A Gracefull Place

I really need to get back to blogging on a regular basis here!

I decided in addition to posting on Fridays, I’m also going to post about T-Tapp on Tuesdays.

Of course I’ve posted about it before (just click the T-Tapp category!), about my results both health-wise and inch-wise.

I’ve not been as consistent since my mom died last spring.  The amazing thing is, until the last few months, I really didn’t gain that much back!   What T-Tapp has done to help my metabolism is amazing!

I remember when I started, just a year later I got into a funk in January.  I did 3 short workouts weekly, and fought with the same 3/4 inch for the whole month!  (Gain it, lose it, gain it back, lose it again, gain it back…)

Six months later (1 1/2 years into “tapping”), I had another 3-short-workouts-a-week month due to busyness, and I maintained!

That was obviously an improvement!

I can’t remember the next time I had a spurt like that–maybe a year or so later–I actually kept losing inches while doing 3 short workouts a week! 

And now, barely getting 1-2 in (some weeks none) from May to October, I basically maintained!

You can’t keep doing that, of course, but what a testimony of the ability of this powerful workout to deliver–yes, truly, in just fifteen minutes a day!  This is THE workout for busy mamas!

To date, I’ve lost 174 inches, 8 sizes (well, I probably gained one back since spring!) and only 29 pounds.  The most I’ve lost pound-wise is 38 pounds, then I lost 7 inches and gained 7 pounds–no, I do not understand how that works other than muscle density is TREMENDOUS!

As you gain muscle (and you may put on 5 or more pounds of spinal muscle density the first few weeks of T-Tapp), that muscle burns more calories at rest.  Fat burns no calories at rest!  I firmly believe that is why I’ve been able to maintain on fewer workouts during this time.

I jokingly say I’m trading fat for muscle!  Of course, it’s a matter of burning off the fat and building muscle.  This is why if you hang around the T-Tapp forums at all, you will often see me say, “Weight Doesn’t Matter!”   I realize if you are having knee or hip issues weight plays a part–but to just lose the weight without also building muscle means you are losing muscle mass–NOT what you want!

And the beautiful thing about T-Tapp is it rehabilitates your body from the inside out!  So as you are doing T-Tapp, you are helping to rehab your knees, build muscle AND lose the weight/inches you need to!

My life has been so changed and touched by T-Tapp, that after praying and seeking God’s will, I’ve decided (with my husband’s blessing) to pursue being a T-Tapp Trainer.  It’s a big shift for me–the foreign language major!   Physiology and muscle kinesiology (big name for studying how muscles move! LOL!)  were definitely not my forte in school!

The more I learn, though, the more and more amazed I am at how God designed our bodies–we truly are fearfully and wonderfully made!

This whole venture is only possible because of the gift of some money my mom had left.   In a small way, it is a way to keep her memory alive and honor her, by using this to help others.

I am close to finishing my ISSA trainer test–have some written work to do!   Ever try to write an essay on 6 major body joints, their functions, and exercises using them?!  Yeah, me neither!     But I’m doing it now!

My goal is to be done with the ISSA part by January 26–next week!–which is my four year anniversary from when I started T-Tapp.  Who could have imagined 4 years ago that an exercise program would impact my life so much?!

After finishing the ISSA studies, I can then move on to mentoring–which is when I actually get to practice torturing tweaking my friends’ form!  

I’m looking forward to helping others find the improved health, flexibility, function and yes, even inch loss, that I have experienced.

I would appreciate prayers as I come to mind, that I will do well in my “studies” and also that I would keep foremost the goal of doing this for the glory of God.

If you’ve not been to the T-Tapp homepage, you can click the link on my sidebar and it will open a a new window and take you to the store.   For the homepage, click here.

A few posts you might find interesting on the T-Tapp forums:

Weight Doesn’t Matter–Repeat After Me!

A Plateau Is *Not* Always a Bad Thing!

Did I diet, you ask?   Come back next week and I’ll share!

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