[FitDream], ever fall off the fitness wagon?

Published: Wed, 02/24/10

                                                                                                                                                                                
a personal note from Lani                                          February 25, 2010  
 
Hi ,

We have a saying around here.  Fail forward. 
 
And it works for fitness just like anything else. 
 
I've a thought-provoking and inspiring video that drives this point home.  Read all about it in today's Feature Article.
 
There are a couple of new items on my plate that I'd like to tell you about - both slated for March beginnings!
 
For one, I'll be part of the team working the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) 21 - Day Diet Kickstart beginning March 1.  We ran the same event in January and over 28,000 participated!  You'll find a link below to read more about it, and you're welcome to join us.  It is a free, online program under the umbrella of the PCRM, Dr. Neal Barnard, and associates.
 
Also on the March calendar: CHIP.  No, not as in potato or chocolate! 
 
CHIP is the acronym for Coronary Health Improvement Project. This is a 6 - 8 week educational intensive for people to make changes in their diet and exercise plans to reverse - or prevent - heart disease.  It is reversible, you know! 
 
But we must make the choices compatible with reversal to make it happen.  That's what this educational and motivational series is all about.  I'll be presenting at the local CHIP chapter course to shed light on the fitness component, the power of movement, how to keep fitness simple but effective, all that good stuff.  They even want me to teach some Fit Quickies! I'm all over this one, too.
 
Which reminds me, Fit Quickie #3 is just about ready for release.   Yay!  Trouble in the triceps area?  Help is on the way!
 
Off to the college to teach a fitness class tonight.  And off to Honduras for some rainforest trekking and scuba on Sunday!  Still much of the week left to connect with my Boot(y) Camp Buddies over at the Love Your Body Boot(y) Camp.  We wrap this Sunday.  Where did the month go?  Sniff, sniff.  
 
Live your body ideal!
 
Hearts, hugs and stars
 
P.S.  Registration for "Gams & Glutes...for Summer" is cooking - we're at 30% capacity and registration just started!  Signed up yet?
 

 
 


feature article
 
Failing Forward: 
 
If You Fall Off The Fitness Wagon, Just Get Back On
 
by Lani Muelrath, M.A.
 
 
It's been said that those who succeed are also those who have failed the most.

Think about it.  What does it take to create a successful business, lose and keep excess weight off for 5 years or more, get a career breakthrough movie part, or be an Olympic athlete?

Probably more than one failed business or job attempt, several tries at diet and exercise, multiple rejections from movie producers, and an athletic career littered with  lost races.

What is the difference? What are the tools to keep sharpening so that our failures move us forward?

    * Persistence
    * Tenacity
    * Strong passion for an ideal
    * Discipline
    * Strong belief in self
    * Mastery of the psychology of failure
    * Industriousness
    * Intentness:  Stay the course and go the distance.  Even when you're not "in the mood"
    * Skill
    * Willingness to learn the NEW skills
    * Initiative.  Make a decision!  Failure to act is often the biggest failure of all.

And of course, it helps to have role models for motivation along the way.

Thus the video.
 

 
More recent blog posts:
 
When it comes to restaurant menus, I've had to be creative  for some time.  Time to share the wisdom of experience...
 
Watch this informative and enlightening video by Dr. Neal Barnard, author of Breaking the Food Seduction, to find out just why certain foods are so darn irresistible if not downright addicting,,,

During the 21-Day program, you will have an all-access pass to daily messages that will include a 21-day menu, lots of recipes, great information from celebrity and medical guests, and nutrition webcasts. Each daily message also contains links to the Kickstart Web site where you'll find......


 
 


events  and  announcements
 
 

Fit Quickies(TM) Launched January 24!   Special Package Prices
 
 

 
Next session:  August - October 2010
 
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ISSN:  191-5737

February 25, 2010
Vol. 2, Issue 52
 
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about Lani
 
Lani Muelrath, M.A., specializes in helping women succeed in their w*eight and body shaping dreams by transforming their relationship with their body, eating, and exercise. Rewriting behaviors and patterns into those that are consistent with the fitness, health, mental outlook and positive energy we desire is her forte!

With over 30 years of experience as a teacher, coach, and trainer, Lani is a Guest Lecturer in Kinesiology at San Francisco State University, and is recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Instruction. She created and starred in her own CBS TV show, and is the Healthy Living Examiner at examiner. com.She is also the Fitness Expert at the McDougall Health and Medical Center.
 
If you want to move forward your  fitness - and life - Lani's compassionate and knowledgeable approach and tools for mastery make it possible.

Lani overcame her own lifetime struggle with w*eight over 10 years ago when she lost 50 lbs, which she has maintained easily with the tools that she now teaches in her signature program, Woman's Fitness BluePrint: An Action Plan for Success.  

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