Lose Fat Fast - Coppell Boot Camp Challenge

Stop the Weight Loss Excuses - Plan & Eat to Lose Fat Fast

Here's How Cristina plowed through excuses, resisted the temptation of her parents' great food, and learned to plan her menus so that she could succeed at eating to lose fat fast with her Coppell weight loss challenge.

One of the obstacles that I had to overcome to stick to the challenge was the temptation of the home-cooking at my parents’ house since I often visit on weekends. During the week it was easier to stick to compliant meals and workouts but when I am with my family, it can be difficult to turn away when offered. I started bringing my own prepared meals and snacks which really made it so much easier not to slip. It also was great that my family started making an effort to eat healthier.

Another of the obstacles was holiday parties that occurred throughout the month. I knew that there aren’t always the best choices for food and there is always alcohol available. I prepared the whole week by being strictly compliant during the week and being able to let loose just a bit during the social gatherings without going overboard.

One of the most exciting moments during the challenge is when I notice that my pants were starting to fit more loosely as the weeks progressed. It definitely motivated me to push harder during workouts and not falter with meal options because I definitely love food and sometimes it can be so tempting to eat what you shouldn’t.

One of my lowest points during the challenge was when my back started bothering me again from a previous injury. I didn’t want this to be an excuse to quit the challenge altogether, especially since I was halfway through it. Instead, I adjusted the workouts and decreased the intensity so I could still complete this challenge and maintain my compliance with my workouts.

This challenged helped me realize that getting the body one wants can be done. I find myself more aware of what I eat and keeping my workouts going even after the challenge. I know that as a busy woman there are so many things that pull us here and there or stress us out, it being work, family, etc and make it seem difficult to squeeze in a workout or make a better eating choice. It is about wanting it enough to make it work and not making excuses to yourself or others to make yourself feel better, which I have definitely done before. Those 20 minutes that I probably would use to sit in front of the TV, I can use instead to workout, or even workout while watching TV.

Concita always says that meal preparation is important for your nutrition, which is so true. When I began preparing my meals in bulk, it was so easy to just throw my meals in my bag before heading to work. I didn’t have to think about or stress about it, especially on mornings where I was running late or where I knew I was going to be really busy all day. The last thing I want to do when I get home late is to figure out what meal to prepare and it becomes so tempting to just stop by a fast food place. Time is of the essence for a busy woman and if you can save a couple of hours throughout the week by setting aside allotted times to prepare meals, it makes it a lot less stressful and less likely for slip-ups.

Cristina's Coppell Boot Camp Flat Belly Challenge Pictures

Tight Waist - How Cindy Achieved Hers

Overcome Emotional Eating - Find Your Weight Loss Motivation

Here's how Cindy found what worked for her to overcome emotional eating and find her weight loss motivation to complete her Highland Village boot camp weight loss challenge.

I wanted to be a part of this challenge because I need accountability. I was 130 lbs and had just left a career of 17 years that I was very successful at. I worked hard and was promoted three times in 6 years. I finally resigned because of a hostile work environment. I walked around for about four years feeling like I had been kicked in the stomach. Oh yeah, I also went through a divorce and got remarried during this time. Over the past 6 years I have dealt with my stress and disappointments by eating. Of course I did not do this in front of my friends and family- I was too embarrassed. So, when they were out of the house or in bed, I would eat an extra piece of cake or some more cookies, etc. Most of the time I found myself snacking to avoid tackling the mounds of paperwork and responsibilities that come with a family business. I would tell myself that as soon as I had a snack, I would feel like handling all of that paperwork. Always putting off responsibilities would add to the stress and dread of missing deadlines and having even more work to do today than the day before was frustrating and depressing. THAT is why the accountability appealed to me. I knew that without someone contacting me every day to check on my progress for that day, I would not follow through.

While some participants might point to a particular portion of the challenge as the turning point for them, I had to take it meal by meal. If I ate an acceptable meal, I felt really good, like I had taken a step forward. But, it was that way with every opportunity to succeed or fail. I did not always eat the appropriate meal or exercise every day. I did realize though that there was always another opportunity to succeed with the next meal or exercise. That helped keep me going whenever I would blow it.

While the hardest part of the challenge for me was eating every 2-3 hours since I am very impulsive and busy (hard to stop what I am doing at the moment and have a meal or snack), the best part was the accountability.

I would say that if I did not believe that Concita knew what she was doing, I would not have the confidence to continue on my journey. Because of what happened to me in my career, I don't trust in or "sellout" to anything easily. But, I am very confident that if I follow her plan, I will succeed. I did not follow it consistently but if I had, I would've won this challenge!

Cindy's Flat Belly Boot Camp Challenge Pictures

Weight Loss For Real People

Learn How Real Women (without personal chefs and assistants) Achieve Real Weight Loss With Boot Camp in Coppell & Highland Village

You too can lose belly fat, drop holiday pounds, and get in shape. Learn real life weight loss strategies from real women.

Our Beat the Holiday Belly Bulge Participants Share...

Learn what each woman learned about achieving rapid fat loss, their weight loss success tips, and how they stayed motivated to complete the challenge and achieve their weight loss and flat belly goals in our boot camp challenge. Click on the participants' name to read each story.

Cindy

Cristina

Kandace

Liz

Tricia

How to Trim and Tighten Your Waist in Less Than 30 Days

Trim Your Waist in Less Than 30 Days with Coppell Boot Camp for Women

Cindy's Highland Village Boot Camp Flat Belly Challenge Results

Cindy lost 4.125 inches in her umbilicus & 1.175 inches in her waist. She also lost 2 mm of fat off of her abdominal site and 5 mm off her suprailliac site. Here are her comparison pictures.

This is 24 days of work. Are YOU ready to tighten and trim your waist in less than 30 days with our boot camp program? Call today to reserve your spot for a FREE 2-WEEK trial membership 214-257-0146.

How to Flatten Your Belly After the Holiday

Flatten Your Belly in Less than 30 Days with Boot Camp Workouts

Here's Kandace's Highland Village Boot Camp Flat Belly Challenge Results

Kandace lost .875 inches in her umbilicus & 1.75 inches in her waist. She also lost 3 mm of fat off of her abdominal and 1 mm off of her suprailliac site. Here are her comparison pictures.

This is 24 days of work. Are YOU ready to flattern your belly with our boot camp program? Call today to reserve your spot for a FREE 2-WEEK trial membership 214-257-0146.

How to Lose Stubborn Fat in Less Than 30 Days

Lose Stubborn Fat in Less Than 30 Days with Our Boot Camp

Tricia's Highland Village Boot Camp Flat Belly Challenge Results

Tricia lost 1.625 inches in her umbilicus & 0.25 inches in her waist. She also lost 2 mm of fat off of her abdominal and 3 mm off her suprailliac site. Here are her comparison pictures.

This is 24 days of work. Are you ready to lose stubborn fat in less than 30 days with our boot camp program? Call today to reserve your spot for a FREE 2-WEEK trial membership 214-257-0146.

How to Lose Belly Fat in Less Than 30 Days

Lose Belly Fat in Less Than 30 Days With Boot Camp Workouts

Here's Cristina's Coppell Boot Camp Flat Belly Challenge Results

Cristina lost 1.25 inches in her umbilicus & 1.625 inches in her waist. She also lost 4 mm of fat off of her suprailliac (hip bone) area. Here are her comparison pictures.

This is 24 days of work. Are YOU ready to lose the holiday belly fat with our boot camp program? Call today to reserve your spot for a FREE 2-WEEK trial membership 214-257-0146.

How to Drop a Jean Size After the Holidays

Drop a Jean Size in Less Than 30 Days...

Here's Liz's Highland Village Boot Camp Flat Belly Challenge Results

Liz lost 3.75 inches in her umbilicus & 2.25 inches in her waist. She also lost 2 mm (each site) of fat off of her abdominal and suprailliace areas. She also bought the smallest size jeans she's ever bought in her life after she dropped the belly fat during her challenge. Here are her comparison pictures.

This is 24 days of work. Are YOU ready to drop a jean size in less than 30 days with our boot camp program? Call today to reserve your spot for a FREE 2-WEEK trial membership 214-257-0146.

How to Lose the Holiday Pounds

Reserve Your FREE SPOT to Lose Holiday Pounds

Holiday Weight Loss Results

YOU can lose the holiday weight before January is over with our boot camp program. Of course every boot camp program in Dallas will say that but I'm here to give you proof that we are your BEST BOOT CAMP CHOICE to lose the holiday weight if you live near Coppell or Highland Village.

You know how hard it is to beat holiday weight gain and it's not much fun to lose the holiday pounds when the festivities are over either. But if you are looking for some inspiration to lose fat and get rid of the holiday pounds, you have come to the right place...


Many people think weight loss during the holiday season is near impossible and resolve to drop the weight after the holiday. However five ladies from Coppell, Valley Ranch, and Highland Village have beat holiday weight gain with our boot camp challenge. Out of the 5 ladies in our boot camp that took on the challenge to beat holiday weight gain, all 5 finished. Even more impressive is that all 5 got closer to their flat belly goals during the boot camp challenge. EVERYONE had reductions in waist and umbilicus (gut measurement) circumference measurements and reductions in abdominal and suprailliac (the pinch by the hip bone) body fat pinches. I have posted a blog for each participants results. Check them out by clicking on the participants name.

Then after you check them out, be sure you have secured your spot in our boot camp program to drop the holiday weight and lose the belly fat with us. Get your FREE 2-week trial membership today... 214-257-0146.

Cristina
Cindy
Kandace
Liz
Tricia

Flat Belly for the Holidays

We still have 5 ladies working on their flat belly for the holidays.

Week 1 CORRECTION: Tricia had 100% workout compliance, not 50%. I misread her grid.

The second week's check in has come and gone. The goal for dietary and exercise compliance is 90%. Here's the check in stats for week 2: (nutrition / exercise)
Cindy: waiting for her final check in
Liz: 98% / 100%
Cristina: 86% / 83%
Kandace: 93% / 100%
Tricia: 100% / 100%
Liz, Kandace, and Tricia have met both their workout and nutrition compliance goals. Congrats ladies!
The competition is getting fierce. All of the ladies are giving good effort in boot camp and everyone is having personal breakthroughs.

Tricia just dialed in her nutrition even more to put her fat loss on turbo charge.
Liz is bringing the intensity with the 'big girl' weights in class.
Cindy is pushing past her limits in class and giving the advanced exercise options a go.
Cristina is reigning in the weekend eating temptations and showing up on even the coldest of days (she's in the Coppell group and they still exercise outside most days) to blast the belly fat.
Kandace is pushing even harder than before and mastering her nutrition plan despite dietary limitations. She is not making any excuses- just finiding solutions!

Who will go on to be the Beat the Holiday Belly Bulge Champion? No one knows but one thing's certain, with compliance and effort like these ladies are giving, they will all get the prize of an improved figure for Christmas!

To work out with these inspirational women who are saying 'no' to holiday weight gain, join us next week for FREE BOOT CAMP WORKOUTS in Highland Village & Coppell during our bring a friend week. Call me at 214-257-0146 to find out what to bring to class.

Embrace the Burn!
Concita

Beat Holiday Weight Gain

It's that time of year again when waist lines are expanding. People everywhere are gaining weight as they enjoy holiday treats. Don't wait until January 1st to do something proactive about your fitness. I'm not suggesting that you forgo the festivities but I am suggesting that you can enjoy holiday parties and treats without gaining weight! As a matter of fact, 5 ladies from my Coppell and Highland Village boot camp classes took the Beat the Holiday Belly Bulge Challenge and are embracing a more regimented accountability structure to be sure that they will shrink their waist line and lose weight during this holiday season.

Check the blog weekly as I'll keep you up to date on how they are doing.

The first week's check in has come and gone. The goal for dietary and exercise compliance is 90%. That's right. You don't have to be perfect to beat holiday weight gain and lose weight.

Here's the check in stats for week 1: (nutrition / exercise)
Cindy: 67% /80%
Liz: 92% / 100%
Cristina: 100% / 100%
Kandace: 100% / 100%
Tricia: 92% / 50%

Cristina, Liz, and Kandace have met both their workout and nutrition compliance goals. Congrats ladies!

Trica met her nutrition compliance goal. Way to go!


Stay tuned to see how they do next week. One thing's for sure, they are giving some major effort in boot camp class and 'embracing the burn'.

To work out with these inspirational ladies who are Beating the Holiday Belly Bulge, give me a call to be my personal guest for a free boot camp workout during the week of December 14th. It's bring a friend week at Great Shape Fit Club and I'd love to help you beat holiday weight gain!

Embrace the Burn!
Concita
214-257-0146

Boot Camp Transformation Challenge Participants Announced

Coppell & Highland Village's Best Boot Camp for Women Announces...

Transformation Challenge Participants

Congratulations to the participants!

The competition was tough. Many ladies applied to participate and the participants were chosen based on the answers to the questions on the entry application, their ability to attend key challenge events, and their class attendance. Let's cheer them on. Time for us all to step it up a notch to beat the holiday weight gain!

Cindy Selder (Highland Village- PM Class)

Kandace Farmer (Highland Village - AM Class)

Tricia Duhon (Highland Village- PM Class)

Liz Galloway (Highland Village- AM Class)

Cristina Salas (Coppell - AM Class)

Can't wait to guide you on the Beat the Holiday Belly Bulge Challenge!

Challenge Begins December 1st and continues until Christmas. Check the blog weekly for updates on the participants' progress.

Fast Boot Camp Home Workout

Highland Village & Coppell's Best Boot Camp Instructor Presents...

Rapid Boot Camp Style Fat Loss at Home

Are you a busy woman? Do you think you don't have time to exercise? Don't believe that for one moment. YOU DO HAVE TIME! It doesn't take hours, expensive equipment, magic pills, or a gym membership to lose fat and get fit despite what you may have been told. All it takes is a big enough WANT to get it done.

I know this for a fact because I'm busy just like you and even I have to catch myself when I'm tempted to buy in to the 'NO TIME EXCUSE'. It happened today. After taking care of my 5 month old, my hubby who just had oral surgery, my boot campers, and the house, I just didn't feel like getting the workout done. I told myself 'I DON'T HAVE TIME' because I still have so much to do and then I remembered just how much time it REALLY takes to get it done... the same amount of time it takes to talk myself out of it. So here's what I did. You can do it too!

Do the following using a stairway with 15-20 steps. The steps in your house or apartment complex are perfect!

Run up the stairs and walk down 1 stair at a time. 10x
Bicep Curls with weights. 10x
Run up the stairs 2 at a time and walk down. 10x
Bicep Curls with weights. 10x
Step up the stairs 2 at a time with one side leading up going sideways (alternate sides each time)10x.
Bicep Curls with weights 10x
Bunny Hops up stairs 1 at a time. 10x
Hammer Curls with weights 10x
Step up and knee drive up stairs 1 at a time 10x
Hammer Curls with weights 10x
Run up stairs 1 at a time. 10x
Hammer curls with weights. 10x

At the end, I was exhausted and it only took 30 minutes. If you have less time, only do half or go through the exercises until you run out of time. Even if you do 5 minutes, it's better than none.

Remember....'In order for ANYTHING to change, SOMETHING has got to change.'

So go and make that change and remember to 'EMBRACE THE BURN'!

Coppell Pumpkin Boot Camp Workout Sneak Peak

Coppell's Best Boot Camp Instructor Reveals 3 Great Pumpkin Exercises to Burn Belly Fat

Local Coppell fat loss expert and owner of Great Shape Fit Club Boot Camps, Concita Thomas, loves to piggyback on current events to add variety and creativity toher fat loss boot camp workouts.

Concita believes you can approach the fall in one of two ways. The first option is to go nuts with all of the eats and treats. The second is to indulge in moderation and offset any extra caloric consumption with a seasonal pumpkin workout. I recommend the later… it’s a lot more figure-friendly!

Pumpkins can be used just like medicine balls for an unlimited number of exercise options. Concita likes to take it one step further and use total body exercises that combine upper body, lower body, and core movements into one big bang for your buck exercise.

She has provided her top three total body pumpkin exercises that guarantee to help you burn fat and build muscle in minimal time. She recommends performing at least one circuit of the following three pumpkin exercises, with little to no rest between movements, for every festive, fall treat you eat:

1) Pumpkin Swings: Holding a pumpkin in your hands with your arms extended, stay on your heels and push your hips back while bringing the pumpkin underneath your body while keeping your eyes up and chest out. Then push your hips forward and swing the pumpkin up to chest level being sure to squeeze your glutes at the top of the movement. Repeat for 10 total reps.

2) Pumpkin Curl to Squat to Presses: Holding a pumpkin in your hands with your arms extended, curl the pumpkin to your chest as your squat down until your front thighs are parallel to the floor with your eyes up and your weight on your heels. Then simultaneously stand up and press the pumpkin overhead. Repeat for 10 total reps.

3) Pumpkin Burpees: Holding a pumpkin in your hands with your arms extended, squat down to the floor, then jump your legs out to assume a push-up position. Perform a push-up with your hands on the pumpkin and then reverse the movement to stand back up. Repeat for total 10 reps.

Concita will be holding her first annual Fall Festival Charity Boot Camp Workout on Friday, October 30th at 7:30 pm at The Coppell Dance Centre. The registration deadline is Friday, October 23rd. Attendees will also be heading over to a special after party at Guero's Mexican restaurant following the workout. For more information on this event, please go to our event page at http://greatshapefitclub.blogspot.com/2009/10/fall-festival-charity-boot-camp-workout.html . Great Shape Fit Club Boot Camps can also be reached via email at greatshapefitclub@gmail.com and via phone at 214-257-0146.

Fall Festival Charity Boot Camp Workout in Coppell

Great Shape Fit Club, Coppell & Highland Village's Best Fat Loss Boot Camp for Women, presents…

FALL FESTIVAL CHARITY BOOT CAMP WORKOUT

Featuring The Freaky Fat Loss Total Body PUMP-kin Workout!

Great Shape Fit Club Boot Camps is happy to announce our first annual Fall Festival Charity Boot Camp. The workout will cost $20/attendee and $15 per attendee will go to Susan G Komen for the Cure – Dallas County Affiliate (SGK-DCA). Get your ticket now!

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Here’s what you need to know for the big day:

When: Friday, October 30th, at 7:30 pm

Where: The Coppell Dance Centre (769 S Macarthur Blvd # 257 Coppell, TX 75019)

What to Wear: Costumes are a must- they are your ticket through the door! You can be as simple or as elaborate as you want, but please remember you need to be able to move in it. If you appear without a costume, it is punishable by banishment into the land of eternal fat-storage!

What to Bring: Your own pumpkin! Smaller individuals should bring a medium sized pumpkin (about 10 lbs.) and larger/stronger individuals should bring a large one (about 20 lbs.).

We will also have some cool door prizes for attendees. Lastly, for all who are interested, we will be hanging out at Guerro's Mexican restaurant and enjoying some good times and laughs in our sweaty costumes after the workout!

RSVP DEADLINE: RSVP BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009

We are anticipating between 20-35+ people and we will be accepting invites on a first-come, first-serve basis. Space is limited. To buy your ticket(s) and make your generous donation to SGK-DCA, please click the 'Buy Now' button below.

Be sure to put your name in the name box so that you will be on the list when you arrive for the workout!

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