Day 29

Wow, doesn’t day 29 sound a long time! It does for some of you maybe too, and it does make you realise that life doesn’t always go to plan, things don’t work out right sometimes, and sometimes you’re simply chasing your tail to stand still!

What i have noticed mor e and more over the last couple of weeks is a true secret to success. After studying people who are successful, and seeing what really makes a difference in their lives, i have noticed a key thing.

Most if not all of us are faced with key decisions and trivial decisions throughout the week. If anyone had any valentine chocolates yesterday, and you had one, was it possible to stop at one? Very hard task wouldn’t you agree?

What happens when we are feeling down, is it possible sometimes that we are bought a cake, or some junk to cheer us up? Hasn’t that happened more than a few times to all of us?

What about when we are in the supermarket, we think sometimes “oh go on then” to a certain piece of fast food we never think we are ever going to eat? But then we eat it a couple of days later!!! Ever happened to you?

What about when we promised ourselves that great workout the weekend, and somethings comes up and we never get to do it, has that ever happened to you? And have you noticed once you cancel one workout, how easy it becomes to cancel a few of them, simply writing it off as “one of those things”!

What i am talking about here is those split second decisions that wreck our ambitions at times, seemingly meaningless decisions but they can create a negative pattern when we are trying to get into top shape!

What about then when we eat less well, we actually become less well. When we workout less well or not at all, we become less well and that’s a fact.

I have said before about the old saying “its in the moments of indecision that your destiny is shaped”. Never has it been more true when you think about it. Just look at all of those moments i have listed at the start of this post, and they potentially happen to all of us every day or certainly at least once or twice a week.

Guess what happens when you don’t make the right decisions constantly? You develop NO momentum, and this hammers your progress! Momentum is critical.

It sounded a simple plan didn’t it when we first started? Implementing it is easier said than done, it all starts with the first steps again so if you have been derailed lately, its time to get back onboard and getting the basics a big part of your life again.

Life is too short for excuses so stop kidding yourself. You have it in you to be your best, time to do it right now!

Day 28

Here we are then, end of the foruth week and a pivotal point!

We are a third of the way through, and many of you have had very good results.

We are also on Valentine’s day, and in case you think i have lost my mind and wondering what Valentine’s day has to do with our programme, it is always the time that people have given in on their new year resolutions, that is if they have got this far in the first place!!

January 1st seems a long way back for most people and the promises they made to themselves to finaally do it this year!

Why have they failed? Maybe it’s because they had unrealistic plans in the first place and their targets were too high (such as lose 3 stone by march or else!). Maybe they have joined a gym where they have little or no instruction, and the people advising them weren’t really qualified or experienced enough to really help them. After all, surely there is more to being an instructor than knowing how to work the machines?!!

Another reason of failure is going on a too restricted diet, under 1200 calories per day is not only unrealistic but it is dangerous and a state of being malnourished, please ask your doctor this or check any medical manual. Plus, you cannot keep this silly practice up for life, which in turn leads to you putting all the weight back on, and 5% according to latest statistics!

Another reason of failure is expecting a perfect world! Guess what? It doesn’t exist! There will always be bumps on the road, its my job to make you avoid them and overcome them. Life is full of pressure and stress at times, but if you’re eating better and healthier, and training and exercising most days, you automatically feel better, and statistics show you will automatically cope with life’s stress in a much more positive way.

Back to today then! What do you have planned this sunday? If you can’t find the time to exercise on a sunday and especially on this challenge, you need to take a long hard look in the mirror, and really wonder if you’re commited to changing your life for the better.

So what’s, its very cold out there! Haven’t you some extra clothes and hows about a pair of gloves, they weren’t that expensive when i last looked?

The choice you have today is either making a meaningful contribution to your health and life in general, or lying on the settee all day and moaning about life and the week ahead?!

If you do get active, that week ahead will look mightily more attractive, i guarantee it! Plus you will be on course still to looking the way YOU WANT by spring/summer, its really not that far away!!

Day 27

Great news about the Wales comeback, even if it stressed everyone out!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend, nice to have some time off, and you’re revved up to give the end of week 4 a good blast tomorrow (sunday). Some of you may be out today, so will definitely need to go out tomorrow to work it off. If you’re not out today, then its still great to get out there anyway and be as active as possible on a sunday.

The easiest thing is to stay in bed and lounge around, if you want to have a stiff back and feel lousy on monday morning, then by all means do that, if you want to feel fresh and energetic, and hit monday morning with a bang, then a big workout tomorrow morning will hit the spot! Tried and tested and works every time!