GET MOTIVATED WITH DPM PERFORMANCE blog ed. 12

If you haven't checked back here since last Monday, be sure to check out the video footage in the previous posting.

This is an awesome Nike commercial, that hopefully we will be seeing more of here soon. It only takes a minute but it is great timing considering the goals everyone sets at this time of year and the excuses that normally stop people from doing so.

After watching that, I hope you are still on track with your goals for 2008.

Too many people get off the wagon even at this early stage.

These words from Muhammed Ali, who was never short of self belief, will help you stay on target:

“I’ve never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself”.

Very powerful words.

At different times of your life there is always going to be someone who will try and drag you down.

It may be a friend, work colleague, family member or even worse, your partner. BUT, the important thing is to remember the words from Ali above.

NEVER let people drag you down to their level. Don't lead a miserable life - let everyone else do that. You've got success to achieve so you gotta believe!

SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENT FOR ALL YOU MUMS OUT THERE!

My friend, and America's # 1 Fat Loss Expert for Mums, Holly Rigsby of fitmummy.com, is having a great 3 day promo to kickstart 2008 with her Fit Yummy Mummy workout program.

This is the real deal for busy mums (or any girl) who doesn't have the time for long workouts and needs her sessions short, sharp BUT guaranteed to work and all it takes is only 3 workouts a week - 90 mins total.

This is the great workout routine that needs limited equipment, so you can do at home, while your kids are sleeping.

The workouts cover everything from 16 weeks of training to Nutritional guidelines and 5 awesome BUT VERY time sensitive bonuses including extra workouts, VIP coaching group membership and online menu planner.

This promo is launched at 4pm Sydney time today (12 midnight EST in the States) and runs for 3 days to Thursday 4pm (Wed 12 midnight EST), so be sure to click on Holly's site after 4pm and get on board

http://www.fitmummy.com

Remember, I wouldn't refer you to someone elses product if it were not the real deal. Holly is. She walks the walk, not just talks the talk.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

If you followed my advice from last week and cut out one of your unhealthy food habits from Monday to Friday, i hope you got the chance to have a little bit of a taste during the weekend just gone - not too much - but just enough to make you feel like a normal person again!

Now, provided we got that task accomplished (and I can happily report that I did!), the challenge for this week is to keep up the 1st weeks challenge but now add in another food or drink choice that is an unhealthy option.

So, your selection this week might be alcohol, soft drinks, unhealthy snack options like chips or cakes etc. You get the picture by now I assume.

What's the point of this challenge?

Well, being able to abstain for 5 days from something that you really enjoy is a lot more realistic and easier than going cold turkey.

Your chances of success are a lot higher if you know you only have to wait 5 days until you can enjoy a drink with dinner again!

Yes, it may take you longer to achieve your results in the long term. But hey, this ain't the Biggest Loser, where you have to lose an unreasonable amount of weight in a week.

I'm in for the long haul here, and you should be too.

MY 2 CENTS WORTH

There has been a lot of publicity here in the media recently on the push for obese teenagers to have lap-band surgery to solve there weight problems.

Now, for my 2 cents worth. This is the biggest load of rubbish that I have ever heard!

The reason teenagers, and kids who are even younger, are obese is because of the crap that their parents allow them to eat.

Surely, changing the behaviours through proper food education (and that includes their dunce parents who allow them to eat this rubbish in the first place) and the removal of junk food from school canteens is a better place to start.

Or is that just the society that we live in? Out for a quick solution, only to realise that if the individuals habbits aren't changed then it's back to square one further on down the track.

Well I feel better about getting that off my chest now.

Let me know what you think in the comments section below.

Now, get out and make it a great week!

What's your excuse?

Fire UP!