Weight Loss, Fitness Trainers and Borat!!

Hey Guys..

To start ..  A quick story..

Myself and James were chatting about how to take our own health and fitness to the next level.. We always have whacky ideas about taking things to the next level.. A mad run or crazy circuit..

We have both made some progress but are not exactly where we want to be – so we decided we needed a challenge.. Something to inspire and motivate us.. Something that we could really get excited about..

We started by setting some goals..

James decided that he wanted to hit 12% Body fat and I decided I wanted to drop 21 lbs – Both by Dec 10th..

That’s my birthday and I thought it would be a great gift to give myself – Getting in the best shape of your life is always a great gift, you look better, feel better and your attitude and confidence are sky high..  So far – ALL GOOD!

Now, as we had talked about challenges in the past but taken NO ACTION ,we decided we needed a plan to ensure we followed through and actually did what we talked about – Ie. We walked the walk – rather than just talked the talk..

Do you ever do that?  – Talk about it – but never follow through?

Here is what we decided to do to ensure we walked the walk..

1) Set a Goal – (It’s gotta be realistic but at the same time exciting) If it don’t excite you - you ain’t gonna follow through!

2) Create a MASSIVE Reason to follow through – The consequences if we didn’t needed to be the stuff nightmares a made of!!

3) Get accountability by telling as many people as possible about both the Goal and the consequences..

So we set our goals..

James to get under 12% body fat, mine to lose 21lbs in weight by 10th Dec- (Always attach a time scale to your goals)

The next point – Create A BIG ENOUGH REASON WHY..

SOMETHING THAT WILL CAUSE YOU TO TAKE MASSIVE ACTION AND ENSURE YOU 100% STICK TO THE PLAN..

Our Consequence – We decided that if we didn’t follow through we would wear a Borat style mankini to teach bootcamp..

Just in case you have never seen one -  Here is Borat sporting his lime green ‘mankini’

Now as you can imagine this is VERY MOTIVATING – Can you imagine the embarrassment of working out in one these!!

Hold on.. Please don’t imagine us in one – That will give you nightmares for the rest of your life!!

I can tell you now –  I 100% KNOW - WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY that I will hit my goal, and I know James will too..

WHY?? Because I have a MASSIVE REASON to take action!!

I AIN’T TEACHING BOOTCAMP IS ONE OF THESE!!

The next step is to keep yourself accountable by telling people about your goal and what you will have to do if you don’t follow through..

So we told people on Facebook, We told people in class and now I’m writing a blog post about it..

So my friend..

What is your Goal? – Drop a dress size?, Lose 30 inches, drop body fat, drop weight, run a marathon, do a sky dive?

What will happen if you don’t follow through and achieve them??

Who can you tell? Who will keep you accountable??

Want to make a BIG CHANGE BUT CAN’T SEEM TO GET GOING??

I highly recommend you set your goal NOW!! This minute – Don’t put it off….

Decide what you can do to force yourself to take MASSIVE ACTION!! -

What will FORCE you to take action AND STAY ON TRACK??

Now go tell people!! – Facebook it, Twitter it – hell make a banner and hang it off your house.. Just ensure people know!

Go do it  – NOW!!

What you still reading for?? Go make your goals happen!!

Talk soon

Dave

PS. Off for a run so I don’t have to dress like Borat!!

PPS. Oh In my next post I’ll be talking about our new Xmas challenge – Another reason to get in great shape!

Dave