Do You Resent Others Weight Loss Success?
My 5 year old son Axel has started a 2 week trail of Tae Kwon Do. I won’t lie it is pretty awesome and funny. I have taken him a couple of times and it makes me smile from ear to ear every time. The little kids are so cute and they all think they are Bruce Lee lol. Any way, the first time Axel went it was a semi-private session/assessment with only one other new kid. Axel was a little older, bigger, and more confident than the other kid and guess what? He LOVED the experience, it was great....
3 Reasons Why You Fail To Get Fit.
What kind of seed are you? What kind of fitness seed are you? Disclaimer, this awesome little parable is modified from an even awesomer parable from Jesus in the Bible ;-). This is how it goes. One day, a farmer was throwing seeds out into the field and one of the seeds landed on the walking path and the birds saw it and instantly ate it up. Another seed, fell on a rocky place that didn’t have much soil. It sprang up and grew really quickly, but when the sun came out it scorched the plant and it died because it had nothing...
PART 3 – 3 ways to reach your weight loss and fitness potential
So far we have covered the necessity of being humble and anchoring your roots. Today we are looking into the third thing you need to do to reach your weight loss and fitness potential. You need to protect your heart. What I mean when I say, “Protect your heart.” is all too often we allow the opinions of others drive and determine how we feel about ourselves and how we perceive ourselves. That is not cool, because the opinions of others are fickle and is in a constant state of flux. Truth be told, this is something I need to work...
PART 2 – 3 ways to reach your weight loss and fitness potential.
Yesterday we discussed how we innately feel a desire to be and do great things, that potential is always present. But there are things that hold us back, there are things we allow to control us. The first thing we discussed was pride and how we need to be humble, seeking advice and accountability to reach out weight loss and fitness potential. Today we are looking into the second you need to reach your weight loss and fitness potential. You need to anchor your roots. All too often we see the newest shiniest object on Facebook, Instagram, or even as archaic as...
Part 1: 3 Ways To Reach Your Weight Loss And Fitness Potential.
There is an intense desire within us. All of us feel in the depths of our soul we were meant for greatness! We just know its in there somewhere and we even have a desire to see it come to fruition. So the question becomes, what is holding you back and keeping you from your weight loss and fitness potential? What is keeping you from greatness? Cuz the truth of the matter is, there is great potential in each and everyone of us. Below are the three ways to reach your weight loss and fitness potential. Be humble Put down roots ...
4 Steps For Fitness and Weight Loss Success
These 4 Steps For Lasting Fitness and Weight Loss Success were inspired by a parable about a tree I read in the book of Matthew the other day. I am going to paraphrase here, but basically it said, “Make tree good and its fruit will be good, make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad.” The implication being, “What kind of tree are you?” In the parable, Jesus was saying that your good deeds meaning nothing if your heart is bad. You can be Mother Teresa and feed the orphans, which is a great thing, but if your heart is...
Do you want mercy or justice when you go rogue and fail to follow your fitness and nutrition plan?
Do you want mercy or justice when you go rogue and fail to follow your fitness and nutrition plan? I know I want mercy! The other day I was doing my devotions from BibleInOneYear.org (amazing resource) and I read a story that made me think of going rogue and not wanting to suffer the consequences of my bad eating choices. Here it is: Two people went through school and university together and developed a close friendship. Life went on and they went their separate ways and lost contact. One went on to become a judge, while the other’s life spiralled down and he...
YOU can make someone else’s weight loss and fitness journey smoother and better.
My brain synapses are firing like crazy today...
Is Food Good or Evil?
Today as I was doing my devotions and I saw how God chooses to use broken, angry, frustrated, and even deceptive people to carry out his mission. I don’t know about you, but this gives me peace for a couple of reasons. One, I am far from perfect ;-). If God only cared and used perfect people, I would be in a world of hurt. Two, God is in control. God won’t forsake those who pursue him, one day He will judge with righteousness. This means I DON’T need to worry about getting even or mistreated by others. That is God’s...
Stop Falling For The Lies!!!
Would you like to accelerate your weight loss results? Do you feel like you are stuck in heavy traffic unable to move? The truth of the matter, on almost any weight loss journey, you will meet plateaus, obstacles, hardships, and likely even criticisms. Now, what I am about to say are some hard truths that very few trainers will admit. You will need to embrace sacrifice to lose weight and get the results you so desperately desire. You will need to be honest with yourself when it comes to how much you are eating. You will need...
Are People Stopping You From Reaching Your Weight Loss and Fitness Goals?
Yesterday we talked about fear and how it can hold you back from even starting on your weight loss journey. Today, I would like to talk about the, “fear of man” and how it can really slow down your weight loss and fitness progress. I imagine some of you know what I mean when I say “fear of man,” but fear of man refers to allowing others to influence and determine what you do or say, against what you want or know to be right...
Does Fear Control Your Fitness Journey?
Why are you afraid? First off, before we dive into the topic of fear. I would like to say that fear is a God given emotion. In certain situations, fear is a natural emotion. If my kids didn’t fear heights, there would be lots of broken bones, lol. However, so often we let fear hold us back in a way it was not designed to do. I see this expressed in the, “Fear of failure” syndrome that holds many people back in regards to their fitness journey. All to often, people know what they should do, eat right and exercise. A lot...
Are You A Fitness Zombie?
Are you a Fitness Zombie? The other night (Thursday) we went to Mercy Hill Church (best church I have ever been apart of, you must check it out) and Pastor Andrew talked about a church in the Bible called Sardis. Basically, the church at Sardis looked epic from the outside looking in. They even had a good reputation...
Do you want to tone and shape or do you want to build muscle?
The other day, I was listening to a podcast and I heard an ad and it was talking about “toning” and “shaping” the muscle. I really dislike those terms because I believe marketing “geniuses” use those terms to mislead people into buying things that don’t work. The truth of the matter is you can add muscle and you can reduce fat...
Sorry, had to get my Make-up done!
Today I was going to write a mind blowing post but...
Different Day Same Cra…..
Do you repeatedly make the same mistakes? Do you have someone to keep you accountable? Do you have a plan to be accountable too? Remember when I told you the story of Abraham running off to Egypt to avoid the famine and having his wife Sarah lie and tell everyone she was his sister so they wouldn’t kill him to get to her? Do you also remember it didn’t end well? Well guess what? Abraham made the exact same mistake again. He was going into a new land and told Sarah, “You need to tell everyone you are my sister so they...
We Need To Stop Some Traditions!
Did you know that changing your habits and improving your lifestyle is …. Hard? It is, everyone knows it, yet we keep reading and running around for the newest shiniest supplement, diet, workout, etc the promises the world. The fact of the matter, most diets and even workouts will work...
NOT GETTING RESULTS STINKS!!!
You know what stinks? Not getting the results you wanted! You know what else stinks? My septic tank situation! I have a really weird house. The sewage for the top part of the house is on the city sewage system. The bottom half of the house is on a septic system. Unfortunately, the bottom half of my house is all plugged up..and you guessed it...
Are YOU the problem?
Do you believe you can? This may be the single most important part of any fitness journey. I would guesstimate that 98% of people fail before they even start ;-(. For you to be highly successful, You Must Believe You CAN! I train an awesome, highly motivated client named Dee who lost over 50 lbs since last January. I am paraphrasing Dee, but this was her thought. Dee knew I could help her, she also knew that the best training and coaching in the world would not make any difference unless she believed she could do it. Dee knew she had to be...