Anytime Fitness Members bike 8,079 miles!!!!

We just wanted to say congratulations to everyone who participated in the Anytime Fitness “30 day biking challenge!” You helped make it a huge success. We totaled over 8,079 miles in 30 days with a little over 50 participants!!! Amazing work ladies and gentlemen…an be on the lookout for a new challenge coming soon 😉

150 Mile Bike Challenge

We challenged all of our members to bike 150 miles in 30 days.  The members challenged us to do 300 miles in 30 days.  The challenge started this week and the response has been great.  A couple of members that have hit plateaus in their weight loss have been able to push past them and loose those couple of pesky pounds.  So far the most that anyone has biked in one day has been 40 miles.  The competition that has started is great and everyone is really pumped up about the challenge.  Good luck everyone!  We only have 3 weeks left to go!

Lose weight slowly with small changes!

Sometimes “losing 15 pounds in two weeks” is nothing to celebrate.

It is important to realize that the more quickly weight is lost,

the more likely the loss is coming from water and muscle, not fat.

Since muscle tissue is critical in keeping our metabolism elevated, losing

it actually leads to a decrease in the amount of calories we can

consume each day without gaining weight.

Another possibility is that by losing weight rapidly your body

thinks its starving and reduces its metabolic rate, which makes it

harder for your body to burn each calorie (they burn at a slower pace

than they normally would). Then once you start eating normally

again, your body stores as much food as it can into your fat cells in

case of another “famine.”

Fat loss is best achieved when weight is lost slowly. Strive for a

weight loss of no more than 1-2 pounds per week. One pound of

weight is equivalent to 3500 calories. By making small changes like

eliminating 250 calories a day from food and expending (burning)

250 calories a day from exercise, you can lose one pound of mostly fat

per week!

Remember small changes are easier to stick with than drastic

ones. Start by always leaving a little extra on your plate, or drinking

water instead of soda. Smaller changes are also more likely to remain

with you after your “dieting” is over. Instead of “dieting” aim for

behavior-change goals that you know you will be able to maintain

over years, not just weeks.

A brand-new start!

Welcome to our blog!  This is not an April-fools joke!  Chris and I are starting this new blog to provide great information about fitness is SouthWest Florida.  Please stop by often as we are looking forward to hearing from you!

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