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Thursday, 14th February

Vaentines day and a big day for some, but the person you should be looking after the most (in a HEALTH RELATED way) is yourself!

If you look after your health, you instantly become more attractive to others and here’s why.

If you exercise regularly, then you ought to now have much more energy than when you didn’t train. This helps you to do MORE things in the day, accomplish more AND HELP OTHERS who are the most important people in your life.

If you eat well, you will be helping that energy booting process along tenfold!! If your diet if full of natural foods, then you will be more alert, ready to take any challenge on during the day, and helping yourself recover from exerting yourself all day, again making you more energetic and more ready to help others. You will be less likely to fall ill, and when you are healthy you will be considered the one that peopl can depend on, because of your seemingly endless energy.

If you drink more water, you know you will perform better and be on the top of your game. People will also find you a lot more attractive because your skin is likely to be a lot better, you will have a certain healthy glow about you, and in general if you are well hydrated, then you are very likely not to suffer from mood swings, which is VERY ATTRACTIVE!!!

If you follow these simple things every day, then you are already likely to be fit and therefore far more attractive than if you were some kind of “couch potato” who eats junk all day, and drinks too much alcohol, this is pretty much a CERTAINTY!!!

Spending all the money on flowers and chocolates wont get you that far today, compared to all that effort you have put into looking after yourself which is the best way to attract others on all sorts of levels!!

Twitt
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Wednesday, 13th February

If you feel a bit run over by the weather lately, then my advice is to strike back and do the very opposite of what you are feeling!

There has been a vicious wind this week, along with a fair amount of sleet and heavy rain, while at the same time remaining brutally cold.

The natural reaction to all of this is to stay curled up on the settee, feel sorr for yourself and spoil yourself with tea and biscuits, which seems to go on and on, until the spring comes!!

Here’s the bad news-carry on like that and you have a serious problem!! You are very likely to end up like the michelin man by easter, and feel like you need an oxygen mask just to walk up the road!!

The very thing you need to do is to get out in the fresh air, don’t worry about the wet and cold (you’re going to shower after the workout anyway!!), and train like you normally do. Get some gloves on to save your hands from freezing and you’re all set.

I have done numerous outside workouts this week with numerous variations of running, strength, speed and endurance workouts. Everyone has said without fail, that although the first 5 minutes in the rain or sleet was not pleasant, that the workout soon got more fun and everyone felt enormous satisfaction when the workout was done.

The other thing was that they felt their body temperature rise and keep steady for the rest of the day. They found that actually “being out” meant that for the rest of the day, there was NO shivering for the rest of the day, NO laying down on the settee, they got far more work done the rest of the day and generally the experience was highly positive.

The main point here is to use this weather to your advantage, show your strength of character and take your determination and guts to a brand new level!!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 12th February

We were talking yesterday about foods that can raise our moods, stop us feeling down and in general make us feel better.

That statement needs to be taken much stronger than you think.

Our moods affect EVERTHING we do, and i see that every day when i deal with people.

If we are in a good mood, we tend to undertake positive activities. We will be keen to do things that benefit us, we will be keener to take on challenges and we will be far more likely to enjoy the process that much more!

If we are in a bad mood for most of the time, then the opposite is true. We tend to go into our shell and not do anything worthwhile. We tend not to want to take on any new challenges, and things become a chore in life, meaning we are less likely to keep those things up.

Moods as you know will be only boosted if you exercise regularly, so exercising should be now an absolute must in your life!

Moods will be boosted greatly with your food selections. Eat more natural foods, fresh when possible, and avoid all of those foods that are highly processed, and you will create a natural buzz in your day, purely from what you put into your mouth!

Moods can be initially boosted by alcohol, BUT will lead to an inevitable crash and alcohol can classed as a depressant. The more you rely on alcohol, the more downward a spiral your life will become.

One forgotten element is sleep, if you do not sleep well, then bad moods are sure to come thick and fast!!

So apart from just “thinking positively”, there are many things you can do to change your mood for the better, leading to a far better result in all areas of your life!!

Twitt
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Thursday, 7th February

Thinking about your programme in a healthy way is not only important, it will unburden you of unnecessary pressure.

If you just look around you, how many of your friends, work colleagues, family, people you sort of know etc are trying different ways to lose weight/get into shape?

Most of you can probably list 5 ways that people use or have used to lose weight. Most of them will be classed as unsuccessful or not sustainable.

This will often be classed as a waste of time and money.

Then there are all sorts of so called celebrities that people want to look like. This will involve using unhealthy methods to get there such as starving yourself, using a liquid shake diet, and generally putting a “particular look” much further ahead than one’s health!

If you use short term and often dangerous thinking to get into shape, then you need to re-think that strategy right now, and change it right now. Use HEALTH as your number one goal, and the rest of the way you WANT to look will happen in its own natural way.

How can you go wrong if you mostly eat good natural food every day?

How can you go wrong if you drink 1.5-2 litres of water a day, and drink alcohol just once a week?

How can you go wrong if you exercise a minimum of 3 times a week, and improve on a regular basis, however small?

These changes will lead to your clothes feeling better, you will have far more energy in your life, AND YOUR HEALTH will be in terrific shape!!!

Forget all the faddy things you often read in the papers and magazines, they are trying to sensationalise your most important subject-your health!!! If you’re sensible and use your common sense, you will always remain on the right track and achieve the big results you always wanted!!!

Twitt
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Tuesday, 5th February

The power of exercise can never be understated.

I hear strong anecdotal evidence of this all the time.

I was with one lady this morning who has been ill for a couple of weeks, yet today after her first session, she felt so inspired that she has already plannned the rest of the week’s workouts, and she feels fantastic purely because she feels energy coming back in her life for the first time since christmas!

Exercise clearly means a lot to her.

Without seeming like a sexist comment, how many of you have felt like doing the housework after exercising because of the abundance of energy you felt come through your body? I have met a ton of people who felt exactly like this.

How many of you have been a student of some sort, and done markedly better in exams and your studies in general after you discover exercise for the first time. There is more than anecdotal evidence on this, there is scientific evidence on this matter in schools and colleges up and down the country!

How many of you feel low in energy if YOU DO NOT do your workout?!!! I know i do for one!!!

How many of you feel a huge sense of accomplishment if you run up a hill for the first time, especially if you consider most of you probably couldnt even run 30 yards when you first started?!!! These signs and evidence of progress are huge for your self confidence and self esteem, and spur you on to go and achieve even more!!!

How many have you experienced the exercise “high” during your workout? This is very common especially when you are having a great session, and is very much part of why we train. Anything that tends to make us feel better we tend to do more of, this is why workouts should be a normal and regular part of our lives!!!

Twitt