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Day 74 Are you onboard?

Here’s an often asked question to get you out of your slumber!

“Haven’t seen you in a while, have you put on weight?!!”

Nothing worse than that question flying at you during the day and seeing your mood nosedive!

You have two possible reactions to that question. Either you go back into your shell and write off the day, the week, the month and eat even more, and don’t move around much.

Or

You do something about it!! Maybe you tighten up your diet a lot more, realising perhaps that you are eating rubbish too much of the time. You decide to up your exercise, realising that you’re not moving around so much as you used to. These two things are guaranteed to make a big difference. DO NOT let anyone tell you different, yes you can do it!!!

So which one are you? Are you the one in the shell or are you the one who actually does something about it?

Hopefully by now, you use some aggression thats inside you and you get your kit on and you are brave to do something about it. Nothing feels better than going for it, simple as that and every single one of you can do it, it is really within your power and you can achieve anything you want to, as long as, you guessed it, take action to get it done.

Look at cyril this week, cycling for over an hour in the hail stones which caused him a lot of pain, does he “get it”, of course he does and battles through now whatever happens!!

I try to be considerate for everyone, but i do also realise that for a living, i am paid by results. I can be best friends with people, but i still have to cut it and get results for them! I realised that if i get it right for people time after time, i get more work. I am happy with the level of work i have right now, so that is a great sign. When i get it right for people, i also become better friends with them because they respect me more as i told them the truth, not everyone tells you that, especially some magazines and newspapers, as well as faddy weight loss organisations.

I am actually showing you more respect by telling you how it REALLY is!! If it told you the faddy and easier way, then i would hold your concentration for a short period, then when it didn’t work, you would discard me as yet another “cowboy” operator. So when i start with anyone, i give them the option of doing it properly and healthily, or look for someone else to work with. I try to be incredibly supportive, but everyone has a limit!!

So let’s lay it down again, are you eating healthily on the basis its natural so it must be good for you, or  are you still eating on the basis “its low in calories” so it must be good for me. Don’t fall for that rubbish. Foods with lots of chemicals will eventually make your health deteriorate if you take in enough of it, natural foods will make your health improve to unbelievable levels, as long as you eat enough of it!!!

So have you finally crossed the line yet, to moving more and eating natural foods, or have you gone back into your shell?!!

What’s it to be, if you decide to do it the right way for the short term, and for a lifetime, you have me on well and truly on your side, if you’re ready to change, i’m well up for it so register by clicking on subscribe and let’s do it!!

Twitt
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Day 73 Being around for the long term!

After all the stuff i have read on here, all the stuff i have asked people this week, all the “stuff” i tend to see in the media at times, i really think most people are READING too much into their health and fitness plans!!

I encourage the actual reading part of course, but what i don’t encourage is the too much reading and not enough action part!

How many people do you know will actually do things that they are not any good for themselves, not good for those around them and not good for the long term, and yet STILL do those things?!!

That got me to thinking about how most people are sucked into advertising campaigns and marketing drives of all kinds.

We can all remember gyms that came along in the area promising to literally “change your life”! It’s not really a great slogan when those gyms are gone within a few short years, that promise seems a little hollow now don’t you think? I never like to see anyone go through, but people i think forget that the actual product must be first-class before you ever brag about it so much.

There is always going to be next “big thing” but unfortunately, they last often about as long as fish and chip paper.

Longevity in any business is to be admired and has always fascinated me. There was a famous british business owner on the other day giving a television interview. He was asked how did he survive so long, and how did he keep his marketing campaign so successful and so fresh?

The reply startled his interviewer. He replied he survived so long by giving excellent customer service, far above any of his competitors who really didn’t want to know the customers once they purchased the product, and he spent 99% less money conveying that message!

His answer on the marketing campaign was this, he didn’t have any! His marketing was looking after the customer so well, that they felt they had to come back because they were treated so well, and it was a pleasure each time they went into any of his shops. How many of you feel that way about a business? And is that the reason you go back or stay away if the experience is negative?

He went on to say that his main competitor spent 25 million on advertising one year, they actually spent 200 thousand, yet the competitor went bust the following year, they had forgotten what customer care was all about. He never sold his product too cheap, a fair price for a good product he maintained, his competitor went bust trying to stack them too high, and sell them too cheap!! 

This blog is about being consistent, about achieving longevity and giving consistently common sense advice that is likely to work time after time. You may see things change slightly over time, but the principles WILL NEVER CHANGE. I have upset people sometimes by sticking to them, and telling people like it is because i want what’s best for everyone, with no side effect, no catches and no false promises.

 The good news is that most of those people i have told straight have told me down the line (maybe 6 weeks, 6 months or even 6 years) that the advice was actually sound and wish they did at the time, and their desire to do it the “easy way” had in fact been the long way, and had made them waste so much time in their life, as well as torture themselves mentally and physically by making the wrong choices, often on promises of these marketing people, who are only after your money. Just like the example i gave you on the successful business versus the marketing rubbish, anything you learn on here should last you for the rest of your life, as the answers i give are there to be shot at, or praised so i’m putting it all on the line here, and thank you for showing interest.

This blog is here to help, to encourage and put you straight on what works, what doesn’t and how you can improve your health for the rest of your life. I sense some slumber here the last couple of days, you can be sure i am going to fired up to get you out of it the next few days and weeks!! The advice i get from the posters is highly appreciated too, i take all of it onboard!

I appreciate everyone’s comments so keep them going!!! We all learn every day and thank you!

Twitt
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Day 72 Keep going!

Jean has raised a valid point in her comments in her last post on day 71. She is on bit of a downer as cyril says, and perhaps it’s understandable due to circumstances.

I have done a survey of many people i train, and asked them how often do they feel like giving up, quitting, feel that the effort is overwhelming etc etc?

The answers i got back didn’t surprise me, especially those who i see at 5am in the morning.

The reality for them, especially in the winter months, there were indeed times when they were questionning what they did, was it really worth it, wouldn’t it be more comfortable to stay in bed, to join a gym, to join a weight loss club, to buy some new equipment themselves, after all they said “they knew what to do by now, as they had been training with me for years”.

Then after all of this, i had the reinforcement i was looking for. The reasons for continuing their training with me ranged from “they wouldn’t do it otherwise, or they wanted to do it the right way, they couldn’t push themselves this hard on their own, they had tried all the weight loss clubs and all it invlovled was losing the weight at all costs, then inevitably putting the weight on again. There were countless reasons, and thankfully most of them inspired me to work even harder at keeping them happy, and looking out for fresh ways to improve them.

I am training another pregnant lady at the moment, and asked why she was carrying on and had done for many years. We often had disagreements when she wasn’t doing her best, but told me that training during pregnancy was now the most important thing she could ever do, as her health and her baby’s health were now the most important thing in the world. Plus she desperately wanted to get into shape once the baby was born.

Back to Jean, she goes on about “people accepting her as she is”? I have made it plain and clear that we accept her “as she is too”! All i would say to that statement is that i really don’t think jean likes being overweight and inactive, so is that her “true self” and really “as she is”? I don’t think so. Doesn’t she want to be a good role model to her grandchildren and keep up with them into old age, surely this is just ONE of many reasons to be fit and healthy?!!

Perhaps the real jean is more like someone who REALLY ENJOYS training and the challenges it brings, and likes doing crazy physical feats at times!

Jean enjoys her food, sometimes has one too many treats and likes to overdo it when like now as cyril says “she is on a downer”!! So, its up to us to support jean when she is down like this, remind her that she is really much better than buying a cheap piece of exercise equipment and staying inside all the time, when she could be outside an enjoying herself.

 We all have the same choices, its about how we deal with the cards that are dealt to us that is the vital thing. Looking on the bright side can be a very important trait, and a habit that will save us from going on many downer’s, which often lead to weight gain and loss of the feeling of wellbeing.

So the question of someone quitting is not new to me, but its just another situation for me to help out with, and tell everyone that its natural, and that everyone goes through it. The reason why my retention rate is extremely high is because i expect you to have obstacles and challenges in your way, and if you expect  them, through knowledge and experience, we are going to be very well equipped to get over them and come out the other side in terrific shape.

I told everyone yesterday that one of the major secrets to success is keeping going even when everything or everyone says to quit. Little do most people know that ultimate success is just waiting around the corner!

Twitt