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Breaking The Cycle Of Failure
One experience builds on another and that is how life evolves. We should not simply "live and learn" but rather "live, learn, and improve." We all make mistakes in life. Do you learn from yours or do you have a cycle of making the same ones over and over? Perhaps you want to lose weight but always seem to fail, never seem to finish your reports at work, or have a hard time following through on your obligations. Examine some past failures and review where you went off track with your goal. Don't mistake failing with "I am a failure," as no one is perfect all the time. Take what you have learned and apply it to the next situation.
Motivational Quotes To Get You Back On Track!
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| It's hard to beat a person that never gives up. |
- Babe Ruth |
| Being defeated is often temporary, giving up makes it permanent. |
- Marilyn von Savant |
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close
they were to success when they gave up. |
- Thomas Edison |
| If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. |
- Dolly Parton |
You are successful the moment you start moving
toward a worthwhile goal. |
- Charles Carlson |
| Fall seven times. Stand up eight. |
- Japanese Proverb |
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Optimistic Self-Talk
Being an optimist or a pessimist boils down to the way you talk to yourself:
- Optimists believe that their own actions result in positive things happening, that they are responsible for their own happiness, and that they can expect more good things to happen in the future. Optimists don’t blame themselves when bad things happen. They view bad events as results of something outside of themselves.
- Pessimists think the opposite way, however. They blame themselves for the bad things that happen in their lives and think that one mistake means more will inevitably come. Pessimists see positive events as flukes that are outside of their control—a lucky streak that probably won’t happen again.
Because of their thought processes, optimists have much brighter futures. A bad circumstance or event is taken in stride, viewed as a temporary setback—not a permanent way of life. Even if something bad happens today, a positive thinker believes that good things will come again in the future.
Optimists tend to share several other positive characteristics that increase overall happiness and promote health, while reducing depression and chronic stress:
- They think about, reflect on, and emphasize the good things in life.
- They are grateful and thankful for all their blessings.
- They don’t complain when something bad happens.
- They feel that nothing can hold them back from achieving success and reaching their goals.
- They believe in abundance.
- They are confident that the world offers plenty of opportunities for everyone to succeed.
Luckily, you can change your thinking patterns over time. Even a pessimist can become an optimist with enough practice. All you need to do is to reframe how you define events. Instead of dwelling on the bad experience, analyze it to figure out what good can come of it.
Instead of blaming yourself for the failure, think about the outside influences that may have affected it. Virtually any failure can be turned into a learning experience, which increases your potential for success in the future.
Optimism is a skill of emotional intelligence, which translates to a better career and greater success in life. Life is too short to be miserable, so start turning your thinking around! Positive thoughts, an optimistic outlook, and overall happiness can advance your prospects for work, relationships and other life experiences.
Tips To Help You Stay Positive
- Use positive images. Find a visual that shows why you want to get healthy in the first place, or what you’ll be doing after you reach your goal.
- Use positive words. Keep notes of encouragement with you or choose a few favorite inspirational words.
- Use positive books and movies. Watch and read positive things that show you what’s possible.
- Use positive quotes. Choose one as your personal motto and plaster it everywhere.
- Use positive music. Let music that makes you feel good become the background theme of your life.
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| Lose Twice the Weight by Tracking Your Food
You hear all the time that to lose weight, you should track what you eat. Well, a recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that keeping a "food diary" may double your weight loss efforts.
Researchers from Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research kept tabs on 1,685 overweight and obese adults (men and women), whose average weight was 212 pounds. The researchers encouraged participants to adhere to a reduced-calorie eating plan and asked them to record their daily food intake and exercise minutes.
After 20 weeks, the average weight loss was 13 pounds per person. But researchers discovered something else; the more participants recorded what they ate, the more weight they lost in the end. Participants who did not keep a food diary lost about 9 pounds over the course of the study, while those who recorded their food intake six or more days per week lost 18 pounds—twice as much as those who didn't track any food!
| Austin Adventure Boot Camp: Nutrition Tracking Sheets |
In order to maximize your success and achieve your specific fitness goals while at Austin Adventure Boot Camp, it's critical to have a proper nutrition plan. Eating for success and optimal health is not just something that you should do while at Austin Adventure Boot Camp in order to achieve your best results, it's something that you should do for a lifetime. The Austin Adventure Boot Camp nutrition tracking sheet is designed to give you an easy to follow path to the perfect you! These are the same tracking sheets used successfully by our 12-Week Body Transformation Challenge participants!
Our NEW nutrition tracking sheets are
available for all full-time boot campers!
Get Yours! Register Today!
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10 Minutes Of Exercise To Stay On Track
Did you miss boot camp this morning and now you're day is so full you won't be able to make it to an evening class? Don't fret... Just perform a quick 10 minute workout!
Just 10 minutes? Forget the "all or nothing" mentality when it comes to exercise. Short spurts of exercise, when they accumulate, have been shown to share similar benefits of longer workouts.
Your body will reap numerous benefits just by regular activity.
Treat these 10 minute exercise bouts like you would a regular workout. Take 1-2 minutes to warm up and get the muscles ready. Follow with at least 7 minutes of exercise at a medium or high intensity. Then make sure to include a 60-second cool down.
Since it’s brief, it’s important to work at a fairly high intensity to obtain all of the benefits. Work at raising your heart and respiration rates. Just like regular workouts, try to include cardio, strength training and flexibility work in your shortened routine. Either knock out all three during the 10 minutes, or plan a 10-minute segment for each area.
Example: Conduct a 10 minute cardio bout by running around the block. For strength, do push-ups, wall sits, or lift dumbbells. For flexibility, it’s helpful to just stretch every day. Work different muscle groups and keep it simple. After 10 minutes, you will feel healthier and be on your way to continuing your solid fitness habits.
Ways To Take Advantage Of Our New Unlimited Boot Camp Program! |
Here are just a few ways you can take advantage of our new Unlimited Boot Camp program:
- Make-up a missed class: If you accidentally set the alarm clock for 5:00 pm rather than 5:00 am, you can still attend a mid-morning class in NW, SW, or Central Austin… Or just sleep till noon and then attend our NW or SW 6:30 pm class!
- Double-up on classes: If you want to drop a quick 10-12 lbs in January, you can attend our 5:30 am camp Monday - Thursday, head off to work, and then also attend our 6:30 pm class too!
- Attend class 5 days/week: You can attend the 5:30 am boot camp Monday - Thursday at our NW, SW, Bee Caves/Lakeway, Round Rock, & Pflugerville camps and then attend the 5:30 am Central camp on Fridays (Central camps meet Tuesday - Friday; Central campers may attend the NW or SW 5:30 am camp on Mondays).
- Enjoy a bonus 6th class each week: Bring your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers to our FREE 9:00 am workout each and every Saturday at our NW, SW, and Central locations!
Take advantage of our new Unlimited Boot Camp
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| FREE Saturday Classes At 9:00 AM... |
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Grab your calendar, and tell everyone you know: Every Saturday during 2010, Austin Adventure Boot Camp will hold a muscle toning, fat burning, FREE 45 minute boot camp class at 9:00 am.
Bring your ten closest friends and jump start your weekend. From the couch potato to the weekend warrior, this boot camp is designed to challenge and motivate all fitness levels. Plan to attend every weekend!
Free Saturday class locations (look for the signs):
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| If you're new to Austin Adventure Boot Camp, please fill out the Free Saturday class form online. |
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