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One of the GetFit Fundamentals is the Goal Achievement Strategy. It is a workbook and an on going strategy to go about setting and achieving some of your biggest wildest dreams. Each of my intern coaches must go through the workbook as part of their induction… Here is an account of one of their experiences with it…

“It was about three weeks ago that I completed the Goal achievement strategy, and i have to say I did not find it easy……so why did I find it soo difficult and was it worth it??

When I first read it I almost panicked and felt scared….

I had not asked myself these questions since probably when I was in school talking to somebody like the careers people and even that was not as in-depth as this. It took me a while to digest it and to get on bored with this line of thinking…….why??? well I think that I had fallen into the trap(unknowingly) that allot of women do when they have children

For the last 3 years I have been a housewife looking after my very energetic 3 year old and without really realizing it I fell into the trap of coming last, your child partner house stuff and everything else that is entailed with becoming a mother be it working or not always comes first. There is so much to think about and do that on top of that you never get round to or do very little for yourself.

So I slowly plucked up the courage to write down what I really want and what I want to achieve,even writing that with the words “I” in feels good. It was hard going doing it but it felt like a relief when i had written it all down , it wasn’t to be scared of anymore it was to be broken down into little steps that would get me to achieving my Goal.

So how am I doing 3 and bit weeks down the road?? Well I have taken some small steps towards my goal so, I’m on the right path. I had a very hectic and stress full week this week so when it came to writing about my experience of the goal achievement strategy so far I re-read it, which I am so glad I did!! it put things back into perspective and made me realize what I’m working for and towards, which of course in a way you could say is the moral of the story!!

The whole point is to be active on my goal. It can be so easy to let real life get in the way sometimes, you need to read your goals again and again, and do something about them.

In answer to my question above is it worth it???, Yes it is, I’m enjoying the journey so far and very much looking forward to achieving my goal, so far so good!!!”

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So far so good… well kind of… One of My Magic Hundred was to follow the elimination diet…

I am 2 days in to Dax Moy’s Elimination Diet… basically you are only allowed to eat things like fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh meat/fish/poultry, some basic dairy produce and drink only water.

The hardest part for me so far is the coffee bit… having spent a week in the US trying to stay awake in a different time zone whilst listening to lectures has required plenty of coffee, so going cold turkey on the caffeine has produced some monster headaches.

The other hard part is cutting out the bread… I admit it is my one major weakness.

I did ForestFit this morning and suffered big time… too much rubbish this last few weeks has taken its toll.

Despite sounding like it is awfully hard to do, having done this before I know the results it can produce. Last time I cut bread for a month I lost 5kg of pure body fat! So it really can make a difference.

To get Dax’s Elimination diet go to http://www.daxmoy-pts.co.uk/elimination/

He also has a great cookbook that accompanies the free program available here

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99 days left of 2008. I have spent most of the last 24 hours stuck on a transatlantic flight after fulfilling one of my previous Magic Hundred goals to attend a major Fitness professional Seminar in the US to meet with many of my peers in the fitness profession.

Whilst on the flight, I dug out my notepad and started brainstorming some of the various goals I have in mind for my Next Magic Hundred. Here is a sample:

• Be a speaker at the next major fitness professional seminar I attend.
• Train 80 times in the next 100 days
• Shoot (archery) 50 times in the next 100 days
• Set my Archery Schedule for 2009, including one major international event to focus on.
• Get 5 skiing lessons  in before christmas
• Cut bread, alcohol and coffee from my diet for the next 30 days… see Elimination Diet.

You see the goals are a mix of big goals and little goals, some easy and some require a little more work. With My Magic Hundred, you can easily set in motion some substantial changes in your life with lots of small goals as well as the monster ones that make you get all shaking with excitement about.

If you don’t have Dax’s Magic Hundred pop over to http://www.MyMagicHundred.com to get your program started today.

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With many of you taking up the opportunity to get Dax’s Magic Hundred program this last week, for the remaining 100 days of 2008, I thought I’d let you know about some of the things that I am intending on doing, starting this Monday.

I am going to start this Monday with the Elimination Diet, also a Dax creation, but a nutritional program that is NOT a fat loss diet (although it does commonly give this result). The intention is to get cleansed of all the lovely toxins that I have consumed, especially over this last week being stuck in the US. Dax also has an Cookbook which helps you get more from the Elimination Diet, which I’ll be reviewing in a few weeks time.

I also have a number of business goals that I have on my goal cards in my wallet that need an injection of pace, so these are being added to the list of 100 goals for the next 100 days including bring on my team of new coaches which are ready for new clients this autumn. If now is your time to start learning about the GetFit Fundamentals and how it can make changes to your body for the rest of your life then get across to www.getfit.lu/consultation.html to arrange a FREE consultation with us.

Finally one of the other things I really want to achieve is getting all my current clients to have achieved their own health and fitness goals in time for Christmas, ie, BEFORE the January mayhem in the gym! Hey guys watch out I’m gonna put a rocket under you the next few weeks.

Tell me what things you are doing by adding a comment to this post, the most inspirational from Luxembourg will get a free place on one of our ForestFit groups.

If you’ve not got the Magic Hundred program go get it right away from Dax’s Magic Hundred Site

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The summer is over pretty much, the world seems in so much turmoil currently, with credit crunches, markets crashing, rising fuel costs, job losses and political uncertainty dominating the tv, internet and radio.

However I am looking on the bright side as there is just over 100 days still left of 2008 to make a massive up turn in your
own life.

My good friend and mentor has recently revised his magic hundred program, which really IS the fastest goal achievement
program available.

Since starting my very first Magic Hundred, I have gone on to achieve literally hundreds of goals, big, small, weird and wonderful.

Some of my early goals included:

Learning to Snowboard - last season I spent a week in France doing just that

Employ a new trainer to join me in my personal training business - I am now training another 3 new trainers to bring my team to 5!

Represent my country at the Archery World Championships - I have recently returned from my 3rd! World Championships

Take a weeks holiday at least once every three months in another  country - This year I have been on my Snowboarding holiday, Portugal to watch the MotoGP from Estoril, I am off to Portugal next month, then finally Spain, at the top of a very big hill for christmas.

To have a business mentor to help develop my business - this is one of the first goals I achieved, hiring Dax Moy himself to coach me over the last 18 months!

To drive a fast car around a race circuit - Did it this time last year, in my own fast car, (although I did drive slowly as my wife kept shouting at me to slow down ;o)

All this was due to the Magic 100 program and the unique way in which it gets you to GOAL GET every day.

Start your Magic Hundred today and achieve more in the last 100 days of 2008.

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I seem to get asked at least once a week which books I would recommend for training, fat loss, nutrition, goal setting etc etc…

I do read lots of this stuff, in fact I tend to be reading non stop… strange I never used to be like that…

Anyway, I have created a page on the GetFit.lu website with all my recommended books and where you can get them from. I have added Amazon links or retailer links so you can get all these products shipped to your door in double quick time.

Summer holidays are a great time to catch up with some interesting reading, pick one or two that you can pack in your suitcase…

http://www.getfit.lu/book-recommendations.html

Tim

PS. You’ll see some other links to the left hand side of this page, which will take you to some of our most trusted resources and partners, make sure you try these too!

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We sound like broken records sometimes. All these trainers, coaches and fitness professionals spouting the benefits of effective goal setting. We have read so much about goals, our reaction is often “Yeah heard that one before” and we pretty much ignore the sound advice BECAUSE we have heard it so often.

One such example of this is making a goal measureable, you know “I want to lose 10kg my the end of June!”, you are currently at weight X and you want to be weight Y by the end of next month. You can jump on the scales each Monday to see how you are getting on.

Sound advice! But hey haven’t we heard this sooooo many times before, it is now a case of this goal setting thing is kinda boring so lets not bother.

And what happens if/when you reach the target weight, what happens then? We could dance a merry jig, pat yourself on the  back and say well done :o) In my experience I have seen people reach a target weight and still not be happy with their body shape. It is no wonder goal setting gets a bad reputation!

One of the key aspects of our Goal Achievement Strategy is to do with getting excited by your goal, getting excited in the sense of being a kid all over again, that it keeps us awake at night with excitement. Here is a goal I have just thought of which I am sure most people would get excited/interested in.

“I want at least 5 people to tell me, completely unprovoked, how great I am looking, by the end of June.  Not only will this make all my efforts feel worthwhile, but it will make the process of getting a body worth commenting on much more enjoyable.”

Everyone loves a bit of this kinda compliment, it is certainly a lot  more rewarding than the numbers on the scales…

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