It begins with you!

It always begins with you.

You are psyched, you finally have re-found (is that a word?) the motivation you had many months ago (8 to be exact), you are ready to start today! 8 months ago I thought I didn’t need any help at all, yeah right! I need guidance, I admit finally, even with all the knowledge under my belt, I really do need guidance! And you know what, that is a mind blowing fact! I have always thought of myself being able to cope with everything on my own (and prided on that). Well that pride now has been swallowed and acceptance has shrunk in! You must be enormously self-motivated if you are willing to take on the challenge of losing weight by yourself, well I thought I was, but realization has set in, I AM NOT Now that in itself is pretty frightening! Where is my independence, where is my strength???

Where does motivation come from? I thought that wanting to compete in physique would be enough to motivate me – but obviously my brain didn’t engage in that thought! What are you thinking!!! 8 months you have sauntered along jumping in and out of existence, drop in scale weight, then increase in scale weight! Time for the rot to stop! Let the taming of the beast begin!!!

In your mind, it has to be worth the effort it takes to develop a plan and stick to it. Others can HELP motivate you by giving you a lot of support and nudging you in the right direction, but ultimately, you have to do it for YOU! You need the right attitude. Something Shelley wrote spurred me to write this little post, so thank you Shelley. I think I have opened my eyes (at friggin last!)

An article I was reading said the same thing as Shelley – quoted from article “ One thing that you must do is believe, just take a moment and think about it for a second. Understanding what motivation for you is important if you want to lose weight. The more motivated you are, the more likely you are to start and continue your plan. You need to believe in that motivation!”

Well – it all starts in your brain! Our thoughts and attitudes create our reality. In order to create something, we have to think it first, express it, and then do it!

So back to basics and start to think.

ciao!

Sign posted!

Get me a Gun!

the food beast must die!

I lurve the look of muscle!

What you think is what you’ll get.

Author: Victoria Johnson

Your mental images manifest in your physical world. Here are some questions you need to ask yourself:

How can you become lean, fit and healthy if all you think about is gaining weight and eating your favourite unhealthy food?
How can you possibly be successful if all you think about is failing or losing?
How can you possibly make more money if you focus on being in debt?
How can you possible get a better job if your energy is spent thinking about how much you hate your current one?

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” - James Allen

When I was obese, most of my mental brain energy was spent thinking about food. I would read those women’s magazines that had food advertisements in the first 20 pages. I would stand in line at the supermarket waiting to buy my high-fat, sugar-loaded items and salivate over the artistically designed foods in those beautiful gourmet magazines. When I watched television, I would sit completely still during every food commercial drooling all the while my mind was ingesting the images.

I became what I ingested, thought about and studied. I became a storehouse of excessive calories. I became what I thought about…….fat! If I was ever to experience a change, I had to change. I had to methodically change:

My mental Fuel (Fuel is energy) what you give energy to grows!
My mental images (instant brief snap shots of yourself)
My thoughts (mediations of images)
My Choices (decisions) and ultimately My ACTIONS (every physical movement)

You see, in life, everything counts. Therefore you must count everything

SOW A THOUGHT, REAP AN ACTION
REAP AN ACTION, SOW A HABIT….
SOW THAT HABIT, REAP A DESTINATION!

You are where you are, right now at this moment, because of your consistent thoughts, images and actions, which is the composite of your habits.

FROM THIS DAY forward, if you want to change your future, you must change your Mental Fuel.

In order to achieve your ideal body, your ideal state of thinking, your optimum level of health and performance in all areas of your life you must change your mental diet. You must get rid of all negative, self defeating and destructive material, conversations, unnecessary relationships, images in your home and workplace.

Replace negative thoughts with empowering images by changing what you read, what you watch on TV and on the internet. Change the music you listen to. If you’re depressed and you want to get to a higher more invigorating state, don’t listen to sad “poor me” drippy songs. Put on some high energy moving and grooving music. Put on what I call great memory music. You know, the music you played when everything in your life was awesome. Let your mind take you back there to that place. Soon you will feel powerful again.

“esreveR” your order of thinking

You do this by asking yourself empowering questions. You are a unique individual. You have your own picture of success. If you don’t……………GET ONE!

Never look back at your past mistakes. That’s why they call it the past! You know what didn’t work, you know where your strength is. Call upon it. Develop your own success program. Each of us have our own ideal image of success!

Start now! Go out and buy a magazine that reflect your destiny and only look in that direction. Forget your past, believe me, everyone is tired of hearing about it. Look to your future see your reaching, see your journey. We are all on a journey through this life………..Maybe we will meet along the way. I hope I see you at the top.




Hey guys, what an awesome article, I just had to post it.

xxCiao!

The Wedge of Discouragement

Author: Tom Venuto

Taking the first step towards a fitness, bodybuilding or weight loss goal is seldom spontaneous. I know people who thought about competing in bodybuilding or fitness for YEARS before they mustered up the courage to set the goal and start the training (let alone stand onstage in a 'teeny bikini') Many people spend months "thinking about it" before they finally join a gym and get started.

So much planning, thought, time and effort go into overcoming inertia and getting the ball rolling.....and what happens? You hit ONE rough patch (you always do), and you allow the wedge the tiny opening it needs. You stray from your diet, miss some workouts, sustain an injury, or more often than any other reason; you simply an injury, or more often than any other reason; you simply don't see results fast enough. One little setback or challenge and you let yourself become hopelessly discouraged.

It's a pity how easily most people are discouraged, because reaching your goals will occur with mathematical certainty if you consistently follow proven principles and natural laws. Too many people get discourgaed or quit beofre they allow the required gestation period to elapse.

If you planted a tree in your backyard, you would know for certain it would grow, as long as you provided the necessary conditons. If you planted it in good soil, nurtured it, and provided it with water and sunlight, your seed would sprout and grow towards the sky as sure as the night follows the day.

Goals are like seeds and they require time to take root and sprout. Getting discouraged just because you have a setback or you don't see your body trasnform 'overnight' is silly. It's denying nature's immutable laws. Becoming negative or quitting because you don't see results fast enough is like digging up your seeds to see if they're growing down there (killing them in the process).

If you're nurturing your 'goal seeds' by consistently working out and eating properly, OF COURSE they're growing! Have you ever watched the grass grow in you backyard? You don't actually SEE each blade getting taller, but you know it's growing every week you have to mow your lawn! Sometimes getting in shape is like watching the grass grow - it really tests your patience. Don't EVER allow that to discourage you! Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your goals.

It's okay to have BIG, magnificent goals, but allow a reasonable time frame for achieving them. Shun the quick fix and cultivate the virtue of patience. Impatience leads to frustration. Frustration leads to discouragement. Discouragement, allowed to foster and grow, is the dream destroyer.

When discouragement strikes - and it will, right along with its brethren, doubt and fear - see it as an opportunity to get stronger. All progress and growth occur against resistance. The lumberjack says, "the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees, good timber does not grow with ease". Just as muscles grow against resistance. You can't become a strong person unless you experience setbacks, challenges and discouragement and overcome them. Life's challenges were meant to be net head on and mastered.

It's been said that when God wants to give you a gift, he wraps it up in a problem. Your current problem, difficulty, or whatever is making you feel discouraged, is your great opportunity! Eachtime you feel discouraged and press on in spite of it, you get tougher. Your skin gets thicker as if a callous were forming. Eventually, you forge an imprenetrable armor against the onslaught of discouragement's wedge and all the other tools that destroy the dreams of weaker men and women. You gain the faith and confidence to look in the mirror and KNOW you'll reach your goal eventually, even though you don't see dramatic changes on a day to day basis.

With the new year before us, I want you to make a commitment today, right. NOW: Set goals for year, but don't stop there. Set "a goal for your goals". Decide that you will see your goals through to completion, no matter what slings and arrows (and wedges) come your way. Decide that you will never give up when you feel discouraged, but instead, you will see discouragement as your signal to dig in and work even harder. Decide that you will conquer discouragement, and in so doing, become more resolved, more deteremined, and stronger than ever. Make the commitment today! Make this year your best year ever!

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a little inspiration

No longer a teenager!

Happy twentieth Son! 03/05/89.

Phew, can you believe it. I gave birth to this child twenty years ago. I did a little sum the other day and this child for his schooling has cost me almost $80,000.00 but you know what, it turned out for the good. On all accounts he is a typical annoying sometimes rude to his parents type of child but to others, he is a polite child who does respect others space. Christopher was an accident but an accident I am glad that happened. He is turning out to be a very self assured man and I do believe the schooling we have given him helped there. He did go to a private school for 13 years (starting in prep and finishing in year 12) now is in his 3rd year uni studying Spatial Science. Right now he is probably nursing a hangover at a hotel apartment somewhere down the coast with many of his mates. Ahhhh, I remember when I did things like that, only we didn't know about 'Jelly Shots'. Spent saturday afternoon making gazillions jelly shots for him to take down the coast. He had Life Saver duties yesterday afternoon, then I beleive they were going to party pretty hard. Good on him.

Look out the 21st. I have a photo of him as a two year old, lying full eagle spread, naked as a jaybird with just a pair of gumboots on, fast asleep. Can not wait to blow that up. Better start saving now, think it will be a big one.

Ciao!

Do or Do not! There is no TRY!