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Client Story: Tracey G

May 2, 2010 by

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I am a 46 year old mother of two who began working with Genesis Transformation approximately 4 years ago. I am 5′ 8″ and weighed 186 pounds with a body fat of 35% when I started. I have exercised all my adult life anywhere from 1 – 2 hours/day. The year previous to working with […]

Sheri’s Workouts: All Body Blast (superset)

April 15, 2010 by

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A reminder that these sets are for intermediate to advanced exercisers with weight room experience –  it’s assumed you know the basics.  Talk to your coach, get a good book on weight training or hire a trainer if any of this doesn’t make sense to you, okay? This is serious stuff, weight training, and you […]

Don’t celebrate weight loss with dessert (Jim Cathcart)

March 25, 2010 by

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No, Jim isn’t a GT’er (that I’m aware of!) but his thinking is right in line with us!  I love this quick little essay he wrote about how to work your head with weight loss.  Enjoy!         Sheri I’ve always been prone to gaining weight. As a youth I tried several diets and all of them […]

EAT THIS: Spicy Foods!

February 27, 2010 by

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Consider your self on a culinary adventure.  You’re not eating the crap you USED to eat – and chances are pretty good that you’re not going to find cupcake and lasagne substitutes.  It’s the truth.  What you’re going to do is adventure into new territories of taste sensation.  You’re going to learn to think about […]

Client Story: Lynn G.

February 27, 2010 by

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Let’s cut to the chase here.  Thanks to GT, I can boast of a 27 pound weight loss, 14 percent body fat reduction, and dropped from a size 14-16 to an 8!  And, as many of you already know, did it without deprivation or cravings.  It’s miraculous, and the “Before and After” photos back up […]

Sheri’s Rants #34: FAST WEIGHT LOSS NOW!!

February 3, 2010 by

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There are two popular routes to ‘fast’ weight loss. The first one is fasting and the second is diet pills.  A third route gaining in popularity is a dangerous combination of the two – the HCG diet which combines injections of human growth hormone with a metabolism-wasting 500 calories a day. First some factual background […]

Jan’s Journey – February

January 31, 2010 by

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This is the 3rd of Jan’s installments, tracking her Transformation.  This month, she struggles with the classic issues of seeing herself get smaller, but frustrated not to see it on the scale – as well as social eating and travel… The journey over the last month has been bumpy.  A big positive in the last […]

Sheri’s Rants # 32: Set Your Goals and ORGANIZE

January 3, 2010 by

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Resolutions are nice, yes – if you understand that resolutions are basically an emotional response.  Other words for ‘resolute’ are: purposeful, adamant, firm, unswerving, steadfast, staunch, unwavering, unfaltering, persistent…you get the drift.  We make ‘resolutions’ out of a feeling of resolve for change. Moving from a resolution to a GOAL requires a little more thought […]

The Lost Art of Goal Achievement

January 2, 2010 by

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Courtney Townley Setting a goal is easy, achieving it is not. The New Year inspires goal-setting unlike any other time of the year, especially goal-setting with health based objectives.  Fitness facilities, supplement companies, and the authors of endless diet books make a fortune at the start of each new year because of the promises that […]

Client Story: Staying Focused Through Injury – Jill N.

December 31, 2009 by

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I am 35 years old and from the time I hit puberty until about a year and a half ago I was fat – in my head, I always cushioned the term and would use “heavy” or “overweight,” but never fat.  But when I look back at my before pictures, it literally looks like I […]