//// I have decided…

Posted on | July 28, 2010 | 9 Comments

…to invest a good deal of time and lots of effort for my fitness and well being in the following six months. I have my reasons — like vanity — ah! and this thing called health. I have realized that even though I have improved a great deal of things in my diet and daily activity I happen to be a person with some genetic burden — and some behavioral patterns too difficult to kill just by myself.

So I signed in to Lean Eating program in Precision Nutrition, starting on next Monday. I considered personal training, too — but it is too expensive for me right now. Plus I actually don’t need help in the gym — and selecting the right professional is really difficult — and I’m an unsocial bastard and don’t really enjoy fiddling with the calendar. The online support will hopefully be sufficient.

I picked this particular program, because it is centered around actually changing the habits and lifestyle, is long enough to give results — and permanent changes in habits, the credits of the coaches are impressive, the best results of people who have attended this program are even more impressive, I believe that I can get relatively personalized coaching plus peer support in the program, Precision Nutrition principles are very much about what I believe the healthy human diet to be and I would very much like to look like Linda Hamilton in T2 one day (minus the guns and cig, I’m all about world peace and fresh breath…).

So, I’m just asking… …are you interested in reading some updates about how it is going?

Discussion

Maria M.
July 28th, 2010 @ 9:13 pm

Of course, yes, bring it on! I’ve been looking at Linda’s arms in T2 aswell, and I’m so wanting to get some weights so I could build some muscle in my arms. And omg, I’ve started running. Very light and very slow, but it’s great ’cause I never thought I’d actually get myself to do that. I’ve hated running.

So please do let us hear about how’s it going, I know I’ll be sure to throw some cheers and you-go-girl! –shouts ^^
Katharine
July 28th, 2010 @ 10:22 pm

Yes! Tell us all about it! I used to bodybuild, and worked (also online) with another trainer who knows John Berardi and was also following the Precision Nutrition principles. I found it very effective, certainly the most effective (and the easiest to follow) of all the different diet principles I experimented with. The Precision Nutrition cookbook is very good.

I would like to get back into lifting, but I used to have a home gym (which I lost in a divorce) and I can’t get myself motivated to do that much work with the addition of the frustration and inconvenience of “going to the gym”. Maybe you’ll inspire me…
Cillaann
July 29th, 2010 @ 1:11 am

I for one would love to hear more. We all are getting older and this is something we all are facing I our
Lives.
apparellel
July 29th, 2010 @ 9:47 am

good for you! i really need to start doing some sort of light exercise as well. and yes i would love to know how it’s going!

xxx
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maya g.
July 29th, 2010 @ 3:05 pm

are you reading my mind? yes! i would love to hear more about it and will check out the website you joined. i just had my self-pity party about gaining some of my weight back… but the party is over and i need to do something about it.
there are some women who look better in 40s than they did in 30s. i believe this can be done for me and this kind of women inspire me.
good luck and keep us updated.
Ulrika
July 31st, 2010 @ 12:06 am

Kerro toki miten menee! Paitsi jos tavoittelet tuollaista kroppaa kuin kuvassa, tuskin on kovin tervettä olla rasvaprosentti noin alhaalla.
Kamicha
July 31st, 2010 @ 12:33 pm

So… …there will be posts about this. I’m not turning this to exercise / food log, but updating occasionally about what is happening.

I have a goal to get a lot leaner than I am now — but I do understand that a human body needs a certain amount of fat to function properly — and that Linda’s body probably was not in that area when shooting T2.

But the healthy stage of leanness is very individual and I also suspect that there are couple of other variants, quality of food intake and activity level. I mean that it probably is possible to be leaner with high activity level and adequate amount of quality food than no activity and skimping with eating.
Heini
August 1st, 2010 @ 3:28 pm

Tosi hienoa!! Onnea projektille. Toki olisi mielenkiintoista kuulla projektisi edistymisestä. Olen aina itse ollut hoikka tai normaalipainoinen, mutta lukion ensimmäisellä luokalla siirryin selvästi terveellisten elämäntapojen noudattamiseen — ja sillä tiellä ollaan edelleen. Olen nyt 24-vuotias. Elämänlaatu on vaan kertakaikkiaan 100 000 x korkeammalla, kun on täysin tyytyväinen kroppaansa ja voi pitää juuri sellaisia vaatteita kuin haluaa. Good luck!
UnoCosa
August 9th, 2010 @ 8:53 am

Kamicha — i think there is nothing more exciting and inspiring to witness one’s self transformation through determination and strong will.

I am looking forward to see your progression … this is such an amazing step you are undertaken!!!

xx

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