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" My body is not me, it is mine. My mind is not me, it is mine. My emotions are not me, they are mine. My spirit on the other hand …"

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The path to true health is a three-fold process. One must exercise the body, the mind and the spirit. Before we can strengthen the mind and spirit, we must make sure that it’s container … the body … is heading towards optimum. Physical exercise is the first step. Yet it is only the FIRST step.

Beware excuses!

Beware excuses!

Wellness is something we work on for our whole life. If we have developed good habits, it does not SEEM like work, but it is an ongoing process. Physical, emotional, and spiritual fitness require continuous effort, though if we are doing it right we will not even notice the effort involved. Sometimes it is focused...

Challenging myself … challenging YOU!

Challenging myself ... challenging YOU!

My last post was about how changing the little things in the daily routine may be significant in producing a healthy lifestyle. Healthy habits are the key to positive growth. This applies to improving ourselves, physically, emotionally AND spiritually. However, as important as creating these small habitual changes may be, we still have to take...

Focusing on the small things

Focusing on the small things

In a holistic view of health, self-improvement is not just about what we do for ourselves, but what we do in general. Our activity plays a role in all levels of our health. Physical activities obviously will have a direct effect on our physical fitness, but they will also influence our general emotional and even...

Patience is a … necessity

Patience is a ... necessity

Knowing our weaknesses is as important as knowing our strengths. It is as easy to be blind to those things that hold us back as it is to create unnecessary limits on our own progress. We DO have limits. The trick is to recognize the real ones while not imposing false ones on ourselves. Learning...

A challenge #22KILL

A challenge #22KILL

Everyone faces challenges as we move forward in life. These challenges will take many forms, sometimes physical, sometimes mental, maybe even spiritual ... whatever form they take, we need to face them if we wish to continue to grow. We cannot compare our challenges to that of others, for we do not walk the same...

Returning to self

Returning to self

A healthy life is ultimately about finding balance. No matter what aspect of life we are discussing, we will find that the too much of something can be as harmful to our well-being as too little. In both cases we will find that something necessary to our holistic health is neglected, often without ourselves even being aware...

Mythology and the healthy body

Mythology and the healthy body

In this age of constant communications, we are inundated with the expectations of others. We are bombarded with images of how we should look, descriptions of how we should feel ... in short we are the target of many with ulterior motives. Sometimes the motives are pure, more often it is to manipulate us for...

Maybe I should re-introduce myself …

Maybe I should re-introduce myself …

Much has changed in my life since I first introduced myself and this project. I am updating the site so it is more current to who I am today. It seems appropriate to modify my self-introduction as well. So here is the new and improved "Who the hell am I?":

If you are here on this...

Try the mirror first #1000Speak

Try the mirror first #1000Speak

It is awe-inspiring how many problems we have with others stem from our own self-image. It does not help that, especially in this day and age of constant information overload ... even in the so-called backwaters of the world, we are bombarded with OTHER people's expectations of how WE should be. This affects not only...

Changing directions

Changing directions

When I first started this blog, it was an after effect of getting myself into shape to hike the Appalachian Trail. I needed to get myself fit, and also figure out ways to fund the effort. I found the BeachBody products, which are definitely fitness oriented, and do provide the POTENTIAL for money. Unfortunately, to...

Healer, heal thyself!

Healer, heal thyself!

Those who fall into the category of healer or caretaker often share one character "flaw". They all to often forget to apply the same level of care to themselves. This is really true of ANY giving personality. We tend to place others before ourselves, to our own detriment. And this can be a very hard...

Getting creative

Getting creative

Living healthy is a choice. It doesn't matter if we are focused on physical health, mental health, or spiritual health (or all of them) ... it is something we CHOOSE to do (or not). Actually for some, the hardest part of such a lifestyle is often the choice to live that way. Based on this...

Mind over matter

Mind over matter

I recently encountered this meme while exploring the digital world:

This is true.

Basically, any type of self-improvement is first and foremost a mental challenge. Stripped down to the basics, humans are ultimately a combination of habits and perceptions. How we perceive ourselves will determine the habits we develop, and thus how we live our lives. So...

Touching base

I first started this project for two primary reasons. One, because I know the value of taking care of ourselves on all levels, and also know how easy it is to let that slide. Especially for those of us who have a tendency to put others first. Add to that inundation of marketing and the...

The danger of comparison

The danger of comparison

We live in a society that worships image. This is an ultimate side effect of a profit driven culture. With an over abundance of choices in all aspects of our life, the only way to make MY product stand out over YOURS is to somehow make it APPEAR better. Since humanity in general is also...

P90X3

Tony Horton’s P90X3 is now available! Get ripped in 30 minutes a day, using Tony Horton’s breakthrough Muscle Acceleration system. Now you’ll always have the time to work out—and you can burn fat and build lean muscle faster than ever.

’tis the season!

'tis the season!

As much as many people might love this time of the year, it also happens to be one of the toughest times of years when it comes to fitness goals. Between social gatherings filled with all sorts of yummy but less than healthy foods, and the weather making routine exercise more difficult, and increased stress...

Check out the Thanksgiving weekend specials!

Check out the Thanksgiving weekend specials!

Take a look over at the features page for a quick sale, Nov 27 through Dec 2!

A shift in focus

A shift in focus

I have always understood the value of a healthy lifestyle ... maybe more so when I was not living one. Usually when I slip away from one is in the darker times of my life, which is not really so unusual. Self-abuse ... even passive aggressive self-abuse ... is not uncommon when we are unhappy...

Excuses, excuses …

Excuses, excuses ...

A friend of mine posted this on FB the other day:
I want to lose 15 pounds by January 1.... I hate strict diets, don't exercise much, and will not give up drinking. Any ideas?
While this was partly said in jest, there was also truth in it, so along with the multiple other suggestions from others...

Adding a little bit of clarity

Adding a little bit of clarity

When I started with Team BeachBody, my primary intent was to start getting into shape again. It has been my experience that no matter WHAT the ads say; no matter what any fitness programs claims, the true path to fitness is the sincere desire to change our life. How we do it; the exercise program...

Motivating each other

Motivating each other

Creating a fitness lifestyle requires a lot of discipline and routine. Unfortunately, not everyone is disciplined or works well with routine. I am a perfect example. While I can be very disciplined in specific instances, I am far from a disciplined personality. And routine, frankly, drives me insane. I thrive on variety ... even in...

Time to catch up!

Time to catch up!

As I think I may have mentioned along the way, I took a bit of a "vacation" that i just recently got back from. I am not sure one can truly call it a vacation when I don't have a typical 9-5 life, but it was a change of scenery and a bit of refreshment...

100%. NOW.

While focusing on our physical health is very important to a general improvement of ourselves, it is not the ONLY thing we need to focus on. Stress is a physical reality, an actual medical condition with documentable symptoms. Not everyone realizes this. But ironically, though it has strong effects on the body, stress is often...

The proof is in the pants …

The proof is in the pants ...

I just took this picture today, both for my own sense of pride and to share a little of "this too could be you".

Just a few months ago these were tight ...

When I first started seriously working on my weight a few months back, I really did not think about taking...

21 days to a better you …

21 days to a better you ...

Everyone has habits. We all have patterns we fall into, even the most free thinking of personalities. The habits may be small, hardly noticeable, even to ourselves, but we all have them. Wether a habit is good or bad is really up to each individual. Only WE really can say if there is something about...

Why should I put myself through that?

Why should I put myself through that?

Make myself sweat for a half and hour or so just so I can hurt all day? Why would I want to do that?
I KNOW I am not the only person who has asked myself a question like that when I was first thinking about exercising again. Especially when it had been so long since...

The why and the how of it …

The why and the how of it ...

We set our own limits ...

Everything we do in life is a choice. Even the mood we are in. People are always saying that they are searching for happiness. My take on it is that happiness is not something to look for, but something to choose to be. If we are...

Maybe I should introduce myself …

Maybe I should introduce myself ...

If you are here on this site, something caught your attention. But, unless you already know me, you might at this point be wondering: "Who IS this guy, and why would I want him to help me? I mean, what is so special about him anyway?" I guess a good place to start would be...

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