S3 Contest Winner Melissa
receives her prize package worth over $1100, then tells us how she lost 10.9% in 8 weeks!
Awesome Job Melissa!
receives her prize package worth over $1100, then tells us how she lost 10.9% in 8 weeks!
Awesome Job Melissa!
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y now you know that the overall winner of the Sizzlin’ Summer Slimdown is the amazing Melissa Tyler, who lost 10.9% of her bodyweight over the 8 week contest period. Melissa will be receiving her fabulous prize package tomorrow, and we will get some pics up real soon!
To see the top 10 S3 contest participants, Click Here
What’s Next?
That’s been a very common question since S3 ended. After all, you have put in 8 weeks of hard work into achieving your goals, and the all too natural inclination is to breathe a sigh of relief and stop doing what made you successful!
Burn this thought into your mind – living healthy and being fit are lifelong pursuits. Commitment to and continual pursuit of a healthy lifestyle never stops.
The Japanese have a term in their culture – Kaizen. It is a philosophy and practices (key!) that leads to continuous improvement.
Adopting this philosophy and practice is what allowed the Japanese society to rise from the ashes of WWII and become the industrial powerhouse they are today. The continual improvement led to Japanese products being recognized for some of the most innovative and highest quality in the world. It was not always this way. The first car I ever drove was a 1974 Toyota Corona – not a pretty sight. But they learned from their mistakes, and although there have been missteps along the way the goal never changes.
Continual and unending improvement.
Kaizen can be applied to our lives as well, as a whole and then into individual parts, such as health and fitness.
What are you doing today in that area of your life that improves upon yesterday?
It all adds up.
In the same way a 1st grader cannot read well enough to assimilate Shakespeare, most of us start at the elementary level with our fitness and nutrition skills.
But we don’t have to stay at that level.
We learn more, we apply action to that knowledge, and we improve.
Step by step.
Day by day.
You didn’t quit school because you failed your first grade spelling quiz.
Why are we so quick to stop pursuing our health and fitness goals when we aren’t achieving them to our satisfaction?
Give yourself a Clean Slate.
Every Day.
Yesterday no longer matters. The choices you make today are the ones that count.
Starting today you have a second chance.
Not just figuratively, but literally.
The S3 Reboot – Beat The 12!
The “12” refers to Dean’s total percentage of weight loss over the 8 week period of S3.
It’s your job to beat it over the next 8 Weeks!
That’s right, you all have another 8 weeks to meet or beat the 12%, from the beginning of S3. A total of 17 weeks to get that 12%.
Some of you are close, some of you not so close. Some of you are new members, and that’s ok. Everybody still has a chance to win.
If you weighed in at the beginning of the S3 contest, you are good to go. We already have your starting weight. If you weighed in at the end of S3 (like you should have) it’s even better.
Why?
Because we can calculate exactly how much you need to lose by the end of the contest to Beat The 12!
I don’t know about you, but a concrete number on a goal is always helpful. Many of you set a goal at the beginning of S3 and worked very hard to achieve it.
We are excited to see all of you take this next step toward your goals.
Second chances – we all need them.
Final Weigh-In July 16, 2010.
Let’s Make It Happen!
The numbers are in and the winner is about to be announced!
What an amazing job you all did in the Sizzlin’ Summer Slimdown.
The weight lost over the 8 week period totaled over 350 pounds!
WOW!
Just as a reminder, here is the incredible prize package (valued at well over $1000) our soon to be announced winner is going to enjoy:
So I know you are sick of me yapping, so here are the top 10 achievers in the 2010 Get Fit NH Bootcamp Sizzlin’ Summer Slimdown Contest:
#10 Gretchen Wolfe – 6.55%
#9 Amanda Stone – 6.57%
#8 Keith Harrison – 6.60%
#7 Katherine Dietz – 7.46%
#6 Rick Demmons – 7.99%
#5 Lori Chateneuf – 8.22%
#4 Jill Edelmann – 8.73%
#3 Barbara Olson – 9.4%
#2 Karl Edelmann – 10.53%
and Number 1…
The Grand Prize Winner…
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With a total percentage of weight lost of
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A Women!
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Melissa Tyler!
Congratulations Melissa on a job well done!
You might want to think about asking Melissa and the rest of the Top 10 how they
Make It Happen!
Without further adieu, and so Jill’s head doesn’t explode :), here is the winner of the S3 class participation contest. It was very close among the top 3 in particular – great job everybody!
I am excited to see what this class comes up with for their prize winning custom t-shirt design!
Top Prize goes to:
6:30am Concord, with an overall participation of 92.06% over the eight week period!
All Class Results:
1) 6:30am Concord: 92.06%
2) 6:00pm Epsom: 90.85%
3) 6:15am Epsom: 89.32%
4) 9:00am Epsom: 87.58%
5) 5:00am Concord: 87.03%
6) 8:30am Concord: 86.76%
7) 5:00am Epsom: 84.32%
8) 4:00pm Epsom: 76.84%
90% or better is where we need to be! Perfection is not possible, but when you want it to happen, you have to MAKE IT HAPPEN!
At the time I am writing this blog, there are less than 24 hours until the final weigh in for S3 – Our 8 week “Sizzlin’ Summer Slimdown” contest. We have seen some incredible changes in many of our members. Not only in the way they look, but in the way they feel, the sense of purpose and focus to themselves and their health, and as a bonus some pretty drastic fat loss as well!
We have also observed a pretty wide range of emotions as the contest draws to a close and the day of reckoning approaches.
Some of you are excited, some of you are dreading facing the scale, and others are, well, pretty indifferent about the whole thing.
There are three basic outcomes that we will see at the end of the contest. You will have:
I would suggest that how you approach those results, how you feel about how you did as well as the actual results themselves, is actually more important than what happened during this brief 8 week period.
Why?
Because there are reasons why you did or did not succeed to your level of expectation.
In other words your outcome over the last 8 weeks that is an amalgamation of all the choices you have made, for better or worse.
I don’t think it’s going out on a limb to say that those who were committed to their training, nutrition and sleep made great progress, while those who were not, did not.
Now what are you going to do with that?
One definition of insanity is “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”.
Were your actions in line with your expectations? Did you do anything different over these last 8 weeks?
Changing your body composition is only easy if you are trying to do one thing – be overfat. Most of us have experienced that – you wake up one day and you weigh 30 pounds more than you did a couple years ago, and you didn’t even have to try!
Going the other way is not that easy, as many of us have also discovered over the years.
But it isn’t rocket science either.
The #1 reason why we don’t make the progress we desire is because we are unwilling to change what we are doing, usually in the area of nutrition.
I defy anybody to demonstrate they have taken these three steps over a reasonable period of time (8 weeks maybe?) and not made significant progress toward body composition goals.
I am extremely proud of everyone who made the effort to make the changes necessary to achieve the outcome they desired. I know you will continue on the path you have started.
I want to help those who did not.
Do you really want to make the change necessary to achieve your goals?
I have to believe that you do.
So here is what I want you to do.
Step #1
I want you to go to http://fitday.com and set up your account. Click here to watch our video on how to do that. Make your account public so we can look at it.
Step #2
Talk to Greg, Anne or Stephanie about the results they have achieved over just the last few weeks since they started keeping a food journal.
Step #3
Log your food intake into your account for one week. When you have done that, send me an email and I will not only take a look and evaluate for that week, but put you on my schedule (or Nancy’s if you prefer) to look at it every week, as long as you continue to be consistent.
No other changes, no other hassles, no nothing. Those three simple steps.
This is our gift to you, our current clients. Very soon we will be offering nutrition classes and coaching, and there definitely will be a charge for those. I would strongly encourage you to receive and use this tool.
If you won’t, think long and hard about why not.
I am excited about tomorrow. I am excited to see how you all did. To hear your success stories and your challenges overcome. It has been incredible to see the changes that are being made, and I am more excited than ever about helping you reach your goals.
The only way you can fail is to give up.
Don’t ever, ever, ever give up!
Make It Happen!
Dean
We received great feedback from this recipe when we posted it, so this edition of “Cooking with the Carlson’s” shows you just how quick and easy it is!
Enjoy!
Grilled Salmon
2 Tbsp olive oil
1/4 c onion, chopped
1 tsp ginger, grated
1 tsp garlic, minced
2 Tbsp Soy sauce or Tamari
1/8 tsp fresh ground pepper
1/2 tsp paprika
1 lb salmon fillets
Combine marinade ingredients. Add salmon and marinade at room temperature for 15 minutes. Drain marinade. Cook on uncovered grill for 7 minutes. Turn with spatula and brush with marinade and cook for an additional 6-8 minutes until the fish flakes easily. (the fish can be broiled in an oven as well) Serves 2
Goes to Greg and Judy of the “Road Crew”. Greg and Judy have made great strides in fitness but also in their nutrition. This husband and wife team encourages each other to eat healthy each meal. Recently they faced two challenges head on and won.
Here is what Judy wrote:
“This morning we went to the Meathouse to resupply our Boars Head. We were the first customers of the day & as we were checking out, the cashier said “would you like a loaf of bread? (it was the giant round loaf kind) …it’s FREE!” Greg had already successfully negotiated the fudge, cookies & other land mines throughout the store & at the checkout. We both looked at each other – none of the other temptations were FREE. We both laughed & smiled at the cashier & Greg said, no thanks I’ve been doing so well, I don’t want to ruin it now. Come to think of it, that loaf of bread was about the size of a small land mine…
Thanks for helping us so much!! – Judy”
Avoiding the Land Minds, Isn’t that what it is all about?
Great Job Greg & Judy!
This free tool might be the most valuable tool in your nutrition and healthy eating toolbox!
Tip: Click on the “YouTube” logo to see the video in a larger format.
Why?
Because most of us are masters at convincing ourselves that we “eat good”. But what exactly does that mean? If I ask 100 people what “healthy eating” is, odds are good I will get 100 different answers.
In general there are three primary reasons why we are not getting the results we are looking for with our nutrition.
The order in which those are listed is important. If you don’t have a plan, you know the challenge already. If you have a plan and aren’t following it, it’s not hard to figure out that you need to follow the plan to get the results you want. And if you have a plan and are following it, and you still aren’t getting results, it’s time for a new plan.
The focus of this video is to discover if reason number two is holding you back. We will start with the assumption that you have a plan. But how can we evaluate properly if it’s effective?
You must measure!
The only way to know if you are truly following your plan is to log what you are eating, everything you eat and drink, on a regular and consistent basis. When a client asks us for nutrition guidance, the first thing we are going to ask for is their food logs, so we can see the content and amount of food being consumed. The video will take you through the steps to setup your own free http://FitDay.com account. If you have any further questions about setting it up, let us know!
Happy Birthday to Bootcamp! Happy Birthday to Bootcamp! Happy Birthday to Get Fit NH Bootcamp. Happy Birthday to you.
Yes, Get Fit NH Bootcamp turned two in May. We’ve grown and expanded. We opened with one class at 5 AM in the great outdoors, rain or shine. And because of wonderful clients and great results we now have 8 classes, built one location, and hold classes in another facility with over 130 terrific bootcampers.
We Owe You A Big Thank-You!
You’ve Made It Happen.
This year Get Fit NH Bootcamp was voted best fitness facility in Concord by the Hippo. Dean had great honors by being voted the best trainer in Concord by both the Hippo and the Cappies.
We’ve started our Hall of Fame. Those bootcampers walking around proudly wearing a red shirt have earned their way onto the Hall of Fame. They’ve been Making it Happen for over a year. Congratulate them. Ask them where they were when they started.
So Happy Birthday Get Fit NH Bootcamp and many happy returns.
Make It Happen – Every Day!
Nancy
Thank-you and congratulations to Paula, Deb, Lisa and Tim for earning their one year “Red Shirts” and being the newest inductees into the Get Fit NH Bootcamp Hall of Fame!
You Guys Are Awesome!
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