Sleep

If you want to lose weight you need to get enough sleep. I want you to shoot for 8 hours of sleep a night. Studies have shown that hours of sleep before midnight are when you get the best sleep with the most benefits. So the earlier you get to bed the better for your body and your weight loss. Studies also show that if you get enough sleep your body makes more of a hormone called leptin, which makes you feel satisfied after a meal. If you don't get enough sleep your body make less leptin and more of a hormone called ghrelin, which increases appetite and slows your metabolism. Your body also needs those precious hours of sleep to do maintenance and repairs on your body. You are working hard right now to lose weight your body needs time at rest to help it along. My goal is to head to bed by 9:30. This might be a challenge for some of us but if you get to bed earlier you can get up earlier and get just as much done in the day and maybe even more!

How many calories are Burned?

Do you ever end your workout wondering, "How many calories did I just burn????"  How many calories you burn at any given task or workout depends on your body weight, the duration of your activity, and the intensity you are working out at.  The more you weight the more calories it takes to move your body thus the more calories burned.  The longer you workout the more calories burned.  The harder you workout the more calories burned.  So with that being said, feel free to visit this site and find out how many calories you are burning during your daily workouts.  I think you might be surprised.
http://www.fitwatch.com/database/searchexdb.html
We will talk more about this later.  Keep up the good work!

Quote

"Our effort today determines our success tomorrow."

By Scott Larsen :)

Scott shared this with us a months ago but I wanted to bring it back up.  To have success we have to have effort.  That is all there is to it.