transformation contest

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 7: The importance of rest

June 20, 2009

My week 7 of the Turbulence Training Transformation Contest is less spectacular, workout wise. I’ve been really tired from work but still forced myself to go to the gym. I observed that I have not been able to perform well and missed the required number of repetitions and sets. My knees wobbled during intervals. I stopped [...]

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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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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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