The Fitness Lifestyle
Lifelong Fitness Through Thought and Action

“Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They all did what was expected of them and a little bit more”
– A. Lou Vickery

Do you want to know the key to improving your fitness? Follow the advice in that quote.

• Do you want to get stronger? Do a little bit more in today’s workout than yesterday.
• Do you want to lose some more body fat? Improve you nutrition plan a little bit more.
• Do you want to get faster? Do a little bit more today than yesterday.

Do you have an interest in achieving your dreams? Do you sometimes feel frustrated by the results you get from your efforts? Do you know you can be great at what you do but feel like something is holding you back?

If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you must read 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class by Steve Siebold. It is a practical course on how to transform your beliefs to those of high achievers. It works in any area of your life. Simply put, it is a work of genius.

Newsweek.com reported that actress and former Jennie Craig spokesperson Kirstie Alley is developing her own weight loss brand. You can read the article here.

Her reasoning? According to the article “… while her experience with Jenny Craig was “extraordinary,” she wants “to create something new that will help millions of people end the seemingly never ending fatty-roller coaster ride.”

First, let’s make sure we’re focused on losing the right thing. If you want to permanently change your body, build muscle and lose fat. Stop worrying about what the scale says. By itself, that number is not enough information. Improvement in your body composition is what you want.

Any mental or physical strain on by your body is stress. Some stress, like exercise, produces a benefit and can be considered positive. Negative stress, on the other hand, produces no benefit. Negative stress is caused by psychological, environmental and nutritional factors.

In his book The Thrive Diet, Brendan Brazier estimates as much as 60% of the average North American’s stress is negative. And of that approximately 70% is the result of poor nutrition.

You have imprisoned your results. You may not even be aware of it. But the way you think about exercise and nutrition and really everything else in your life determines the actions you take. And the actions you take determine the results you get.

For example, did you ever look at a guy who was in excellent shape and think to yourself “He has great genetics. He’s lucky.” Or ladies did you ever look at another lady who is in excellent shape and think “She’s so lucky. She can eat anything she wants and never gain weight.”

Today, I received two E-mails carrying the same message. First Ryan Lee wrote about momentum. He compared the role of momentum in the presidential primaries with the momentum you and I need to get started on the path to our goals.

Ryan wrote “…Once you follow a blueprint and start to taste success, momentum will carry you forward.”

Not two minutes later I read an E-mail from Matt Furey. Matt is a plain spoken man. And his message was about “America the Obese-ful.”

Now, before you get offended, absorb the message he’s sending. Matt writes, “The basic issue underlying fatness is bad thinking followed by bad habits (my emphasis).”

Registered Dietitian Jayson Hunter has created an eating plan specifically designed to help you lose fat fast. It’s called the Carb Rotation Diet. What’s different about it? It gives you the information not only to lose fat fast, but to make the lifestyle changes that help you keep the weight off. There are also Men’s and Women’s versions of the plan. You can check it out here.

To whet your appetite, here is a sample of Jayson’s work.

15 Rules for Fat Loss

by: Jayson Hunter Registered Dietitian, CSCS

If you want world class results from your fitness program, and who doesn’t, you must have intensity in your training. Just going through the motions won’t cut it. And if you’re going to invest the training time, why not get world class results?

But what is intensity? How do you know when you have it? Is it maintaining your heart rate at a certain percentage of your max for a period of time? Is it how hard the workout feels? Is it sweating a lot during the workout?

The answer to all these questions is “No.”

Is it happening yet? Are you losing steam? Have you not seen the progress you expected in your fitness resolutions?

I know, it’s only been two weeks. But already many people are feeling stressed out about their resolutions. Are you?

Losing weight is one of the most popular resolutions. In fact many people make this same resolution year after year, never quite achieving their goals. Because weight loss is hard, right?