I. love. this. Great motivation! For me…and to spread to my clients! When they are quibbling about not seeing results after one workout and one clean meal…or people asking me about how effective L-Carnitine is or anything else…yet their diet is not 100%…I want to say “what’s the point??”…no supplement can counteract an inconsistent diet…Anyway, “ChickenTuna” has been a contributing member of BodySpace (associated with BodyBuilding.com) for many years now and her abs are more than memorable. Yes, I know some of you (esp. gals) would think her body is too much, but personally I think she looks phenomenal. And her message is fantastic. I came across this on her website and I MUST SHARE. Read this and remember this. Everyday.
"ChickenTuna"
ARE YOU A MAGIC SEEKER?
Are you trying to find the ‘right fat burner’ that will give you a fit body tomorrow while you are still enjoying your cakes, cookies, ice cream and pizza?
Are you looking for the ‘right exercise’ that will make a certain body part look perfect after just one session?
Are you not even concerned with exercise or eating right, and looking for a magical potion, book or scheme to lose weight and be fit?
Are you eating 5 or 6 small healthy meals a day but thinking there is a magical combination of food and eating times? …so after over analyzing food plans for months and months… you think maybe you need one less serving of carbs or an extra serving of protein and then you will wake up the next day with your dream body once you crack this crazy caper of finding the right magical nutrition combination that everyone is keeping secret from you? Or maybe you’ve been eating right for an entire 3 days and you are wondering why your body hasn’t transformed yet. There is no secret magical food combination. In most cases of over analyzing and micro managing food plans, the problem is not the plan.. it’s YOU! You are not following it or eating lots of crap in addition, thinking ‘what difference will a little cookie or pizza make’ and you are sabotaging results.
Are you debating if you need to do your weight training in a full body work out style, or a body part split? Or maybe overanalyzing whether you should do weights first or cardio first? And once you figure out the right answer you will be in top shape after one session? Either style workout is fine as long as you do it consistently.
Are you attempting to figure out if eating oatmeal is a better carb than brown rice? If so, you are seriously seeking some magic. It doesn’t matter, they are both good carbs to eat.
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you are searching for magic and probably won’t reach your goals until you get real about being consistent, dedicated, and hard working all the time to reach your fitness goals over a long period of time, not 2 days.
Many people are in complete denial that exercising and eating right consistently is required to be fit. Most problems happen when people are looking for a scheme to eat all the food they love and also have the best looking body possible. It comes down to a choice. I know if I were eating crappy foods I love everyday ( like peanut butter cheesecake) I would not have a fit looking body and would not be happy about that, and nobody would be surfing into my website to find out about being fit because I would be in terrible shape.
Magical exercises don’t exist. Magical routines do not exist. If legs are your weak spot, do LEG exercises. Make sense? If arms are what you want to focus on… do ARM exercises. If any magic happens, it is when you do your workouts consistently, when you work HARD while working out, and when you eat right all the time. There is no magical routine. Regardless of all the exercising you do, you will no see any defined muscles or have that ‘toned’ look unless you lower your bodyfat.
Magical food combinations don’t exist… All you can do is eat the proper amount of food for your goals and eliminate the wrong food. Nutrition and workouts can always be improved, but there is no magic formula. If you want to see any magic happen, stop eating crap for a few weeks and you’ll be amazed.
Progress takes time and only happens when you are consistent, so don’t give up.
Advice for Success
1. When you don’t feel like doing your workout, do it anyway. You’ll feel better afterwards.
2. When you feel like eating pizza for dinner, eat grilled chicken instead, you will survive. You’ll feel great about your choice the next day.
3. Keep doing the above every week consistently. Consistency is KEY.
You can keep searching, hoping and praying there is magical potion, scheme, or pill to get you where you want to be, but you’ll just keep spinning your wheels. You already know what you need to do… put down the crap and you won’t be wondering where your results are because you will see them for yourself.
It would be really nice if you could go out buy some cream, rub it on your ass, and get rid of cellulite… but its just not going to happen that way. Cellulite goes away as your bodyfat goes down by eating right and exercising consistently.
Why is this section here? Because over the past 17 years while I’ve been struggling each week to squeeze in my workouts on a regular basis, and say no thank you to all the junk food that is offered to me each day… I have seen many people around me try every scheme possible, (anything but eating right and exercising) from pills to crazy diet schemes, and I have yet to see anyone ever have any success or achieve becoming fit that way.
Please do not write me and ask me about taking pills or any secrets or tips.. if you do, you really don’t get it. Get yourself a big serving of hard work and sacrifice, swallow it down, and digest it.
>>Awesome, right?! Absolutely perfectly well said, IMO. How do you feel about this?
On a side note, Tiger Muay Thai represent! Check out UFC’s president Dana White rocking the Tiger Muay Thai shirt : http://www.magicalray.com/im-not-gay-but-ufc-president-danawhite-does-know-how-to-dress.html 🙂
XOXO
~K
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