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.
© Lani Muelrath 2010 All Rights Reserved
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“Just In Time to Slim, Shape, and Sculpt Your Body For The Season of Shorts, Shirts, Swimsuits…And Just Being Comfortable In Your Own Skin. Let’s Sex Things Up For Summer!”
Body sculpting with explicit instruction in my body shaping secret weapon: Fit Quickies™
Conference call workouts and guidelines to build your best body sculpting routine ever.
Lift and Shape your seat, thighs, abs, and arms.
Coordinate targeted sequences with your favorite full body workout.
Get your gams, glutes, abs and arms ready for summer!
May is my birthday month and here’s my gift to YOU: Gams, Glutes, Abs, and Arms for Summer.
I’ll not only be sharing how I personally and successfully implement Fit Quickies™ in my workout rotation, but I’ll teach 8 of them to you as well.
These deliver big time in terms of body shaping, keeping you trim, flexible and energetic. And in concert with my dietary plan, you have a winning ticket.
Including, from my FitDream Files:
- Top Ten Muscles to target for body sculpting – and specific exercises to do just that. If you’ve read my Special Report “The ‘Forgotten’ Body Shaping Secret That Gives You Results in the Places You Want Them”, then you’ve got a jump start on this topic; in May, you’ll learn specific exercises to target these areas.
- Research-proven, most effective exercises for glutes and hamstrings. Learn my customized combination for lifting the seat, sculpting beautiful hamstrings, and creating beautiful shape through that tough-to-target zone, the “bu-thigh”.
- Research-proven, most effective exercises for the abdominals. My customized combination for taking the melt off the belt and cinching in with your natural-girdles, the obliques.
- Topless Muffins: my secret weapon for taking the top off the back of the muffin. I do this move several times a week to lift the seat, make that cute little dent in the side of the seat, and create a flow from the back into the seat. It’s fun, effective, and it feels good, too. I promise you’ll likey!
- More 7 Seconds to a Flat belly: advanced variations on this move to target that place below the belt.
- Inner thighs: squeeze and tease, chair squeeze, and thigh mistress – it’s a favorite triple play for tightening up this tough-to-target area. I make it simple.
- Triceps: Take the “never ending wave” out of YOURS with my triceps challenging sequence. They’re tough, but they don’t take much time and they get the job done. Isn’t that what we’re looking for?
- Dietary Plan: what I do and tips to get your summer skinny on.
Join us!
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It's an honor to be part of the Kickstart celebrity coach team for the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) March 1 Kickstart.
We have over 16,000 people registered yet expecting thousands more by March 1.
More about the 21-Day Kickstart
Based on resea
rch by Neal Barnard, M.D., one of America’s leading health advocates, this program is designed for anyone who wants to explore and experience the health benefits of a vegan diet.
Low-fat vegan — plant-based — diets are the easiest way to trim excess weight, prevent diabetes, cut cholesterol, lower blood pressure, prevent and reverse heart disease, and reduce cancer risk. They even trim our carbon footprint.
On March 1, 2010, PCRM will provide an all-new, free 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program to help people to improve their diets and get healthy. Maybe you’d like to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, or improve your energy. Or perhaps you’d like to go veg for the animals or the environment. Now’s your chance to do that in a way that is engaging and fun.
It is easy, and we’ll guide you every step of the way
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:
- Celebrity tips providing guidance and inspiration
- Daily e-tips that are designed to put you on the path to weight loss, better health, and greater well-being
- A 21-day meal plan with delicious, easy, and satisfying recipes that will help you break cravings for unhealthy foods
- Daily motivational nutrition webcasts
- Social support of other Kickstart participants through a community forum where nutrition professionals answer health and diet questions
- An interactive vegan restaurant guide
Register for the Kickstart today at 21DayKickstart.org. Join me with Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. John McDougall, and a long list of health advocates and dietary luminaries on this adventure. You'll see me on the forums as well as on the celebrity pages for Dr. John McDougall in my position as Health and Medical Center Fitness Expert.
Some Tips for Getting Started
Serving sizes: Don't worry too much about the serving sizes of beans, grains, fruits and vegetables. Thanks to the fiber and low-fat content, you would be hard-pressed to consume more calories than you need from these four food groups. (Among the exceptions are avocados and olives.)
Cereal: Look for about 5 grams of fiber per serving. Avoid those that add chemical preservatives, sugar, corn syrup and/or cane juice.
Bread: Look for about 4 grams of fiber per slice/serving. Avoid additives such as whey, sugar, corn syrup and caramel colorings.
Jam: Choose all-fruit jams. They are usually sweetened with pectin, not sugar.
Beans: All beans are great. Buying them dried may be more economical, but you have to plan for the rinsing, soaking and draining process. Canned and frozen are just as good.
Grains: Whole grains are preferred, but as long as the ones you choose have some fiber you are fine.
Fruits: All fruits are good: whole fresh, frozen or dried. Avoid those with added sugar and those that have had the fiber removed (juiced).
Vegetables: All vegetables are good: whole fresh, frozen or canned.
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