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I posted this question on the ForestFit community site the other day for the participants of ForestFit and it has provoked quite a discussion on there. So I thought I would have a go at placing the same on here.

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After a few discussions at this mornings forestfit I have been wondering what women REALLY want?

Being a guy, I am obviously dumb to these things… kind of… I am a sensitive trainer after all!

So the question I want everyone to answer is this:

Who’s body would you have and why? I really want to understand what it is about that person you really like!

There is method in my questions, I’ll ask more later in the week.

Tim

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This might seem really obvious to you, but to me this is such an important aspect of weight management.

I was chatting to my wife this afternoon and we were discussing the meal we had last night. We try to make an effort to have at least one night during the week where we go and treat ourselves to a meal for two at a nice restaurant. We don’t necessarily worry about the type of food we eat, or that we might have a glass of wine or beer with the meal and we will have a dessert too.

The meal we had was a Chateau Briand shared between the two of us, a fine piece of meat, vegetables and all the trimmings. It tasted fantastic, was loaded with calories and we probably ate too much of it. However I think the most important part of it was we “Planned to fail”!

My wife then told me about something that happened this morning in the office, someone came round with cream cakes, with chocolate and all sorts of stuff like that, without hesitation she ate the cake without any conscious thought of what it would do to her. The cake probably didn’t have as many calories as the nice dinner last night but was more likely to be many times more damaging. Why? This time she just “failed” it was not planned.

How many times today have you just eaten something just because it was there, you ate it with no regard for the consequences, it was a completely subconscious action?

The secret to succeeding with nutritional habits to support your fat loss goals is in the planning! Knowing exactly when you will fail, plan to fail then make sure every other feeding opportunity is thoroughly planned.

Not to say I am perfect, I do still have situations were I fall victim to eating completely unconsciously but so long as the majority of my meals are planned I stay on track with eating better.

Obvious maybe? Try a little planning yourself this week!

Tim
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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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Life coaching is a legitimate profession, with a great deal of professional individuals helping many people, let me get that out the way before I write anything that might upset someone…

However there is a certain stigma that seems to surround the words life coach or life coaching that implies someone needs to be told how to live their life better… I suppose it is the modern equivalent of going to see a shrink to help if you are crazy! The problem many people have with seeing a life coach relates to the perceived embarrassment of looking for help. Are we all too proud to ask for help?

Seeking help is what you do in so many other areas of your life, if you car is broken, then you get help from a mechanic, if the lightbulb blows in the kitchen you’ll ask your husband for help in fixing it, if your kids can’t do their math homework then they ask for help too.

So why is it that you don’t ask for help in working out how to better look after our body and mind. Modern lifestyle seems to be adding more and more stresses, both physically and mentally, that are health deteriorates to dangerous levels, causing your life to be quite miserable. Maybe because the fear of being pointed out as being a failure is still a greater pain or fear than asking for help.

One of the best things I have done since becoming my own boss, is finding a Mentor and coach to help me get more from my home life, family life, business and sport (they are not the same person!). Not only does having a mentor and coach mean I get to talk about my problems, it is also a means to making things much much better than I could have ever imagined, improving the quality of my life rather than just fixing what is “broken”.

So what is the purpose of this posting? Well simply to get you guys to ask for HELP, even if you are not broken, find someone that you can touch base with on areas of your life that you are passionate about. It doesn’t have to be a professional, it can be a friend or work colleague who you trust without doubt.

Just ask!

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We are our own Worst Critics… 

People are often very good at compliment others but Why is it so hard to compliment Yourself? If your Friend is complaining about his/hers big tummy, big calves, that extra handle around the waist than we are often very quick at telling them off for being silly and telling them how good they look and how beautiful they are. We compliment, motivate, encourage and push them forward But when Your standing in front of the mirror Yourself, then it’s Only the ugly and the parts  Your not happy with you see. That you have great shaped calves and beautifully toned arms or great shoulders that is for some reason Impossible to see but the extra handle around the waist or the extra layer on the hips, or the “huge” bum ,That we have no problem to see what so ever. We are very quick at putting ourselves down, criticising, pulling and tearing that little bit of extra flab.

Imagine if your Friend started criticising You the same way You do to Yourself…

The funny thing is that when we stand infront of the mirror, unhappy with what we see and secretly admiring the person next to us, that person is most likely doing the exact same thing, negativity flowing about themselves and maybe secretly admiring You.

We are so quick with admiring others and telling them how great, fit and beautiful they are But WHY is it so hard to do the same thing to Yourself???

I think it is really about time we started focusing on all the Good things about Ourselves. Start looking for all the beautiful things that We are. No more negative feelings. Start telling yourself how great You are, how great You Look and Be Nice to Yourself. Because Everybody has Something they should be Happy with, You just have to start Seeing that Yourself. You are Good, Yes, you are even the Best.

Are You Good at Giving Yourself Compliments???

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Have you noticed there are lots of “skinny” fat about, those folk who look skinny but are in actual fact “fat”, sadly skinny fat people are just as likely to have problems with cardio vascular diseases as a “large” fat person.

A skinny fat person is someone who is constantly dieting, heavily restricting their calories, keeping the “weight” off, but always seems to be a little soft and quite fragile. Their BMI (body mass index) would be happy reading for a normal health professional, but a layer fat over a minimal frame and muscle structure means that they are not as healthy as the BMI figures suggest.

Unfortunately I see this quite often in teenage girls up into the mid-twenties, where they fight tooth and nail with rabbit food diets and hour upon hour of slow steady state aerobic workouts.

The problem is that their precious metabolism is completely shot, vitamin and mineral intake is extremely low, colds, flus and all sorts of nasty illnesses are ever present, and structurally they are more likely to have bone density issues and joint problems later on in life.

Psychologically this group of people are the hardest people to break through when trying to assure them a “sensible” nutritional plan where calories are NOT restricted and a program of exercise to boost the metabolism, will give them the body shape they crave with much less effort and a much improved lifestyle.

A body with a lower percentage of fat and a higher percentage of muscle tissue means your body is

• structurally more healthy
• less likely to have cardio vascular illness (type 2 diabetes, heart disease etc…)
• and looks great too!

Things a skinny fat person can start doing today:

• Eat 5-6 small but sensible meals a day with high quality proteins and unprocessed carbs and sensible less of fat content
• STOP doing aerobic style training and start a program of resistance/ body weight exercise.
• Learn to accept calories are NOT a bad thing, we should be using them to our advantage!

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