craig ballantyne

Week 9: The importance of planning

July 4, 2009

I can’t believe how fast time flies – when you’re having fun and when you’re trying to lose weight and seriously PLAN it. You’ve heard it a thousand times over, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” One of biggest factors to a successful weight/fat loss is setting goals. You don’t simply say, [...]

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Week 8: Busting the dreaded plateau

June 27, 2009

The Turbulence Training Transformation Contest is two-thirds finished. I can’t believe how fast eight weeks went! As I have written in the past week, I’ve entered into the dreaded weight loss plateau for the past two weeks. The scale did not budge. I’ve lost a dress/pant size but the scale says the same. Yesterday morning, [...]

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Week 4: More isn’t always better

May 30, 2009

I bumped into a group of colleagues from a different department in my company in the elevator on the way to the gym. I was hurrying up to exercise and they were discussing their lunch. With a big bag on my shoulders, they asked me how big my lunch box was! LOL. No, they asked [...]

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TT Transformation Contest, Week 3: Conquering diet and exercise hills

May 23, 2009

My week 3 of the Turbulence Training Transformation Contest is a little bit erratic. A recap of my week includes some meals that aren’t exactly spectacular, calorie-counting wise. Something that involved a full-course posh dinner including a creme brule and a souffle (courtesy of a bloggy friend who came to Dubai last week), a children’s party and Krispy Kremes. [...]

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Finding the time to exercise

May 16, 2009

This week is Week 2 into the Turbulence Training Transformation Contest and I’m going to talk about finding the time to exercise. How many of us have put off doing exercise even if the goal is to lose weight, because of a busy schedule, kids or a busy career? I know, I did. I work outside [...]

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Week 1 into the Transformation Challenge

May 9, 2009

This is my first week into the Turbulence Training Transformation Contest. I had been doing well with the workouts, never missing a day but my food intake was a little bit erratic due to social functions. On Saturday, I had a nice dinner with my family at a luxurious restaurant courtesy of a prize I [...]

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Turbulence Training deserves a feature on this blog

May 4, 2009

More than two-thirds of 2009 is done, are you two-thirds done with your goal for this year? One of my goals for 2009 is to finally take control of my weight issue. Blah, I’ve been trying to do that in years. What’s the difference with this year, you ask. Well, I didn’t expect the day would [...]

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