Vote For Us! Chronicle's Best Fitness Classes!

Thanks to your votes, Austin Adventure Boot Camp has been selected Citysearch Austin's "Best Boot Alternative Workout 2008"!!! Now we need you help to secure the number one spot as the Austin Chronicle's "Best Fitness Classes"! Hurry, voting ends September 2nd! VOTE NOW!!!

And to thank you for voting for us, we would like to offer you
$30 off your registration fees for all September 12-day and 16-day boot camp packages! Our 12 day camp is only $169 and our 16 day camp is $219. These rates are good for NEW and REPEAT campers! So sign up and bring your friends!!!

Sign Up and SAVE:

1. Register online for one of our September camps (12 or 16 days).
New campers: http://www.atxbootcamp.com/register.htm
Repeat campers: http://www.atxbootcamp.com/reEnlist.htm
2. Pay online USING THE SPECIAL SEPTEMBER RATE: (use this link ONLY!) http://www.atxbootcamp.com/pymtSpecial.htm
3. Don't forget to VOTE for Austin's "Best Fitness Classes":
http://www.austinchronicle.com/feedback/bestof/08/



And Be Sure To Celebrate 3 Years Of Austin Adventure Boot Camp With Us!

September 12th At The Marq 6 - 9 pm!

We will be hosting a special Boot Camper Appreciation Party for all current and past campers, friends, family, and supporters. There will be DRINK SPECIALS, food, and tons of GIVEAWAYS! You won't want to miss this! Specifically, we will be giving away one 12 day boot camp (valued at $199) every hour (3 total)! GET THERE EARLY!!! But don't worry... Even if you don't win, you'll still receive a gift card worth $20 off your next boot camp session! RSVP NOW!

Last year's party was a blast, and we gave away over $5,000 worth of prizes!!! Check out the
anniversary page on our website for updated details and prizes!

And remember, as part of our celebration, we will be holding a Food & Fund Drive to support the Capital Area Food Bank and are asking all guests to either make a financial donation or bring 2 or more non-perishable food items. Last year we raised over 4,000 meals. -- Let's double that this year!!!

If you're a business owner who would like to promote your business by donating a prize, please fill out our online donations form.Thank you!

RSVP NOW!!!

Getting back on the nutrition wagon.

I've been with Austin Adventure Boot Camp since October '06. I've lost weight and now I have officially plateaued. I'm about 25-30lb shy of my 'ideal' weight. I say 'ideal' because I've gotten incredibly comfortable in the size I am right now. Which is great! But when I think about the goal I set out to reach I wonder if my saying I'm comfortable here is just a way for me to avoid the stress of achieving my weight loss goal. Probably. So I must move forward.

But why the plateau!? Well, I have to say my attendance over the last few months has been less than stellar. But also I've stopped paying attention to what I am putting into my stomach.
Yup, that's me. Mindlessly eating.
And it has to stop.

But what do I eat? Ever since I found out that I was allergic to everything and revamped my eating I've been on a carb overload, not because of any reason except that I love carbs. Plus, now that I have lost the majority of the weight I don't even know how many calories I should be eating. I had done an online calculator and it said somewhere in the 1700-1800 calorie range. *shrug*
So I contacted Nanaz and set up an appointment for a RMR test.
During this test you lay still (without napping) and just breathe while you wear a little mask. This mask is connected to a tube and the tube is attached to a machine and based on your breathing and I'm sure some other science that includes a calculation of my height and weight and how active you are, it spits out (with some help from Nanez) the number of calories you need to survive and the number you need to maintain your current weight.

So how did the online calculator do? VERY POORLY. AT 1700 calories I was eating 300 calories less than my body needs to just run. Not moving. Just laying there. SO in essence I've plateaued because I'm not eating enough calories. My body thinks I've abandon it!!
So with this knowledge, the plan is more lean proteins! More leafy greens! And don't trust internet calculators!
Next week I am going in to have my Vo2 Max test to find my prime workout heart rate and I'm excited. I've been wearing my heart rate monitor during class but I've not been paying attention nor, do I know how to read into the percentage of fat burned. Knowledge is power!
I'm really looking forward to the new meal plan too. Nanaz is going to set me up with different choices so I can pick and choose what I want out of what I need.

All very scientific and very interesting. I am looking forward to getting off this plateau!
If you are like me and have no idea what to eat, contact Nanaz, She's got some specials just for Boot camper so let her know what you need!

Why are you not losing weight?

You are working out and eating right so why are you not dropping the weight? I always see overweight people running their hearts out on hike and bike trail. I used to wonder why that is. If they are working out so hard shouldn't they be way thinner. Did you know that you could pass your fat burning heart rate in the first five minutes of your workout? Or how do you know exactly how many calories your body burns every day? Sure you can use charts and come up with a guess, but I would not trust charts that were made in a research group over 30 years ago. We simply do not eat or live the way we did 30 years ago and I have seen the guesstimates be wrong by 800 calories a day.
So what's the answer? Come do a RMR test and a VO2 max test. These tests are specific to you and pretty much guarantee results. Find out more about these tests on my website: nanazahmadi.com. I am offering these tests at a discounted price to all of you. Once you know which heart rate your body burns the most body fat, you can simply wear a heart rate monitor and make sure that every minute of your workout counts. Dinner planning will become much simpler when you know how many calories you can eat with out gaining weight.

Good Luck,
Nanaz

Free Four Day Sampler!

Starting January 14th Austin Adventure Boot Camp is holding a Free 4 day sampler camp at ALL LOCATIONS! New Campers will have the opportunity to try out the program for more than just one day--we are giving you four days absolutely free!

Click the link below to sign up!

But you're a repeating camper you say? Why can't you start earlier than the 21st? Well you can!
Repeat Campers that purchase the January 21st camp by January 11th are welcome to register for the Four Day Sampler Camp. Get started early --sign up now!