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May 18th

I love the attitude that we are going to stop messing around, stop pretending to work hard, stop pretending just because you have a gym membership you are somehow fit, stop pretending just because you read a few magazines suddenly you know everything about training, its time to get real right now and give yourself to hard and proper training, give yourself over to proper nutrition, proper supermarket shopping of good nutritious food, proper good eating in the week and ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSES to do well ths time-“this time” it IS going to happen!!!

Life is not easy all the time so lets stop pretending is. But life is not always so hard you havent got time to exercise, its never so hard that you HAVE to eat all the rubbish food because “you were stressed”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is never THAT hard so lets stop using the same old excuses!!! Good food and good workouts will help you no end and help you reach the pinnacle of health that we are all after!!

Once you take all of the excuses out of your life, we go several miles forward in our aim of achieving the body of our dreams, and great health thrown in too, which is perhaps the most important thing of all!!!!!!

Life should be like that for all of you and im hear to help. Im really not in the mood for posers, you know the type who have all the gear and no idea, in fact most people i know who train well really don’t care for show offs of any kind!!! They are never the fittest of people and are usually far more concerned with their image. We are about hard work on here and making solid honest efforts and being proud of our progress!!!

Im not concerned with ANY shortcuts and false dawns of diet clubs, all im about is good hard and proper training done in the right way and CONSISTENTLY-This is the true secret of being successful, so if you want to get onboard and be the best you can be, then its really time to step up to the plate and get that weight off, get a lean harder body, get more energy in your life and really get fired up about life again, because i know i am and ready to help everyone!!!!!!

Email me with any questions on fitness@kerimckibbin.co.uk

Twitt
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May 17th 2011

Some of you are going through a fresh start at the moment, and that’s always a good thing.

Don’t look back at your failures of the recent past, you can learn from them. They can only be classed as failures IF you don’t learn from them, simple as that. They can be classed as “learning” experiences if you proceed with confidence in the future, knowing you’re not going to go back to the place that caused misery and unhappiness before.

Unfortunately, the process of putting on weight, then taking it off, then piling it back on and this time 5% more again, can be deeply distressing! Some of you have been through it a number of times, and it doesn’t make it any easier of course.

This is an opportunity to put them to rest, and tell yourself you simply won’t accept the faddy diets you used to go on, you won’t fall for buying a faddy piece of exercise equipment again that you never use, you wont accept mediocrity in your training attendance.

For example, how many times have you wondered how you’re putting weight on in a particular month, and if you go back through that month in your head, you would have realised you may have missed a lot of scheduled workouts, the one day a week drinking rule has become a two-three day a week rule, and your stricter eating habits have now become somewhat less than strict, and the one day a week “have what you like” rule has become a three to four day a week rule!!!

So coming back to our point, making a fresh start is exactly that, there is NO GOING BACK this time.

If you are focused on getting your mind and body in top shape, you have to choose which lifestyle you really want. Is it the pain of constant disappointment and regret? Or will you be brave and actually DO IT this time and make it sustainable for the rest of your life? No regrets and no going back, you have to remember that so lets go!!!!

Twitt
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13th May 2011

As we hit friday 13th may, you may be wondering why your programme may not be going as well as it should.

There are lots of reasons maybe, but the main one must surely be just getting the thing done in the first place!!!

You will get a high from exercise and eating well, that is without doubt.

You will get a low from not exercising, because you are not injecting any energy into your life. In fact, a recent study from spain suggests that people who eat the most trans fats are 50% more likely to suffer from depression, than those who eat the most momo and polyunsaturated fats.

To put that in a easy way, if you eat ready meals, processed foods and those foods who have lots of chemicals in them, they are likely to be loaded with trans fats. Fast foods and takeaways for example constantly come out the highest when it comes to trans fats and therefore put you at a much higher risk of heart disease and other life threatening diseases, if eaten on a constant basis.

So whats your choice going to be this weekend? Is it going to be a friday, saturday and sunday of processed rubbish washed down with alcohol? And then be somehow puzzled by the fact that you have put weight on by monday?!!!!

Or are you going to spoil yourself in a different way?

Sometimes its a great treat to go to m & s and get a whole chicken which tends to be very good quality, then get some tomatoes there which can make you love tomatoes again, and some spinach and do a nice quick meal out of these high class ingredients. You can get a rich tasting meal out  of this right there.

The SAME meal can taste very bland out of many other supermarkets, so it does show paying extra can sometimes make a big difference!!!

I am not recommending you shop at marks and spencer all the time of course, that would be silly but once a week take the chance to purchase some really good quality and great tasting fruit and vegetables, as well as some great tasting healthy food across the range.

You may not want to do it of course, but its got to be better than 3 days of gorging yourself on rubbish thats going to keep you on the toilet all weekend, for all the wrong reasons!!!!

Twitt
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May 10th 2011

Every time you exercise, see it as if you are looking after your body.

Every time you eat good natural food, see it as you are giving your body its best possible care and you’re healing it every day from life’s stresses. Your body needs protecting as well as it needs energising!

The process of looking after your body shouldn’t be seen as a hardship at all. If you view your training as a treat, a chance for you to have YOU time, then its going to be a lot more attractive.

Talking about attractive, that’s exactly what’s going to happen to you if you carry on training hard and eating well.

Anyone who looks slimmer, stronger and fitter, will automatically look more attractive. There is a glow about anyone who eats right and trains well, they give you a far better vibe than someone who idles their time away in a pub every night for example. Being a slob never did anything positive for anyone!!!

If you eat fresh natural food every day, then you know its going to being you a healthy amount of body fat on your body, its going to bring you more energy and therefore much more positivity in your attitude, don’t forget your attitude is key when you embark on your health and fitness programme, theres always a million reasons not to exercise if you are negative, that’s what we are trying to avoid-negativity!!

The difference between feeling positive and negative about life WILL make the difference between being successful and mediocre with your health and fitness results across the board.

If you survive on takeaways, ready meals and alcohol most days, then you know for sure that your body is not going to respond very well in terms of benefits, in fact there will be a whole lot of negatives that will fill your life, and lets face it, theres nobody if they are truthful wants to overweight, have bad skin, no energy and a low physical performance.

Life is there for living as the saying goes, so  cut the negativity out of your life and go shopping for the right foods right now, and bin the foods that are going to bring negativity in your life into a big black bag right now!!!

Its only then you can move forward!

Twitt
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April 28th

As booze will be such a big part of the weekend coming up, its time to realise what it means to you in real terms. Nothing wrong at all with a drink, i will have one myself but all im saying is the reprecussions could be worth considering.

Booze has a massive effect on blood pressure, and can really set about ramping it up to levels you don’t really want over a period.

Alcohol is packed with calories and WILL lead to weight gain, there is no doubting this.

You dont even have to drink a lot, just 3-4 units per day will DOUBLE your chance of suffering blood pressure problems according to the health authorities!

If you are a woman though, just 2-3 units can increase your blood pressure risk by a third, anyone who has suffered from blood pressure will know that this risk is not worth taking.

Theres a good site at www.drinkaware.co.uk

Caffeine used to be seen as a big problem for blood pressure, but as long as its in moderation, this is no longer true.

Lifestyle factors are far more relevant when it comes to blood pressure issues.

If you’re a smoker for instance, thats flat out the worst thing you can do and will bring you a whole lot of trouble over time.

If you drink less alcohol, you will benefit immensely.

If you have a diet rich in nutrients full of fresh natural foods, you are very unlikely to suffer blood pressure issues.

And of course, if you exercise with purpose on a regular basis, you are very likely not to suffer from blood pressure issues especially if you combine it with the lifestyle choices already mentioned.

So this weekend, its fine to go out and have a drink or two, AS LONG as your general lifestyle is good, then there is no problem at all!

It makes me laugh when i see the everyday drinkers out on bank holiday claiming its a one off day for them, THIS IS everyday life for them and unfortunately they will be likely suffering from many ailments brought on by a life of alcohol abuse. When you add smoking and an unhealthy diet to all of this, its a grim picture!!

Time for everyone to change their lifestyle surely!!! If you are having a few drinks, get out the next morning and exercise!!!

Twitt