\u201cI got drunk last night, Dre.\u201d\u2028<\/p>\n
Placing my hand on her shoulder, I said, \u201cListen, if you and I are going to work together, you have to make an effort in mitigating your alcohol consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t take this out of context. I\u2019m all for indulging and being social. In fact, one day isn\u2019t going to hurt. But once I told her that, she realized that she wasn\u2019t in the right frame of mind yet to fully commit. Clearly, any sort of compromise was out of the question.<\/p>\n
Getting in shape is a painstaking process, so it\u2019s in your best interest to work on modifying your behaviors because you\u2019re delusional if you think you can get away with bad habits over many weeks or months. What\u2019s more, it\u2019s a horrible dietary strategy to follow – one step forward, two steps back.<\/p>\n
Q: I\u2019m not a big eater, but I love sweets and do occasionally drink alcohol. Do I have to cut them out if I really want to get in shape? A simple tactic I often recommend is to limit snacking, and have your first two meals to be wholesome and nutritious. Then later in the evening, provided it\u2019s kept in reasonable quantities, you can have whatever you want.<\/p>\n Q: I feel like I hit a plateau because my progress has slowed down a bit. Is this normal? Progress doesn\u2019t occur in a straight line. Fluctuations are part of the endeavor, so think of it more as a wavelike approach but with a positive trend. There are a host of factors that influence acute negative responses, sleep and stress being the prime contributors. Don\u2019t put too much stock into them. For women, the time of the month should also be taken into consideration.<\/p>\n The takeaway here is, if you\u2019re staying active and are consistent with your training, eat reasonably well, and continue to see visible changes, you\u2019re on the right track.<\/p>\n Dre Delos Santos (Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong> \u201cI got drunk last night, Dre.\u201d\u2028 Placing my hand on her shoulder, I said, \u201cListen,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":306181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23565,38,23566,23732],"class_list":["post-309497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-dre-delos-santos","tag-saipan-tribune","tag-stack","tag-weight-watchers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA:<\/strong> It always comes as a shock when I tell someone they don\u2019t have to alter their lifestyle that much. Yes\u2014 there is a measure of discomfort involved, but I encourage people to live and eat like a normal human being because complete rigidity isn\u2019t necessary to change your body.<\/p>\n
\nA:<\/strong> It\u2019s important to discern how this whole thing works because most still carry the sentiment that their weight spiking up, or moving at a snail\u2019s pace is indicative of how much ground their covering. And that\u2019s just not the case.<\/p>\n
\nDre Delos Santos writes about fitness and nutrition for Saipan Tribune and TAGA Sports. He is a personal trainer at Gold\u2019s Gym. He is featured on fitness sites such as Weight Watchers, T-Nation, and STACK.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"