GET YOUR BODY MOVING: VARIETY SPICES UP HER WORKOUTS
Whenever Cheryl Allard goes to the gym, she abides by her 10-minute rule: Use one machine for 10 minutes, then move on to something else. This strategy helped her beat the boredom that nearly ended her exercise program. It also helped her lose 100 pounds.
Cheryl began working out in 1997 after finding out that she had high blood pressure. At the time, she weighed 265 pounds. “I was chubby even as a child,” recalls the 50-year-old sewing machine consultant from Chicago. “My parents lived in England during World War II, when food was rationed. They had the mindset that food was never to be wasted. I was raised to clean my plate.”
As Cheryl got older, the pounds kept piling on. “I tried every diet under the sun to slim down,” she says. “Once, I even lost 40 pounds, but they all came back.”
Then, Cheryl’s husband persuaded her to get a physical. “I hadn’t been to our family doctor in years, and my husband kept bugging me to go,” she explains. “I went just to keep him quiet.”
But Cheryl was the one left speechless after her doctor handed her a prescription for blood pressure medication. “That got me motivated to lose,” she says. “I didn’t want to be taking pills for the rest of my life.”
Cheryl went to a nutrition counselor, who helped her revamp her eating habits. She also joined a local gym, where she started using the aerobic-exercise equipment. “I felt self-conscious at first because of my size,” she says.
Over time, her self-confidence grew
March 10, 2010
Get Your Body Moving-Little Tricks Led To Lasting Success
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