I know a certain young lady in Montana who is a member of the Bigfoot Club. The club is a group of girls from her school who believe in Bigfoot. My friend’s daughter she is the funniest little girl with the best imagination, so a Bigfoot Club isn’t out of the realm of possibility.
Jack Links jerky "messes with Sasquatch" constantly.
My buddy BShaw received a Bigfoot statue to take out the night before his wedding. It’s the one from Sky Mall magazine and AWESOME.
The student section for my school’s basketball team tries to make the Sasquatch call during games to raise the noise level.
Why oh why am I talking about a being that in all likelihood does not exist??
It's really a student’s fault. An ex-student I should say. As a professional we are not supposed to choose favorites, but he's definitely in my top ten. Anyhow, SamIAm made a comment on his Facebook page one day stating “Unless you castrated a Bigfoot with a pair of scissors, no one cares what you did for your workout”
I took a little offense to that, but realized “why?” He’s right. Unless your workout was so freakin’ huge that it involved loping off an appendage of a fictional being with kitchen shears it was probably just a workout…
…and good for you!
Depending on where you are in your routine every workout should feel like you are battling Bigfoot. It’s easy to get comfortable and go through the motions, so a challenge every now and then or every day should be what you strive for.
I am a novice to this whole getting in great shape thing. I have gone through spurts of weight loss and gain like most people. I never really “got it” until recently.
When I was in college I worked out a lot, but drank more. When I was in Seattle I loved to go for runs in Ballard or around Greenlake, but again, I drank a lot and didn’t have a handle on my nutrition. When I moved to East Texas I lost a ton of weight because I was exercising twice a day AND starving myself. It’s no wonder the weight always came back.
Today I feel more confident and comfortable with how I am losing weight. I kick Bigfoot’s hind end on a regular basis and go home to a nutritious meal.
I still eat carbohydrates, just in less pasta-y form. Yes, pasta-y is a word…
I have fallen in love with green apples! Seriously, they may be the most perfect food. They are tart and sweet and filling. If I feel like I need a sugar fix I find it in a green apple or one of the delicious berries available now.
Mini carrots are a good substitute for something crunchy. After a workout the veggies on my plate are larger than the protein.
Oh, the key, protein. It’s a bit of a pain, but getting good lean protein is why I feel the success has really shown in the last two months.
I don’t claim to be an expert on any of this. Yes, I am an athletic trainer and should already know this stuff, but I slept through a lot of nutrition classes in college.
Proper nutrition and exercise are the same as anything else. Until you are ready to really listen and practice no amount of information in the world will matter.
I opened my ears and my mind.
It matters.
For my friends who are doing awesome with workouts keep it up!
I read this on Pinterest today. Oh yes, still a Pinterest blog to follow…
“It takes 4 weeks for you to notice your body changing, 8 weeks for your friends and 12 weeks for the rest of the world. Give it 12 weeks. Don’t quit”
You have one body and one life. Challenge yourself every day.
If you need to put on Facebook how hard you worked out, go ahead! I pay homage to Bigfoot in my posts, and so can you. Train hard my friends…Bigfoot is on the prowl and if you are running from him you just have to be faster than one other person. Make sure you can beat that other person!
Inspiration song…Bigfoot by Bro Smith
Train hard my friends…Bigfoot is on the prowl and if you are running from him you just have to be faster than one other person. Make sure you can beat that other person!
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