it's very obvious to state this but life is different for every single person
watching this video for many of us gyms are closed i used to
work out in the gym five to seven times per week and as you
can imagine having this disruption in my routine
it's been a major change that's when the sponsor of this video
noom reached out and challenged me to get fit from home in only 30 days
now more than ever some type of a routine
is critical for keeping us i mean one thing keeping us sane
a routine is critical to give structure to our days
that are largely filled cocooned in our homes
living and working solely connected to the outside world
via the internet so for the next 30 days with noom
i'm going to get my well-being back on track working out from home
with no gym
so it is day number one of the 30 day challenge i just opened up the program
and i have to say the initial questionnaire
is very in-depth the first thing you do when you use numa
is you enter your height your weight your age
and your goal weight first thing this morning i woke up and i did my official
weigh-in coming in just about at 212 pounds now for this challenge i'm not
necessarily looking to lose a ton of weight
more or less convert the bit of chub i have into muscle
the first module is to set up your course and you're prompted with a
question what is the best way to reach your
weight loss goals with nume the first message when you go on the app
is welcome to noom and it says whether you think you can or
you think you can't you're right and i agree the number one
aspect of setting any goal in life a fitness goal a
financial goal a relationship goal is to actually believe that you can
achieve this goal next up it says design your big picture
the first step in achieving any goal is having a big
picture in mind so having your why so my biggest and
baddest super goal is to get as fit as possible
in 30 days without using any gym equipment and then
creating those healthy habits especially with diet to
maintain a fit lifestyle especially during
this time period in the world because i don't think it's gonna be ending anytime
soon i've been a pretty fit person my entire
life although there have been those periods
where i do fall off this is one of them the interesting thing i'm seeing
for day one of noom is that it doesn't have
a workout there's no actual workout to do but there's a section that says do
more where you can log your meals exercise
weigh in find recipes so let's click exercise then it's
prompting me to a ton of different exercises the only
equipment i have at my house are two kettlebells so let's
head back to the house and get the kettlebells and do a 30
minute circuit
first workout of the first day of the 30 day challenge is complete
i did 30 minutes of kettlebells it was definitely a moderate to
intense workout i mean i'm dripping sweat just from 30 minutes
i feel good first workout in the books so it's day seven end of week number one
and i have to say the biggest changes for me during this first week
have been logging all of my meals and tracking my weight
so the morning ritual here on noom is to wake up and first thing
weigh yourself on an empty stomach now normally i always used to know around
what my weight was but i was never one to weigh myself every single day
i have found one of the major selling points with this noon program
is the ability to track and log every single meal and therefore add up the
calorie intake that you're having in a given day
and the program actually makes it super easy to find and track all the
plant-based protein that i'm consuming during this challenge
there's actually a surprising amount of meal options that come with this program
and it's also eye opening to see how much i can eat in a given day
if i'm not tracking it on my phone ironically enough
the easiest part of this challenge has been the workouts
like i mentioned on day one they have an index of different activities you can do
so the workouts are all things that i've done in the past to get back into shape
without a gym it's pretty amazing the workout you can get just by moving your
own body weight the main thing about working out without a gym
is that it's as hard as you make it for instance i've been doing a lot of track
workouts now you can go to the track and jog a leisurely mile or you can go and
do wind sprints so it really is what you put into it and
the other biggest surprise i've found so far with the program is how much it
focuses on the actual behavioral science that goes
into setting a goal and sticking with a plan every single
day noom has these lessons which you go through
and these lessons are there to constantly reinforce
your fitness goal and almost rewire how you approach
losing weight getting fit and staying healthy day number seven
is done i'm excited to see what the rest of this challenge has in store for us
so it is day number 15. we're at the midway point here of the 30 day
challenge and i'm feeling pretty good as far as
the workouts that i'm doing mainly it's 30 to 60 minutes per day of
exercise and all the workouts that i have been
doing are really lifestyle based things that i would do for fun over the
past week or so a lot of my workouts have been surfing
surfing is great for building strength in your back your shoulders and your
arms and it's really an endurance exercise
i'll do lots of intervals on the jump rope 45 seconds
all out with 15 seconds rest repeat that 20 times or so
and last but not least i've been doing a lot of high intensity interval training
it's really all about the intensity in which you're doing the workouts
this challenge has definitely been less about trying to achieve some crazy
physical transformation and more about incorporating daily
exercise and healthy eating habits into everyday life during this 30 day
period it is a beautiful evening here down at the bay i'm about to go for
a sunset run i'm ready and i am confident to crush
the next two weeks of this workout challenge
5 45 in the morning day number 30 doing what i love the most waking up at
sunrise for morning surf the mental health aspect has been the
biggest change through this 30-day challenge i've
gotten a bit more fit but my overall mood and just the way
that i'm seeing the world that's what has changed that is the
peace of mind and physically i've converted about four
pounds of fat into muscle and i'm back on track with my fitness
i'm working out consistently with weights that i built out of items i
found around the house and of course my two trusty kettlebells
now it's really the behavioral science aspect behind nume
that really has helped me during these uncertain times to find that clarity
and more importantly maintain these healthy habits during this time
again i want to give a huge thanks to noon for sponsoring this video
and i highly recommend you take their free online evaluation at noom.com
and with that i will see you in the next video