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Monday, 16th May

The benefits of being on a roll can never be understated.

Lets start off with what happens when nothing’s going your way, you’re putting weight on and you’re not feeling good about yourself. How long does this period last? Weeks, months, or even years? Is this really acceptable to live your life like this? Is your life a misery when you’re overweight, not fit and don’t feel even 5% of what you were before at your best, you do not feel attractive any more, you have no energy any more and your aspirations and dreams are firmly stuck in the sand!!!

The good news is that it DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY!!! And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, i will repeat, don’t listen to all of those people who rip you off, don’t listen to all those “cowboys”, yes COWBOYS, thats what i call them anyway, you may call them charlatans!!!

Im talking about those companies who pray on your insecurities!!! They are the companies who want you to pay £75 a week to drink shakes all week instead of eat food, sure you may lose lots to start with, but can you really drink shakes instead of eat food all your life? I thought not, and just way for the big weight gain after it all finishes!!! Charlatans every one of them!!

You shouldnt have to put up with green and red days either, points or other cowboys who are out to fleece you out of all of your money, DON’T PUT UP WITH IT PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They make me want to puke at times, its that maddening!!!

Anyway, promise yourself today that you will approach your health and fitness with a very big positive attitude!!! You WILL eat well 80% of the time, you WILL EXERCISE at least 3-4 times a week, and you will not quit every time things don’t go your way!!! Life is not perfect so you had better be prepared to last the course this time, and im here to help!!!

Jean and debs have already commited to achieving big things with their body and mind again, its time cyril got onboard too, you have my number cyril i believe or if not, email me on fitness@kerimckibbin.co.uk

No time to waste everyone, lets do it!!!!

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 12th 2011

If you want an easier life, you had better take care of your body along the way.

This flies in the face of what a lot of people think as they grow up.

When you are a teenager, your idea of an easy life is probably lounging around on the settee after school or work, then living entirely for the weekend!! Nothing else matters, I know that, I used to think the same thing myself!

The idea of training was tough, when having an extra hour’s nap was far more appealing.

Some of you may still be going through the same process. You can’t wait for your lay in at the weekend, getting up at 11 or 12 is “your right” at the weekend, and nothing’s going to get in the way of that! You are entitled to it, and you may view your working week as if you have done a shift down the coal mine!!! Some people do really talk their work up you know!!!

So all of this so far has not involved ANY exercise.

I don’t have to tell anyone that this type of “lifestyle” will make you put weight on, if not in your teens or early 20’s, then DEFINITELY in your 30’s onwards!!!

This is the time when most people realise they had better do something, or things are going to get out of serious control!!!

Now exercise had better be a part of your life or you’re going to have no energy, be way out shape and encourage ill health in later years.

You had better be eating well too, a diet rich in good healthy natural food makes you a very wealthy person internally, which will make you look good automatically on the outside!!!

So the EASY LIFE is achieved really through taking care of your body in advance, don’t wait for bad things to happen. Your body wants to reward you with good health every day, your body also wants to give you an abundance of energy to help you achieve big things with your life.

Life can be much easier if you give your most important asset a workout regularly, save time, save effort long term and get out there and exercise today!!!

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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Monday, May 9th 2011

When you miss a workout, you can’t be blamed for that as things happen, life happens and something may have come up last minute.

This doesn’t usually explain a week off training though, and definitely not two weeks!!! I find those who do take time off their training for whatever reason, always struggle to get back into it, and regret the time they took off. I am not talking about annual holidays of course here, when a break can actually be good for you if you have trained hard all year!!!

For example, over the last couple of weeks, we had more or less two three day weeks with the big bank holidays, and those i had to miss training for two weeks have really struggled to get anywhere near where they usually are!!! This is a fact and you may be going through exactly the same feelings yourself!!!

If you think two weeks off is not good, what happens to those of you who take a month off, three months off or even a year off? What happens to your get up and go during this period? My educated guess would be that your get up and go would be very low, and the lack of spring in your step would make you almost a different person, kind of like the opposite of the huge beneficial effects that exercise normally have on everyone.

Coming back from a lay off can be tough on the mind, as well as your body of course. Getting confidence back is half the battle when it comes to committing to getting yourself back in shape again!!!

Confidence comes from doing the right things every week, that means training a minimum of 3 times a weeks, eating well 80% of the time, getting some good sleep most nights, drinking enough water and generally being positive about your prospects about getting into shape over a reasonable amount of time.

Consistency is my favourite word, and the true secret to success!!!

Twitt