You Can Do It! Lose Weight, Get Fit & Healthy

Hello there Friends-
If you're tired of carrying around those extra pounds and not looking good in your clothes...it’s time to do something about it!  In his book  "Gym-Free and Ripped," trainer Nathan Jendrick says you can get trimmed and toned without stepping foot in the gym or buying expensive bulky home machines.

Nathan says people often complain and make excuses about how busy their lives are and they don't have time to regularly exercise.  So he says even if you only have 20 minutes a day to devote to being healthier, make sure you use that time at home planning healthy meals to eat, stretching, doing something to get your heart rate up.

Nathan says stretching is the easiest way to get involved with getting active.  He says when you start stretching everything feels better and it allows you to get more active. Nathan says stretching IS working out and its a good way to warm up your muscles and get started.

The hot new craze is the Insanity Workout.  Nathan says 60-90 day plans are great if people can stick with them. But he says for a lot a people those type of programs are daunting.  He says after 90 days you will look great.  BUT its very hard and intimidating and the problem is people go back to their old habits.  Nathan says truth be told you can run in place 45 minutes to an hour a day and get in the same shape as you would doing one of these programs. The problem is...it won't be fun..

Nathan suggests incremental changes.  Start with the stretching, then move into some body weight exercises..and all of this you can do from home.  He says you don't need to pop in a DVD and try to keep up with fitness celebrities. Find something you really joy and that will keep you motivated.


Nathan also suggests taking pictures once a week or every two weeks. You will see how your body changes because you're working out.  If you fall off the exercise bandwagon..keep taking pictures.  Nathan says you will be motivated by not looking as good as you did the previous times when you were working out and that's also a great motivation technique.

Great advice.  If you would like to hear more about working out and being healthy at home.. visit Nathan's website at www.healthyfromhome.com.

Thanks for listening to Outreach Today.

We will see you next week where we will talk about relieving stress!!

~Eva