I wanted to share this video today because I know that this video will benefit many people who read my blog – personally I think it’s fascinating how our minds work and how easy it can be for peope to change the way they think about certain things. Depression often goes hand in hand with being overweight and so while you may be on the path to getting more confidence through eating healthier foods and exercising, there may be times when you need to instantly change the way you’re feeling. This may because somebody has said something to you, or you’re just having a bad day. Whatever, we need to understand that people around us, work and lifestyle habits cause changes in our state and as soon as we can establish what direction these are coming from, we can enjoy more fulfilled lives.
In this video, Tony and his narrator explain the six human needs and Tony takes one woman from the point of complete depression into positive states and shows how easy it is to change from one to the other. This is a very powerful film for anyone to watch and really does a great job of showing how Tony is so incredibly powerful at what he does. Legend. Enjoy
plus here’s a great video teaser, more of Tony, if you can find ‘Reclaiming Your True Identity’ on the web, get a copy, it’s probably one of the most moving videos I’ve ever seen! Notice how Lisa’s facial muscles change from the start of the film to the end, she looks 20 years younger, and this is all down to a 1 hour conversation with Robbins who lets her release 60 years of negative emotion. Remarkable!
It’s been fantastic to see everyone’s dreams on the first part of this blog post. Obviously many of you have spent some great time thinking about your dreams – I have photos of my dream everywhere, it makes me more focused! I also know that many of you have read and thought about the post, but didn’t comment and that’s fair enough, you’re still going to benefit from part two…
So, where’s all this going Simon? you ask… ‘you got me all excited, right?’ Well, I want you to get to your dream, it’s all possible. I’ve learned over the past few years that we’re all conditioned to our surroundings. We get comfortable, do what’s within our ‘zones’ and this often leaves us stuck in a rut. In what’s to follow, are simple steps you can take to move closer to your goal. This isn’t based on some idea, it’s personally helped me and thousands of others through other world leaders in personal development, my mentors!
We need to remember that we attract everything into our lives, we can’t blame anybody else! The money you’re earning, the weight you’re at, the people you’re surrounded by, that was your decision. To some this might sound harsh, but it’s true – the law of attraction states that what we wish for, we’ll get more of. So if you say ‘I don’t want to be fat’, you’ll put on weight. If you’re constantly thinking ‘I hate this relationship’, you’ll hate the relationship. It won’t develop.
I’ve been over this before, but by reshaping the way you word things in your mind, to turning a negative into a postitive; such as ‘I’m learning how to be a healthy person’, things will change in your subconscious mind. Interestingly, each time you think a negative thought, the more it gets stacked up and reinforced, like a pile of bricks so heavy, you find it hard to get out of that mindset. On the flip side, the more positive thoughts you stack, the more you’ll develop this habit, they’re just rituals. One of the biggest thing’s that’s helped me over the years is the knowledge that ‘it’s never as bad as you think’. We all worry so much it makes us go crazy and it’s never normally that bad.
You’re probably thinking, how is this going to help me get the life I want? Well, it’s a baby step. The biggest changes come from taking action on the fears you have. We all do things to move towards pleasure, or to avoid pain, and the latter often wins. The unknown is simply too painful for people to process, but the most successful people in life with their relationships, earnings and lives in general take the ‘risks’ and come out the other side happier and more fulfilled. They take that ‘pain’ feeling and jump over it, like a massive puddle that you could walk around but no, you go for the jump, knowing you might get wet! That’s not to say you have to take silly risks like jumping off a cliff! Maybe it’s about leaving someone that’s not supporting you with your weight loss – alternatively you could find a solution.
Remember that if you’re constantly having a problem, you need to make some kind of change to make it work or the problem will continue. Maybe it’s that decision to take your passion and turn it into a job. The pain is holding you back, but really, what’s the worst that can happen?
I’ll tell you a little story… When I was 16, I worked in magazines, I worked for other people and yes it was great, but then I took the risk and started my own publishing company. It failed, badly! I lost everything, my flat, my girlfriend, and I ended up working as a temp. I just wasn’t happy, that wasn’t me at my best. I got stuck in a rut and for months I wasn’t doing what I was passionate about. I ended up getting fit and that’s when I said ’sod it’. I’m going to do what I’m passionate about! I borrowed money to become a personal trainer. From becoming a trainer, I wrote a three-page document and called it the ‘Lunch Box Diet’ for my clients. From that came the e-book and book deal, and from that developed the business I’m now in. I’m here writing to you with the spare time I have because I love to change people’s lives.
Unfortunately many young people get conditioned to thinking they can’t ‘be somebody’ – one comment from a teacher, one moment can shape how they worth themselves. I look at people clearly unhappy in dead end jobs, ‘just getting by’ and think, ‘you have a passion, you can get the life you want, but what moment in your life held you back?’. It’s good for people to look to their past.
My point is, is that one single switch you make can change everything, I mentioned it in ‘The Snowball Effect’. But what I’ve really learned is that everything can be learned. Do you think that the most successful people in their lives are any different from you? No! They just immerse themselves in knowledge and model themselves on other successful people. Rather than sitting in front of the TV, they learn about how to be healthy, or become better at their job. They learn how to move up the ladder, how to negotiate a pay rise, how to overcome a relationship problem. If something isn’t quite right, you can develop the skills to make it right, and that’s what’s so exciting.
Blimey this post is going to be huge, but I’ll carry on.
How does this relate to losing weight, getting fit and so on? MASSIVELY! Your circle of friends, your current job, your relationship will all be affecting your weight. If you’re not in the right relationship you may comfort eat; the stress of your job may cause you to reach for food. At the moment you think it’s because you can’t motivate yourself to hit the gym or stick to a diet plan but chances are some other ‘pin’ needs to be pulled to let all the fat flow out. Do you get the idea?
I NEVER would have imagined being a personal trainer, but it became a passion for me. You have a dream, something you’ve been meaning to do, and it’s completely achievable. So here’s some simple tips on how to get there:
- Read something that will help you boost your career / personal life / health every day without fail.
- If you’re not happy in your job, write down 5 ideal jobs and find someone who’s in a job like that and find out how they got into it. Model what they’ve done and ask them if they’ll mentor you. People feel good when people ask them stuff like that, it makes them feel good!
- Start developing a circle of successful friends. You don’t have to ditch your current friends, but ask yourself, what are they ‘bringing’ to my life, and the same goes for your partner if they’re not helping to develop you. Maybe you need to sit down and say how you feel. If they brush you off, brush them off!
- Remember that if you’re not ‘growing’ yourself, you’re not simply standing still, but you’re essentially ‘dying’. Ask yourself the question, are you growing?
- Start taking action on the things you want to do and think about the end result and step over the fear factor because reality is, it’s never as bad as you thought, ask, what’s the worst that can happen!
- Take the moments when you’re most happy and motivated to take action, these are hot spots.
- Be the best you can be to everyone, treat everyone how you’d want to be treated, and if they don’t treat you the same, don’t be associated with them – this one simple tip will change your life.
- Be passionate!
- If finances are an issue, the library is free and you can learn a skill to make you more money. Write down 5 things you’re passionate about and make it a goal to have a career in that sector within one year.
- Understand other people’s point of view and agree to disagree. Walk around with a smile.
- Teach what you know and help others and feel the satisfaction from being a mentor to others who need your help.
- Write down your goals and put them on a bit of paper where you can see them every day. Put a small card in your bag, something that you see every day.
- When you think ’shall I or shall I not’, whatever it is, do it and you’ll probably be very surprised at the result. Normally you’re only losing time. For example, I made an enquiry about a new venue for a venture I was thinking about recently. When it came to the day, I was thinking, ‘well it didn’t sound that good and i’m really busy today, I might cancel’, but then I remembered what I’m telling you now, and it may turn out to be one of the best decisions of my life! Oh yeah!
- Imagine yourself ten years from now in the position you’re in. Would you be happy?
- Grab a copy of my ebook ‘Creating Your Gorgeous Life’ which outlines my three step formula to reaching your goals. As always it comes with my no quibble money back guarantee.
- Be sure to join my free academy at www.weightlossacademy.co.uk and ‘become a fan’ – it’s those constant triggers from me that will keep you on track!
So, is it time to take your baby step to your dream? Oh I think so!
Finally, I’d really appreciate your comments which you can add below and please share this post with anybody you care about who needs a nudge!
Lastly, this version of the song made me feel good, maybe it will you for you too, it’s all about dreams and inspiration, but I’ve never been to New York, it’s one of my goals!
….’there’s nothing you can’t do’
Much love
Simon
This may turn into a very important post for many people. I’m going to be separating it into two posts, the first part is just a simple question which I need you to answer in the comment box below (if not at least right it down on paper). It’s all part of training your mind to become the best person you can be and develop the life that you want, as many of us are conditioned to our surroundings, bodies, earnings and more. If you read this and don’t take action, you may typically do this in other parts of your life and not get the results you want and I don’t want that to happen, I want you to be the best person you can possibly be, we only get one life right?
So here’s the question:
The Question: If you could click your fingers now and change one or multiple elements of your life….
Where would you be living?
Who would you be living with?
What would your weight be / what kind of body would you have, what clothes would you be wearing?
Who would be your circle of friends?
What would your home look like, the garden, a waterfall?
What hobbies would you have?
What car would you drive, maybe you’d get around on a horse?
What would your occupation be, would you even have one?
Anything else? Close your eyes, imagine all stress you have is gone and you’re in the perfect place, ok?
This is the dream, the absolute perfect scenario. Now simply comment and share and wait for my next post, this may just change your life.
Hey,
I’m always learning and trying to develop myself, both personally and in my business life. I grab elements from everywhere. I’m so glad you’re reading my blog, but don’t be afraid to reach out and take elements from other people who make you feel on top of the world. Even when I’m on the right path, something can stear me off and distract me from my goal, and that’s when I need a little extra motivation.
This video of inspiration, wisdom and feel good greatness put a big smile on my face and it translates well into weight loss, general pep talking and I just think it’s worth a watch. Will Smith is a Hollywood legend and is great on this screen, but this medley really taught me a lot more about him. Maybe you need need that little boost, a little push back on your road to success. Now get out there today and start making some changes… Woop woop!
The Fitness Triangle
Hey everyone.
If you read my posts regulary then you’ll know that I take care of every element of losing weight, not just healthy eating and not just fitness. While each of these elements is important on their own, togther they compliment each other and if you really want to see fast results you need fine tune both. So what if I told you that my training systems used a three-pronged triangle approach that you could also implement into your own programme. Would you be interested? Yeah of course you would… Check out the following details where I explain the triangle method, at the heart of New Body Bootcamp and my Rapid Weight Loss Programme. If you’re not seeing great results, it may be because you’re doing too much steady state cardio work and this post explains why…
The Rapid Wight Loss Triangle…
Weight Training
Strength training increases muscle and boosts metabolism, so it’s no wonder why it’s a massive part of the rapid weight loss programme protocol. Metabolism: The rate at which we burn calories per day. The majority of the calories we burn per day (70‐90%) are while at rest. So let’s get that number as high as possible. What we know: Metabolism decreases 10 % per year if we leave it alone
Metabolism can be increased 40‐60% through nutrition and exercise. Too many programs by average trainers concentrate on burning calories during the session. But what about the other 23 hours in the day? That is where we concentrate and why our programs have been so successful.
Nutrition
Here’s what we know‐every time you eat you are boosting your metabolism. It take energy to digest and assimilate the food that you eat. But if you are only eating 2 times per day there is too much time in between feedings. Your body will think it is in starvation mode and will preferentially store the food you consume as stored bodyfat. So we are going to fill in these gaps with small evenly spaced meals throughout the day. Now we are boosting your metabolism 5‐6 times per day instead of 2. Plus your body is much more likely to give up stored bodyfat when it sees that nutrition is coming in like clockwork every few hours. We will help you make better food choices so that eating like this will become a part of your new lifestyle. We will have you bring in a food journal which will review with you every time to make sure you are on the right path. Together we will determine what to eat and when. We will be manipulating the ratios of the 3 macro nutrients: Protein, carbs and fat.
Cardio
First of all we do not use standard “steady state” cardio as a primary fat loss tool. When you walk on a treadmill (or whatever) for 45 minutes, you are burning cals while you are doing it but it has ZERO carryover to the rest of the day. ZERO. Also your body adapts to it very rapidly. This means your body will become more efficient at using fat for fuel – WHICH IS NOT GOOD. It is called “Intervals” or “sprints”. We have you go hard for 30 seconds, then rest for 60 seconds and then repeat. We will play with the rest and work intervals as well as what exercise we have you use to keep your body guessing. The cool part is it only take about 15 minutes‐that’s a fraction of traditional cardio. On top of that your body will be burning extra calories 38 hours after the workout. That means if you workout on a Monday morning, Tuesday night you are burning extra calories because of that workout.
You can see this same effect in Olympic sprinters‐those guys have a bodyfat percentage of about 4‐6%. All they do is short intense bouts of exercise, with limited rest. Plus they have to eat like horses because their metabolisms are so fired up. Now if you look at marathon runners, those guys have a BF of about 11‐14%. And they run for literally hours at a time. Plus they look very emaciated – not a healthy look at all. We want your workout to be short – intense and effective.
So, when it comes to your training, and eating, use the triangle method, let me keep you motivated and you will get to your goal…
Hannah Waterman has been all over the TV at the moment and to be honest, good on her. She’s managed to completely transform her body by performing high intensity interval training which is the type of exercise at the heart of my rapid weight loss and boot camp training programmes. I wouldn’t normally promote a DVD like this as most of them are awful, but the training style she uses is sound, and the results speak for themselves.
The ex Eastender managed to pile on the pounds but needed to get in shape for a new west end role of Calender Girls. She was told that she’d had to get naked for the role and that was her ‘tipping point’ as well as the one photo, which is explained in the video below. I’ve spoken about ‘tipping points’ before. Maybe it’s when someone says something to you about your weight, maybe it’s the death of a family member because of heart disease, maybe like me it was bullying. But look at the transformation, she’s changed her body and this has had a massive effect on her confidence levels.
If you’re not able to sign up for my new personal training rapid weight loss programme or join my bootcamps and you want to train from home then Hannah’s DVD is worth a look, and with a familiar face to work out with, maybe this is just the thing that you need to help you get in shape in the new year.
If you are interested in Hannah’s Body Blitz DVD, click here to find it on Amazon. Combine this DVD with The Lunch Box Diet (click banner above for all-new recipes) and you will do very well. Better still, get yourself to Exeter and let me work on you myself! Ha!
Hey! We’re in 2010, welcome. Do you know what, I’m so happy! Why? Well, A) You’re going to feel absolutely amazing this year B) It’s my mission to change more people’s lives than I did last year and C) I’ve got so many treats ahead for you, I’m so excited. Oh and thank you so much for reading my blogs, emails and more – thanks for your support in 2009 and let’s together make this year one that delivers you the body, confidence and passion to do more than just lose weight or get fit! Agreed?
By now you should know if you’re not involved in some kind of fitness then you should be. It changed my life and even when I was busy, when I ‘got into it’, it changed my life. I am aware though that for a lot of people, finding the time to exercise and just getting that ball moving is a real struggle. That’s why, you can now download Fitness, Even When You’re Really Busy - there’s 50% off and an added extra discount for 24 hours only using the code ‘happynewyear’.
This new ebook is for anyone who needs a good kick start in the new year. If you want more energy, to feel a real zest for life and remember what I said in ‘The Snowball Effect’, if fitness isn’t in your life, it simply has to be.
Here’s a question that was asked recently and I think it’s one that many have on their minds, especially if you haven’t undertaken structured exercise before. Now, bare in mind that pretty much throughout my life I never undertook any exercise, until my early twenties. Why? Well first of all I was always picked last for sports and then I got into the working life, where drinking was more popular than exercise – I’m not using it as an excuse but in the video games industry which I was in, it was about drinking after work and not going to the gym or taking part in sports, unless it was on a computer console. The next public relatiopns rep would be down to promote their new game and it was tradition to let the alcohol flow pretty much daily after work hours, a lot of the time even from the afternoon – now when you’ve got a hang-over pretty much every day, you’re not in the mood for working out, just as much as eating healthy when you’re hangin’ – yuk. So the snowball of fat gain and feeling sluggish begins.
So, how do you get addicted to the gym? Well, if I look at how I became a regular gym goer who enjoyed it, coming from someone who felt sick at the thought of it; my ‘tipping point’ (meaning the point that you say, ‘enough is enough, I have to do something about this’) came after being bullied once too many times. My confidence had been knocked so much that I wanted to do something about it. So, being the youngster I was, I thought of the ultimate confidence builder ‘Kung Fu’. As many of you may have read in The Lunch Box Diet, I enrolled in a local class. The great thing about doing it this way is; as long as you can overcome the fear of the first session, once you’re in, you’re normally meant to feel quite welcome. So when you go back and back again, you just improve and get fitter. Then the snowball starts rolling in the right direction. I was fortunate to have a great tutor who saw that I was a little more out of shape than the other budding Bruce Lees, so he offered to help me 1-1, free of charge in the gym, when he was exercising – nice guy! It was this moment that changed my life. Having a mentor there to be by my side made a massive difference. Modeling someone else’s performance and eating habits is the quickest way to success. So, if you’re wondering of a great way to get started, grab a friend who was in a similar situation to you are now and ask if you can jump on board. Chances are they’ll be thankful of the compliment and you asking to be their ‘health mentor’, will be something they can’t refuse.
Wait to see results
In addition, it’s also important that you push yourself through the initial periods and start seeing results before giving up. Don’t expect too much to quickly and lose interest. You’ll get addicted, when your clothes start to change and your feel different in yourself. When you’ve got more energy and are less tired. Make fitness fun and interesting. In my fitness bootcamps in Exeter, we have fun, mess around, have a laugh and people want to come back time and time again. Not only that, they want to see the same people who were there last time and everyone motivates each other. So, if you’ve been to a gym before and haven’t got results, don’t go back and do the same. Simple. Find something new, change your tactics! This will change your results.
Have a goal and track your progress
Be sure to track your progress. If you run for 10 minutes the fist time you run, make sure you do 12 the next time. If you lift 8kg weights for the first four weeks, up it to 10kg the next four weeks and write it down. When you stick within your comfort zone and prance around on the x-trainer while watching Eastenders, thinking ‘if I burn another 200 calories’ I can afford to have that curry tonight, you’re not going to get there! Work hard, but work so you get that buzz and want to come back and beat your personal best the next time around.
Visualise your end result
I’ve said it before, but use visualisation. Close your eyes and imagine you looking the best you ever have. Get the feeling of being in the skinny dress or jeans that everyone says ‘bloody hell X, you look amazing’. When you get that first comment, that’s when you’ll get addicted. You’ll get addicted to the feeling of compliments, instead of used to making up the fact that you’re happy at your weight, when you’re clealy not. You’ll get addicted to reaching targets – you’ve got to have clear targets in mind.
Well this is how I got ‘addicted’ anyway. There are plenty of other ways to get into exercise and love it, but the rule of thumb is find what you enjoy. If you don’t enjoy it, move on, there are hundreds of things you can be doing to get you fit without you moaning in the initial stages. But I’ll bet you this, once you catch the bug, the things don’t enjoy now you’ll most likely love. I’ve converted treadmill ‘haters’ into people who cry when they get an injury and can’t enter a marathon. I’ve converted sluggish office types into personal trainers themselves. It’s all about passion, and you too can get a passion for exercise. Let me tell you this, until you do, your life won’t be complete. You probably won’t have the relationships you want, be doing the job that serves you best and living your life to the max.
With that, I hope you’re raring to go!
I hope what will be a light hearted, but also useful post, today I wanted to demonstrate how easy it is to pile on the pounds over the festive period. Even if you eliminate a few of these tips, or include some of them, you’re sure to prevent some of the agony in the new year. Yes of course, it’s a time for celebrations, festive cheer and all that, but blimey, you just don’t need to:
- Say yes to everything offered to you
- Put out a 12 pack of mince pies for santa and then tell the kids that he ate them all
- Grab a handful of something everytime you pass through the living room on christmas morning
- Always be the one to offer around all the nibbles so you have your excuse to delve your mittens in first
- Secretly place a giant bar of chocolate under the tree, wrapped and named for youself, by yourself
- Stand cooking the christmas dinner, being a real chef and tasting everything, every 20 seconds
- Steal children’s treats telling them it’s bad for their teeth, and then eat them yourself
- Shout ‘let’s play eating games!’
- Fill your christmas dinner plate so everything is dripping off the edge
- Trying the toddlers portions every three seconds, saying ‘no, it’s still too hot when it’s cold’
- Pass around everything, six times just so you can get three more spuds
- Saying you didn’t like the first desert, even tho half of it has vanishsed
- Picking the crackers with the sweets in!
- Playing the ‘find all the christmas tree sweets’ and winning every time, even though there are kids around!
- Miss out on any exercise between now and new year
- Using the queen’s speech to slip out and ‘fill up again’
- Get a bike or exercise equipment as a gift and toss it to ones side
- Switch off a child using Wii Fit and put on Mario Kart!
- Get completely bladdered
- Repeat most of the above on boxing day from the left overs!
If the fear of standing on a set of scales has set in yet, or the panic of squeezing into that favourite skirt or jeans leaves you de-motivated and wondering which way to turn in 2010, you’re not alone. Millions of others in the new-year take desperate measures to lose weight and get back into shape and with so many different options out there it’s not surprising that we’re left wondering which is the best and safest avenue to take.
Sadly not everyone takes the ‘health’ issue seriously and diet pills, liposuction, tummy tucks and any number of other radical solutions will be on the agenda for some in 2010. But if you’re in search for a lifestyle change there are some excellent options out there, you just need to find the one that suits you, and one that you can maintain.
Working in gyms, especially in January, I see a massive influx of new members signing three or twelve month contracts, but the shocking reality is that more than half of these will barely last two or three weeks before losing the motivation to continue and the same can be said for some diet plans out there. Unfortunately the way in-which our body works, there’s a definite down-side to going on any eating plan that you are unable to sustain – your body, once it returns to its normal eating pattern will pile on the fat more than before, leaving most people disheartened and wondering how they will ever be at their ideal weight for any length of time. The secret is to find a routine that you can stick to where the foods you are eating are enjoyable and that you retrain the way your mind thinks about food consumption.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with eating what you enjoy. Pizzas, chocolate, fried foods – they all twang the taste buds into bliss, but when this happens too often we get into a routine, where healthy foods don’t give the same kick! So, look at it this way, we need to re-train our taste buds to enjoying the foods that were put here naturally. Some of you will be screaming ‘but I hate vegetables’, and ‘why would I want to eat natural, wholesome foods when I can satisfy myself with take-aways, crisps, cakes, and pastries’. Well, let’s have a look around our midsections and for some the answer is preventing the line of sight to our feet! For some it’s about knowing what’s wrong and ignoring it, but for others it’s pure lack of education about nutrition that leaves the nation wondering why they’re buying new clothes every few months because the others simply don’t fit!
We’re getting better – food labelling is assisting those with little know-how. Learning your carbohydrates from your proteins and fats (and their roles) is a good place to start and then probably the biggest misconception is about portion control. Chances are you will either wake up and skip or have breakfast, eat lunch mid-day and then fill your plate in the evening, because you haven’t eaten since lunch. This is where most of the problem lies, as we over eat and ‘fill’ up our tanks three times daily instead of grazing.
You fill your box daily from a list of three food groups, still eating your normal breakfast and evening meal. It’s varied, there’s no calorie counting and it’s a sustainable plan and more of a lifestyle change.
Pre planning is the key to any weight loss goal – if we don’t think ahead to what we’re going to eat then chances are we grab what we can and often this means convenience foods that are high in saturated fat, sugar and salt, a quick-fire way to put you on the slippery slope to a weight problem. Sadly once people start putting on serious volumes of weight, emotional issues can star to occur including lack of self-confidence and depression which isn’t surprising if you think you have reached the ‘no way back’ stage. This is somewhere I have been personally and the only way out is to change your eating routines, change your taste buds back to how they should be and take up exercise. Of course, you can lose weight without additional exercise, but you increase calories burned which means a quicker route to your goal.
Eating vegetables, fruits and meats in their most natural form will provide you with an exceptional amount of energy and health benefits. By spreading these throughout the day you will avoid mid-afternoon slumps in energy and boost your metabolic rate, the way in which your body burns fat. Remember, plan ahead, go for something you’re likely to sustain and you’ll be on a sure fire route to a healthier body.
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