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Getting it?

Okay, a big welcome back to cyril, who has obviously been very busy, but has fallen off some of his excellent habits. Doing the stuff in the garden though remains a very tough job which burns lots of calories and works different muscles so well done on that cyril.

The facts don’t change when you want to keep measuring your progress and keeping yourself on an even keel, or even progressing.

So if im looking at my week, i look at it and ask myself have i done my all over weights workout twice a week?

I then look have a done some cardiovascular work and for me that includes cycling and running, for you it may include walking, swimming or anything that gets your heart rate up for an extended period.

I then look at my weekly eating, has it been quite tight with a good structure or have pizza’s and alcohol slipped in there somewhere, after all it was the world cup wasn’t it?

So if i indeed manage to do all of these then thats great, i am at least staying healthy and probably improving my health.

So what’s your story? Do you have week’s like these and if you don’t, what do you do the following week? Do you start exercising again or do you lose motivation already and by mid-week promise to start “next week” or “next month?

All of you tell me that you feel like death warmed up when you dont do your workouts, when you dont eat properly, and when you have poor night’s sleep. or you start drinking in the week and more than you should.

This seems like the eternal battle, is it going to be the good, well structured week or the bad, haphazard week’s that can lead to a pretty hefty downward spiral for some of you?

When this “eternal battle” ends, and you make working out and eating well totally part of your lifestyle, and exercise an absolute must in your life, THIS IS TOTALLY WHEN YOU GET IT!

Like yesterday’s post, “showing up” is 80% of the equation when you want to be successful so the minute you start analysing your week’s honestly and ask yourself how committed you truly are, that is exactly the time you progress.

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Moments of change

It only takes a moment to change the way you are looking at your health.

How on earth could jean go from more or less giving up to going on a one hour 15 minute bike ride? Thats quite a reversal and turnaround!

Thats why i get annoyed when some people think about starting an exercise programme, they do exactly that only, THINK about it and usually never get started.

This usually involves going around all the shops to get the perfect workout gear, that looks all fancy as this time you’re really going to do this BIG STYLE!

Then you may think how you’re going to get fit. Do you go to a gym, and if so which one?

Do you buy one of those exercise dvd’s? If so, which one?

Do you buy the really expensive training shoes or the cheap ones?

Do you start your diet straight away or do you just start exercising and then change your diet “gradually”?

All valid questions but shouldn’t you follow someone like jean, who has more experience than most people i know. She JUST DID IT!

She didnt think about it too much, she just got on the bike and went for it. Tell me, is that such a ground-breaking thing to do? Is it rocket science or do you have to study nuclear physics to do such a thing?

I have seen lots of individuals change their lives around by taking on such an attitude.

The power of saying “im not going to take this crap anymore, this time no matter what im going to do it” is amazing! This is extremely powerful and if you do get in bit of a rage with yourself over the way you’ve let yourself slip, then that GREAT, use it as a motivational tool to get more out of yourself in your workouts!

My best workouts are usually when im pretty steamed about something, and i take it out on the weights or a run or  a cycle.

Being fed up may actually get you to do something.

Forget about prancing around fancy clothes shops, forget about talking a good game, change it around right now and get off your behind to make a massive difference to yourself.

Its not too warm, its not too humid, if it is then get out there early tomorrow morning and JUST DO IT!!!

Your moment of change is right here, time for action!

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Sort it!

Most of you are probably just as bored as me of the general election fiasco, and the never ending story 24 hours a day on the news channels!

This is a bit like some people’s exercise programme at times. Plenty of talking but no action.

The time it takes to talk about your programme, you could have usually done the actual workout, had a shower, had lunch and evening meal and moved on to the next day, and your next workout!

We all know people who talk a good game, talk about past glories and pretend life really was amazing in a past life!

Isn’t really time to get it sorted once and for all?!!!!!!!!!!!!

I used to work in the public sector and more than frustrated by the way life moved at a snail’s pace there. Its probably like trying to get hold of the council on friday afternoon, didn’t realise we had to pay so much tax for so much inactivity and so many incompetents!

IF YOU TAKE ACTION EVERY DAY and actually do your workouts, shop for good natural foods, you will be definitely one of the minority-that’s a fact!

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the minority or are you one of the crowd? I find being one of the crowd soul destroying and tends to destroy any independent thoughts you have left.

There is nothing more liberating than making your own decisions, achieving things off your own back and not relying on others.

If you tend to rely on others, they often don’t deliver and tend to take credit for your success, making the scale of your achievements seem a little smaller than they really are.

Once you start reaching your goals, it will become addictive and you will start setting new ones all the time. This is when your life truly changes for the better because of this succession of extremely positive events.

You don’t need anyone telling you that you can’t do this or can’t do that, YOU ACTUALLY CAN!! Look at the person writing you off, are they jealous of your success and is their life a mess in their world?

Taking advice is great but encouragement goes a long way in my book. I would rather encourage than put down. Be positive rather than write someone off.

You will find that most people are negative, this is why you need to be independent and take action ON YOUR OWN, don’t pass it through various “committee’s” because nothing will ever get done!

It’s time for action, let’s sort it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Twitt
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Inside out

One of the biggest transitions you can do is make the difference in thinking about purely weight, and thinking about your health overall.

If you purely think about weight, then healthy food can sometimes take a backseat and it doesn’t seem to matter what the quality of food is.

I have seen a ton of people eat things because they are “only 80 calories”, they will only drink things because they are only 80 calories. The next time you do that i challenge you to do this, count how many ingredients there are in that drink. I’m serious, you would have a tough job writing them all out in one go as its such a lengthy list! PLUS it does a very good job of representing a chemistry experiment, just about everything artificial you can think of is thrown in there!!!

Another way to look at it is the energy value in foods.

For instance, things such as green veggies, fruit and nuts will have a greater energy than processed foods, which are lower in calories of course but not so good for your stomach, and interal workings. These foods were put on earth for a reason,so you need to take advantage of them!

Nobody i know wants to feel terrible all the time, and if that is the case with you at the moment, do you even believe that life could feel better than it is right now? A massive part of this is to enable you to feel better and the facts are that whatever you put into your mouth will have a direct effect on how you look  and feel, its that simple for you so you take your choice on where you want to be!

Making your goals become real all start with looking after your insides, and although it could be a sizeable change for many of you right now, once your eating habits do change, even though it will be a struggle to start with, you WILL feel better inside, and as i keep saying, you will feel a lot better when you get it right from the inside out.

The biggest transition i made was saying to myself “is this piece of food going to any good for me”? Once you get to this stage and are very aware of your nutrition, life will be more full of energy and your immune system gets some serious boosting!

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That monday feeling!

That monday feeling works in the opposite way for me.

Most people are very tired on a monday, life can be dreary and not much fun, and it can take a while simply to get going monday!

I use  monday as my day when i cleanse myself and give myself energy for the rest of the week.

My multiple runs start on a monday, all my emails start on a monday, all my multiple phone calls start on a monday, all this gives me energy and power, and does not drain me as you may have thought.

The minute i have a shower on monday evening, i feel better and i feel energised, i use exercise as a tool to give me all the power i will ever need.

Monday is a great day to straighten your eating out too, it feels fantastic right now to have eaten pasta with salmon steaks, along with some vegetables, im serious, i feel that good right now and its all down to monday being the day when im back in a routine and im super-charged to get going all over again.

Lots of water cleans my system out too, and i feel that great about it that i want to broadcast it loud and proud right now!

I get lots of energy of others too on a monday, i feed off their enthusiasm and their progress, and it inspires me to get more and more out of them, and myself too!

Monday should be used as the start to a new week, and a fresh beginning to make you feel amazing, and to renew yourself from the excesses of the weekend.

Its in your power to do it, so lets go!!

Twitt