Even though obesity and being overweight consists of carrying excess fat in several areas of your body, the midsection is the spot most associated with being overweight. Both men and women pack on excess abdominal fat as they gain weight, but it is men who seem most at risk when it comes to serious health issues brought on by extra abdominal fat. If you have questions about weight loss in Twin Falls, contact our team today.
The research that is floating around out there about men and extra abdominal fat is quite frightening. Carrying extra weight and inches in your midsection can open the door to several serious health conditions. Increased risk of cardiovascular disease is one possibility, as is an increased risk of insulin sensitivity and diabetes.
Men who carry this extra padding around the middle don't only carry it close to the surface; they carry it deeper inside the abdomen, as well. This deeper fat, known as visceral fat, can surround the internal organs, which increases the risk of health issues like the ones mentioned above.
Whether you are male or female, it is important to balance the calories coming in with the calories going out. As an example, having a sedentary job and lifestyle while eating three or more meals per day will probably cause you to gain weight in your abdomen and elsewhere.
Normal aging is also a factor in gaining belly fat, as most of us start losing muscle mass as we age. Genetics can also play a part, but most of the time it is related to your lifestyle. If you find that you are packing on extra weight in your midsection as you age, you might have to reduce your average caloric intake and move your body more to compensate.
One of the simpler ways to figure out if you have a weight problem in your midsection is to do a waist circumference measurement. This refers to the distance around the smallest part of your midsection below your rib cage but above your belly button. When matched with your age and height, your result will determine whether you are in a healthy range or need to trim away some inches.
Heart disease and diabetes are no laughing matter, so it's important to take your abdominal fat seriously and take measures to reduce it. Even if you feel fine and aren't showing signs of these problems, the risk is always there.
It's time to take charge of your health. Contact our weight loss team at Dynamic Fat Loss today.
This recommendation is often repeated and attributed to many famous people. The advice can be used for many different situations - when times are tough, don't stop in Kennewick. Don't ever stop, keep pushing through. In our program there can be times when it seems we are going through hell. During these times, these 6 powerful reminders are great to keep in mind:
We have all heard these words before. We have all read positive thoughts and then failed to act on them. We also have the ability to leave all those hells behind us. The single biggest factor in success is the complete and absolute refusal to quit. No matter the challenge, no matter the obstacle, no matter how many people tell us we cannot. Don't stop and never quit.
I have a simple reminder every day when I leave my house. My personal license plate spells out - NEVER QUIT and my license plate frame reads - FIGHT LIKE HELL. I pray you do both. Be Blessed.
"Everyone has a plan until they get hit", this was a quote from Mike Tyson. He was thought of as the most ferocious heavyweight boxing champion ever, by many. This was his response when he was asked by a reporter what he thought about his next opponent's strategy to beat him. What he said is very meaningful in life as well. We all make plans, make commitments, tell ourselves we are going to make changes - and then life hits.
I was saving lots of my paycheck and then they had a sale at my favorite store.
We all know the story, we had a plan until we got hit...
The key is whether we see getting hit as a reason to deviate from our plan. Or does getting hit make us even more committed to accomplishing our plan? What if we viewed challenges (getting hit) as stepping stones to get stronger? Stepping stones to test our grit... Stepping stones to help us grow....
Be Blessed.
It was going to be a very hot day. Really, really hot. Sahara Desert hot. The calls started coming in around noon. Concerned parents wanting to know if we were still going to hold a baseball practice at 5:00 that evening, the hottest part of the day. As the coach of a team of 13 year olds, it was my decision; cancel practice or have practice as usual. You know what we did.
Every one of my players showed up. Some of them with a worried parent alongside, wondering what kind of a coach holds practice in 110 degree weather. It turned out to be the hottest day in many decades and within 1 degree of the hottest day ever in the history of Boise. We had a very productive 90 minute practice. At the end of practice my players were excited to have done it. They enjoyed themselves and learned a lot about their toughness. There was not another team practicing in the entire baseball complex (normally there would be 5 or 6 teams fighting to get the practice fields).
There are always going to be times when we can let the circumstances dictate what we do in Twin Falls. We could fold up and go home because the weather is too hot, or cold, or rainy or windy. We can skip the gym because we are tired or sore or want to watch something on T.V. When we give up control and let other things dictate our direction we lose our compass. We lose our self-determination and our confidence. We fall back feeling some guilt and without the newfound sense of accomplishment and security that pushing through the circumstance allows us to feel.
There is always something to eat from a buffet that is healthy and not cooked in oil or covered with gravy. We can always pick around the business lunch and find something nutritious and healthy to consume without just clearing the entire plate. Even at the most unhealthy football party food table there will be something to eat that will allow us to stay on the program. Or, we just don't eat anything. There is no law or rule that says just because there is food available that we have to eat it. There is no such thing as "I had to eat just to be polite". We don't have to be polite and continue ruining our health and our futures with food that clogs our arteries and overburdens our joints.
As we make good decisions that support our journey we develop a momentum we have never felt before. The good decisions become easier and we gain confidence in ourselves. We can build pride and feel bravado we have not experienced before.
Two weeks after the hottest day of practice my players will ever experience, we played a tournament in Salt Lake. It was 95 degrees one day and 97 degrees the second day. We won the tournament without losing a game. My players were laughing when the other teams complained how hot it was. One of my players commented after the game, "coach, those other players don't even know what hot feels like".
Be Blessed and own your future.
As kids we were constantly competing in Boise - we had bike races, we played tag and hide-and-seek and every sport under the sun. We did reading and writing contests. We did spelling contests and we competed to see who could memorize all 50 states. As we went through life we had test scores, grade point averages and possible college acceptances to keep us sharp mentally.
It is natural for humans to compete. Not only is it natural, but competition is vital to healthy emotional and physical living. Now, as we live our adult lives, when was the last time we competed? Do we go outside and run races or play tag at lunch? When was the last time we had adrenaline flowing and stepped to the line to challenge everyone that wanted to compete?
Unfortunately, too often these days, "competition" involves "winning" something when the competition is not really a healthy activity. EBay has been phenomenally successful telling us we have "won". What did we win? We paid what we thought was a fair price for something. This would be similar to the gas station giving us huge congratulations as we "won" the tank of gas we just paid for.
Some of us have replaced our own competing by becoming fanatical fans of other competitions. We can get some competitive juices flowing by cheering for our favorite college or professional team each game day. We can follow the trials and challenges of our chosen team and feel like we are part of the action.
Far too often, as we have grown up and become adults, we have lost those everyday occurrences of competition. We might get some feeling of "winning" when we find a 2 for 1 sale at our favorite store. We might get some excitement "winning" an item on EBay or having our favorite team win on Saturday afternoon.
This past Saturday morning I went to the race in Boise. It was a huge event and people had to park a long distance from the start. No one seemed to mind, there were people loading kids in strollers, dogs getting put on leashes, young adults walking down the sidewalk talking and pulling on their race shirts. The energy and excitement of the morning was contagious as everyone was getting ready to compete. Some were planning to win the race while others just wanted to see if they could finish. Some came to challenge everyone and others just to challenge themselves.
I encourage all of us to get involved in more competition. Whether it be sports or intellectual pursuits or individual accomplishments. Compete with yourself to see if you can get up 1 hour earlier each Saturday for a month. See how many to-do list items you can do before noon on your day off. Park as far away from your destination as possible and see how fast you can walk to the entrance. Competition is awakening, it is fun and it brings out the kid in all of us. People that compete stay young, mentally and physically. Who knows, you might even lose some weight.
Be Blessed.
"I can't stand rainy days".
"I always have trouble sleeping when it's windy".
"I never get anything done on Mondays".
I heard each of these sentences in the last couple of days. I had trouble hearing these statements and not getting in a discussion with each mutterer.
What power our words in Idaho Falls have is often completely missed. Our bodies are largely controlled by our subconscious minds. Our subconscious minds have no reason, no ability to discern right or wrong. They hear these negative statements and then work to support them. The direction we go with our statements is unbelievably powerful in terms of how our lives go. Whether we make positive statements or negative statements we are directing our bodies and our lives in those directions.
What choice do we have when we walk out of the house in the morning and are greeted by rain? We can say to ourselves, "I hate rainy days". Or we can say to ourselves, "What a wonderful change, look, it's raining today". No matter how we react, it is still going to rain. However, how we react and simply the choice of words we choose to tell ourselves, can greatly determine how our day goes. How our body responds and how our mind works that day.
I had friends complain of not having enough money. This mindset puts us in a state of want, a state of deprivation and need. We will never have enough when we are in this state of mind.
Conversely, I had friends that gave money to charities, gave money to homeless people, gave to their relatives. These friends had a mindset of abundance and humbleness. With this mindset there is no deprivation and there is seldom need.
Interestingly, the second group of friends had no more money or resources than the first group. Yet which group of friends is healthier, trimmer, quicker to laugh and more fun to be around?
Our words carry such power in our own lives. Of course, the words we hear in our work every day carry great power. When we hear a client state, "no matter what I do, I can't lose weight" we know this person needs help with their internal messages. This client will take much different coaching and supervision than a person that comes in and says, "I'm so ready for this, I can't wait to see how I change".
Be Blessed and live in abundance.
I was running my off-road buggy across the desert this glorious morning as the sun was coming up (much cooler and most people are still asleep) when I came across a rusted-out, old car body. It made me think about how many people would rust if they were made of metal. How many get stuck in habits and routines and just never change? Like an abandoned old car sitting in the desert, things that don't move and don't change, slowly rust away. We wake up one day and realize the person in the mirror has gotten older and a decade has gone by.
Our world is such an incredible, dynamic place with opportunities presented to us by the hour. And yet change is uncomfortable. Change is not what we like. Many of us keep doing things that we know are not leading us to success, we keep doing things just because that is the way we have always done them. We meant to start saving, we meant to start eating healthier, we meant to start exercising and do it regularly. We meant to stop a bad habit. We meant to do a lot of things and we just haven't.
What if we embraced change in Meridian? What if we pushed ourselves to do new things and kept doing new things even when we weren't good at them. Even when doing something different made us uncomfortable and pushed us off the rock we've sat on forever.
Start by going home tonight and look at how many things we are keeping around the house, the garage, the closet just because. We have no use for them, we haven't worn certain clothes in years. There are pots and pans and utensils in the kitchen drawers. There are nic naks on the shelves and boxes of stuff covered in dust. THROW THEM OUT. DONATE THEM, GIVE THEM AWAY. Make yourself uncomfortable by getting rid of some of your stuff.
When your friends ask you what you did this past weekend, do things that require adjectives like amazing, incredible, fascinating, scary, unreal, phenomenal. Do things that make you scream like a little kid and then say, "that was so much fun, let's do it again".
We are Blessed with a very finite number of days in our lives. Thrive, don't just survive. LIVE, LIVE, LIVE. It doesn't take gobs of money, it doesn't take gobs of time. It will require moving out of a comfort zone. It might require becoming uncomfortable for short periods of time.
Be Blessed.
First off, I didn't even want to get up this morning. I drove 600 miles yesterday and put in a 14 hour day. I pulled my tired carcass out of bed and somehow managed to get my workout clothes and shoes on. My car drove itself to the gym and I trudged to the heartless treadmill in Twin Falls.
We know each other well, this treadmill and me. It laughs at my sloth-like pace and uneven strides. It takes no pity on me as my breathing is labored and my muscles beg for more oxygen. This treadmill can only dream of having a svelte, agile young babe loping on it instead of my straining, sweaty pile of worn joints and air-sucking lungs.
The first quarter mile goes by at a leisure pace. I like to start out slow and then back off, you know, the tortoise strategy. After a few minutes my left knee is bothering me and I ponder the thought of hitting the STOP button. I plod on.
After a mile my knee has stopped aching and for a short stretch I feel almost adequate. My breathing is becoming more rapid as I wonder how long I will go this morning. I told myself I would go 4 miles but that might be a little optimistic. Why get in great shape all in one workout?
As I pass the two mile mark I know I won't make 4 miles. I'll just keep going and see how far I get before full muscle failure sets in. I'm distracted by some muscle-heads trying to out-lift each other. Young guys trying to impress the ladies, I used to be one of them. The distraction helps me get past 3 miles.
I bid adieu to my nemesis treadmill and walk out of the gym fully energized and ready for the day. I could have stayed in bed, I could have quit when my knee hurt, I could have done a mile and hit the STOP button. Life always seems to get better when we REFUSE TO QUIT.
Be Blessed.
Dynamic Fat Loss changed my life in Boise, in fact, it likely saved it. I suffer from a chronic illness, and had been slowly becoming heavier, less healthy, and almost sedentary over the past 15 to 20 years. I was thrown into any abyss of loss and tragedy after my daughter died three years ago. The feeling of complete powerlessness and darkness filled my life and every corner of my existence. My emotional health spiraled downhill, and I was extremely depressed. The blessing in this is that sometimes it's cathartic to find yourself in the middle of a powerless situation where you feel like you have lost all control and suddenly you realize the solution: you must take your power BACK!
So, in the midst of a life I felt I had no control over, I vowed I would get my power back. I began searching for what it would take. I knew that the important things in my life had been my connection to nature, and maintaining an active lifestyle. But, upon reflection, it seemed like that life had belonged to someone else. I so desperately wanted to find that person again. I knew her well, and I wanted reunited with her.
Many of my friends shared over social media how they lost weight, what their struggles were, and what programs they recommended. One of my high school teachers told me about Dynamic Fat Loss and how successful it had been for her. I made an appointment immediately! After I sat down for my first consultation, I knew this was it! This was how I would take my power back. This was how I was going to have control over my life. This was how I was going to become healthy and happy again and find the "me" I had lost so long ago.
After the first 3 days on the program, my outlook on myself immediately began to morph. I went from feelings of low self-esteem - to someone with hope and a desire to keep moving forward to give myself a better quality of life, and better mental health. Hope was what I needed, and I clung to it! I went through the program the first time, and lost over 30 lbs. It was easy AND it was fun! Thanks to Boise Team, I learned the science behind how my body and my brain work, and how I could help them work together to make me not only look better but feel better. Their constant support, encouragement and positive comments helped keep me moving forward. After I finished the first round, I took a few weeks off and decided to do a second round. With their help, I kept moving forward and lost almost 40 lbs the second round. I no longer have hypertension, and for the chronic illness I live with, I am doing absolutely great! Flare ups are minimal, and the medication I was taking (which was 7 to 9 pills depending on the day) is now cut back to one regular medication daily, and one shot every other week.
I have learned the most valuable thing from this program, and it has saved my life. I learned that I am the one with the power to be the healthiest and the happiest person I can be. I gained back my own personal power, and I feel happy, I feel beautiful, and most important, for the first time in 20 years, I am finally HEALTHY! ...Both mentally and physically. My husband and I have several horses, we love to hike, fish, hunt, and...after my weight loss, he bought me a brand new snowmobile that I have been absolutely enjoying during this amazing winter weather. I feel I have come full circle, and I couldn't be more blessed. Thank you to Dynamic Fat Loss for traveling this journey of personal transformation with me. I love you all.
Blessings,
Carmen Stanger
"Don't let it get out in the weeds". These were instructions I heard yelled at me over the roar of the racing engine. Through some fortunate circumstances and the untimely illness of the scheduled driver, I found myself behind the wheel of an off-road race car at the tender age of 19.
Right before the start of the race, my race team manager yelled at me, "don't let it get out in the weeds". What he meant was keep the race car on the course, or at least close to the normal course. This advice seems pretty simple, until one considers the "course" is a poorly defined dirt road across untamed desert for 500 miles, and the speeds are often in excess of 100 m.p.h.
Getting off-course in desert racing leads to all kinds of problems. Hitting large rocks, running over things that puncture tires, getting sticks and debris stuck in the cooling system, rolling over or going end over end. Lots of things that are not consistent with returning in one piece.
'Don't let it get out in the weeds' is great advice to follow in life in Kennewick. If we can keep things going with only minor aberrations, then life goes pretty well:
There are countless examples of why "don't let it get out in the weeds" is good advice. If we do find ourselves off-course and where we don't want to be, then it takes commitment and consistent effort to bring things back on course. We might be working on our finances, our relationships, our weight or our career. Getting back on-course often takes more time and sacrifice than we want to make, but it is always worth the effort.
In off-road racing, sometimes other competitors help get you back on-course. In life, we often need help as well. The support team at Dynamic Fat Loss is there to help get things back on-course.
Be Blessed.
