  I would then follow this horrendous cardio workout with weightlifting and then some torturous ab work.  I got to the point that when I took a spinning class it was easier than what I was doing with the trainer on a daily basis.   So you would think that I was in great shape, well I was.  And you would also think I had a kickin’ body, you know thin, cut, the aerobic queen, well no that wasn’t that case.  In fact, I just kept getting heavier.  I know what you are going to say “muscle weighs more than fat”, yeah I understand that, but believe me there was more than just muscle weight on me.  It was so frustrating, I couldn’t understand how I could keep getting heavier when I was busting my butt in the gym everyday.  I would ask my trainer what I was doing wrong and she would say “Kain it’s all in your diet”.  And you know what, I didn’t believe her.  I really thought I was burning enough calories in the gym everyday to justify the pizza, wings, subs, cookies, and every other deep-fried concotion that was out there that I was consuming everyday.  I think you can see my logic here, but sometimes you just have to do more to lose weight and I just could not accept that at the time.  I thought that if I worked out as hard as I could that I was justified to eat anything I wanted and as much of it as I wanted.  Well guess what? It doesn’t work that way.

So then I start the program with Physician’s Plan Weight Management Center this spring and I lose 20 pounds in two months.  Hmmmmm, let’s see so I just adjusted my caloric in- take and I just dropped more weight in two months than I did in five years of working out.  Now this is not an argument against working out.  We all know the benefits of exercise, but what it has taught me is just how important our diet can be.  I am actually  big fan of exercise and I love the way it makes me feel.  I am one of those folks who get that wonderful endorphin rush after working out.  It helps me both physically and mentally.  So I know it’s time to get back to the gym.  I stopped working out because I was frustrated and then I ended up getting even heavier because I continued to eat poorly, but now I wasn’t even burning any of it off.  So I took that first step and started Physician’s Plan and fixed my diet, it’s now time to put back in the exercise.  My weight loss has slowed down abit and when I asked the folks at Physican’s Plan why, they told me that I needed to add in some exercise and I would see that weight loss start to speed up again.  And this time I am listening to the experts instead of thinking I know better.  So as of next week I start going to the gym and this time I think I won’t try to be the workout queen.  This time I will be alittle more reasonable about my workout and not try to be on the cover of Shape magazine inside of a week.

This weight loss journey has really been enjoyable.  I enjoy seeing my body change, I really enjoy seeing those the smaller sizes again.  It’s something I am working very hard for, but it is absolutely with it.  So if adding alittle exercise in with the diet helps me attain my goal then I say…BRING IT ON!  Tough words from a girl who can curl 10 pounds.  See ya at the gym!