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Jan 19 2009

Your Fitness Future Foretold: 20 Predictions for the New Year

This is a guest post by Tom Venuto, the author of the #1 best selling diet book Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle

Happy New Year! In this article, I’m going to predict your future and forecast exactly what kind of results you’re going to get in the next 12 months. Sylvia Browne, step aside… I’m pretty good at this.

Several years ago, a public relations firm in New York City asked me to write an article for one of their publications about fitness trends and predictions for the coming year.

It turned out that my “crystal ball” was pretty darn accurate. I nailed most of the predictions I made about aerobics classes, yoga, core training, “holistic” approaches, online personal training technology, the baby boomer market, increasing obesity and many other subjects.
fitness predictions for the new yearI do confess, it wasn’t that difficult, because instead of just guessing, I actually did some research on industry statistics and I also had some “inside insights” because I’d been a health club manager for so many years and was privy to fitness business trends.

This year, instead of making predictions for the whole fitness industry, what if I could take out my crystal ball again and predict with 99% precision exactly what kind of results you will achieve with your body by the end of the year?

Well, no problem, I can do that too!

I would claim that I have some kind of “gift” for this, but to be honest, you and I don’t need to be psychic to make predictions like these.

There are two things you can always count on: (1) Nature’s laws of cause and effect, and (2) human nature.

On that basis, here are my

20 fitness predictions for the new year

I PREDICT that if you can reach into your pocket on any day this year and pull out a card or piece of paper with all your body and fitness goals written on it in vivid detail, the odds are 95 to 1 in favor of you achieving every one of those goals before the year is out.

I PREDICT that if you focus your thoughts on your goals and how you are going to achieve them, all day long, you will reach your goals so fast this year, it will make your head spin.

I PREDICT that if you focus your thoughts on health woes and body fat problems and if you think about what you don’t want, all day long, your problems will get worse than ever this year.

I PREDICT that if you made a new year’s resolution, but you didn’t turn it into a specific, written goal with a deadline and a strong reason why you must achieve it, you will freely abandon it the moment the going gets tough.
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Written by Rob · Categorized: Health, Motivation, Weight Loss · Tagged: Fat Loss, Goals, new years resolutions, Tom Venuto, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Goals

Jan 30 2008

Inspired Weight Loss

Diet and exercise will only take you so far when it comes to weight loss. For 80% of you it has only taken you as far as the first 4 weeks of 2008 after setting your New Years Resolutions to lose weight. Eating well and working out like crazy has now become more of a chore and is very difficult to maintain. So what is it that separates the people who stick with their fat loss goals from those people who continue to struggle to lose weight?
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Written by scott-tousignant · Categorized: Motivation · Tagged: destiny, Fat Loss, Goals, Motivation, Purpose, Unstoppable Fat Loss, Weight Loss

Jan 11 2008

3 Weight Loss Tips

Every Friday is weight loss tips day here at Former Fat Guy Blog and the 3 weight loss tips for the new year that you can take action on right now are about goals, foods and exercise.

Weekly goals should be part of any weight loss program as long as they’re worded correctly because how your brain hears what you’re saying is critical.

Weight Loss Tips – Goals, Food and Exercise

Goals should be actions

Instead of having a goal of loosing 3 pounds this week, make your goal or goals the actions to get there. Instead of “I will lose 3 pounds this week”, state something like “I will walk 30 minutes every day this week”. Your focus should be on what’s going to get you to your result, not the result itself.
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Written by Rob · Categorized: Weight Loss · Tagged: 3 Tips Friday, Exercise, Goals, Weight Loss Goals, Weight Loss Tips

Dec 27 2007

New Years Resolutions and Goal Setting Tips

New Years Eve thoughts turn to New Years Resolutions and with it, all sorts of manifesting and “law of attraction” principles. Whether or not you know of the law of attraction, or manifesting tips or techniques, I’m sure you set out some goals for the new year.

Looking back over 2007 here on the blog, the writers and I have posted what turned out to be some really great law of attraction and manifesting tips that I’d like to return your attention to before you write your new years goals.

Law of Attraction Principles For New Years Resolutions

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Weight Loss

The hidden secret to the movie “The Secret” is a very simple principle. It’s about taking action. My post this summer in regards to the Law Of Attraction For Weight Loss was about exactly that. You can think about it all you want, learn about what to do, buy all the expensive gym memberships or home fitness equipment, but until you Get Off Your Ass and get to work, all the wishing, thinking, dreaming, meditation and goal setting isn’t going to result in an ounce of muscle being built or a pound of fat being burned. Most new years resolutions start with a great goal in mind, but wind down just a few short days or weeks later. Getting the body you want in the new year is going to require a bit more work than that. Read my thoughts on Taking Action On Your Weight Loss.

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Written by Rob · Categorized: Motivation · Tagged: Goals, Law of Attraction, Manifesting, New Years Eve, Taking Action, The Attractor Factor, The Secret, Vision Boards, Weight Loss

Oct 22 2007

Is The Biggest Loser Realistic?

I was recently interviewed for an article in the NY Times about the television show “The Biggest Loser“. I was asked my opinion of the show and if I thought it was realistic or set people up for failure. I had some opinions of course, but you can read about that in the New York Times.

In the mean time, I’d like to ask you quite simply:

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If you have any thoughts on the Biggest Loser, please leave them in the comments below. As for the article, you can read my comments in the New York Times. It was also picked up by the entertainment section of MSN.

Written by Rob · Categorized: Fun, Weight Loss · Tagged: Biggest Loser, Fun, Goals, Poll, Weight Loss

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