Personal Trainer Austin Texas

Kick your feet up, literally. Take 5. Granted if you work in an office this is harder to do on the floor, haha. Often times I just need to take a few minutes and get off of – and elevate – my feet. If you sit at a desk, or stand all day, you certainly know the feeling of just wanting to elevate your legs and feet. Do it. Put ‘em up on your desk. It feels SO GOOD, this simple act of pleasure. I just plopped onto the floor to elevate my legs/feet and poochie came over down next to me (so I snapped a pik with my cell).  Those 2 or 3 minutes refreshed me; took gravity off the feet and legs for just long enough to go “ahhhhhh”. 

Do it if you can….and go ahhhhhhhh

TGIF, 

Margo

…only bad clothing. I’ve said this in a previous post about cold and rainy weather, so today, given the Austin climate du jour, I’ll address hot weather.  Barring any particular health issue precluding you from exercising outside, I say never let the heat stop you from moving outside. Obviously be hydrated, use sunscreen, and wear appropriate clothing. You might think it’s cooler to  have your skin exposed on a hot sunny day; not necessarily so! What I’m holding in this photo (this particular one is by Nike..but any brand works) is called Dri-Fit. That’s Nike’s spin on it. Others call it Wick clothing, as it pulls body moisture into the material, actually cooling you and keeping the direct sun off your skin. Google it and learn! 

So, don’t let the sun, humidity or rising temps wherever you are, particularly here in Austin, stop you from enjoying being outside. There’s no such thing a bad weather, just bad clothing!

Take care,

Margo

The scale can be your friend versus being your prison or enemy, as I have said to many of you. 

I’m reprinting/updating this particular blog since weighing has come up SO much lately. Must be that time of year! Many of you feel compelled to weigh every day even though you know intellectually (forget emotionally) that this is NOT  a good idea. 

Of more concern to me is not what time of the day to weigh yourself, but how often you weigh yourself.

The fact many of you weigh everyday which gives me heart palpitations! You could fast on any given day and weigh MORE the next morning. Conversely, if you ’splurged’ and had beer and pizza one evening, you may get on then next morning and weigh less then you thought. It’s unhealthly and just silly to use the scale as a daily litmus test of true body composition. MY recommendation: Weigh yourself ONCE a week. The same day of the week, the same time, preferably first thing in the morning, buck nekked. Keep track if you will, then one week later (not before), repeat. You will see TRENDS and FLUCTUATIONS. You may have worked really hard, eaten just right to ensure weight loss, and still the scale, THE SCALE merely reads what the existing conditions of your body are at that moment in time. Water weight, hormones, the big meal from the day before or not, constipation, or not, or any of the many possibilities(too many to list) can be reasons for fluctuations.  I can’t say this enough. It’s not perfection..it’s PROGRESS. 

Fluctuations occur under the most perfect eating and exercise habits.  If looking to lose weight,  over time you will see a downward trend, with natrual highs and lows along the way, on the scale. DO NOT let these highs and lows translate to highs and lows in your emotions giving the scale too much power. Again, scale fluctuations occur for many reasons under the most perfect eating and exercise habits.  

Okay, I’m off  my soapbox on this one! 

Warm regards,

Margo