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Friday 15th July

By the sight of more and more fast food establishments opening all the time, you would think there was no problem in this country with obesity?

Is everyone now a lean mean fighting machine?

Does everyone exercise now?

Is everyone in their swimsuit this summer flaunting off their body loud and proud?

Are all of those individuals and groups with “gym membership” cards who never go suddenly in shape by watching television and talking a good game on the settee every night?

The answer to these questions has to be “you have got to be joking”!!!!

So the obesity crisis goes marching on and everyone who has a problem doesn’t do too much about it!!!

In fact, it may be trendy to become overweight because so many people are, in fact over 60% of the population is!

So what can we do about it? There are many things of course but it comes down to the fact that we are a democratic country and people have the right to do exactly what they want to do.

This is the bad news of course, but the great news is that we CAN get in as great a shape as we want, as long as we are willing to put in a ton of hard work on a regular basis!!!

This is what a free country is all about too, we can strive to become better, to become fitter, to become stronger, to become very healthy in body and mind, the choices are there for all of us and you know it secretly!!!

So the big question you have to ask yourself every day is are you going to become one of the majority according to latest government statistics, that means being overweight and inactive?

OR

Are you going to become one of the minority who takes pride in their appearance, takes pride in the fact they are fit and healthy and takes pride in the fact that they can make it good on their own terms, through their own effort and hard work and become successful through being consistent with their eating and training with purpose.

Its all a choice and up to you whether you make the right one!!!

Twitt
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Thursday 14th July

Apologies about the wait again but BT broadband required a 10 day stabilisation period when it comes to moving house, that this would explain all the delay in me posting my daily message!

The technical difficulties though are outweighed by the joy of moving to a bigger house, make that bungalow.

A move or fresh change in anything can be very valuable to one’s training.

Now I have different walks and runs for the dogs, and this spices up my  weekend running no end, anything fresh and different should inspire us to reach greater heights.

Fresh and different also brings greater enthusiasm. When you do the same thing all the time, boredom can set in plus your body can get used to exercise.

This means that you are far more likely to plateau sooner in your training.

For example, if im going for a run at the weekend, then the total change of terrain and more importantly, the new challenge of a new terrain will ask new and more challenging questions from my body. This means I should be getting a fresh and new set of results when it comes to muscle hardness and body fat loss.

You don’t have to move home to achieve this of course.

You can drive to different venue’s just to run.

You can run in woodland, 2 days later you could run on the beach, a few days later you can try hills with a great view, next time after that there could be a great run in a park involved etc etc.

Its this chopping and changing that can be very good for you, both for body and mind of course.

If you like everything much more fresh and exciting, change things around as much as possible and all it needs is a little bit of thought.

Twitt
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Tuesday 12th July

 I notice some of the little changes you have made lately have become big physical changes for you, or definitely turned into big physical transformations for some of you.

Take one of the easiest, most tiny changes you can make and the results are usually staggering.

If you stop taking butter and margarine on your toast, then you will be saving yourself at least 100 calories per sandwich, and more likely up to 200 calories for some people who slap it on their bread. I have found this tactic enormously successful for everyone who has stuck with it!

Then there is another obvious one. Mayonnaise! This is a serious weight gainer and if you can’t eat your fish or even meat without it, then you must change right now because every time you take some on your food, you are filling your arteries up with saturated fat in a very serious form, this only has a bad ending I can assure you!

No need to try the low fat versions of these either, you really need to get rid of the taste of these products and they are prime examples of how people continually never get “weaned” off high fat and high sugar foods, because you’re not really getting rid of them.

You may get a lot less calories in the “low fat” varieties, but you’re not getting rid of your taste for all of these products, and you’re not stopping the endless chemicals in these products coming into your body.

If you want your body to become a chemical experiment, then carry on but my guess is most of you care what happens inside your  body and you don’t want to take chances with your health.

Eat fresh when possible, eat natural at every opportunity, eat in moderation  and you give your body a great chance of having outstanding health!

Twitt
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Monday 11th July

Having just completed my house move, its a good time to be thankful that we again have the spare time to do some good workouts again.

I am also thankful that i have the time to eat some good fresh natural food again, and i can tell the difference between eating not so good and now very nutritious food today. I have more energy, more get up and go and i am recovering well.

This is the power of food when used in the right way, and when you use it as an excellent fuel source. That statement doesn’t mean that healthy food isn’t tasty, because it REALLY CAN BE!!! In fact, if you google search any healthy food cook book on the internet, they are usually packed with lots of ideas to do really good and exciting things with fresh and natural produce.

If you don’t believe that last statement, then you are relying far too much on sugary and fatty food, or you are scared of eating regular meals and snacks, if this is the case, i have to sincerely tell you that you must try and get past it.

Food IS NOT the enemy and it has never has been, good food that is!

The rubbish that most supermarkets sell really IS the enemy if this is most of your daily consumption!!

Yes, you can eat well when you go out for lunch or in the evening, you just need to eat better and more plain if possible. You don’t need all that food soaking in all the fatty sauces, or with lashings of cream and butter, or loaded with so much salt, you could probably drink ten pints of water afterwards!!!

Its monday and im energised again because my habits are good again ,fresh and natural food is stocked high in the fridge and my workouts today are already full of energy and enthusiasm!!!

Lets make it a great monday as usual and set the tone for the new week!!!

Twitt
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Thursday, 7th July

The lack of honesty in assessing one’s training is similar to someone valuing their own house.

In 2007, everyone thought they were a millionaire due to their supposed value of their own house. This delusion can last a couple of years until they realise they have to be realistic and come down at least 20% if they really want to sell their house. Some people still won’t admit to themselves that their version of Buckingham palace is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and in this climate, that is likely to be not a lot.

With your training and fitness exploits, there may have been a peak in your life too, when everything was going along swimmingly, life was great and you got used to receiving compliments all the time on your appearance. You probably look fantastic, you feel amazing and people admired your dedication for your health.

Then the “crash” may have come.

Life is not so easy now and its no longer “easy” to get into shape, although it is never actually easy to get into shape!

You may give sporadic efforts, you may give your all for a couple of weeks, but everything seems like swimming in treacle this time around.

The great news is though that there are reasons for it, and like yesterday it comes down to self-assessment and self-honesty.

Those people I train when they are in top shape discover this new honesty in themselves. Once they realise they have to adopt a certain healthy lifestyle to be where they want to be, suddenly get real with themselves and its fantastic to see.

They will tell you how glad and relieved they are to leave the alcohol behind, the fatty foods behind, the faddy exercise methods behind, once they did this they tell me, life becomes joyous once again and being in great shape is worth a million dollars, after all you can never put a price on excellent health.

If you’re at the peak or in a trough, its time to get real and realise what it takes to be at the top of your game, no excuses and no “but’s” because you know secretly the way to the top so lets do it!!!

Twitt