Twitter tips of the day

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#Diet tip of the day: There is great truth to the saying that says: Eat breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and dinner like a Pauper. In other words, eat less as the day wears on as you will have less time to burn those calories off.

#Exercise tip of the day: For obliques (sides of waist), never use weights! Instead use core & twisting exercises to tighten the muscles.

#Quote of the day: In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired. - unknown


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Twitter tips of the day

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#Diet tip of the day: Eat the skin of apples, the white skin left on an orange after you peel it & other edible fruit skins for bioflavonoids.

#Exercise tip of the day: Feeling muscle soreness? Do warmups to flush away the soreness before your next workout.

#Quote of the day: When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no "I'll start tomorrow." Tomorrow is disease. - V.L. Allineare


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Twitter topic of the day: What is your attitude towards yourself and how do you think it relates to your health?

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My #questionoftheday is what is your attitude towards yourself and how do you think it relates to your health?

Did you know that your attitude about & towards yourself is an important part of your health & fitness? If you have a bad attitude towards yourself then you will be apathetic about proper diet & exercise. Do you think that helps? Instead, you are feeding the bad attitude (and your body) by doing your body more harm than good. You are building a toxic mess internally with your toxic mentality towards & about yourself. STOP. You can change that which you don't like. You can change bad habits, destructive habits and self-sabotaging behaviors. BUT you have to first admit it, then do something about it! Take a self-evaluation on those habits and behaviors of yours that are holding you back and attack them one by one. Take those weaknesses and eliminate them. Leave yourself only with strengths and then use those strengths to go for your goals. It all begins with your attitude towards yourself. If you think you deserve more (AND YOU DO!), then YOU have to do something about it. Change your attitude about yourself and you'll feel a new sense of purpose with your diet and exercise. Don't ever let a negative attitude dictate what you should do for yourself. Always positive and always push forward.

#Quote of the day: The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.-William James

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Twitter topic of the day: What is your attitude towards diet and exercise?

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My #questionoftheday is what is your attitude towards #diet and #exercise?

There is a saying that says "Attitude is everything". That's true! If you have a negative attitude towards #diet & #exercise, then you have already pre-destined your failure with it. A negative attitude will make you not want to try, not want to bother, not want to find or make the time and will have you looking for excuses. How are you supposed to get moving and do what you need to do when you're getting in your own way with a negative attitude? How are you supposed to find solutions and work on getting better when you are focusing on making excuses instead? Taking an apathetic approach to #diet & #exercise is no better. Your body would rather be lazy and gain weight than get fit. It's up to you! Having a positive approach to #diet & #exercise WILL help you see results and keep you going when you plateau. You have to realize that even if you aren't seeing quick results from your #diet & #exercise, your body IS getting fitter, stronger, and healthier. A positive attitude is very important to your #diet & #exercise success, and to any success in life really. So get positive & go for your goals.

#Quote of the day: Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. - Willie Nelson

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Twitter topic of the day: How much effort do you honestly give to your workouts?

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My #questionoftheday is how much effort do you honestly give to your workouts?

How much effort to put into a workout? Go at a moderate pace? Go hardcore? Depends on your goals but always give 100%! If you are low on energy or sick then probably your 100% for that day will only be about 50-75% of what you normally would do but that's ok. For that day, that is your 100%. But if you have the energy and are taking the time to dedicate to your workout session for the day then go all in and give your 100%. Half assed exercise will yield half assed results... IF you're lucky! You are already there to do exercise so DO IT! Don't give 25%, 50% or even 90%. Go for it and set a new standard for yourself. Exercise time is not the time to go easy on yourself. You probably do enough of that, don't you? So hit those exercises hard. #realtalk Not having energy or time is not enough of a reason. You can always find energy and time if you want something bad enough. I would think wanting better health and feeling more fit and healthy is enough reason! Sick of being sick and tired, do something about it! Don't use the excuses that got you where you are at now, to not better yourself or you'll find yourself in the same place, year after year. Hit your exercise routines with 100% effort. Exercises programs don't fail people, people fail people. #realtalk You have to give your exercises 100% to get maximum benefit out of them. Help your heart, lungs, joints now... don't wait till it's too late. Get out there and do your exercise and stop with the 0-99% effort, go 100% effort always! Give your best to achieve your best. You CAN do it.

Quote of the day: Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase. - Joseph Pilates

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Twitter topic of the day: Are you all talk and no action?

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My #questionoftheday is: are you all talk and no action?

Ask someone what their problem is and they'll tell you. Ask them what they're doing about it and you'll get more evasive answers. Cough, cough... EXCUSES! Or you'll hear someone talk like they know all the answers then why do they have the problem? Because they're all talk and no action. #realtalk It takes action to lose weight. It takes action to get fit. It takes action to improve your cardio. Talk isn't going to cut it. Stop the talk and get your butt in gear to achieve your goals! Stop the words, stop the excuses and get to work. It all begins and ends with you. The longer you keep talking and making excuses, the worse the problem is getting. The more ingrained you are making your excuse making mentality. You have to bust out of the excuse making and convert those words into hard work! Words and excuses will not burn calories or fat. Take those words and excuses and do something positive with them, turn them into affirmations! Tell yourself what you are going to do but then GO DO IT! Stop the procrastinating. Stop the trying to convince yourself. Just jump in and get started. Change your world, be a doer instead of just a talker. Be the person you keep talking about. You can be anything you want to be. Always choose to be the person who goes for their goals with action, not just talk.

#Quote of the day: Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can. - unknown

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Twitter topic of the day: Do you give up too easily?

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My #questionoftheday is: Do you give up too easily?

Most people want results yesterday, forget about today, they want instant results. How realistic is that? How long did it take to get into your body's present state? It stands to reason that it will take a bit to get your body used to activity and a new diet, let alone see results. But what happens? Most people go into their diets and workouts with highly unrealistic expectations. Recipe for failure! That will just feed your doubts, negative attitude and insecurities when nothing happens fast. Then what happens, you quit and for what? That will get you nowhere fast, make you lose any progress you had and make it harder to restart. Quitting is the worst thing you can do once you begin. Give your diet and exercise program a real chance to succeed! It takes time to put your house in order and even more time to gain and see momentum. You have to be consistent and patient. Diet and train consistently, day in and day out and you will see wonderful changes in your body & health. Don't quit before you have a chance to reap the rewards of your efforts. Give yourself a chance to see and feel the progress you are making, no matter how small. Even a little is better than nothing at all, correct? Little by little, you'll make great strides! Once you get yourself in the habit of being consistent and positive, you can increase the intensity for even more results! Don't be a quitter! Don't you dare quit on yourself. Your diet or exercise program won't fail you, only YOU can fail you! #realtalk Go get it now, stop giving up on what you want and go get that body you want!

#Quote of the day: Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. - Vince Lombardi

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Twitter topic of the day: What is your worst diet & exercise habit?

My #questionoftheday is: what is your worst diet & exercise habit?

I'm sure there are a ton of answers for this one. Eating too much. Eating late. Exercise here & there. Making excuses. Yup, those are all bad habits all right! BUT there are two bad dieting & exercise habits that are the worst! How can there be two that are the worst? Because the first is procrastinating so much that you never get started and the second is just as bad if you do get started and that's quitting! You've heard the phrase "quitters never win and winners never quit", right? There is profound truth to that. You have to go at your diet and exercise with a winner's mindset if you want to succeed! You have to want it, feel it, be it. You have to visualize what you want and then go do it. Starting and stopping because you don't see results fast enough is foolish & counter-productive. You have to invest the time and work to see the results. Are you truly giving it 100%? If not, then how are you expecting 100% results? You get what you put into it. Give your diet & exercise a half-assed try and expect half-assed results, if any. #realtalk Do not be a quitter and DO NOT quit on yourself! Quitting on yourself, that doesn't even sound right, does it? The good thing is that it's all within your control. So what are you going to do about it? GO GET IT and don't stop till you do.

#Quote of the day: Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit. - Vince Lombardi

Twitter topic of the day: Why are you waiting to start with your diet & exercise?

My #questionoftheday is why are you waiting to start with your diet & exercise?

I'll start my diet tomorrow! I'll start exercising next week! Sound familiar? Tomorrow never actually comes because you're too busy putting it off! Why wait to get started? There are very few valid reasons! At this time of year it's even more important to get going with your diet & exercise. Once the holidays hit and the holiday food gets on your plate... all you will have is extra pounds with no dieting or exercising. AND the next thing you know it will be 2012 and you'll have lots more work to do! But you'll fix it, right? You'll make some new year's resolutions that you once again won't do. #realtalk It's a cycle that you have to break. You have to get on it before the food temptations of the holiday begin. Give yourself a fighting chance to succeed and get through the holidays with minimal damage & maybe even some progress. You CAN get through the holidays with minimal weight gain and even some positive steps forward. But you have to begin NOW. Don't wait on tomorrows that never come! Change your mindset now. Go after that body you want NOW. Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today. There is plenty you can do today. Here. Now. Do it. Get started today. Eliminate "I'll start tomorrow" from your mindset. Carpe diem!

#Quote of the day: Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. - John Wooden

Twitter topic of the day: How many pounds have you lost & kept off?

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My #questionoftheday is how many pounds have you lost when you've decided to diet & exercise AND how much of it have you kept off?

I'm sure many of you have dieted & exercised in the past with varying results. Some of you have lost, some of you haven't. Some of you have tried more than once to diet & exercise, again with varying results. Some of you have lost a lot, some have barely lost a pound no matter how hard they tried. What has gone wrong with these attempts? Some have had success but gained it all back and more later. Some had no success and gave up, only to gain more weight. What is wrong with all these all too familiar and far too common scenarios? The desire is there and so is the ambition but to go into a diet/exercise program without knowing what to do & how to do it right isn't good. Also having unrealistic expectations and not knowing what expectations are realistic is already working against you. You have to go into a diet/exercise program with clearly defined goals and realistic expectations if you want results that stick long-term. I want to lose 25 pounds isn't a clearly defined goal. I want to lose 25 pounds within the next 3 months & be more toned with good cardio is. The best way to have steady progress with your diet & exercise is to know what is realistic and achievable in the short-term. This will keep you from frustration that will derail you from staying motivated. At the same time, what you learn will help you long-term. Just because you failed at diet & exercise once or more doesn't mean you shouldn't try anymore. NO! Take what you learned & apply it again! Throw away what didn't work but DO apply what did work. Everyone's body reacts differently to diet & exercise. It's not one size fits all. What you learn from your failures is what you can apply with your next attempt. Learn all you can about diet, exercise & your body. DO NOT QUIT EVER. Keep at it. Make realistic expectations and goals and then work your butt off to make it happen. You CAN do it.

#Quote of the day: Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. - Aldous Huxley

Twitter topic of the day: Do you complain but still do nothing to help yourself?

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My #questionoftheday is do you complain yet do nothing to help yourself or change what you're complaining about?

Time to flip the script! Too many people nowadays spend more time and energy complaining than taking action to fix or change what they're complaining about. DOH! Complaining gets you nothing. Action gets you everything. Can the right choice be any clearer? Why waste time & energy complaining about things you DO have control over and CAN change? Make good use of that time & energy! Yes, the road may be hard & also be hard to get past your own negative attitudes about things BUT it will only get harder the longer u wait. When it comes to negative attitudes and bad behaviors, time is not your friend. It will only get you more set in your ways. Take action NOW! Complaining and bad attitudes towards dieting & exercising are only matters of perception. Change your perception & you'll see a change! Complaining is only a waste of valuable time. Time that is ticking on not only your habits being more set but also in your body & health. Leaving things for tomorrow will not help you today. It will only make you make you more negative and set in your ways. Take action today. Any positive change you make is a step forward from finding yourself stuck on the treadmill that negative habits & thinking have become. It doesn't have to be a major shift but you do consciously have to make the choice to do something positive for you. Not just lip service. Good intentions without action will yield zero results. U have to make the effort. U have to take that first step that will lead to another. Stop being a complainer. Do u really want to be one of those? I'm sure u don't. So get off your butt, get out of your own way & take action!

#Quote of the day: In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired. - unknown

Twitter topic of the day: Get out of your own way & stay focused

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My #questionoftheday is what do you do to get out of your own way and keep yourself focused on your goals?

In my question of the day I ask what do you do to get out of your own way? That's because too many people get in their own way! That little voice in your head that says take today off from exercising because you're tired is you getting in your own way. That little voice in your head that says I'll start dieting & exercising tomorrow is you getting in your own way. That little voice in your head that says you don't have any time to exercise is you getting in your own way. That little voice in your head that says what's the point in exercising because you'll always be fat is you getting in your own way. That little voice in your head that says nobody is there to help me with my exercising & dieting is you getting in your own way. That little voice in your head that says you can't get motivated to diet & exercise is you getting in your own way. You keep getting in your own way with EXCUSES. When are u going to tell that little voice to shut up so you can progress towards your goals? At some point you are going to have to be stronger than the little voice that is in control of your life. Why not today? Take control! You can't keep getting in your way and keep complaining about your weight too! YOU have the power to do something positive about it. Don't let the negative little voice in your head shout over the positive things you want to do and achieve for yourself. Learn to silence that inner negative voice that fuels your doubts & insecurities, that saps you of your motivation & inspiration. Find or create a new inner voice that is strong, focused, motivated and inspired to help you reach your goals. You have it within you to be the person you aspire to be and reach the goals you desire for yourself. You CAN do it. You CAN achieve it.

#Quote of the day: Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson

Twitter topic of the day: Holidays, weekends & exercising

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My #questionoftheday is are you on holiday or using the holiday or weekend or other excuse to take off from your diet & exercise program?

With the holiday season coming upon us, now is the time to buckle down on your diet & exercise program! If you allow yourself to continue to slack off & not establish good new habits then you know what's going to happen come the holidays right? You're going to eat all that good holiday cooking, gain weight, feel guilty & miserable at the weight gain & make a new year's resolution. Then you know what happens after that New Year's resolution right? You make a committment that you keep for about 2 weeks before the cycle begins all over again and another year of fat & excuses rolls on. NOW is the time to make that committment to yourself. BEFORE the holiday season starts & all your ready made excuses start. NOW is the time to learn what foods are good for you to eat so you can eat well during the holidays and not gain weight. NOW is the time to learn discipline yourself into also exercising consistently so that if you do eat more holiday food, you can work it off. You have to start sometime and the truth is that there will always be some ready made EXCUSE for you not to begin. Stop the excuses! Time is ticking. The time is right to discipline yourself before the holidays. There's enough time to build good habits before then. Don't wait until the holidays are upon you to try to start because you know that hasn't worked out for you before. You CAN make it through the holidays without weight gain and you CAN even make progress with your weight loss & fitness goals.

#Quote of the day: Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself reasons why I can. - unknown

Twitter topic of the day: Have you considered "quick fix" surgery?

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My #questionoftheday is have you ever considered liposuction, lapband, gastric bypass surgery or some other "quick fix" surgery?

A lot of people look for "quick fixes" like diet pills and even surgery to lose weight and get rid of fat. There is some value to this for select people, especially the morbidly obese BUT there is a BIG flaw to these surgeries or diet pills. The BIG flaw to diet pills and surgeries is that it is not changing your past behaviors that got you there nor is it making you healthier. Sure you may think and even feel healthier with the weight loss BUT it is exercise that makes your heart stronger. Too many people go for the quick fixes & don't change their behaviors so what happens? They slowly gain weight back! Now what?! Then they get depressed and frustrated that nothing works when in actuality what didn't work was their behavior! You have to change! To change the outside, you have to change the inside! You have to change your mindset & behavior! A quick fix isn't taking action! It took months, years to get all that fat stored. Your body is not going to just give it up, even if you get surgery. You have to exercise! The body will always fight to keep or get back to the mean weight it has learned & adjusted to be at so you have to fight back to lose it! Save your money in looking for quick fixes and instead invest your time, sweat and money in doing the right thing for your health & body. You can be your own quick fix, it's all within you BUT you are going to have to work and change your eating & exercise behaviors. Don't look for the easy way out, you'll just find that you will waste time & end up being frustrated. Instead rise up to the challenge!

#Quote of the day: Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat. - Jill Johnson

Twitter topic of the day: Do you need equipment or a gym to workout?

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My #questionoftheday is do you not workout because you don't have any workout equipment or a gym membership?

A lot of people don't workout because they use not having any equipment as an excuse to not workout but you don't need equipment to workout! A lot of people also use that they don't have a gym membership as an excuse but that's just an excuse as well. Too many people have gym memberships that are wasting away because getting the membership was their only effort in going to the gym. Money is too tight nowadays to have a gym membership going to waste. Yes, its good to have but not if you're not going to use it! The truth is that you can get a great workout at home with NO equipment. You just have to get creative and of course be ready to bring it! When it comes to a bodyweight exercise, you have to increase the reps to get the most out of the exercise. A bodyweight exercise is you using your bodyweight for resistance instead of weights. The exercises are functional and the variety is wide. With no equipment you can get a great cardio workout such as jogging, jumping jacks, dancing, martial arts, etc. Bodyweight exercises like pushups, chinups, pullups, squats, core exercises, yoga, pilates, etc. can give you great results. Knowing how to put together a bodyweight exercise program will go a long way to giving you better results but my point is it can be done. My other point is that there are very few excuses to not workout! No weights? No problem! Making excuses... that's a problem! Get creative, get moving, get motivated, get inspired..your future body and health is waiting for you! Will you go out to meet it? I hope so.

#Diet tip: Are you constantly eating snacks all day long? Reduce that to one snack per day. Make it your reward for eating well.

#Exercise tip: When doing bodyweight exercises, shoot for max reps. Don't limit yourself to a set number, wear the muscle out.

#Quote of the day: A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. - Colin Powell

Twitter topic of the day: Why are personal trainers so tough on their clients?

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My #questionoftheday is do you know why personal trainers are so tough on their clients?

Good personal trainers aren't tough on their clients because we want to humiliate or treat anyone badly. Quite the opposite! It's all about #toughlove ! Unfortunately, a gentle push won't work with most people, that kind of push will not help them. You have to push yourself past your comfort zone. Working in your comfort zone only gives you more of the same. You have to give yourself #toughlove and push yourself out of your comfort zone with your diet & exercise. It's all for the greater good. Stop making excuses for yourself! Don't allow the complacent mindset to set in. Stop being content with no results! That's why you see personal trainers being tough with their clients. We have to get you motivated and it takes #realtalk to get real results. There's no use in sugarcoating what you are doing to your health & body with your paralyzing & stubborn attitude. It has to change! If you saw The Biggest Loser last night, you saw how a young obese person's inner health age was almost twice his age. Don't let that be you. If you cannot motivate yourself or push yourself then find someone who can help you. Someone who can push you & hold you accountable. Personal trainers know the diet & exercise tricks that continue results past plateaus but you have to be all in & be ready to listen & WORK! A friend or family member can help keep you accountable but you'll have better results with someone who knows what they are doing. As a trainer, I may be biased but I know the value in what we try to do. We're here to help you reach your goals. That is OUR goal. Whether with me or someone close to you, find yourself that person that will be your support system, your coach & cheerleader. #toptip. Stop coddling yourself, stop making excuses for yourself, stop kidding yourself- you KNOW what you NEED to do for your health & body. Do it! If you can be honest with yourself and show yourself #toughlove then you will make a breakthrough that can take you where you want to be. Don't fight it, stop the stubbornness - allow yourself to go where you need to go for your health's sake. Take that step now.

#Quote of the day: Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. - Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

Twitter topic of the day: Is it easier to complain than dieting & exercising?

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My #questionoftheday is - Is it easier for you to complain about what's wrong than dieting/exercising and making yourself happy?

Unfortunately nowadays I hear more people complain about how they look & how they feel yet they are doing nothing to change that. DOH! What is wrong with this picture? The solution isn't going to come from complaining! It's only going to come from your actions! The energy you waste complaining & procrastinating is energy that would be better spent doing something to help yourself. #realtalk Imagine the reality you could create for yourself if you took all that energy you use to complain and put it to a greater purpose? It's all about mindset. If you keep yourself in the complaining/this is too hard mindset then you will go nowhere. Dieting and exercise is a mindgame and a mindset, especially at the start. You have to be all in or you will not succeed. Believe you can. If you go into diet & exercise with doubts or skepticism, then you will fail the minute you hit a wall or reach a plateau. Go all in! Get off the complaining treadmill that will take you nowhere and get on a real treadmill and go get the body you want! Be the tough boss of your body. Drop the complaining and get to work! ;) You CAN achieve your health & fitness goals, now will you get out of your own way and let yourself do it? That is the question.

#Quote of the day: To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France

Twitter topic of the day: What are you going to do with this week?

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My #questionoftheday is are you going to make the best of this week or will you let it be another wasted week where you could've progressed?

#Diet & #exercise is all about consistency and progressing. Just like a lottery, you have to be in it to win it! You can't claim that a #diet or #workout program failed you if you don't give it your 100% day in and day out. You will get what you put in. I'll repeat and excuse me for being blunt but if you give it a half-assed attempt then expect half-assed results. Your body is very willing to take it easy and stay where it's at, it prefers it! BUT your mind is stronger and can make your body change. You have to get mentally stronger to get physically stronger! You will need it to attack your diet and exercise the way you need to. Don't let another week or even another day go by where you do nothing and then complain about the lack of change or progress. YOU have to want to see your body, health, fitness and self-image/confidence change! You have to step up to the challenge. Stop with the excuses and reasons to justify your lack of effort. It's useless and a waste of energy. Just do it! Time is ticking.... Stop building all this drama in your head about #diet & #exercise and get to doing what you know you need to do. Change your mindset. Change your mindset into one of action and not one of excuses & complaining and you'll change your world! GO GET IT!!

#Diet tip: Never skip a meal, especially breakfast. Instead of skipping a meal, at least have a protein shake.

#Quote of the day: If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. - Mary Engelbreit

Twitter topic of the day: Do you blame others for not getting your diet & exercise done?

This post is my twitter daily tips / topic of the day. Follow me on Twitter @ezhomefitness

My #questionoftheday is do you use others as your scapegoats & excuses for not getting your diet & exercise done?

You have to learn to hold yourself accountable to whether you succeed or fail with your diet & exercise program. Stop blaming others! Too many people look for scapegoats to blame for their not dieting properly or going off their diet & also for not exercising. There are exceptions but the exceptions are far & few between. If the will is there then so will be the progress. Time is certainly a factor, so is your job, your responsibilities too but it still all is up to YOU and only YOU whether you succeed or not. Diet & exercise for a lot of people is something totally new so you have to change past behaviors that only got you into your current state. Instead of blaming people for your failures, try including them on your new diet & exercise program. Your scapegoats can become your greatest allies in your diet & execise journey. If they can't or won't help, look for someone who will help! You have to make that choice to look for help instead of excuses! Excuses will get you nowhere. You have to change that mindset. That excuse making mindset has gotten you to this place in your life. It did nothing for you. Time to trash it and begin anew. Just as you look to change your body & health with a new diet & exercise program, so you must look to change your past mindset & behaviors. I know this is easier said than done. Old habits die hard but you created them, you can create new better ones in their place! The question is will you? How badly do you want to change yourself? It's all within you to do. You can do it. Make up your mind that u will.

#Quote of the day: We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle

Twitter topic of the day: Do you get down on yourself over your weight?

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My #questionoftheday is do you get down on yourself over your weight? Does it affect your self-esteem? Does it affect your confidence?

The good news is that you absolutely have complete control over your weight and how it affects your self-esteem and confidence. Take control of your diet & exercise and jump in & do it. Nothing will change with your weight unless you take action. You may not have control over your job, your commute, your bills and so many other responsibilities but you do have control over your weight. While you have responsibilities to your home, family, job, etc. there is no greater responsibility than taking care of yourself. This is the beginning of a new week, make today the day you begin to get your weight, your self-esteem & confidence back! You owe it to you!

#Quote of the day: You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. - unknown