Greetings PP,
i'd like to congratulate all of you for staying with the program. people on the outside looking in are witnesses to your progress and hard work. many of you are getting compliments, dropping pant sizes and feeling more confident by the moment. this is exactly what perfect phit is for. summer is fast approaching. if you are anything like me, you'll want to show off your new body. i challenge each of you to dig way down deep inside for the next 6 weeks, so that when summer truly arrives...we'll all be ready to hit the beaches!
aside from that, i still get some Frequently Asked Questions that i'd like to address. i think this will benefit everyone to have this information.
1. can i drink juice? yes, you can drink juice. it has to be 100% fruit juice from concentrate. it cannot be "punch", "drink" or even "juice". it must read 100% fruit juce from concentrate. WHY??? fruit juice from concentrate is the natural juice from fruits that has had water removed in order to ship it from abroad. when it gets to the US, the water is reconstituted with the fruit to make 100% fruit juice. the label will show about 30 grams of sugar, however, those are natural sugars from the fruits. those sugars are NOT processed sugars, so they are OK TO DRINK. sugars from other drinks are processed, therefore they are NOT ok to drink. so, if u want to drink juice...in the midst of your water consumption.....you can drink ONE HUNDRED PERCENT FRUIT JUICE!
2.why am i not losing weight? - some of you are struggling with your weight or your progress is moving slowly. i want to give you continued encouragement because you CAN and WILL lose the weight and reach your goal. with that, i will also give you the ugly truth that you need to hear.
a. CARDIO - if you are not doing your morning cardio, you are not burning fat from yesterday. you are not accelerating your metabolism for idle times. you are not burning calories while you are at your desk.
b. CHEATING - if you eat good monday - friday and cheat on the weekends, you essentially are cancelling out monday - friday!! the weekends do not mean its time to eat out and drink alcohol irresponsibly. for those of us who are trying to reach a goal, these are things that we are sacrificing. and believe it, its a short term sacrifice for a life long reward!!
c. NOT eating enough food - if you don't eat every 3 hours, you are not putting your body on a schedule that it can count on. without that schedule, your body will not attack the fat that you are storing, but rather it will hold onto it.
if either of these conditions describe you...this is why you may NOT be losing weight. you can't cheat the system and you cant cheat the scale.
d. FOOD LOG - if you are not logging what you eat, you have no idea what works for your body and what does not. nor do i. we can keep working out till my hair grows down to my butt....and you still will look the same. ARE YOU TIRED OF LOOKING THE SAME?? then take your food log seriously.
the guidelines aren't a sometime thing. its an every day thing. commit and re-dedicate EV-UH-RY single DAY.
its simple. do what i ask, lose weight. don't do it, don't lose weight.
