From our perspective

     So the first round of evaluations are over, first time jitters are out of the way... Overall I would like to say that I am so proud of all of you... even if you are not seeing change yet, logging your food choices is a show of commitment in itself.   What exactly are we looking @ and what drives our feedback?  A look @ it from our perspective.

First I would like to say that our intention is not to dishearten anyone with our evaluations,  if you think that either Nicolle or I ever derive any pleasure out of finding something out of place in your log, and having to tell you about it, then you have totally misread the both of us.  The last thing either of us want to do is point out negatives of your effort to do better.  That being said, we are not going to sugar coat what we are seeing, it is very easy to lie to yourself and say hey I am doing great, but here is the perspective part... great in comparison to what?

When we look @ your logs we are grading it like a school paper, there is 100% (total compliance) and then there is percentages of that... Would you ever want a teacher/professor to tell you how awesome you are doing, when you are failing?  We are looking at these as absolute 100% compliance and giving feedback off of that standard.  We realize that not everyone is committed @ that 100% compliance point but we cannot judge each and every participant on individual curves.  This is what conventional gyms and piss poor personal trainers do, they sugar coat everything to give you a false sense of accomplishment.  This is not only deceptive in general but pretty unfair to you, the person trying to get the most out of the experience.   Unfortunately we cannot follow you home every night and motivate you like we do in the gym, encouraging you to press on even when you want to quit.  All we can do is be completely honest and call it like we see it ..... Someone has to keep you honest and unfortunately as much as it sucks for us to be the bad guy/girl its our job and our commitment to you.

There is no pass or fail here, every single day is a new opportunity to fix whats gone wrong and get back on the horse.  The only fail is to give up, and say "fuck it, my health isn't that important pass the plate of cookies this way!!"  If you all knew how badly we want you to succeed , to get the results you want, to fix the downward spiral of your health and live a long, fit and happy life.  Our goal is to help you reach your goals period... There is no underlying agendas except this... I want to create walking billboards... I want people to see the change in you... I want you to become the person they aspire to be...  and more importantly I want you to be the person that you see when you close your eyes.  Confident, beautiful, strong and healthy!!  It's never to late!!!!

All aboard!!!

Alright so we are well underway and you guys have all had nearly two weeks to get the crap out of your cabinets, stock your fridge with good whole foods and figure out that crazy logging system called fitday?  So first impressions?  I am betting about 90% of you are realizing how malnourished you were in terms of protein intake.  I can't count the number of times I have heard "I am having trouble eating that much protein"... Doesn't leave much room for unhealthy snacking does it?   I have had some time to look through a few logs and its a common theme right now... not enough, not enough, not enough!!!   I am amazed that some of you are even functioning .. I have seen logs with as few as 500 calories for the whole day!!! This means either you are not logging all your meals or you are trying to kill yourself... Here is the deal we want you to look, FEEL and PERFORM better... not just look.... eat more!!! if you need to snack throughout the day to get your numbers where they should be, then do it.   Remember every time you cheat right now you are back @ day zero... we need to get you through the first 30 days, gain back some insulin sensitivity, reduce inflammation and improve gut health before we take any liberties with our diet... If you are wishy washy about committing, you are going to end up being one of those people that never gave it a true effort and bitches about how it didn't work for the rest of your life.  This stuff works all you have to do is show some faith and diligence and the weight will start falling off.  We already have reports of some athletes losing 10 lbs already and we are only two weeks in!!!  If you are confused bring us your confusion we will help all we can, but do something!!  We will be giving first feed back on your logs over the next couple of days but if you have questions just ask.....  Jump on board its gonna be a fun ride, but do it soon before you get left behind!!!