Dear Friends,

 

I hope this email finds you well!  If you are receiving this and live in the US go vote!  Ok that is all I am talking about for politics.  I think the media does enough to saturate our minds with it!

 

One more quick thing before I get to the heart of the email.  If you watched my grocery shopping video http://mamatone.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/fat-loss-tips-secret-foods-at-the-grocery-store/ I had mentioned I bought frozen rhubarb for my protein shakes to try it out.  I HIGHLY unrecommend rhubarb in your smoothies… not only is it very stringy and gets stuck in your blender blade, but it also doesn’t taste too good.

 

This past Sunday at 4:30 PM was a somewhat exciting milestone for myself and fitness.  For the first time in my life I was able to bench press the 100 lb dumbells.  What got me even more excited was that I did this while dieting and having lost 12 lbs.  Dieting will usually cause muscle loss as well.

 

I don’t usually share personal specific #’s and such with you, but I did for a couple reasons.

 

This has been a goal that I have been wanting to achieve for over 4 years, but about a year ago really set my mind to achieving it.  I started to tell others about it, I set a deadline, and I even competed against my little brother with it(he beat me ).  My goal was to be able to do it before my surgery this past June, unfortunately I wasn’t quite able to do it, but I didn’t give up on the goal and the dream.

 

So what goals do you have in your life that you aren’t achieving?  Have you ever told anybody about them?  Have you set goals and failed at achieving them and no longer set goals for yourself?

 

Goals are so important, because without goals you don’t know where you want to go, and if you don’t know where you want to go, you won’t know how to get there.  Goals are the rudder that stears the ship of your life. (wow that sounds like a Dr Phil comment)

 

So often people don’t make goals for themselves and then wonder why they never achieve what they want.

 

When you achieve a goal in your life share it with someone, sharing it will give you satisfaction and make you want to create new goals to achieve.  That is why I share my triumph with you today.

 

So….

 

1.  Make specific goals with deadlines.

2.  Tell people around you what those goals are to keep you accountable

3.  If you don’t reach your goal, set new goals and observe why you didn’t achieve those first goals.

4.  Celebrate once you achieve your goal (ideally not food related)

 

Well this is getting long, but just wanted to get that off my chest!

 

The indoor bootcamp at Supreme is SOLD OUT!  We still have some spots available at McFarland.  If you would like to be put on a waiting list or sign up for the next session let me know.

 

Keep moving,

Dustin