Ever had that feeling you are on a roll? Since our last group (telephone) meeting on March 15th, I have been getting e-mails daily from many of you who are already making inspiring and significant progress.
In this posting (below) you will find:

1. Reframe your blame
2. Action steps with your nutrition
3. Important steps regarding your fitness 5. How to Invite others, without nagging, to join us

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1. MAKING UP YOUR MIND: REFRAME YOUR BLAME
In accounting we have two very interesting terms; Let’s together consider "sunk cost" and "opportunity cost."
In essence, sunk cost is a cost that has been incurred and cannot be reversed. Think about this for a minute, a cost that will never be recovered... never! So does this sound like an item where much energy should be spent worrying? For example, when I was just beginning my successful journey to lose my 140 pounds of excess weight in less than nine months, do you think it would have served me well to contemplate the countless other "diets," "exercise programs," or "broken New Year's resolutions" over the past twenty five years where my resolve was not sufficient to finish what I started? Do you think pondering on my weaknesses and self-doubts would be a productive use of my mental energies given the fact that, currently, there was not a single thing I could do about any of that? Sunk cost is something that will serve you well only if you take the healthy, forward focusing view that "no matter how I got here... I'm here! Now, what can I do, today and going forward, to get me from where I am now to where I want to be."
Now, opportunity cost is the cost of an alternative that must be forgone in order to pursue a certain action. Put another way, the benefits you could have received by taking an alternative action. So, August 26th is 155 days from today. That day is going to occur whether or not you do anything to move closer to your positive vision of your ideal physically fit future. So, the opportunity cost is that there is at least one person walking this planet (me) who believes that in the next 155 days you can transform your health, fitness and gain an unstoppable lifetime momentum in permanently maintaining your health & fitness goals for a longer happier quality of life.
So, whether you join us in The Fitness Race or not, it is my call to action to you to sit down and write a page or two focusing on your ideal vision of yourself focusing only on things you can control and describing yourself in vivid detail. Jump out to this time next year and describe what you look like, what you feel like, what your clothes size is, what others' comments are about your achievement, what other balance in your life now exists due to the momentum created by this wonderful accomplishment in your physical health. If there are others in your life you care about who are struggling with their weight, describe the positive impact and progress they have made as a result of their inspiration in what they have seen you achieve.
Do yourself a favor, sit down in within the next 24 hours and write-out your positive vision of your ideal future... then forget the past, focus on the future and those things within your control.
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2. ACTION STEPS WITH YOUR NUTRITION
- Consider eating less calories per sitting (less than 400 calories whenever you eat)
- Don't go more than four hours without eating at least 100 calories
- Don't eat an hour before bed time (two hours will serve you best)
- Drink ten glasses of water per day
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3. IMPORTANT STEPS REGARDING YOUR FITNESS
Schedule a call with your doctor to evaluate whether, in their opinion, there are any obstacles to increasing your physical activity.
Then, get your calendar out immediately and block at least four hours of training over the next seven days. Example, block off a minimum of 48 minutes of continuous physical activity (where your heart rate is raised to the point that you feel the effort and that healthy glisten & glow on your face).
Every day you do train, make it your goal to email me at rapidresponse@thefitnessrace.com with the amount of time you trained, what you did, and how you felt the effort.
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5. HOW TO INVITE OTHERS WITHOUT NAGGING:
TALKING POINTS FOR YOU TO USE TO INVITE OTHERS TO OUR MEETINGS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR WEIGHT:
The Fitness Race meetings are about; learning why diets don't work... and what to do about it and to create a realistic and implement-able plan of action regarding improving your health and fitness.
Here's why:
The meetings are led by someone who's done it.
Mark Little was a 313 pound diabetic, who frequently took wheelchair assistance at the airport... and is now doing four triathlons a year. You'll be surprised how simple and compelling his story is of struggling for more than 25 years, then making up his mind and resolving to create a process to "take charge of his health and fitness." Mark will show you exactly what he did, and believes you can do it to.
Mark believes others can and will do what he has done because…
THREE REASONS TO BELIEVE:
Reason one: Mark went from class III morbidly obese (the highest rating) to normal weight... in less than nine months
Reason two: He went from barely being able to walk across the street... and is now doing four triathlons per year
Reason three: After 25 years of failed attempts at dieting and losing weight... Mark figured out a simple four-step process that anyone can follow
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Here's to your success,
The Fitness Race Team
P.S. Everyone "struggling with their weight" is encouraged to join the teleconference (even if you're not ready to make any commitments). You'll enjoy an inspiring story of a person who succeeded after many failed attempts.
P.P.S. Invite someone onto the call who might benefit from one-on-one mentoring by an individual who has actually lost 140 pounds and kept it off.
P.P.P.S. If you've never struggled with your weight, but care about someone who has... come learn some steps to help without nagging.
P.P.P.P.S. Belief in "what's possible" might take-over within you!