As I put together my program for the first quarter this year I reflected on a not-so-successful 2008. I have to admit I’ve been the poster child for inconsistency … I’ve created momentum a few times but then let vacations or work projects or other things derail me. Don’t get me wrong … I’ve been training and eating healthy for nearly a decade now (that means I’m behind, because when I started I had twenty years of bad habits to make up for) and I never stop, but I haven’t exactly finished everything I’ve started.

I was doling out some advice to someone the other day when it struck me that it’s time to get back to the basics and not be one of those "do I as I say, not as I do" coaches, but to eat my own dog food. Part of that was reflecting on how to make 2009 the most successful year yet … and I came up with a list of 10 items to focus on: 5 things to avoid, and 5 things to do.

So why be selfish and keep them to myself when you can benefit as well?

Here are my top 5 things to avoid as you embark on your healthy journey and work on those New Year resolutions this year:

1. DO NOT fall for those silly diet pill scams. I run Google ads on my site, which is an “open” ad network. I don’t have a lot of control over the ads, although I can block certain ads if I don’t want them to show. I found out this is getting harder and harder because people set up these campaigns with 500 different websites. It seems the world is convinced that you can drink some goofy tea and shed weight. OK, so the tea isn’t the only big lie out there … there’s pills and potions and network marketing systems and a million other ways you’re supposed to go on auto-pilot. Think about it. If it were that easy, we’d all pay to go on auto-pilot. It’s not.

2. DO NOT go on a diet. I know it sounds strange and you’ve got to shed those pounds, but I’m begging you not to diet. Maybe it’s just semantics so we’ll need to get our vocabulary straight: a diet is that program you go on to lose weight. You hate it and plug your nose when you try to eat the food or down the shakes and you can’t wait for your special “no holds bar” meal or day but in the back of your mind you just think, “If I can just hang onto this long enough and lose the weight, then I can get back to normal eating.” What is normal? Normal today is type 2 diabetes, obesity, and a myriad other conditions that debilitate and make our quality of life miserable. We have lots of medication to prop us up and keep us able to pay taxes longer, but we’re not enjoying the quality of life we deserve. You need to find something that’s for life and that means it can’t be a diet that you’ll switch off. Fortunately, I’ve got a cure for this one … just tap into my 5 Keys to Healthy Eating.

3. DO NOT get all ga-ga over that huge weight drop you have on the first week of your program and then get frustrated and think you’re doing something wrong because the weight loss slow. As I mention in 10 Fat Mistakes, the average female can expect to lose around 0.5 - 1.5 percent of their body fat each week, and the average male is a bit luckier at 1 - 2 percent. That’s doing it all PERFECTLY. If you are losing more, don’t get too excited: is more than likely water weight and a bit of muscle as well. I’m sorry, but those are the cold, hard facts … usually when you start a new program, you do two things: one is you cut back on sodium because most programs focus on more whole, less processed foods, and two is you cut back on carbohydrates because the fad today is to focus on getting more protein and most programs suggest fewer calories as well. The sodium releases water your body was retaining to dilute the sodium levels in your body, while the lower calories and carbohydrates release water from your muscles that was bound with carbohydrate in the form of glycogen. It all looks good on paper but it’s normal to have a big loss and then taper.

If you want to get the jump on what is practical to lose and how to lose it, read Your Real Metabolism.

4. DO NOT throw out the scale. I’m tired of people telling me muscle weighs more than fat. Does 1 pound of muscle really weigh more than 1 pound of fat? Sorry, I know it’s a trick question, but let’s do a reality check. You are what some people call “skinny fat” and have about 10 pounds of fat to lose. Fine. I’ll buy that your scale weight isn’t going to go down, might even go up. There are plenty of people close to their target weight who can get away with talking up the density of muscle (the true statement is “muscle is denser than fat”). However, most people have a LOT of weight to lose … and in Vegas the odds would be in my favor because statistics say 2 out of 3 Americans are overweight and in a room full of 10 I’m going to meet between 2 and 3 who are obese.

Let’s do a big reality check. If you have 30 pounds to lose, for the scale to stay the same you will also have to gain 30 pounds of muscle. I’ve been in the fitness industry for a long time. Let’s forget the freak show muscle mag covers for a second and focus on bodybuliders who enter natural bodybuilding events. Forget wheter or not the events are successful at testing for steroid use or not, just consider these are the most massive, muscular physiques. They make their money by building muscle so I’m going to guess these bodybuilders probably have access to the most knowledge, training, and possess the best genetics for building muscle mass.

These top trainers are happy to gain … drum roll please … 2 or 3 pounds of quality muscle in a YEAR! That’s right. Now, we know that people gain more muscle when they start a program, but the claims that you can gain, say, 20 pounds in 12 weeks are just preposterous.

Don’t believe me? How about a little common sense. I was 178 when I was shredded. Let’s say I was the most knowledgeable bodybuilder in the world and did everything perfect, and was able to gain just 1 pound a month. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? I mean, this wouldn’t even register on the scale … unless I weighed every month. I’ve been training for 8 years now. Had I known what I was doing, I could be .. 12 x 8 = 96 pounds heavier, or shredded and muscular at 274 pounds. Does that make sense to you? It doesn’t to me … the top bodybuilders in the world who DON’T enter “natural” competitions weigh in at around or below 300.

My point is that if you have 30 pounds to lose, I doubt you are going to gain 30 pounds. So while your scale won’t move every week, it doesn’t lie - it tells you the truth: how much you weight … and over time, it SHOULD go down.

5. DO NOT give up. Look, I’ve been at this for awhile and I’ve seen people succeed, and people fail. I’ve met very few people who figured out what works for them the first try. It took me a year to find the right combination and balance in my life to make it work for me, I know others who have tried for years and years before they had their “ah-hah” moment and suddenly transformed into the person they deserve to be. So how long is long enough? Most people get fired up the first week when they drop, get disappointed week two when their weight loss slows, and then give up after the third week. What if the breakthrough was just a week away?

Listen, if you’re doing this for right now or next week or to look good for a wedding or beach, I can’t help you. Good luck and enjoy the diets and fitting into your clothes and then wondering why when you shed so much weight you’re still afraid to take off your shirt (here’s a hint: you lost it the wrong way). I’m not doing this to be on the cover of a magazine, I’m doing it to enjoy life and live it as healthy as I can be. That means a long term focus.

I’m convinced that the only way to fail … is to give up. Even if you don’t see the results you want, keep trying until you figure it out.

I wanted to get the negative over so that we can focus on the positive. Here are my top 5 things to do this year:

1. DO set a clear vision of what you want and dig deeper than just “lose weight.” The process I talk about is finding reasons, not actions. So you do this drill: what, why, what, why, what, why.

What: I want to lose weight.
Why? So I look better.
What: I want to look better.
Why? So I feel better about myself.
What: I want to feel better about myself.
Why? Because I don’t like who I am.
What: I don’t like who I am.
Why? Because I don’t have energy or feel healthy.
What: I don’t have energy or feel healthy.
Why? Because I’m not eating the right foods or exercising on a regular basis.

You see … this drill can continue for awhile, but the goal is to find out what you REALLY want and why you REALLY want to change. Maybe it is to look good on the beach, but often there are deeper reasons and those become the key to how you can succeed and why you might sabotage yourself.

Learn more about The Decision and How to Change your Mindset.

2. DO tap into a community for support. I make my goals public on my blog, to you, to my co-workers, to my family, and do as many people as I can. I love the support on our own forums and tap into other networks as well. You’ve probably heard it said that someone can learn a lot about you by the company you keep. I’m saying ditch your friends who don’t live healthy because I want you to inspire them with your own transformation … but it’s important to find new friends or groups of people who can encourage and support you in your journey so you don’t do it alone and go to others for advice. My good friend Tom Venuto built an incredible community called the Burn the Fat Inner Circle to create a community that encourages health and transformation.

3. DO find yourself a mentor/coach. It may be a knowledgeable friend, a personal trainer at the gym, or someone online. I could go on and on about the importance of coaching. Because of my various projects, I don’t actively coach myself but am always available to support you in our forums and through our Question of the Day. Even the most successful trainers I know (myself included) hire their own coaches to continue to learn and grow.

4. DO track your success. I don’t care if you use something fast, easy, and free like FitDay.com, or a more comprehensive tool like I use to shed weight (DietPower: How I Get Ripped with Confidence). I’ve put calculators on the site and some people just boil it down to a spreadsheet. The point is simple: you can’t improve something unless you measure it. You need to Measure Your Success and know where you stand so you can make the right adjustments and tweak your program to be successful over the long term.

5. DO write specific goals and read them daily. “Lose weight” is not a good goal. “Lose 20 pounds by March 1st” is a much better goal. “Build muscle” is weak, “Bench press my body weight” is more specific, “Bench press my body weight by April 1st” even better. Sometimes when the day is challenging it takes having that little piece of paper to remind yourself why you are doing this.

I think goals should be more than just the statement. They should have several parts: the goal, the reason you have the goal, the habits you’ll drop to achieve the goal, the habits you’ll start to accomplish the goal, and a personal mantra.

For example …

GOALS
1. Run my first marathon (all the way) by December 2009
2. Reach 200 pounds by June 1st 2009
3. Fit in my 31″ leather pants by August 1st 2009

REASONS
1. I want to start a big project that takes me outside of my comfort zone and see it through to completion
2. I want to reinforce my healthy habits and raise the bar of excellence in my life, and the side effect of that will be shedding some of the weight I gained as the result of slacking off
3. My wife bought the pants as a gift when I was heavy into bodybuilding, and she deserves to receive the gift of me putting in the effort to make that goal a reality

HABITS TO DROP
1. Eating junk during the week
2. Skipping workouts with the excuse “I’m too tired”
3. Drinking too much wine on the weekends

HABITS TO FORM
1. Work out consistently
2. Read my goals every day
3. Go to bed early so I wake up more easily in the morning

MANTRA
I’m getting out of my own way to be the person I deserve to be.

Hey, thanks for your patience and taking the time to read this. I hope it helps you create the best year ever!

Warmly,

I’m excited about the year to come and all it can bring. For my friends out there who have struck up some "New Year’s Resolutions" I wanted to share an excerpt from my recent newsletter with some tips and encouragement for staying the course this year.

I hope you had a great 2008.

At our house, we’re finishing the packing and getting ready for a
fun road trip down to Florida to celebrate the New Year. I’m
personally sore in the arms from a few boxing matches on my
daughter’s new Wii … as a personal trainer, it is tough to
believe it and hard to admit it but video games CAN really help
promote fitness. I am amazed at the level of intensity you can
generate with the console provided you play the right games and do
them standing up … now we are seriously considering Wii Fit
because workouts don’t work out unless you do them, and one way to
make sure you get them done is to make them fun.

As we go into 2009, I know a lot of you have goals to start a new
program on January 1st. For some of you (and it is my prayer for
most of you) this will be a turning point that will truly transform
your life forever. Unfortunately, many of you are not going to make
it past the first week and statistics don’t favor the large
majority of people getting past March with their New Year’s
Resolutions.

Why such a high failure rate? Why is it so tough to form new,
healthy habits and reap the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle?

I’m not sharing this from a soap box because I live with the same
challenges you all do. My career takes time away, I have a family I
am devoted to, and lots of activities that make it difficult to
schedule that consistent time to train. Stress causes me to want to
reach for the "trigger foods" that are fatty and loaded with salt,
rather than giving my body more of the fruits, vegetables, and
whole foods it needs and deserves.

However, I can say that nearly ten years after I made the decision
to shed weight and focus on fitness, I’m still my healthiest ever.
I may fluctuate and put a little bit of that midsection fat back
on, but I also have limits and never have let myself go back to 44"
slacks at nearly 250 pounds. I consistently eat healthy and
exercise. It wasn’t always this way and it wasn’t always this easy
to maintain focus, but my passion for discovering the keys to
success is why I developed Lose Fat, Not Faith.

So I’m happy and excited to share one last note in 2008 and provide
you with a set of tools to empower you to become one of the
successful few who sticks with their plan and achieves their goals
in 2009, not just in January or first quarter but really next year
and with a conviction to keep those newly found habits for life.

The first thing to read is how to make your goals stick (and why
people tend to lose sight of the bigger picture).

Make Your Goals Stick
http://articles.losefatnotfaith.com/index.php?itemid=31

As part of that article you’ll find a reference to an audio that I
encourage you to listen to because it talks about the importance of
The Decision. You may think you are making a choice but the depth
of that choice and the weight you place upon it will have a major
impact on whether or not you follow through.

The Decision
http://articles.losefatnotfaith.com/index.php?itemid=385&catid=23

If you are the type of person who needs to be pushed and prodded
… if perhaps you’ve have a long, frustrating pattern of setting
goals but then failing to achieve them, perhaps you need to get
fired up with my open letter that I wrote a friend in a similar
situation many years ago.

Open Letter to those at the Edge of the Abyss
http://articles.losefatnotfaith.com/index.php?itemid=525&catid=8

Perhaps you need some inspiration and want to tap into something
bigger than who you are to help you find success. If so, you are
pursuing something I believe we are called to in this life:
greatness. Our definitions of greatness may vary, but it’s the
pursuit I believe that shapes us and our dreams.

The Pursuit of Greatness
http://articles.losefatnotfaith.com/index.php?itemid=8&catid=8

Be sure to read and reread your copy of 10 Fat Mistakes so you
don’t make the same mistakes yourself. Then add your list of
weapons in the fight against obesity:

Weight Loss Success Secrets:
http://articles.losefatnotfaith.com/index.php?itemid=125&catid=4

And Seven Keys to Permanent Weight Loss Success:
http://articles.losefatnotfaith.com/index.php?itemid=12&catid=4

I know it’s a lot to read, but it’s all there for you to empower
you on your journey.
Please tuck this email away to refer to down the road.

It is my prayer this day that the next success story is YOURS.

I achieved more than I imagined possible, and it’s all chronicled
in the video …

The Power of Losing Fat, Not Faith
http://articles.losefatnotfaith.com/index.php?itemid=162&catid=23

That power is everyone’s to tap into, receive, and use to transform
the world.

Wishing you health, success, abundance, and many returns in the
year to come,

It’s all there in today’s blog post, just click here to read it all!

After that, I tied on my shoes and descended into the basement.

The workout is simple, based on the Body-for-LIFE principles of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Instead of the 20 minutes, however, I extend by 4 minutes early in the week, then another 4 minutes later in the week, so the main workout is 24 and 28 minutes respectively. I then increase 0.1 mph the next week and repeat (on the weekend I do a long run in the neighborhood for a third cardio session). I also put the treadmill at a 3.0 incline, although that is more to save it from the friction of my 200-pound plus foot falls than to add any extra challenge.

I was coming into minute 20. I had covered 2.25 miles and was running at 6.6 mph. It was time to increase the clip to 7.6. I was feeling tired (after all, I had been up two hours with no food prior) and little excuses started popping up in my mind. “Take it easy,” and “You didn’t get a full night’s rest last night,” and “You’re starving, so just wind it down now.”

Those are the little dream-killers that keep us from achieving greatness. I believe our measure is in part how well we listen to, or laugh at, those little voices that want to keep us mediocre.

I reflected upon WHY I was doing the workouts the way I had them scheduled. It is simple: in September 2006, I set a mission to run an ultramarathon, a race of 50 miles or more. It seemed impossible, which is why it was the perfect goal, because it is the Big Hairy Goals that test our limits and teach us who we really are. I started with a local 5K to benefit a girl suffering from a rare disease. I ran it in 28 minutes flat. In September 2007, I ran the race again and finished in 26:10. This year, I have a goal to run it better than 24 minutes and continue shaving time.

There is a local man in the neighborhood that I don’t know personally, but who runs a lot and won the race last year. I like to think of him as my “competitor” because I know if I keep up with him, I’ll be well on my way to my record as he is quite fast.

So, at 20 minutes, I shifted to 7.6 mph and imagined the last leg of the race. I’m running around the loop, and slowly gaining on him. This is how I push hard and reach my goal.

The image is strong and as 21 minutes approach, he notices me and picks up his pace. So I kick up to 8.6 miles per hour. Now we’re running neck to neck, and pushing forward but conserving that last little bit we know we need to break out for the finish line.

Before I know it, the end is in sight. At 22 minutes, I kick into 9.6 miles per hour and go all out. We are pushing to the finish line and finally all of my energy is directed to just moving my body, breathing, and staying upright on the treadmill.

I hit my goal.

I modify the cool down a bit: Body-for-LIFE suggests going to a minute at a “level 5″ but I kick it down to a level 6 and jog a bit to cool down. I find this is easier on my body and helps me increase my fitness level faster as well. My rule is simple: drop 1 mph every minute while you are still jogging. Once you are walking, drop 1 mph ever 30 seconds. When you hit 2.0 mph, walk another 30 seconds and you’re done. For me, that meant 5.6, then 4.6, then 3.6, then 2.6, then 2.0.

Isn’t it amazing how visualization can help us achieve our goals? Remember the future and wait for it to come.

Click here to read it all …

I think back, for example, at my own career. Just one example is how I left my first software company on good terms, and almost ten years later was contacted by the founder of that company to help launch a new business. 10 years is a long time, but the seeds that were planted grew to help shape our lives in the present.

I was out for a jog today. I do three cardio sessions every week. Two of those are on the treadmill. Succeeding there is fairly "cut and dry" because it simply involves upping the speed or the incline and is a very measurable progression.

My weekend jogs are purposefully not so detailed. I have a great GPS watch that measures distance and pace, but I don’t wear it. My jogs are to connect with myself, a spiritual journey that I can take the time to reflect, meditate, pray and really plan the week to come.

There is a loop I take that is fairly hilly. I have two options, one is an out-and-back that may be anywhere from 4 to 5 miles, and the other is a full loop that is around 4 1/2 miles with some great hills. I’d been doing the loop for awhile, so when I started my run, I decided I would shoot for the out-and-back.

As I approached "the point of no return" (or rather, the turnaround point) I decided that I didn’t want to just retrace my steps and come back, so I opted to make a turn and pursue the loop.

Going that direction leaves me with a rather extreme hill near the end. It was a hot day and I haven’t been running in the heat, and I was still sore from some intense training routines, so after 4 miles, coming to the hill I was feeling spent. I had already determined that I would beat that hill, so as I approached, I slowed my pace, took a few drinks from my water bottle, then braced myself for the ascent.

I pushed hard and after what seemed like forever, I made it to the top. If I had any more energy I would have jumped up and down and cheered because it is a tough hill to tackle … I haven’t always made it to the top and sometimes it is a very slow pace, but this time I really nailed it.

After the hill, it was a nice downhill jog for a bit, then a bit of uphill.

My jogs finish on a downhill towards our house, so to make them interesting, I purposefully add a little side trip up a side road that adds a steep hill at the very end (this one is much shorter). It only adds about three blocks to the run but for me, the psychology of having that last little challenge makes the run more interesting.

I was just coming out of the downhill portion and beginning the approach to my neighborhood when I realized that I was aching all over. I was happy about the victory on the hill, but the heat was getting to me, my water bottle was empty, and it felt like every muscle in my body was sore.

It was tempting to just "throw in the towel" and I could have easily justified it by saying, "Hey, I had a great run on that hill .. that’s good enough." So my mind explored the thought of walking a short distance, skipping that last little spur, and just finishing there.

That’s when I realized it was an opportunity: slow or grow.

I could go it slow. It could finish with a whimper, not a bang. Heck, that last little bit probably won’t amount to many extra calories or change how fast I run my next race. But is there something more to it?

Last year I attempted my first marathon. It was an inaugural marathon and everything went wrong. Being a slower runner, I was in the wave of joggers who found that the race wasn’t prepared for the unseasonal heat (it was 86 degrees in March) and had actually run out of water and Power Ade. I ran the first 10 miles with no fluids and was feeling it. By the time I did get fluids I had confused my schedule … any one who runs distances knows that fluid intake can be an art in itself … too much and you end up bloated and cramping, too little spells danger. I was confused and tried to drink what I could but hit a turn around mile 20 and just felt like I was going to have heat stroke.

You can read about my humbling experience here:

Inaugural ING Marathon Race Report

In hindsight, I think I made the right choice … many people had to be taken away by ambulance for the exact reason I decided to cut it short.

So today, I reflected upon that challenge and how painful that last leg of the marathon was.

And then it clicked.

I was in pain at the end of this run, but this was a perfect opportunity to push myself out of my comfort zone. Even just those last four blocks represented not the physical difference of taking my body to a new level, but the mental difference of having what it takes to see something through to the end.

This was JUST the opportunity to take something challenging and work through it. So what if I was sore, tired, hot, and aching? I knew in my heart I had what it took to finish the loop as planned, so why was I trying to make excuses in my mind? It wasn’t about cardiovascular fitness anymore, it was about heart and spirit.

If I stopped there, what about my next race? What about my next marathon attempt? Why wouldn’t I just say, “Hey, I’ve made it 21 miles, that’s 1 mile more than the last attempt, so why keep going?”

Not me. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: life is like going up the down escalator. If you stand still, you fall behind.

So I decided then and there that I would be a winner, that I would exercise not just my speed, or endurance, or strength, I would exercise my will and my tolerance for pain and begin training for those tough last few miles before the finish line. I know from my prior training what that feels like, and that even though my goal is many months away, the soil is rich and ready and THIS is the time to plant seeds. Right now.

So I looked up and realized how far I still had to go, and it overwhelmed me. Not good enough. Not the right way to finish. Nope, instead, I would break this down into pieces. So I picked something closer … that street crossing just ahead. No problem, I’ll just make it there and then we’ll worry about the rest.

So I pushed forward. Every step felt like I was wading through molasses … my whole body felt heavy and sore and like each footstep was jolting me, but I did it … I kept pushing. I made it to the intersection.

Sometimes I think it helps to have cues to reward ourselves for those small goals. This may sound silly, but I decided I would break down that last part of a mile into little chunks, and every time I succeeded, I would shift my water bottle. That’s it, something simple, but a sign to myself I’m progressing … one goal met, so I shifted the bottle from my right hand to the left.

Now I picked the edge of the guardrail. Again, one step at a time. Not worried about everything else - the distance, the heat, only can I make it to the guardrail? YES … so I got there, now I shifted the water bottle from my left hand back to my right.

Now it was the next intersection. Yes! I had the energy, even up the hill. I made it. Great, turn and head to the next corner. There. Now some down hill, and then that spur I mentioned. I was doing it! I hit the spur, looked at the uphill, and focused on the summit. It was a much smaller hill than the one before, but I was determined not to break my pace and keep pushing. I made it. One last shift of the water bottle, then the downhill. Then the finish line.

And here’s something special that happened … instead of falling into my comfort zone and taking it slow, I decided to grow. And I could walk home knowing I had given it my all. I can relax and feel GREAT this evening because I accomplished something and earned the right to relax.

You see, if I had given up, walked it in, skipped the spur, I would have said, “I did great on that hill” but then that would be it. No victory, no growth, just a mediocre run no different than the other runs. But I don’t want any mediocre workouts. I want every one to be the best one. So I would have just settled down, satisfied that I actually trained, but not feeling this elation that comes from not just training my body, but training my mind and will to prove we truly can test and push limits and achieve more than we initially intended.

So I came home a victor, and I knew something even more profound and important: I just planted a little seed for success, because the next time I am on a long run and face a tough challenge, I’ll have that experience to draw upon. I can take the energy from that victory and use it as inspiration to overcome the next barrier. I will remember this victory, and the other victories to come, when I need them most at my next marathon attempt … when it’s those last few miles and I have to draw on spirit and place myself in God’s care and ask Him, “Thy will be done” there will be that memory that His gift of free will helped me overcome before and will empower me to overcome then.

How exciting! Do you realize you can make every workout, and turn it not into something you DO, or just calories burned, but a truly life transforming experience? The power is within us all.

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Seriously, hadn’t really thought of it this way, but did you know your fat loss efforts actually release carbon dioxide and help out the plants and trees around you? Great reason to get fit and go green at the same time!

Big Pharma Wants YOUR Choices

Here is another great example of Big Pharma trying to take over. Apparently, it’s not good enough that there is a huge market for weight loss supplements out there, so certain companies are pressing the FDA for tighter regulations. It sounds good on the surface and I’ll be the first to admit most weight loss products are bunk, but do I really want the pharmaceutical industry stepping in? I don’t think so … I like the choice we have and the ability to educate ourselves. More control from Big Pharma just seems like a faster road to prescription drugs instead of educating people about the lifestyle choices they can make instead. Read about the rest of it by clicking here.

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