The Half Way Mark

Well just completed week 6, 6 more weeks to go.

Weighed in yesterday lost 4lbs, I was happy to have lost anything after the last 2 weeks, the first of the two weeks did not go real well, I didn't necessarily cheat, I just didn't follow my diet to the T as I should have.

Work out with Rose on Thursday was brutal, but good.

Members on both teams have had to deal with a tremendous amount of stress in their every day life lately and that makes the getting out of bed early and making it to the gym difficult, but it is a real killer when it comes down to trying to lose weight.

There is a natural, stress-related hormone called cortisol that may contribute to weight issues, particularly abdominal fat. High amounts of cortisol are released into the blood stream when you are under stress. Receptors for cortisol are located in your abdomen, which triggers fat storage there. In 2000, researchers found that women with a high waist-to-hip ratio -- both overweight and slim -- secreted more cortisol under stress and reported more stress in their daily lives than women with lower waist-to-hip ratios.

Additionally, excess cortisol may actually cause your metabolism to slow down. This could mean that even if you don't consume more calories than usual, you could gain weight.

I have a good friend who once told me that when dealing with stress to be like a duck, be like a duck , I laughed should i flap my wings and quack?(Or whatever noise ducks make).

He said no, let the every day stress roll off your back.(like a duck does water)

So now most times when I am stressed, I do like a duck does and let it roll off my back.

Of course I then laugh because I think of myself walking around flapping my arms and quacking.

I appreciate you taking the time out to read my blog and I have had alto of feed back that I have motivated friends and family to start a more healthier life, that makes me happy.

Who would have knew that I could motivate myself to get to the gym every morning, let alone others.

Thanks everyone, I luv you.

Tam