T.E.A.M. Training. Education. Accountability. Motivation. T.E.A.M.
I was surprisingly more nervous than I thought to join T.E.A.M. Weight Loss. I knew it was for the greater good. Actually, I knew I could only achieve greatness from it. That's not to say that fear doesn't override knowledge in everyday life. I knew that everyone else on the team was with the same goal: Losing Weight.
T.E.A.M. Weight Loss is a combination of weight lifting with dumbbells and cardio while wearing a heart rate monitor that the instructor tracks your progress so you are working within the appropriate zones. Included is a weekly weigh-in every Monday; that's where the Accountability and Motivation came in for me. My first weigh in was 176.6 pounds. I had no idea at what point and time I got to 176.6 pounds, but not only was I there, it was documented as my starting weight and there was a photo to prove it.
My first week of T.E.A.M. Weight Loss was rough, I had difficulty using the 5 pound dumbbells to do exercises and I maxed out with a 1 minute run at 4.0mph which left me winded. Everyone else in the class had been together for months and were far more advanced than I was. I had to tell myself more than once that they started somewhere as well and even though some were lifting 10 pound weights, they started somewhere just like I was.
Like with anything you do consistently and challenge yourself with, each week T.E.A.M. Weight Loss became easier for me. I consistently lost anywhere from 1-2 pounds a week, until my 10th week of class. I weighed in, I actually asked my instructor, Mandy, to weigh me again. I weighed in again, the same result. I lost 6 pounds. Six pounds in one week. I hadn't done anything different. I hadn't altered my diet, I ate the same as I had been. I worried I had done something wrong.
That tenth week of T.E.A.M. Weight Loss was a turning point for me. I had been making progress weekly, but that tenth week and my 6 pound loss marked 20 pounds lost. After discussing with both Mandy and Kristine, I hadn't done anything wrong. In fact, the opposite; I was understanding. I was understanding my heart rate and zones; I was adding protein to every snack and meal; I was getting stronger.
I was only in T.E.A.M. Weight Loss for 11 weeks total. I ended lifting 10 pounds weights, running at 6.0mph, and graduated with what I'll call honors because on what should have been my twelfth week of T.E.A.M. Weight Loss, was my first week of T.E.A.M Fitness. And just like that first week of T.E.A.M. Weight Loss, I was unnecessarily nervous.
I was surprisingly more nervous than I thought to join T.E.A.M. Weight Loss. I knew it was for the greater good. Actually, I knew I could only achieve greatness from it. That's not to say that fear doesn't override knowledge in everyday life. I knew that everyone else on the team was with the same goal: Losing Weight.
T.E.A.M. Weight Loss is a combination of weight lifting with dumbbells and cardio while wearing a heart rate monitor that the instructor tracks your progress so you are working within the appropriate zones. Included is a weekly weigh-in every Monday; that's where the Accountability and Motivation came in for me. My first weigh in was 176.6 pounds. I had no idea at what point and time I got to 176.6 pounds, but not only was I there, it was documented as my starting weight and there was a photo to prove it.
My first week of T.E.A.M. Weight Loss was rough, I had difficulty using the 5 pound dumbbells to do exercises and I maxed out with a 1 minute run at 4.0mph which left me winded. Everyone else in the class had been together for months and were far more advanced than I was. I had to tell myself more than once that they started somewhere as well and even though some were lifting 10 pound weights, they started somewhere just like I was.
Like with anything you do consistently and challenge yourself with, each week T.E.A.M. Weight Loss became easier for me. I consistently lost anywhere from 1-2 pounds a week, until my 10th week of class. I weighed in, I actually asked my instructor, Mandy, to weigh me again. I weighed in again, the same result. I lost 6 pounds. Six pounds in one week. I hadn't done anything different. I hadn't altered my diet, I ate the same as I had been. I worried I had done something wrong.
That tenth week of T.E.A.M. Weight Loss was a turning point for me. I had been making progress weekly, but that tenth week and my 6 pound loss marked 20 pounds lost. After discussing with both Mandy and Kristine, I hadn't done anything wrong. In fact, the opposite; I was understanding. I was understanding my heart rate and zones; I was adding protein to every snack and meal; I was getting stronger.
I was only in T.E.A.M. Weight Loss for 11 weeks total. I ended lifting 10 pounds weights, running at 6.0mph, and graduated with what I'll call honors because on what should have been my twelfth week of T.E.A.M. Weight Loss, was my first week of T.E.A.M Fitness. And just like that first week of T.E.A.M. Weight Loss, I was unnecessarily nervous.
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