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Day 70 Tough choices, you win!

Day 70 is pretty significant, it sounds an awful long time but it is only 10 weeks. Did you ever really believe that 10 weeks could be so long, create so much possibility and change in your life?

Or was it the other way around?

Was it too long, or is it too long already? Is it more comfortable being in a programme that promises the world in 2 weeks? Is it easier that way so you can find it out quicker that it doesn’t really work, and you can move on to the next one that wants to take your money for another two weeks?

Should we all be eating crunchy nut corn flakes for breakfast and lunch, and we would all live happily ever after? That’s what mass marketing would have us believe of course, and would those magical two weeks actually create that model’s body we see in the adverts?! Maybe not.

Society wants us to have the massive highs and lows or there would be no “wonder” products to come along and change our lives. We all secretly want a magic bullet to change things easily for us, and be able to call on that magic bullet when we want to.

If we didn’t have routines and structures in our lives, we would all love to be in the pub every night and having fish and chips on the way home. We wouldn’t get up for work the next until WE felt like it, and we wouldn’t really have to work unless WE liked doing the job. This imaginary world doesn’t exist of course unless you had the financial freedom of a lottery winner.

Lottery winners are often in the paper though saying how money has ruined their lives. How they lost all their friends and life became “boring” for them.

What they really mean is that life became boring because they had no challenges in their lives anymore. Life had no value and they aspired to nothing. When you have something to aim for, you tend to raise your game and meet the challenges that are in front of you. This gives you self-esteem and self-confidence, which makes you feel good and gives you self-worth.

I have met a few people with all the money in the world given to them on a plate, but were often unhappy as they had nothing to contribute to in life. They had no tough choices, nothing to get up for and when that moment comes, life usually takes a downward spiral.

You hear it all the time, when people retire and have no interests, they don’t usually last long. Those who have plenty going on in their retirement and are challenged usually remain the vibrant person they always were, and usually keep contibuting to the environment around them.

This programme is all about tough choices and big challenges, and getting over them creates ultimate success and a long lasting vibrant life.

Have a great sunday!

Twitt
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Day 69 Stand up for what you believe!

Eating a healthy way makes us hungry sometimes…………………..and in a good way.

When you try and deny yourself of food, you are doomed for failure. Eating every 3-4 hours is not only good for your energy levels, but will keep your metabolism going too. It’s all about how many calories your body burns 24 hours a day when it comes to optimum fat-loss. Our way of eating supports the healthy way of life fully.

Some diets will tell you that you can eat anything you want, every day!!!! All you have to do is cut down!

So, if i’m understanding this correctly, there is not much room for proper food and proper nutrients. One member on here previously told me that she could have her chicken nuggets, her chicken Mcsandwich etc, as long as she saved up her “points” until the end of the day, when she could “cheat” again!

If something seems to be good to be true, then it always is!

How many of you have been on that road to nowhere?

The other thing i hear is that many on these faddy diets make you stop going to the toilet so often,  your internal workings don’t work so well,  theydon’t seem to “work” as well anymore. The last thing i would want is have all that chemically-enhanced “meat” inside me wrecking my insides and staying there far longer than it should!

The biggest problem is that there is more and more information out there all the time, more and more people looking to make a “fast buck” out of you. The funny thing is that these people don’t last more than a year or two (at the most), as their principles (if they have any) don’t stack up. Anytime anyone promises you the earth telling you CAN eat whatever you want, they ought to be locked up where they would less dangerous!

I have been up since 5am this morning, two young children for you! Still managed a good coastal run with the dogs this morning, and had some scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, so i feel pretty fantastic writing this, with an abundance of energy ready to face a great saturday hopefully!

Have a great saturday and you can be sure i will be here every day standing up for what is right, no matter how many people try to sell you a lifestyle that is filled with false promises and bad science!

Standing up for what you believe is right will always be the right thing to do, and thanks for your support. We currently have people viewing from Sydney to the Ukraine, so thank you for all for viewing and supporting this message!

Twitt
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Day 68 Never be in a rut!

Another tough week for everyone, but a good one i hope, and even cyril will hopefully have had a milder cycle track to bike on this week!

The familiar theme is always going to be continued as we go into spring, isn’t it great that the clocks are being put forward tomorrow night?

If you are still going now at day 68, you should be standing tall right now. You have encountered all the headwinds, the self-doubt, the feeling of throwing in the towel at times, the great feeling of being able to keep on going despite thinking you would quit at any time, the feeling of your workouts getting better each week and you being proud of the amazing levels of fitness you have achieved, the feeling of clothes you can no longer wear because you have lost so much around your hips and waist, the feeling of moving on now and taking on even bigger and better challenges, the feeling that you WERE actually more talented than you ever thought and you were RIGHT to back yourself seemingly against the odds!

These are all wonderful and satisfying feelings and i love you talking about them!

The alternatives are not the ones you really want to think about if you have progressed this far. The alternatives were still being stuck in a rut not doing anything about your current predicament, going on more and more faddy diets that ultimately don’t get you anywhere, and still being negative about your health and future prospects.

A negative outlook can seemingly be justified to some at times, because doing the same old things will get you the same old results.

This programme has always encouraged change and taking action, if you do then naturally your end result will be a changed one, and usually a good one. Sometimes it takes someone with a very negative outlook many years to convince themselves to take this better road.

It’s a lot easier to be negative in life than be positive, it’s a lot easier to be a doubter than a believer. There is an old saying that the difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

The sooner you realise that being negative and a doubter is a waste of energy, the quicker you move on.

Being a believer means that you have to seek out the very best tried and tested advice and here’s the biggest thing and are you ready for this ground breaking statement on what you have to do?………………………………..YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW IT THROUGH TO ITS NATURAL CONCLUSION!! The natural conclusion is when you are finally in great shape and feel amazing.

Those of you who have actually followed this programme from start to finish will get such a feeling. I know there won’t be many of you as it take an enormous amount of guts and determination to get through this, but my guess is that if you have got through it, you’re feeling very proud and satisfied with yourself right now, and well done on that effort!

Just over two weeks left, make them your best ones!

Twitt
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Day 67 Never give up/ride out the storms!

The confirmation when someone improves so much that it takes your breath away always makes this job all the more satisfying. I have had many times when individuals have come down 5-6 dress sizes and the funny thing is, you are less surprised right at the end at the amazing progress for a very good reason.

The hardest thing in any programme is getting people over the biggest challenges along the way.

An individual will always improve at the start, as exercising, eating well and sleeping better will always create a positive result. When the challenges come up, some bigger than others, its at that exact time that you need to hold firm and stick to your principles.

For example, if someone had started off well, it is a shock when their eating come off their rails and they think it is the end of the world. There are many people who post on here who that has happened to, but have come back so strong the next week it is truly inspiring!! This has been fantastic and even inspiring for myself!

The doubt is in the mind and people often doubt their ability to carry on at times. The ability to stick at it and come through the other side is invaluable, and adds so much to self-belief it can be incredible.

We all want to take the easy way out, the quick fix, the faddy diet that ultimately doesn’t work and screws your metabolism up. We have all been through that, and thats why i do my best to encourage all of you not to taker that route that many take.

The facts are that less people travel the path we  are treading because it’s a little bit harder to follow to begin with. The rewarding part though is that for the long term and the rest of your life, it is the most viable and most productive.

Of course, none of us are perfect and all of our weight’s will go up and down. However, if we adopt the approach as i have said around ten million times already on here, eating well 80% of the time, allowing ourselves a treat here and there, we will be making substantial gains over the short and longer term.

It is heartbreaking to see people like Chris who did amazingly well to start with doubt his progress after getting a job away. Hope his programme is back on course and he’s overcome the challenges he had. It’s heartening to see jean reach former glories despite having many headwinds against her at times. She has now overcome them, and all credit to her for making a diary of her ups and downs, i have found that truly valuable for my experience and increased ability to help others in the future.

 We are all learning, and that includes me, and if we don’t we get left behind. It heartens me that people are still as enthusiastic to train at 5am, everyone asks me if its a hardship to get up at 4am every day, really its not when you consider you have some people enthusiastic to see me at 5am, that means a lot to me and keeps me fired up to reach new standards of service in my business.

In fact, i have never called it work (what i do), its something i really enjoy every day and read about every day in my spare time even. One of the best sayings i ever heard was that if you love what you do for a living, you never work another day in your life. What a statement, but very true!!

Will get a new recipe posted later!

Twitt