are you a personal trainer????

"I'm sexy and you know it! WORKOUT!"

In the beginning of the year, I was often approached by MEN asking me if I'm a personal trainer???

My reply: "do I look like a personal trainer?" proceeded on in sticking out my stomach and pointing to it. (while I'm thinking in my head..come up with a better pick up line than that douchebag)

Now if someone ask me...I kindly say NO and embrace the fact that I might just be doing something right for people to think that way.

So today, I was approached at the gym by this girl asking me "do you teach a class here?"

I answered "no I don't, I just workout here. are you looking to join a class?"

She replied " I just joined this gym and want to lose weight."

I asked "what's your goal?"

She said "I don't have one, but I guess I can lose 15lbs in the next three months."

Oh boy did she make the mistake of talking to me.

I asked her "what do you think you should be doing to lose 15lbs?"

She replied "diet and exercise???"

I asked her a question and she replied with a question which means #1 i'm not sure, #2 i haven't committed to it, #3 i hope that's the right answer.

This is what I told her: you can definitely lose 15lbs in three months and yes you are right that it will take exercise and changing the way you eat to achieve that.

#1 In the next three months, you cannot call it a diet. If you call it a diet, what you lose will only be a temporary fix and when you resort back to your old eating habit...guess what??? the weight comes back and you end up gaining more than you started off with.

Bottomline: it's a lifestyle modification, you have to think of it as "FUNCTIONAL EATING". make good choices in the food you eat: wheat bread instead of white, water instead of soda, skip the calorie packed starbucks coffee for one of their new skinnies, decrease your portion size, lots of vegetable, no fried food, chicken breast, etc.

People just don't gain weight overnight or in the short time you choose to be on a "diet". You gain it overtime so don't expect miracles to happen! It's going to take work and commitment!

#2 80-90% is FOOD, again watch what you put in your mouth! Small changes. People who love food are very similar to drug addict. You just can't do it cold turkey...you will fail!

#3 Exercise! Make it a habit to go to the gym! No matter what...just get your butt there.

High intensity interval workout, I swear by this!!!!

Keeping the same pace is just so boring! Go fast then slow then fast (repeat repeat repeat...lets keep the thump thump ticking!). Trust me, you will burn more calories in 15 mins than someone that's been on the machine for 30 mins at the same speed.

I ended the conversation with my cousin's favorite line: As Billy Banks would say "Turn it on girl, just turn it on!"