What A Great Month At Get Fit NH Bootcamp!

We just finished up another great session of bootcamp! We are going to start the transition to some outdoor work as we go through May – it is really cool to see dawn breaking on the horizon with our 5:00am class, and there is just something about training in the great outdoors that is refreshing and inspiring.

It’s not too late to register for the May 4th session, but spots are filling fast! Sign Up Here…

Highlights This Month

6 Pack 6 Winners!

Of course we want to start off by once again congratulating all our 6 Pack 6 winners, and Especially Lisa Adams, who not only won the contest but generously donated two of her free months to Chrissy and Gretchen! The rest of the top ten will be strutting around with those special edition black “T’s”…don’t forget to congratulate them…

Get Fit NH Bootcamp Record Board

Congratulations to Bethany for her first time entry onto our record board! Also kudos to Justin, Rae, Robin and Dan for upping their record numbers and for ALL OF YOU who hit new Personal Records – Outstanding! Also a big shout out to the 9:00am Ladies – I was stunned by the average of the 100 rep test – incredible work!

We Love Writing YOU Checks!

Thank-you to Sarah, Christine and Yvonn for telling your friends and family about how boot camp is helping you achieve new levels of fitness.  It’s always a pleasure to break out the checkbook and write those $25 “Referral Rewards” checks. Thanks Again and please keep spreading the word!

I look forward to knocking it out of the park in tonight’s class with “Bootcamp Baseball”  – I’ll see you there!

Have a great weekend!

Dean and Nancy

Food Log May 1, 2009

Kudos to Linda for questioning yesterday’s food log – check it out to see what I mean…

4:30am:

• Water, Ultra 40 Protein, Mass Aminos

7:30am:

• Steak and egg fajita: 1 whole egg + 4 whites, left over steak fajita meat, 1/2 oz cheese, peppers, onions, mushrooms, 2 lo-carb wraps

10:00am

• 2 scoops UMP (Ultimate Muscle Protein) in water
• Super Pak Multivitamin

12:30pm

• Hamburger patty, greens salad w/ oil&vinegar, sliced cucumbers, tomatoes and carrots

2:30pm

• 2 scoops UMP

5:00pm

• Roast chicken
• Salad w/ oil&vinegar
• Green beans

Food Log April 30, 2009

I decided not to eat today…

6 Pack 6 – The Big Day Is Here!

You guys didn’t make the last week easy on us, that’s for sure!

4 of our participants, count ’em  – 4! – had perfect scores this week.

The way it worked out the tie breaker for weeks 11 and 12 came down to total % of weight lost, and Lisa Adams came out on top and earned herself another $50. Well done!

Lisa also walk away with the month 3 prizes:

(1) Gourmet Nutrition Cookbook – $39.95 value
(1) Beverly International Ultimate Muscle Protein or Ultra Size – $47.50 retail
(1) Beverly International EFA Gold (Essential Fatty Acids) – $24.00 retail
(1) Beverly International Super Pak Advanced Vitamin/Mineral Package – $32.00 retail

AND…

The Grand Prize Package!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

35lb Kettlebell – $72.95 value
Resistance Band w/ band utility strap – $34.00 value
1 Hour Massage w/ Chichester Massage – $ 65.00 value
3 Month “Fit For Life” Bootcamp Package – $ 477.00 value

Now it should come as no surprise that Lisa also lost the highest percentage of bodyweight during the contest – when you do the daily activities that are supportive of weight loss, results will come! Not always as fast as you want, or in the way you want, or from where you want when – but they will come!

I am really proud of everyone who stuck it out and turned in their sheets every week. The overall compliance of the top 10 was an excellent 87.5%!

As a special unannounced prize, we are rewarding everyone in the top ten with a special edition black “Cure for the Common Workout” bootcamp “T”. Congratulate those you see wearing one – they earned it!

So What’s Next?

I want you to do me a favor and offer some feedback on your experience and challenges with 6 Pack 6.

In the comment section below, let everyone know what you found helpful about 6 Pack 6, what your greatest challenge was and how you overcame it, or maybe why you didn’t. Congratulate the winners and ask them for some advice on how they were able to integrate the system into their lifestyle.Tell us why you hated it – it’s all fair game!

You may notice I used the word SYSTEM above, and that’s because 6 Pack 6 is designed to be a system you can implement to make compliance to your nutrition plan easier.

Alwyn Cosgrove showed me this, and it’s pretty cool. He said that system is essentially an acronym for

• Save
• Your
• Self
• Some
• Time
• Energy
• Money

It takes practice, patience and persistence, but the 6 Pack 6 system does all of the above, and anyone can do it!

So don’t stop what you’ve started, keep going, keep getting better, keep pushing on to your goals!

And don’t forget that Nancy and I are always here to help.

Let’s hear your comments.

Make It Happen!

6 Pack 6 Results

Week 12 Top Ten

Lisa A.	72 Points
Gretchen W.	72 Points
Judy S.	72 Points
Anna T.	72 Points
Chrissy S.	69 Points
Robin S.	68 Points
Greg S.	68 Points
Julie D.	65 Points
Angela D.	63 Points
Donna K.	59 Points

Overall Top Ten

Lisa A.	858 Points
Chrissy S.	853 Points
Judy S.	810 Points
Robin S.	782 Points
Greg S.	747 Points
Julie D.	746 Points
Evelyn P.	733 Points
Karyn M.	681 Points
Donna K	676 Points
Angela D.	674 Points

Food Log

Monday April 27

5AM 1 scoop vanilla UMP with water at training

7:30 2 eggs, oatmeal, spinach

10:05 super shake

1 PM Thai Ground Beef-1 serving

3 PM all day long pork loin chili-1/2 serving

6 PM 4 oz steak, salad with Italian dressing

Tuesday, April 28

5AM 1 scoop vanilla UMP with water at training

7:45 oatmeal with blueberrie and strawberries, 2 eggs

10:30 carrot cheese

1 PM spaghetti squash, 3 venison meatballs with tomatoe sauce

4 PM ¼ cup mixed nuts

6:30 4 oz hamburger no bun, summer squash, spinach salad with home made Caesar dressing (new recipe)

Food Plan for Week of April 27th- May 3rd

Monday
W- 1 scoop UMP vanilla protein powder mixed with water for training
B- eggs, spinach, oeatmeal
s- orange
L- Thai ground beef
S- all day long pork loin chili
D- steak, spinach salad

Tuesday
W- 1 scoop UMP vanilla protein powder mixed with water for training
B- oatmeal, strawberries, blueberries, eggs, spinach
s- carrot, cheese
L- spaghetti Squash with venison meatballs
S- banana bites for kids, mixed nuts for Nancy
D- hamburger, summer squash saute

Wednesday
B- omelet, lemon poppy seed muffin
S-orange
L- hamburger, salad
S- hummus, gr. pepper
D- grilled chicken, salad, mixed veggies

Thursday
W- 1 scoop UMP vanilla protein powder mixed with water for training
B-quiche
S- peanut butter balls
L- crockpot jambalaya
S- cucs  and hummus
D- shrimp K-bobs

Friday
W- 1 scoop UMP vanilla protein powder mixed with water for training
B- egg burrito
S- peanut butter crunch bar
L- crockpot jambalaya
S-mixed nuts
D- roast chicken, green beans, salad

Saturday
B-egg, biscuit, spinach
S- orange
L- leftovers
S- yogurt and apricots
D- steak, salad

Sunday
B- super shake
S- craver
L- eggs, blueberry coffee cake
S- hummus, veggies
D- turkey, salad, mixed veggies

Do You Measure Up?

I mean that in the literal sense – when you set a goal, do you measure to see if you are reaching it?

There’s a saying “What get measured gets done”.

When a client comes to me expressing frustration about lack of progress, asking advice about what to change in their nutrition plan, I will usually ask a question –

“What does your nutrition look like now?”

And then ask for their food log.

You see it is impossible to make suggestions without seeing what’s going on currently.

Let’s think about it from an athletic perspective. You like to run 5k races (you’re crazy, but that’s beside the point). You have a goal to run your next 5k in under twenty minutes, and your current best time is 22 minutes. So you want to shave a couple minutes off your time. What would you do? How would you know your training is effective and you are getting faster? You would time yourself periodically to see! If you were getting faster, you more than likely would continue your present training. However if your time was stagnant, or worse yet you were getting slower, you know you need to change something up. Logical, yes?

Or maybe you are business person, and you want to know if your latest direct ad campaign is bringing in customers. You would track the number of responses to the ad to see if it was effective and profitable. If not, changes will be made next time around.

In either situation, you are not going to just leave it to chance and let the chips fall where they may. You are going to measure.

If you have been following my food blog (http://getfitnhbootcamp.com/category/food-blog-dean/), you may have noticed that I changed things up a little this week. I have been on my present plan for a few weeks, my compliance has been high (this is critical – you can’t accurately measure if you are all over the place on one of the metrics) and I have detected a trend that is contrary to my goals. So it’s time to change up. I measure myself once a week: Scale weight and waist measurement. The tape tells me my bodyfat has most likely increased over the past couple of weeks (1/2″ increase on the waist measurement). Why? Most likely because I have eaten more grains than I was during my previous phase (I am very sensitive to non-fibrous carbs, not everyone is this way). Because I want to keep those grains in my diet, I have decided to eat my last meal before 6:00pm. How will I know if this was the right approach? The tape will tell me over the next couple of weeks!

If you are in our bootcamps, we encourage the same approach: Scale and waist measurement, once a week. Detect the trend over a 2-4 week period, and adjust food intake (up or down, depending on the goal) as necessary.

Critical Points:

• Be consistent – measuring once every two months is way too long. You could gain or lose  10 pounds in that amount of time and not even realize it.
• Be consistent Part II – weigh yourself at the same time of day in the same clothing; be as careful as you can to measure yourself in the same place every time – It takes practice!
• Be consistent Part III – As I mentioned above, you must KNOW what you are currently eating on a DAILY basis. It isn’t good enough to guess. Studies show that the average person trying to lose weight underestimates calorie intake by 25%!
• Don’t get discouraged – Discovering what is optimal for you can take time. That time will be reduced by, you guessed it, being consistent.
• Don’t think you have to make huge changes right way, IF you are following the points above. I eliminated one meal (snack) that averages about 250 calories. Not a huge change, but it may be all it takes. DON’T stop feeding your body by taking drastic measures.

Measure, analyze, adjust. Step-by-step, week-by-week.

Do you measure up?

Make It Happen!

Dean

Food Plan April 28, 2009

For a quick and easy way to prepare fajita’s, go visit your local Sam’s Club and pick up their pre-cooked steak or chicken fajita meat. Because it’s pre-cooked, sliced and spiced, it only takes a few minutes to reheat! Best of all it tastes great (but it isn’t less filling 🙂

4:30am:

• Water, Ultra 40 Protein, Mass Aminos

7:30am:

• 3 eggs sunny side up
• 1 cup oatmeal w/frozen strawberries and blueberries

10:00am

• 2 scoops UMP (Ultimate Muscle Protein) in water
• Super Pak Multivitamin

12:30pm

• Fajita Salad: greens, tomatoes, stir fried peppers and onions, 1/2 oz cheese, fajita steak

2:30pm

• 2 scoops UMP

5:00pm

• Crockpot Jambalya
• Spinach salad w/ oil&vinegar
• Mixed Veggies

Food Log April 27, 2009

4:30am:

• Water, Ultra 40 Protein, Mass Aminos

7:30am:

• Breakfast Burrito: 4 egg whites + 1 whole egg, 1/2 oz cheese, green pepper, red peppers, onions (veggies left over from Sat. night’s dinner)
• 1/2 Banana

10:00am

• 2 scoops UMP (Ultimate Muscle Protein) in water
• Super Pak Multivitamin

12:30pm

• Crockpot Jambalya
• Spinach salad w/ oil&vinegar

2:30pm

• 2 scoops UMP

4:30pm

• Workout Drink

5:30pm

• Super Shake

Thank-You

You ever have one of those days that by the time 8:00am rolls around you are ready to be done for the day? It’s not that got out of the wrong side of the bed, but it just seems like everyone and everything is out to get you?

For me today was one of those days. I don’t necessarily know why, it just was.

Did you catch that? I said it was, not it is…

You see I am learning (I can always do better) that it’s not what happens to you, but how you react to what happens to you that determines the quality of your life, and ultimately, your happiness.

So I was aggravated with what was going on.

But then I thought to myself “Wait a second, do you know how blessed you are? Snap out of it bonehead”.

And that’s why I want to thank you.

Because you are special. And you inspire me to be better.

You could be doing a zillion things right now, but you take the time to read our newsletters and blogs.

Instead of coming to bootcamp you could be sleeping in, or going to happy hour.

Instead you get up really early in the morning, come to bootcamp, and challenge your mind and body to get better.

Others of you come in the evening after a long hard day at work and put out 100% effort toward your goals.

Busy moms who change up their schedule, learn new ways of shopping and cooking in order to give their families a chance to be as healthy as possible.

You come because you want to be better.

You want more out of your health.

You want more out of your life.

You refuse to settle for the ordinary, but instead strive to reach your potential and exceed what you thought was possible.

I see it over and over again, and I am grateful for the opportunity to be part of it.

You are special.

Don’t ever forget it, because I never will.

Have a great day, and…

Keep Making It Happen!

Dean