Saturday, January 18, 2014

1% Weight Loss Challenge - End of Week 2 - So Far So Good

A single swallow doesn't make a summer, nor does losing a few kilos at the start of a weight loss program amount to much more than a hill of beans, but it's a start.

Like most races it's the finishing line that's more important than the starting line.

Here's last week's results.

 
If you'd like to download the Aerabyte Fitness Tracka - aerobic fitness diary - an essential tool to accompany any weight loss program - click on the link:

http://www.johnmiller.com.au/aob/tracka.pdf

In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned - and cool.


John Miller



Wednesday, January 15, 2014

1% Weight Loss Challenge - End of Week 1

I read somewhere this week that Sydney University is calling for customers to enrol in a fat loss research program to try and work out the most effective way to lose weight. You'd reckon by now that nutritionists the world over would know that the most effective way to lose weight is to exercise like buggery and lay off the garbohydrates.

Whilst attending Biggest Loser classes would seem to be the best shot most people will ever have to get back closer to their ideal weight, I doubt that the  Sydney University nutrition department has this form of weight loss regime in mind.

A very, very high percentage of people don't have a clue how much exercise they need to do to get themselves back into good metabolic health of which being overweight is the most visible sign.

In my (vast) experience I've never met anyone who exercised with aerobic vigor for 40 minutes a day who was in poor metabolic health and 30KG over weight. You can put down the glasses, close down the research institutes, the results are in, all cut and dried, done and dusted.

'Exercise like buggery' is not strictly a technical term, but it means getting 1000 aerabytes of vigorous aerobic activity every week.

'Lay off the garbohdrates' means restricting your intake of flour and sugar; on their own, mixed together or combined with fat - the typical junk food diet.

Anyway, to cut a long story short this week I got to 1210 aerabytes, most of it on the stepper with heart rate of 130 plus. And the results are:


But it's early days yet. Talk is easy.

In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned, exercise like buggery and lay off the garbohydrates.


John Miller


Wednesday, January 1, 2014

1% per Week Weight Loss Target



We're right at the start of 2014 and it's the ideal time to think about getting both fitter and thinner. If you're thinking about dropping a few kilos over the next couple of months feel free to download a copy of my 1% per week weight loss target from this link:

http://www.johnmiller.com.au/hgd/index.htm

Any surplus fat around your body is going to peel off quicker if you up your exercise, both aerobic and strength training. I can't think of any better guide than the CompleteFitnessWorkout.

Nor can I think of a better set of guiding principles for eating wisely in a junk food world than the Hourglass Diet.

My fitness week starts on Mondays and starting on Monday the 6th of January I'll be commencing my own weight loss program.

For aerobic exercise I'll be working out on the stepper and aiming for 1000 aerabytes a week.

You can join me on the Health Blogarithm to see how I go and join in the fun with your own reports.

In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and focus on losing 1% of your body weight each week.

Watch this spot.


John Miller