“You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality”-Ayn Rand
Thought for the day
Day 77 80% is enough for me!!
Another great sunday morning run done today, and the sun was out loud and proud this morning again!
This great harbour scene was overshadowed a bit by the presence of church goer’s in cloaks at burry port lighthouse having a sermon, or chanting or something really weird, they could have been devil worshippers?!! Who knows, but what i do know is half those people pretending to be christians are usually the biggest sinners in our community, you know them so i say no more!
Anyway, how’s your sunday morning going? Has there been a workout in already before you get on with easter sunday? Have you had a great breakfast packed with vitality, or is it your weekly great british breakfast? Is this a day of rest for you or is it a day when you hit several beers, as easter sunday has come to mean this for a large part of the community.
Whatever your choice, i’m cool with it as long as you keep hitting your 80% target.
80% in school used to mean you were really intelligent, were very at good exams and likely to go on to college and have a very good career.
80% as a goal kicker in rugby is phenomenal in terms of coverting penalty kicks. Johnny Wilkinson and Neil Jenkins are the best of all time, and i would doubt even these great kickers ever achieved this success record!
If you were successful in something, it could be assumed that you were doing things right most of the time, not all of the time as that is impossible, but 80% or more would be classed as being a master in your chosen field.
This 80% i keep going on about is your target with your eating and training. If you can do this, you can see by comparison with everything else, you will be highly successful without a shadow of a doubt!!
I think the problem sometimes is that people often have to go 100% or nothing! You will see some on this site at either remarkable highs, or depressing lows (for a short time only i hasten to add!!). You can see that being perfect is not only impossible, its stupid to beat yourself up for not achieving it or even close to it!
EVEN the so-called masters are not perfect, and don’t achieve perfection, or anything close to it. Their magical number is closer to 80% rather than 100%.
Johnny Wilkinson often said that his pursuit of perfection nearly destroyed him mentally. He has since become a buddhist and now has a different view on life, which he says, has helped his rugby as now he doesn’t put so much pressure on himself. He still has hugely high standards, but doing his best and what comes from that is now enough for him.
Being yourself is often frowned upon but shouldn’t it be encouraged? Your best should and always be enough in my book, and whatever the result, then so be it. You willl be happy, i will be happy and when everyone’s happy, results nearly always go up and up!
Day 75 Good Friday?
Good friday is great news for most of those employed, as you get a day off and for many others of course, you’re not due back until tuesday because of the bank holiday monday.
Easter is always a great holiday to have, but doesn’t exactly get you motivated when it comes to exercise, and certainly when it comes to eating healthily.
Easter eggs are always a feature, going out for food is always popular, and exercising over this period is sometimes frowned upon by certain people (perhaps they should look at how out of condition they are before making comments?).
Making the efforts to exercise over this period is highly commendable, and also vital to most of you who are trying to get to 84 days on a high. Four or five days eating rich food and not working out can throw your train right off course, and possibly destroy your motivation to get back onboard.
Having two small children, the only time i get now is 6am and i mean that’s the latest, to get out there and fit a run in at the weekend. If i don’t do anything until tuesday, i put as much weight on as the next person, so a workout is not only going to make me feel better (as i always say), but will keep needless weight coming on exactly when i don’t need it!
When i eat badly, i always get some adverse effects on the way i feel. I tend to wheeze pretty badly when i’ve had some junk, and generally i am likely to feel lousy all week long after a few days going to town on my food and one night having a few drinks.
In thep past, i used to think it was the “done thing” to get blasted and eat lots of junk, times have changed for me now of course and i no longer see it as some kind of “reward”! I do like ot have a few drinks now and then, i have made no secret of that, but its all about moderation. If you have a couple of drinks, then you can still exercise the next day and actually feel okay! If you get blasted, the next day is totally gone and those 24 hours can be a very painful existance!!
My plan the weekend, workout at 6am tomorrow and sunday at 6am, some weights on sunday and back to work tuesday.
I will eat a bit of what i fancy the weekend but that’s what keeps you human and sane. I will have a couple of drinks tomorrow night, and it does chill you out sometimes after a tough week. If i didn’t train i would put the weight on as i keep telling you! I’m not some freak who can keep the weight off without trying, its tough for me too and thats why i feel i can help you.
This is my full time career and i have suffer the same highs and lows that you all do, i have just developed better coping strategies than some of you which i always try to share!
Have a great weekend!
Keri
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!
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!