Monthly Archives: May 2012

The secret of success is you!

Remember that girl who gave up… yeah, no one else does either.

We have had a lot of people come through our boot camp program over the last few years.  I can now spot almost immediately who will be able to tough it out and who will give up.  I firmly believe that like attracts like.

Your everyday, overall attitude and also the attitude you show how you view specific things is what will determine your success. It’s like people who play poker poorly…they often have a “tell” that gives away their odds on success.   Poker players don’t want to give away what their holding.  You’re can’t be a poker player with your health.  You should be giving away your positive attitude in everything you do! Let other’s see it.

Exercise is a reward not a punishment.  One hour a day for your overall health is a very small investment.

You might spend hours and hours AND hours in your garden/yard for the few short months of nice weather we have here in Canada, but you won’t invest an hour into your life long health.  Crazy right?  You’ll do everything you can to beautify your property which only a few people will see, but you won’t make that same investment of time in yourself which everyone will see.

The difference of fit vs fat, strong vs weak, longevity vs shorter life span is as simple as the difference between being able to tend to your garden in your 80′s or sitting in a wheelchair watching others do what you used to take for granted.

Is our boot camp program hard?  Hells yes it’s hard, but it works.
It is fun and always changing.  You can’t get that from a bunch of machines.
The support I see everyday from your fellow boot campers encouraging each other is something that I am in awe of.

Think it’s not for you or it’s too tough?  You do what you can and you get stronger! Are you going to get stronger, healthier, fitter, faster doing what you’re doing now?

You need to start, set daily goals and not quit even when “life” gets in the way.

Stop settling for status quo. Stop beating yourself up in your mind. You have been through a lot harder in your life and there is no doubt you can tough out an hour of exercise.

Be stronger than your excuses.

There will always be an excuse or “reason” why you can’t.  Make your reasons why you can stronger than your excuses.

Limitations only exist when you let them.

When you are tired and I have you heading up that hill or stairs or I say 10 more burpees, dig deep, push through.  Show yourself, me and the world that you can do it. I know you can do it.  You just have to know you can do it. I have said it, well, yelled it 100x – you don’t walk to the finish line. You summon up that strength and you fight on!!

I refuse to give up on you!

Boot Campers are too busy getting better to have time for excuses!

Who loves ya’?

Friday Funny Time

I know I’m usually all business about health and fitness, so to balance that off, here’s a little humour for your Friday.  Hope you enjoy…

Getting stabby with the carrot!

Losing fat, not moving fat

Awesome at it’s best

Duct tape will give you the same results…so natural.

oh if only…

Ban all the spoons!

Well, since you put it that way

Make mine a water!

Nutella is off my shopping list…or is this Nut tellin a story?

Have a great weekend, and Happy Mother’s Day to all!

Don’t you dare…

Excuses…we all have them and most of the time we can justify them to ourselves.  Excuses are how we justify not doing things.  Most people run into trouble when they try to use excuses to avoid tasks, challenges or change.

Here is a video that will slap any excuses you might have right out of your head.

Where you are now and where you want to be with your health and fitness is totally within your control.

Don’t you dare complain if you aren’t going to do something to change it! The reality is that you have to make the decision and dedicate yourself to the changes you want for yourself.

If you want to be fit, if you want to be healthier than you are or you want to be a certain size, you have to do something to get there.

  • You have to move your body
  • You have to go beyond your comfort zone.
  • You have to STOP with the excuses.

I can introduce you to a number of people who have it much worse than you do.

  • I can show you people who are in pain but show up.
  • I can point out to you people who work 80+ hours a week and still show up
  • I can introduce you to people who have kids who have sports and activities and they manage to show up.

There will never be a perfect time.  If you decide that you want to try to wait for the perfect time, you will run out of time.

When are you going to show up for your health??

Think you have it bad?  You might want to re-think that!  There is always someone who has it worse.  There is always someone who has challenges that you and I can’t imagine living with.

Never underestimate what you can accomplish.

Never give up!  Never make excuses…they’re just like                   , everyone has one.

The rules of fat loss

There are rules.

There are rules in life.  There are rules in every aspect in life.

It is just understood that you *should* follow the rules.  Rules help ensure that everyone plays on a level field and everyone ahs the same opportunity for success.  This becomes especially important if you want a particular outcome.

There are rules for a reason.

Just like there are rules for life, there are rules to fat loss and the rules are universal. If you have to lose 5lbs or 50lbs there are rules to follow and following those rules guarantees your success.

If you decide that you are only going to occasionally follow the rules you won’t get the results you are looking for.

Doing half of the work will get you less than half of the results.  The rules of fat loss work to your benefit.  The better you follow them, the results become exponential.

One healthy meal or one good choice throughout your day will not help you move forward.  They will help you maintain, or slow the negative results of your poor choices, but moving forward will not be part of your overall success.

The rules are simple.  The choices are yours.

  • Yes vs no
  • Good vs bad
  • Right vs wrong

When you dive into a meal that you know that is not healthy and decide to wash it all down with alcohol; you have to ask yourself, “Did I break the rules?”  Your answer will be either yes or no comment.

You’ll make excuses for your behavior or you’ll make excuses for breaking the rules.

You can’t get to your weight loss goals by half-assin’ the plan.

When a meal or drink wins out over your common sense then YOUR EXCUSES ARE STRONGER THAN YOUR REASON

THIS:

 If you want fat loss results: Follow the rules!

Here are the rules (simplified)

  1. MOVE: exercise is essential FYI: lolly-gagging on a treadmill is not real exercise
  2. EAT: real food only-non processed food (green face)
  3. DRINK: you need to drink water NOT ALCOHOL

Don’t give in to your excuses or you will never see the results that you want.

Life happens.  There are rules in life.

Follow the rules and experience the life that you actually want.

You win with you


I do not totally support any Gatorade product but I say, “Well done on a great motivational commercial!!”

Look beyond the product placement and make sure you are hearing and seeing the real message.

It’s up to you…

  1. How hard you work will dictate your results…truth!
  2. What you put into your workouts is what you get out of them…truth!

Your results are all about you.  You DO win from within.  There are no gadgets, no technologies, no pretty clothes or any amount of Gatorade that will get you to your goal.  It is always your drive, your desire and your commitment.

You win with you.