My Achilles Heel - nite eating; I knew it!!! ABS and why I don’t do crunches all day long
My achilles’ heel is night time eating and a boyfriend who loves fast food. Well, can’t blame it on him. It’s all me. I’m fighting this fight so hard! I will win it! It’s one of my last struggle. I can not allow it to beat me! It’s hard, I feel like it’s an addiction. But like all addcition - stick the words “I CAN DO IT” and I will win over it.
What is the achilles’ heel in your weight loss journey?
See the words Pilates below? Everything I ever said about abs read:
Exercise Myths: 6 Ab Mistakes That Are Holding You Back
1. Myth: To get rock-hard, you have to work your abs every day.
Why: Abs need rest and recovery: It’s only during rest that your muscles build. “Three to five days a week of consistent, dedicated abdominal training should get you strong, sleek abs,” says Kathy Kaehler, trainer and author of Kathy Kaehler’s Celebrity Workouts.
2. Myth: A good ab workout takes half an hour.
Why: “If it takes you that long to feel them working, you’re doing something wrong,” says Kaehler. “I trained Jennifer Aniston about three days a week, and we did no more than five minutes of abs each time.” Check your form, don’t use momentum and focus on quality rather than quantity.
3. Myth: Super-slow crunches make you stronger.
Why: Taking as much as a minute per crunch doesn’t make you stronger than regular crunches do. In fact, ultra-slow ab work is less effective. Ideally, your workout should help you do everything better, from kickboxing to picking up a suitcase - neither of which you do in slo-mo.
4. Myth: The best time to train your abs is at the end of your workout.
Why: “It makes no physiological difference when you train abs, it only matters that you do it consistently,” says abs researcher and physical therapist Gilbert Willett, M.S., associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. So the best time to work them is simply whenever you’re most likely to do it. “But if you do abs at the beginning of your workout, make sure you warm up first. Getting blood moving prevents many types of injuries during a workout.”
5. Myth: You can’t get a six-pack by doing Pilates.
Why: “Pilates exercises your core, so if you practice it regularly and combine it with diet and cardio, it can give you a six-pack,” says Kimberly Lyons, a personal trainer in L.A. But Pilates isn’t a six-pack guarantee. “How your abs look has a lot to do with your genes, how lean you are, how long your torso is and how tall you are.“
6. Myth: You won’t get firm without a weight machine.
Why: You don’t need weights to build sleek and sexy abs, although some competitive athletes do use them to build extra strength. “Many weighted ab machines aren’t designed for women,” says Lyons. “If you don’t fit into the machine properly, you might stress your body in the wrong spot.” Her advice: Stick to the floor - it’s cheap, effective and available everywhere.
Yeah, ya’lls talk in the forums about wanting sexy bellies this summer is what got me started with pilates. After buying a pilates dvd, I can understand why with consistant use that it will build some solid strenght in your core section.
Nancy girl,
If there is anyone here that can conquer that last struggle of eating late at night–I know it will be you-why?? Because you never give up!
Oh hey,
how about locking Rod in the closet when he’s doing fast food thing lol. Of course, when talking to others and saying…well, rod came out of the closet last night–you might have some fast talking to do lol.
Great article… very enlightening.
My achilles heal is lack of consistancy.
I LLLLOOOOOVVE working out, but if the slightest thing throws off my schedule, it takes me FOREVER to get back on track.
I’m really determined to see this through this time. I have a great dress I want to wear on my birthday… it’s a size 8.
Have a great day!
Jenn
DEB - ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD! So true I will have to do that…and tell you all about it!
Rod comes out of the closet with his peanut butter jar!
LOL!
Jenn - that is a GREAT GOAL!
Oh consistency - it takes time to build it, but once you find something you love doing it will all pull together.
Thanks for the article!
Got lots of work to do on those abs!
I read the whole ‘Abs Diet’ book, and they have some really intersting information. I love to read different diet books, take the information that I think is good and create my “own” diet. I think was important to share with everyone that just because you do a million crunches, you won’t just “get” a 6pack.. some people have it and some don’t. Some people can only geta 4pack…lol. : )
You know it!! I’m OCD on so many things, so with exercise, my OCD comes out in making sure my form is perfect. If I’m doing crunches, I concentrate really hard and I really do feel it in all my ab muscles, obliques and all.. but I do try and get pilates in when I can..
Just what we DON’T need… Rod coming out of the closet with Peanut Butter!!! YIKES!!!
(((Nancy)))) Great article, thank you! My core is what I really need to work on, building better strength. I’ll have to check out a pilates dvd I can do at home, since that’s where I’m at most of the time w/ the kids.
Oh, and I’ll never view my p-nut butter the same way ever again
lol!!!
So good. I sooo need to know more about my core. Maybe I can get those abs I want after all?
So good, I know my core is where I need work. thanks, Nancy!
Awesome article - I got a lot out of that… will apply it.
I think my achilies heel is food. I love it. Good food, bad food especially. And a sense of entitlement: “I deserve to splurge today, I worked so hard all week” etc. I need more discipline and I need to get it through my head that I DESERVE to be in the shape I want to be in and HEALTHY! I CAN DO THIS. I AM doing this!
PS: My BOSU came today - just inflated it… can’t wait to try it out
you can do this….we r pulling for ya