I own my own business, I’m the mother of a 4 year old boy, and I recently turned 41. I’ve been a die-hard Rallysport member for most of the past 20 years (!): I love classes like Group Power, Kendra’s Planet Motion, and yoga with Diane – and I’ve been hooked on Lisa Verbeck’s Booty Bootcamp class since I tried it more than two years ago. On top of that, I’ve always have some special, rotating, exercise-related hobby every few months – training for Bolder Boulder, sprint distance triathalons, seeing how fast I can run up and down Sanitas, etc.
I feel like I’m relatively fit, but I handle PR
for restaurants, wineries and breweries, and there’s a lot of incredible food, and, well, “beverages” in my life. Plus, between my 4 year old and my own business, I’m almost always tired, so I tend to crave a sweet pick-me-up in the middle of the afternoon or late evening.
My bodyfat is 20.2%. It’s not so awful, but I feel pretty… squishy, and I’ve always been awed by, and jealous of, those lean Boulder bodies. And there’s definitely some ego going on here – I’ve basically lost and gained the same 5 lbs. over and over, ever since I lost the baby weight 2-3 years ago, and I’m sick and tired of feeling like I can’t be the “me I want to be.” If they can do it, why can’t I?? I mean, really is it truly unattainable for me, and if so, why??
Recently, I started lifting weights with Rallysport GM Erin Carson, who not only makes weightlifting fun and accessible, but is also incredibly smart, well-informed, and motivating. I whined to her about my seemingly insurmountable problem of the rotating 5 lbs., and she told me about BioSignature Modulation, a national program that is offered in more than 50 countries, including right here at Rallysport.
BioSignature was developed by a famous personal trainer, Charles Poliquin, who was flummoxed as to why his clients could get “ripped” all over, but still carry body fat in just one or two stubborn spots.
Thousands of tests later, he found that “where an individual stores their body fat is an indication of their hormonal profile, and that to lose weight (they) need to take specific steps to correct hormonal imbalances.” Awesome! Apparently, by measuring my body fat (with high tech calipers – in twelve places!) we can figure what is going on with me hormonally, and by working with my diet and nutrition, sleep, health and exercise, we can actually determine what I need to finally lose the body fat. Sounds simple, and yet sounds like it makes sense – I never believed in most of the popular diet mumbo-jumbo anyway. She arranged for me to meet with two ubersmart, superfit trainers, Jed Glass and Robert Cunningham, who offer the BioSignature program at Rallysport.
Jed and Rob meet with their clients on a weekly basis. You get weighed, and “pinched”, and you have a full half-hour to discuss all the areas of your life that might be having an affect on your body. It’s wonderfully supportive, and it makes so much sense to look at the body holistically like this. Of course, your sleep, exercise, diet, and hormones would all be interrelated, and should be examined and, well, “aligned” to work together. It was determined that Rob would be my coach, and finally, I was on the path that would help me reach my goals, after years and years of longing and frustration.
MONTH ONE
There were a number of things I had to get used to in the first month. First, Rob wanted 
me to take a hydrochloric acid (HCl) test, which sounded pretty hard-core. According to Wikipedia, “hydrochloric acid is a solution of hydrogen chloride in water, that is a highly corrosive, strong mineral acid with many industrial uses.” Turns out, HCl is actually gastric acid, and helps us digest our food more completely, which allows us to get more nutrition out of it. Cool! Test results showed that sure enough, like most people, I didn’t have enough HCl naturally in my system, so Rob set me up with HCl supplements…
Please check back next week for the next installment!
