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Update: New Year, New You Challenge
The four participants in our New Year, New You Challenge are off and running.
Trainer Christina Muller offered this update on Stuart:
Stuart has lost 6.6 pounds! He was unable to start training until Jan. 8 due to illness, so he accomplished this in just three weeks. He’s on schedule because it’s recommended to only drop 2 pounds a week for health reasons. He has gotten a chef for dinners, we toured the grocery store to learn about label reading and healthy choices, and he and all the participants will be meeting with our nutritionist soon. This is quite an accomplishment, especially since Stuart really likes Mexican food.
We are still training four days a week, with no cancellations. He originally hired me so that it would get him to the gym and now he has asked to keep the workouts intense because he feels a significant difference and enjoys the sessions. Those words are music to my ears. Also his partner is now interested in hiring a trainer. Stuart is an influence just by making the commitment and sticking to it. Stay tuned …
Here’s trainer Kyle Golden’s update on Holly, Joy and Sandy:
All of my participants agreed to go to the Fitness Institute of Texas, part of UT’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, for body composition testing. FIT has a state-of-the-art body composition analysis called DEXA, which is currently the most reliable method for determining a person’s body mass, body fat and muscle mass. The DEXA procedure is an easy, six-minute scan that is similar to an X-ray. Joy and Holly have completely their scans; Sandy has hers scheduled. Results from the DEXA scan will be updated at the six-month point and at the end of the year to more scientifically measure the results from their efforts over this challenge. All of the challenge participants will be meeting with a nutritionist as a group very soon.
Joy has lost 3 pounds since the beginning of January. Unfortunately she had unexpected surgery in mid-January and was unable to workout for two weeks. Joy was back to cardio by month’s end and we will start adding light resistance in February. While her surgery set her back a little, she is very enthusiastic and ready to get back into the routine. She is keeping great logs of her food and has been very disciplined; however, we are working on tweaking her diet to limit the indulgences and include healthy choices. Joy will continue her sessions three times a week and get in 45 minutes of cardio about four days a week. Joy’s DEXA scan reported 47.8 percent body fat.
Holly has lost 5 pounds since the beginning of January. She has made significant changes to her diet and is keeping up well with her food journal. While Holly has made significant, positive changes in her diet, she still needs to work on sticking to healthy food choices. Holly has been to every scheduled session so far; she has perfect attendance! She has a great attitude and looks forward to each session. Having lost 5 pounds in the first month is great encouragement that she is on the right path. Holly and Sandy have moved from “break-in” circuit training to resistance training with brief cardio segments between resistance sets. Holly is getting in 45 minutes of cardio three to four times a week. Holly’s DEXA scan reported 47.1 percent body fat.
Sandy has lost 1 pound since the beginning of January. She has been absent from our scheduled sessions quite often due to illness and work-related travel. Admittedly, Sandy was not disciplined with her diet for most of January, but she has started to make healthier choices and is recommitting herself to the challenge. Sandy is ready to see changes in herself for good! Along with Holly, Sandy has moved from “break-in” circuit training to resistance training with brief cardio segments between resistance sets. She is getting in 45 minutes of cardio three to four times a week. Sandy has scheduled her DEXA scan for this month.
Up next: Look for another update in early March.
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