Are you trying to lose weight and get fit for the wrong reason?
Are you trying to lose weight and get fit to make someone else happy? Do NOT fall into that trap. You will only become disappointed and hurt : (. Most of us want and desire the approval and acceptance of others. I know I do at times. I bet a lot of us have fallen into this trap. Plus, ;et's be honest, deep down we all want to be accepted and liked and we want to hear that we are accepted and liked by others. But we also know that, that desire can be an unhealthy one. To often I see people...
Are You In The Middle Of A Crisis?
I won't lie, I was in a little bit of a crisis the other day. I open my QuickBook account to log some business expenses and all the sudden I saw that $593 dollars had been withdrawn from my banking account. This did not make me a happy camper. Luckily, I use QuickBooks, and I was able to see who withdrew it and why. In short, when I signed up for my LLC, my business Corporation, I used LegalZoom. One of the “benefits” of LegalZoom is that you get to have free accounting done for you by a company that will...
IS IT WORTH IT?
What reward/goal/result are you willing to work/suffer for? For what prize, for what reward are you willing to do something out of the ordinary? For what results are you willing to put yourself through discomfort, pain, and let's be real ...
SOMETIMES IN LIFE YOU JUST NEED TO DIG DIRT and Struggle!
[embed]https://youtu.be/HYRIUeeSQ_4[/embed] Many times on my fitness journey I have felt like giving up. And if I were honest, it definitely feels like the struggle, the uphill battle feels like it outweighs the easy days. And the crazy part for you and I, is that we both know what we ought to do. What we ought to do is never really in question. We know we ought to exercise consistently. We know we ought to make better health choices. We know we shouldn't eat a ton of ice cream or pizza :-). In short, education really isn't our problem. Our Problem is Execution! It's the...
“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” – Zig Ziglar
From experience I know this quote to be true. So often in my previous efforts to lose weight when I was in college was almost pointless. I would just say, “Hey, I'm going to try to lose weight starting today.” but I never had a true target. As such, I mindlessly went to the weight room and performed random exercises and maybe a ate a little better, but when the scale didn't move within a couple days I just quit. [embed]https://youtu.be/ouQlNJDVmq4[/embed] Why? Because I was aiming at nothing! As a result I hit my mark every time...
I screwed up….
I screwed up…. [embed]https://youtu.be/WzuGqfJpRgk[/embed] Have you ever screwed up before? I know I have, I know I did, and unfortunately I know I will do it again. In this case, I had to consult call with the prospective client. We'd really connected on the phone and I was excited to meet her and help her get from point A to point B. Her scheduled time to show up was 8:00 a.m. and at 8:05 am I decided I better call her and make sure everything was all right. I called her and she very great graciously and lovingly said, “You never texted me.”...
Visualization Leads to Being Fit and Feeling Fabulous
[embed]https://youtu.be/iNfUsAIq2oY[/embed] Visualization Leads to Being Fit and Feeling Fabulous Alrighty, so here we are, Mid-January I'm sure you're just killing your New Year's resolution : ) Right? Truly hope you are. But so often when we create these goals, we just end up forgetting about him. There are a lot of reasons for this, one in my opinion is because generally speaking people won’t set a hard deadline and stick to it. Another reason people forget is because they don’t visualize where they want to go. Visualization works so well, most driven successful people innate do this in my opinion, plus it has been...
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail Better. – Samuel Beckett
Have you ever tried? [embed]https://youtu.be/7Gud2VuOA3Y[/embed] Yes, you have tried, I have tried. The number of things we have tried to get from point A point A to point B is probably unmeasurable. The number is likely so high that we can't even really get a concrete grasp on how big the number is. The question is, why do you keep trying? I think most of us would say the reason why we keep trying is because we see the reward as immeasurably worthy. Cognitively we know that whatever we are striving for, whatever we're trying to do, is worth so much more...
Workout out so I don’t die = Powerful Motivation
My Example so you know I understand where you are coming from. [embed]https://youtu.be/4Lqm9f0ZBmg[/embed] A couple weeks ago, I talked about why motivation is so important. Motivation is important in regards to your general health and mental sanity, it helps you stay on task. It acts as the fuel to get you from Point A to Point B. Take me for example, my motivation to lose weight, to go from 308 pounds to a current weight of 220ish was so that I wouldn't die. I saw a TV reporter on ESPN talking about how 60% of lineman in college or the pros who got...
Focus On Moving Forward!
[embed]https://youtu.be/GmLviT-surM[/embed] Are You Paralyzed? So often in life, we get paralyzed and consumed with our past. We focus on what we said, what we did, or what we didn't do. And the not so funny thing is...