Dean
Dean
Get Fit NH client Jill has often taken a backseat as her husband Karl lost an amazing 102 pounds over the last 12 months. But this women has her own amazing story to tell. Prepare to be motivated…
Jill’s Transformation
Jill before starting with Get Fit NH
I have always been heavy, but I haven’t always been huge. And I was huge and unhappy! In middle school I was active and fit. I played softball, karate and cheerleading. In high school I was still into softball and karate, and was coaching 6-7 year old cheer, but the activity level was slowly decreasing and my weight increasing. In college I maintained my weight fairly well. Both my roommates were health conscious and fit, and it helped me maintain, but I was still a size 16.
When I graduated and moved home I tried staying active, but walking every once in a while is not staying active. I really started packing on the weight when Karl and I bought a house and moved in together. Although we shared in the responsibilities of cooking, we ate crap food. We ate what was easy. Pizza, subs, deep fried anything, and we would attempt to justify our bad eating habits with a small side salad smothered in dressing. We would eat in front of the TV and stay on the sofa until bed time, needless to say, we were anything but active.
One of my unsaid reasons for losing weight was to be healthy enough to have children, and to be there for them. In the back of my mind I was scared that I was going to be too fat to do the things I would want to be able to do with my children.
I knew we needed a change, and it had to be something that both of us could attack and stick with. I knew this wasn’t something I would be able to accomplish by myself. I was starting to buy size 20 pants and saw 240 pounds on the scale, and was becoming so uncomfortable in my own skin. I found a Get Fit NH card during a massage from Heidi at Chichester Massage, and checked out the website. It looked like something I could do, but the real test was going to be getting Karl interested. I asked Karl to check out the website, and prayed it was something he was interested in, because we needed something!
Our first class was fun and encouraging. It was a back to basic’s night, filled with lunges and squats. Even though I was paralyzed for the next week, I was having a great time and the 6pmers couldn’t have been more encouraging. It was encouraging to hear Brian and Dr. Dave were sore after that first workout too!
It wasn’t until the S3 competition that Karl and I really started getting serious about what we were eating. Dean and Nancy have been so helpful and supportive between the newsletters, seminars, pep talks before, during and after class, emails and fitgoal.com. I love the recipes that Dean and Nancy and the rest of the family provide, and I love even more that I have a willing subject to try all these new and different recipes on. If you’d had told me a year ago, that my new favorite dish was going to be Denise’s vegetable lasagna, I’d have told you you’re crazy. Our big change was following the meal plan that Dean and Nancy gave us, without that we would not be seeing the results we’ve seen.
Jill has a new body AND a new attitude!
I am so much more comfortable in my own skin now. I am liking the way I look and liking how my clothes are fitting. Not that we are ready to start having children, but I feel much more prepared now that I am on the track to reaching my goal weight and knowing how to eat to live. Not live to eat.
People are always asking what our ‘secret’ is, and I find it a little funny that people think it’s a secret.
If you ask anyone how to lose weight they will tell you “be active and eat right.” It’s actually putting that to practice that is the hard part, so I would have to say my ‘secret’ is my determination. I’m determined to meet my goals. I am determined to cook healthy for myself and Karl, and not let his diabetes get the best of him. I am determined to love the way I look!
I am writing this during a recovery week, and realize how much I miss my Get Fit NH family. It’s with their help, and Karl’s support that I’ve been as successful as I’ve been, and know that I can reach my next goal.
My next short term goal is to feel good in a bathing suit in February. Longer goals include losing another 30 pounds, becoming more adventurous with vegetables (Karl’s always been the one who will eat anything – I’ve always been the picky eater) and making sure we are eating them every day, having kids, and loving my life and myself!
Be Like Jill. Become part of the fitness revolution that is truly creating change – Mind and Body. At Get Fit NH results are not automatic, you have to work for it. But our clients are proving every day that you don’t have to settle for second best.
Click Here to Read More Amazing Stories About How Get Fit NH Clients Are Making It Happen Every Day
Increase the value of your investment!
You DO NOT want to miss new client orientation! These sessions are available for all our clients, but if you have started with us in the past couple of months, you will absolutely want to be there.
Bring your “New Member Welcome Guide” as we will more thoroughly explore the information in there, as well as go over your goal worksheets and our accountability program.
New Client Orientation details for January 2011:
Get Fit NH Bootcamp Concord – Tuesday January 18th @ 6:45pm
Get Fit NH Bootcamp Epsom – Saturday January 22nd @ 9:30am
Clients from either location can attend the session that fits their schedule best.
No excuses – Make It Happen!
This is Bootcamp in New Hampshire for crying out loud! What do you mean cancel?
Seriously though there are rare times when we do cancel classes for weather related reasons. If we decide that classes will be canceled you will be notified via our email newsletter and posted on Facebook (http://facebook.com/getfitnh) on the following schedule:
Morning bootcamp cancellation details will be sent by 4:00am
Afternoon and evening bootcamp cancellation details will be sent by 3:00pm
Of course if there is statewide power outage that is subject to modification, but we will do our best!
And absolutely use your own best judgement. We have clients from all over the state, and it may be worse conditions where you live. We will not hassle you (too much 🙂 for missing class on days of inclement weather.
If you have any questions, please give us a call or send us an email.
Thank-you for choosing to train with us!
Childbirth is usually the most challenging athletic event most women will ever train for – being a mom is definitely not for wimps!
It’s an exciting time at Get Fit NH Bootcamps as many of our families are getting bigger, and we want all of our moms to have safe and healthy pregnancies.
To that end, Get Fit NH Moms is hosting a prenatal informational class with Certified Pre/Post Natal Coach (and mom of six) Nancy Carlson on Saturday, January 29 at Get Fit NH Bootcamp Epsom from 9:30-10:30am.
During this fun and informative seminar you will learn how exercise is not just for you, but for your baby. You’ll go home confident of the “do’s and don’ts” of exercising while pregnant. Also included are tips on “eating for two”, examples of healthy and tasty foods as well as additional resources that will keep your growing family healthy and feeling great!
To register for this seminar please call (603) 344-2651 or RSVP to nancy@getfitnh.com
Happy New Year!Just wanted to share an outline of my health and fitness goals for 2011 in three areas. I look forward to seeing yours as well!
Training:
192 training sessions this year. That breaks down to 4 per week, with 4 recovery weeks per year. (Sound familiar? 🙂 Just like you, I have to make time to get this done. Believe it or not, your coaches have stuff to do outside the gym too!
Nutrition:
Protein, Produce and Water every 3 hours. Limit splurge meals (anything outside of PPW and training/recovery shakes) to 2 per week. I love eating, and when I eat nutritious food I just feel better. Over time my cravings for sugary, salty snack foods has diminished, so it does get easier. I am also convinced that if junk is in the house I will eat it, and once I start it’s challenging to limit myself. As a FFB (Former Fat Boy) I tend to gain bodyfat very easily, so keeping junk out of the house is key. Planning and preparation are absolute necessary to keep me on the right track.
Recovery:
Get a minimum of 7 hours sleep per night. This is probably the most challenging and most important. The alarm goes off at 3:40am four days a week, so if I am not in bed by about 8:30 this doesn’t happen. But recovery sleep is extremely important for overall health, bodyfat control and stress reduction. You cannot be at your best if you consistently lack good sleep.
I also set goals every year for each of the following “categories”:
1) Spiritual Development
2) Family
3) Personal Development
4) Household
5) Business
6) Financial
What about you? You can either let life happen or you can make it happen. You can’t control what comes your way, but you don’t have to sit around and be passive. Time is precious, don’t waste a minute!
Make It Happen!
Dean
As we approach the New Year it seems like an appropriate time to reflect on the blessing and challenges of the past year, evaluate progress toward our goals, adjust and get ready for an even better 2011!
We have compiled a list of your (and our) favorite blog posts, articles and tips from 2010.
We would encourage you to choose the category you need to work most on and focus on one or two things you can do now to spur your progress.
Without ACTION nothing happens!
Mindset and Motivation
What’s Your Bootcamp Motivation?
Practical Nutrition
Nancy’s “Mom Tips” For Losing Fat
Exercise and Training
What’s The Big Deal About Exercise Anyway?
I Don’t Want To Look Like A Man!
Your Best Health
A Natural Approach To Hormone Balance
Here’s to an even better 2011!
Make It Happen!
Dean & Nancy
Mint and Chocolate – One of Nancy’s Favorite Combos – at the holidays or any time!
Try It – You’ll Like It!
1 cup Hood Chocolate Calorie Countdown (Let’s Hear It Mark Riel!)
1 cup cottage cheese
1 scoop UMP Chocolate protein powder
1T General Foods International Coffees Swiss Mocha sugar-free, fat-free instant coffee
3 drops peppermint Extract
2 T of flax meal
Ice to taste
Directions: Blend ingredients in a blender. Serves 1-2.
One pound of fat loss a week.
When we are coaching our weight loss clients and ask them to set an outcome goal, usually it breaks down to losing 1-2 pounds per week, which is a realistic and achievable goal.
But with that goal comes a challenge, an objection really – and it goes like this:
“One pound a week doesn’t seem like very much”.
“I mean really, that’s only 4 pounds a month, shouldn’t I set my goal at something like 10 pounds a month?”
A couple thoughts come to mind when I hear something like that said:
I mean would losing 52 pounds a year hold any significance for you?
I thought so.
Well the other half of “Team Edelmann” did just that this year.
Jill averaged just about 1.25 pounds per week of weight loss over the course of 2010 – 63 pounds total to date.
The transformation is nothing less than stunning.
Jill March 2010
Jill December 2010 - Wow!
What do you think about losing a pound a week now – Not Too Shabby, eh?
A few shots of the 6:00pm class celebrating with Karl for reaching his goal of losing 100 pounds this calendar year. Karl and Jill started with us January 4th of this year (2010) and made amazing progress, with Karl losing 102 pounds and Jill 63 – In less than a year!
More from this power couple coming up, but here’s a few shots we thought you oughta see!
By the way – Karl had already set his next goal – there’s a lesson in there!
Karl at the start of S3 in March
Karl on December 20, 2010 - Down 102 pounds from January 4th!
Karl and the Amazing Jill - 63 pounds of her own this year!
The Golden Dumbells - 100 pounds representing the amount lost
Serious Guns!
Karl's Support System - The Incredible 6:00pm Epsom
What are YOU going to accomplish in 2011?
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