Weight Loss Tips - Prepare Your Space, Equipment, Workout Clothes

Prepare Your Space, Equipment, Work Out Clothes

Preparation is one of the most important steps for any successful endeavor, so you’ll want to follow this step for your weight loss success.

If you were planning to cook a complex meal, you would select your recipes (healthy of course!), make your shopping list, buy your ingredients, check that you have the appropriate kitchen utensils, and schedule more than enough time to complete your cooking tasks.

When preparing for your weight loss program, you want to identify your workout space, make a list of the equipment and clothes you need, and purchase what you need in advance.

Bruce works out in our garage and Marge works out in our sunroom. We both need a DVD player and color display to play our workout programs. You’ll probably need a work out towel, mat and light weights or a resistance band. Marge used filled water bottles to start her weight-centric exercises until she felt confident to use two-pound weights.

Depending on your selected work out program, other equipment might be necessary, so be sure to thoroughly review your program before you plan to start your regimen.

You must have comfortable work out clothes; you don’t need designer wear. Have at least two sets of work out clothes so you can rotate them through the wash. There’s nothing like a clean T-shirt and shorts to help you get moving.

Go to a reputable sports equipment store and buy the best-fitting, highest quality athletic sneakers you can afford. Be sure to have comfortable socks too!

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The above strategy is from Marge and Bruce Brown's "Weight Loss Program - Personal Coaching Guide", from the Quantum Results Coaching Personal Development Series. Available on Amazon at CLICK THIS LINK

A key factor in our own weight management program loss is Beachbody's Shakeology Meal Replacement Shake (disclosure: we are Team Beachbody Coaches and benefit from Shakeology sales). For more information on Shakeology, including what doctors say, CLICK THIS LINK.

Weight Loss Tips - Your Ideal Workout Time

 Your Ideal Workout Time

Only you know the best time of the day for you to work out. Everyone’s lifestyle is different and not everyone can work out at the same time each day.

We prefer morning workouts because it gets our energy up at the beginning of the day, and we both feel we’ve accomplished something really important for ourselves before our “work” day officially begins. If you schedule your workout mid day or in the evening, you definitely increase your chances of skipping it once the day starts to roll with the unexpected events that are just part of life.

In contrast, our daughter, the mother of three young children, works out in nighttime soccer games after her children are in bed. Her husband knows he’s on duty those nights and honors her workout commitment to herself.

If you’re feeling tired and unmotivated, start by putting on your work out clothes. Then get to your work out space and before you know it you’ll push “Play” on your DVD and start to move on autopilot. Sometimes just telling yourself you’ll do one-half of your normal work out is enough to get you in motion.

You’re not alone! Contact your buddy for encouragement and be ready to toss it back to your buddy when they call you for help. If you enroll for The Beachbody Challenge (www.TheBeachbodyChallenge.com), you get access to an online gym where you can interface with hundreds of work out buddies, which is fun and motivating.

If your primary workout is weather dependent, then you’ll definitely want a secondary workout program for any day when the weather is inclement. Bad weather is not an excuse to not work out!

We both look a week ahead and plan to work out seven days per week, knowing that we’re okay with skipping one day out of seven if we’re out late the evening before or have an early morning appointment. That’s the only “bye” we allow ourselves.

Plan your normal workout time and keep it a high priority in your life.

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The above strategy is from Marge and Bruce Brown's "Weight Loss Program - Personal Coaching Guide", from the Quantum Results Coaching Personal Development Series. Available on Amazon at CLICK THIS LINK

A key factor in our own weight management program loss is Beachbody's Shakeology Meal Replacement Shake (disclosure: we are Team Beachbody Coaches and benefit from Shakeology sales). For more information on Shakeology, including what doctors say, CLICK THIS LINK.

Weight Loss Tips - Which Workout Location is Best?

 Which Workout Location is Best?

You can work out at home, in the gym, with or without a trainer, or in any combination of the above. Part of our issue in starting our respective workout programs was selecting a home workout program that felt right for each of us.

Although Marge often walked and swam, she did not push herself hard enough with either activity to justify them as workouts. In fact, in spite of her feeling that she was physically active, she gained weight and was not able to maintain her desired weight. Clearly something needed to change for Marge to achieve her weight loss goal!


Bruce also walked (often with Marge) and, in spite of his high energy metabolism, he was also gaining weight!

When we became Team Beachbody Coaches, we investigated their various home workout programs to decide which was right for us. It was easy to get feedback about the different programs from other Team Beachbody Coaches and from our customers.

Beachbody has created some of the most well-known and popular home workout programs. Bruce plunged into the P90X® Extreme Home Fitness Workout Program, while Marge chose Beachbody’s Slim in 6® Workout Program.

Bruce has supplemented his home workouts with dance-centric exercise classes at our neighborhood wellness center. We both enjoy daily leisurely walks, which are valuable to keep us connected with nature and each other, but we don’t count our walks as workouts.

Hopefully our story of finding the best workout locations for each of us will help you select the best combination for yourself!

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The above strategy is from Marge and Bruce Brown's "Weight Loss Program - Personal Coaching Guide", from the Quantum Results Coaching Personal Development Series. Available on Amazon at CLICK THIS LINK

A key factor in our own weight management program loss is Beachbody's Shakeology Meal Replacement Shake (disclosure: we are Team Beachbody Coaches and benefit from Shakeology sales). For more information on Shakeology, including what doctors say, CLICK THIS LINK.