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I started the 4 Hour Body Program in 1/1/11 and have to say it is my favorite eating plan I’ve tried. When I’d stick to the plan I’d lose on average 5 pounds a week and I’m never hungry, in fact for me, it’s hard to eat as much as I’m supposed to. In January losing weight was the goal. But the great thing about the 4HB book (I also have the audio version) is that it’s not just about losing weight it’s like an encyclopedia of methods to get a variety of results you may be looking for. Even “15 min orgasms” it claims but I will say that was the one part of the book that seemed a bit elementary “the basics”, and the claim, well a little misleading. Here’s a cheat sheet for the diet portion of the book see what you think and consider buying it here. Measurement:   NEVER COMPARE BEFORE-AND-AFTER RESULTS FROM DIFFERENT TOOLS   TOOLS: Tape Measure BMI - DEXA, BodPod or BodyMetrix Scale if you want Take before pictures   Four Principles of Failure-Proofing   Make it conscious.   Make it a game.  Measurement = Motivation Make it competitive  Make it small and temporary.     Food Rules:   Rule #1:  AVOID “WHITE” CARBOHYDRATES Avoid any carbohydrate that is, or can be, white.  The following foods are prohibited:  all bread, rice (including brown), cereal, potatoes, pasta, tortillas, and fried food w breading.   Rule #2:  EAT THE SAME FEW MEALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN Mix and match from the folling list, constructing each meal with one pick from each of the three groups.    Proteins Egg whites w 1-2 whole eggs for flavor (or, if organic 2-5 whole eggs, including yolks) Chicken breast or thigh Beef (preferably grass-fed) Fish Pork   Legumes Lentils Black beans Pinto beans Red beans Soybeans   Vegetables Spinach Mixed Vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower, or other cruciferous vegetables) Sauerkraut, kimchee Asparagus Peas Broccoli Green beans   Eat as much as you like of the above food items. Meals are approximately four hours apart. Must eat within 1 hour of when you wake.  Preferably within 30 min. Try to eat within 1 hour of going to bed.   Rule #3:  DON’T DRINK CALORIES Drink massive quantities of water as much unsweetened tea, coffee (with no more than 2 tablespoons of cream: suggest using cinnamon instead, or other no-calorie beverages as you like.  Do NOT drink milk (including soy), normal soft drinks, or fruit juice.  Limit diet soft drinks to no more than 16 ounces per day.  Wine is fine (red) up to two glasses of red per night, no more.  No other alcohol.   Rule #4:  DON’T EAT FRUIT Only exceptions are tomatoes and avocados in moderation (no more than one cup or one meal per day.)   Rule #5:  TAKE ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK Recommends Saturdays as your Dieters Gone Wild day.  Eat whatever you want.  Drink whatever you want.  Start the diet at least five days before your designated cheat day.  Paradoxically, dramatically spiking caloric intak in this way once per week increases fat-loss by ensuring that your metabolic rate (thyroid function and conversion of T4 to T3, etc) doesn’t downshift from the extended caloric restriction.   Common Mistakes and Misunderstandings   MISTAKE #1:  NOT EATING WITHIN ONE HOUR OF WAKING, PREFERABLY W/IN 30 MINUTES   MISTAKE #2:  NOT EATING ENOUGH PROTEIN Get at least 20 grams of protein per meal.  This is absolutely most critical at breakfast.   MISTAKE #3:  NOT DRINKING ENOUGH WATER Make a special effort to drink more water on your cheat day.   MISTAKE #4:  BELIEVING THAT YOU’LL COOK, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A BACHELOR If you don’t normally cook, get canned and frozen food for the first few weeks.   MISTAKE #5:  MISTIMING WEIGHINGS WITH YOUR MENSTRUAL CYCLE  Woman tend to retain much more water just before their periods.  Ignore scale readings in the 10 days before menstruation.   MISTAKE #6:  OVEREATING “DOMINO FOODS”: NUTS, HUMUS, PEANUTS ETC MISTAKE #7:  OVERCONSUMING ARTIFICIAL (OR “ALL-NATURAL”) SWEETENERS MISTAKE #8:  HITTING THE GYM TOO OFTEN.   Over training leads to over eating.   DAMAGE CONTROL:  Preventing Fat Gain When You Binge   PRINCIPLE #1 MINIMIZE THE RELEASE OF INSULIN, A STORAGE HORMONE. Ensure that your first meal of the day is not a binge meal and has at least 30 grams of protein. Consume a small quantity of fructose, fruit sugar, in grapefruit juice before second meal.   Use supplements that increase insulin sensitivity:  AGG (part of PAGG). Consume citric juices, whether lime juice squeezed into water, lemon juice on food.   PRINCIPLE #2  INCREASE THE SPEED OF GASTRIC EMPTYING, OR HOW QUICKLY FOOD EXITS THE STOMACH Bingeing is a rare circumstance where you want the food (or some of it) to pass through the gastrointestinal tract so quickly that its constituent parts aren’t absorbed well. Accomplish this primarily through caffeine and yerba mate tea.  Also the supplement “Athletic Greens” will help.     PRINCIPLE #3:  ENGAGE IN BRIEF MUSCULAR CONTRACTION THROUGHOUT THE BINGE. Airsquates, wall presses, chest pulls with elastic band.  Do 60-90 secs ideally abut 90 min after you eat   THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF FAT-LOSS PAGG   Policosanol:  20-25 mg Alpha-lipoic acid:  100-300 mg Green tea flavanols with at least 325 mg EGCG Garlic extract:  200 mg   Daily PAGG intake is timed before meals and bed.   Prior to breakfast:  AGG Prior to lunch:  AGG Prior to dinner:  AGG Prior to bed:  PAGG     Take one day off each week and one week off every two months.  This week of is critical.     ADVANCED   ICE AGE Mastering Temperature to Manipulate Weight   Options:   Place an ice pack on the back of next or upper trapezius are for 20-30 min preferably in the evening, when insulin sensitivity is the lowest. Consume, at least 500 milliliters of ice water on an empty stomach immediately upon waking. Take 5-10 minute cold showers before breakfast and/or bed.  Use hot water for 1-2 min over entire body lather. then turn the water to pure cold and rinse your head and face. alone.  Turn around and back into the wather, focusing water on your lower neck  and upper back.  Maintain this position for 1-3 min as you acclimate and apply soap to all other nessary regions. If you can tolerate it 20 min baths that induce shivering. EAT within 1 hour of waking and 1 hour of bed

I started the 4 Hour Body Program in 1/1/11 and have to say it is my favorite eating plan I’ve tried. When I’d stick to the plan I’d lose on average 5 pounds a week and I’m never hungry, in fact for me, it’s hard to eat as much as I’m supposed to. In January losing weight was the goal. But the great thing about the 4HB book (I also have the audio version) is that it’s not just about losing weight it’s like an encyclopedia of methods to get a variety of results you may be looking for. Even “15 min orgasms” it claims but I will say that was the one part of the book that seemed a bit elementary “the basics”, and the claim, well a little misleading.

Here’s a cheat sheet for the diet portion of the book see what you think and consider buying it here.

Measurement:

 

NEVER COMPARE BEFORE-AND-AFTER RESULTS FROM DIFFERENT TOOLS

 

TOOLS:

Tape Measure

BMI - DEXA, BodPod or BodyMetrix

Scale if you want

Take before pictures

 

Four Principles of Failure-Proofing

 

  1. Make it conscious.  
  2. Make it a game.  Measurement = Motivation
  3. Make it competitive 
  4. Make it small and temporary.  

 

Food Rules:

 

Rule #1:  AVOID “WHITE” CARBOHYDRATES

Avoid any carbohydrate that is, or can be, white.  The following foods are prohibited:  all bread, rice (including brown), cereal, potatoes, pasta, tortillas, and fried food w breading.

 

Rule #2:  EAT THE SAME FEW MEALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN

Mix and match from the folling list, constructing each meal with one pick from each of the three groups. 

 

Proteins

  • Egg whites w 1-2 whole eggs for flavor (or, if organic 2-5 whole eggs, including yolks)
  • Chicken breast or thigh
  • Beef (preferably grass-fed)
  • Fish
  • Pork

 

Legumes

  • Lentils
  • Black beans
  • Pinto beans
  • Red beans
  • Soybeans

 

Vegetables

  • Spinach
  • Mixed Vegetables (including broccoli, cauliflower, or other cruciferous vegetables)
  • Sauerkraut, kimchee
  • Asparagus
  • Peas
  • Broccoli
  • Green beans

 

Eat as much as you like of the above food items.

Meals are approximately four hours apart.

Must eat within 1 hour of when you wake.  Preferably within 30 min. Try to eat within 1 hour of going to bed.

 

Rule #3:  DON’T DRINK CALORIES

Drink massive quantities of water as much unsweetened tea, coffee (with no more than 2 tablespoons of cream: suggest using cinnamon instead, or other no-calorie beverages as you like.  Do NOT drink milk (including soy), normal soft drinks, or fruit juice.  Limit diet soft drinks to no more than 16 ounces per day.  Wine is fine (red) up to two glasses of red per night, no more.  No other alcohol.

 

Rule #4:  DON’T EAT FRUIT

Only exceptions are tomatoes and avocados in moderation (no more than one cup or one meal per day.)

 

Rule #5:  TAKE ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK

Recommends Saturdays as your Dieters Gone Wild day.  Eat whatever you want.  Drink whatever you want.  Start the diet at least five days before your designated cheat day.  Paradoxically, dramatically spiking caloric intak in this way once per week increases fat-loss by ensuring that your metabolic rate (thyroid function and conversion of T4 to T3, etc) doesn’t downshift from the extended caloric restriction.

 

Common Mistakes and Misunderstandings

 

MISTAKE #1:  NOT EATING WITHIN ONE HOUR OF WAKING, PREFERABLY W/IN 30 MINUTES

 

MISTAKE #2:  NOT EATING ENOUGH PROTEIN

Get at least 20 grams of protein per meal.  This is absolutely most critical at breakfast.

 

MISTAKE #3:  NOT DRINKING ENOUGH WATER

Make a special effort to drink more water on your cheat day.

 

MISTAKE #4:  BELIEVING THAT YOU’LL COOK, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A BACHELOR

If you don’t normally cook, get canned and frozen food for the first few weeks.

 

MISTAKE #5:  MISTIMING WEIGHINGS WITH YOUR MENSTRUAL CYCLE 

Woman tend to retain much more water just before their periods.  Ignore scale readings in the 10 days before menstruation.

 

MISTAKE #6:  OVEREATING “DOMINO FOODS”: NUTS, HUMUS, PEANUTS ETC

MISTAKE #7:  OVERCONSUMING ARTIFICIAL (OR “ALL-NATURAL”) SWEETENERS

MISTAKE #8:  HITTING THE GYM TOO OFTEN.  

Over training leads to over eating.

 

DAMAGE CONTROL:  Preventing Fat Gain When You Binge

 

PRINCIPLE #1 MINIMIZE THE RELEASE OF INSULIN, A STORAGE HORMONE.

  1. Ensure that your first meal of the day is not a binge meal and has at least 30 grams of protein.
  2. Consume a small quantity of fructose, fruit sugar, in grapefruit juice before second meal.  
  3. Use supplements that increase insulin sensitivity:  AGG (part of PAGG).
  4. Consume citric juices, whether lime juice squeezed into water, lemon juice on food.

 

PRINCIPLE #2  INCREASE THE SPEED OF GASTRIC EMPTYING, OR HOW QUICKLY FOOD EXITS THE STOMACH

Bingeing is a rare circumstance where you want the food (or some of it) to pass through the gastrointestinal tract so quickly that its constituent parts aren’t absorbed well.

Accomplish this primarily through caffeine and yerba mate tea.  Also the supplement “Athletic Greens” will help.

 

 

PRINCIPLE #3:  ENGAGE IN BRIEF MUSCULAR CONTRACTION THROUGHOUT THE BINGE.

Airsquates, wall presses, chest pulls with elastic band.  Do 60-90 secs ideally abut 90 min after you eat

 

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF FAT-LOSS

PAGG

 

Policosanol:  20-25 mg

Alpha-lipoic acid:  100-300 mg

Green tea flavanols with at least 325 mg EGCG

Garlic extract:  200 mg

 

Daily PAGG intake is timed before meals and bed.

 

Prior to breakfast:  AGG

Prior to lunch:  AGG

Prior to dinner:  AGG

Prior to bed:  PAGG  

 

Take one day off each week and one week off every two months.  This week of is critical.

 

 

ADVANCED

 

ICE AGE

Mastering Temperature to Manipulate Weight

 

Options:

 

  1. Place an ice pack on the back of next or upper trapezius are for 20-30 min preferably in the evening, when insulin sensitivity is the lowest.
  2. Consume, at least 500 milliliters of ice water on an empty stomach immediately upon waking.
  3. Take 5-10 minute cold showers before breakfast and/or bed.  Use hot water for 1-2 min over entire body lather. then turn the water to pure cold and rinse your head and face. alone.  Turn around and back into the wather, focusing water on your lower neck 

and upper back.  Maintain this position for 1-3 min as you acclimate and apply soap to all other nessary regions.

  1. If you can tolerate it 20 min baths that induce shivering.

EAT within 1 hour of waking and 1 hour of bed

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Mar

By Amanda Hite @sexythinker Last week, I spoke to a special guy in my life, “Little C”. He’s turning 9 this year, but it feels like he’s 15 and still 5 all at the same time. He’s struggling a bit with school and having a tough time with math. He cried about it so hard and it broke my heart. It bothered me most because he’s one of the most amazing, smartest kids in the world, he has the biggest heart, personality and charm and I’d hate for it to affect his confidence. It also fuels my passion for better education and more relevant teaching methods in schools. I’m convinced he’s going to be an entrepreneur. He’s a natural leader, and his creativity and salesmanship are off-the-charts impressive. Just a few short weeks ago he went into full detail of his “Business Plan” to start his own dog walking company in his neighborhood. He had it all covered.  Seriously, his marketing was already in place (flyers featuring him, his dog Samson, and references from his relatives), and he delegated the making of his website to me so that he could share it with his “Facebook Mafia” (his words). You should hear his sales pitch. It’s adorable. Pricing? $10 per walk (I told him the pricing might need to come down a bit). Target audience? At first, he said all animal owners in the neighborhood. I asked him what he knew about walking snakes. He replied, “Good point, Ms. Amanda. I’ll stick with what I know and love: DOGS.” He nailed the step-by-step process and exact care he would provide. He even knew how he would scale: by recruiting his friends as employees. And, no joke, he told me the rules and profile he’d be looking for, then adorably reenacted the speech he would give new employees on their first day.  While at times I felt like I was taking notes from him, I gave him a few tips. Me: “C, if it’s going to work, you have to be really passionate about it. Are you passionate about it?” Him: “Yes, Ms. Amanda. I can feel it really strong in my heart”. Then, he gave ME a tip: “You know what else is important, Ms. Amanda? Me and Samson need to be really good role models because that’s the best way to show the others how to be.” This month for #TR30days, I’m going to be a better role model. It’s “Little C’s” birthday this month and Nicole @nwalls (C’s mom) asked me to be her #TR30days accountability partner. For his birthday, I want to do something really special for him and his passion for dogs. I’m going to do that and dedicate my bucket list to him. Here it is: Recruit 500 bloggers, online influencers on to the Be The Change Social Media Call To Action Network. Support the “Be The Difference in Haiti” event in richmond by raising awareness through Social Media. Support the “KY Children’s Hospital” fundraiser at Saul Good by driving attendance through our social networks. Work with the Share Our Strength “Dine Out for No Kid Hungry” team to create a Social Media strategy that supports this years goal of 3M.  Work on “The Social Ripple” 3 nights a week. Meet with Paul Barron weekly. Sell out TR Live in Lexington. Do the “4 Hour Body” program for at least 30 days. No alcohol. 1-2 free days for the month. Do rehab for my back 3-4 days a week 30 mins to 1 hour. Meet Hank for breakfast or happy hour 2x per month to talk politics. Participate in one action oriented political drive per month. Devote 1 night a week to political activism. Spend quality time with my family and loved ones. Skype my brother. Spend a weekend with my mentor. Get little C something he’ll never forget for his birthday. Get a date for a trip/visit I’ve been wanting for a long time now. Blow James Fripp’s freaking mind ; )  Support the PR and Summer Camp Team. 5 gratitude cards a day. Blog or video blog weekly. (for real this time ; )

By Amanda Hite @sexythinker

Last week, I spoke to a special guy in my life, “Little C”. He’s turning 9 this year, but it feels like he’s 15 and still 5 all at the same time. He’s struggling a bit with school and having a tough time with math. He cried about it so hard and it broke my heart. It bothered me most because he’s one of the most amazing, smartest kids in the world, he has the biggest heart, personality and charm and I’d hate for it to affect his confidence. It also fuels my passion for better education and more relevant teaching methods in schools.

I’m convinced he’s going to be an entrepreneur. He’s a natural leader, and his creativity and salesmanship are off-the-charts impressive. Just a few short weeks ago he went into full detail of his “Business Plan” to start his own dog walking company in his neighborhood. He had it all covered. 

Seriously, his marketing was already in place (flyers featuring him, his dog Samson, and references from his relatives), and he delegated the making of his website to me so that he could share it with his “Facebook Mafia” (his words).

You should hear his sales pitch. It’s adorable. Pricing? $10 per walk (I told him the pricing might need to come down a bit). Target audience? At first, he said all animal owners in the neighborhood. I asked him what he knew about walking snakes. He replied, “Good point, Ms. Amanda. I’ll stick with what I know and love: DOGS.”

He nailed the step-by-step process and exact care he would provide. He even knew how he would scale: by recruiting his friends as employees. And, no joke, he told me the rules and profile he’d be looking for, then adorably reenacted the speech he would give new employees on their first day. 

While at times I felt like I was taking notes from him, I gave him a few tips.

Me: “C, if it’s going to work, you have to be really passionate about it. Are you passionate about it?”

Him: “Yes, Ms. Amanda. I can feel it really strong in my heart”.

Then, he gave ME a tip:

“You know what else is important, Ms. Amanda? Me and Samson need to be really good role models because that’s the best way to show the others how to be.”

This month for #TR30days, I’m going to be a better role model. It’s “Little C’s” birthday this month and Nicole @nwalls (C’s mom) asked me to be her #TR30days accountability partner. For his birthday, I want to do something really special for him and his passion for dogs.

I’m going to do that and dedicate my bucket list to him. Here it is:

  • Recruit 500 bloggers, online influencers on to the Be The Change Social Media Call To Action Network.
  • Support the “Be The Difference in Haiti” event in richmond by raising awareness through Social Media.
  • Support the “KY Children’s Hospital” fundraiser at Saul Good by driving attendance through our social networks.
  • Work with the Share Our Strength “Dine Out for No Kid Hungry” team to create a Social Media strategy that supports this years goal of 3M. 
  • Work on “The Social Ripple” 3 nights a week. Meet with Paul Barron weekly.
  • Sell out TR Live in Lexington.
  • Do the “4 Hour Body” program for at least 30 days.
  • No alcohol. 1-2 free days for the month.
  • Do rehab for my back 3-4 days a week 30 mins to 1 hour.
  • Meet Hank for breakfast or happy hour 2x per month to talk politics.
  • Participate in one action oriented political drive per month.
  • Devote 1 night a week to political activism.
  • Spend quality time with my family and loved ones.
  • Skype my brother.
  • Spend a weekend with my mentor.
  • Get little C something he’ll never forget for his birthday.
  • Get a date for a trip/visit I’ve been wanting for a long time now.
  • Blow James Fripp’s freaking mind ; ) 
  • Support the PR and Summer Camp Team.
  • 5 gratitude cards a day.
  • Blog or video blog weekly. (for real this time ; )

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Mar

by Nicole Walls @nwalls

Excitement comes with change..

My list this March is full of things that are joyful in my life,  things to appreciate each day, & things to look forward to in my future.  This month is very special to me because my sweetest boy will turn 9 years old.  Happy #TR30days and here’s to making a difference to those in my life that matter most.  Hugs, smiles, and cheers…Here it goes:

~a date with my son once a week

~Tell My step-father how much he means to me

~Run 5/6 miles 5x/week and yoga/spinning/ab ripperx the other 2 days~

~Get a vacation on the calendar, LB I miss you 

~no alcohol-2 exceptions (Easton trip & the Irish holiday :)

~sign up for #WarriorDash

~Design my tattoo

~Throw my son a kick a*# birthday party

~Show gratitude for the unconditional people in my life

~Go to church weekly

~Take my mom out for some fun

~Give a gift to a stranger

~Sign C up for skateboard lessons

~Go skiing/snowboarding  

~Do vision boards with my loved ones

~Fulfill my son’s wish to book the “Disney Dream” Cruise Line Ship for vacation…”Mom I have been dying to go”….

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02

Jan

What is the TR 30 Day Personal Revolution: Lifestyle Challenge? 

by Amanda Hite @sexythinker

A lifestyle challenge to “Be The Change” you want to see in your life, done in 30 day increments and supported by our online community.

Since August of 2010 we’ve been doing the TR 30 Days Lifestyle Challenge. We’ve had people from all over the United States, the UK and Canada participating and making positive change in their lives and the lives of others.  If you’re just now tuning in watch the video above for a bit of inspiration then follow these instructions.

30 Day Lifestyle Challenge:

1.  CREATE: Define what you want. Write a bucket list of the things you want to do in the next 30 days. Be specific and plan these items on your calendar.  Keep the list simple and focused.  Sometimes less is more.

2.  SHARE:  Post your list either on your blog or email it to us to post at 30days at talentrevolution.net.  It’s important to share your list so others can support and hold you accountable to your goals.

3.  SUPPORT:  On Twitter follow the hashtag #TR30days to follow the community participating in the 30 day challenge.  Post updates of your progress, reach out to the community when you need support.  Follow others progress and support them.  Pick an on or offline support partner who is also doing the challenge.

As an example this was my January TR 30 Day Bucket List

Gratitude:

 

  • Continue doing 750 words.com daily list of things I’m grateful for
  • 5 personalized gratitude cards per week.
  • Deliver the remainder of the gratitude gifts started in December

 

Be The Change:

 

  • Launch the Be The Change: Online influencer project.
  • Read Bill Clinton’s “Giving: How Each Of Us Can Change The World”.
  • Participate time or money to: Trevor Project, National Down Syndrome Congress, Workplace bullying prevention 
  • Serve Share Our Strength Dine Out for No Kid Hungry board.
  • Volunteer Lexington’s Children’s Hospital and Hope Center with TR team
  • Continue serving my political party.
  • Watch 10 documentaries on causes I care about.

 

Health Body/Mind:

 

  • Do The Four Hour Body Diet for 30 days 
  • No Alcohol for at least 30 days
  • Buy and Use an Inversion Table to help heal my back
  • Work on decompression therapy for my back with my trainer Bryson Droz
  • 1 hour on the treadmill 5 days a week
  • Min of 3 Liters of Water each day
  • Start The Master Key System (28 week program)
  • Meditation 4 days a week for 15-30 minutes
  • Plan a ME vacation

 

Business:

 

  • Facilitate TR Team 3 day 2011 Purpose Meeting.
  • Apply maniacal focus to TR 3 part sales plan and achieve Jan goals.
  • Commit to and execute new team business disciplines.
  • Write 2011 Social Media:  Making Meaning and Money keynote.
  • Produce keynote videos and 1 video blog per week.
  • Finish booking 1st and 2nd quarter schedule and 

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Happy New Year!  Kick Off 2011 with the TR 30 day Lifestyle Challenge!

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Nov

Here’s my next 30 day bucket list:

 

GIVE:


Give up Christmas:  

  • Accept no gifts this year for Christmas.  
  • Instead ask friends and family to donate a hour of their time to their favorite cause or donate the money they would’ve spent on the gift.  Thank you Pradeep for the inspiration here.
  • Give away 75% of all clothes
  • Give away 50% of stuff in my house

 

SERVE:


Execute TR Team Service Days:

  • Volunteer Talents to the Lexington Children’s Hospital
  • Volunteer Talents to the Hope Center
  • Participate and support Leigh with Help Portrait in Dayton http://community.help-portrait.com/group/daytonoh 
  • Host 2 Random Acts of Awesomeness Days
  • Serve the community during the holidays
  • Execute a TR Gratitude Project

Finalize plans for 2011 strategic involvement with the: 

  • Trevor Project
  • Contact the National Down Syndrome Congress see how TR can support
  • Workplace bullying prevention
  • Serve on the “Dine Out for No Kid Hungry” board

 

Get Prepared to Launch 2011 “Be The Change” Project:  

  • Stay tuned

Determine how I can best serve my political party for 2012 

 

Be Grateful:

  • Make a list of the people in my life that I am grateful for demonstrate through meaningful actions that I care
  • Plan a vacation with/for my grandparents
  • 5 Personalized Gratitude Cards Per Week
  • Do 750 words.com every morning with the things I am grateful for
  • Show lots and lots and lots of LOVE 

 

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Sep

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Sep

P90X Ab Ripper lead by Snag A Job CEO Shawn Boyer at SAJ HQ

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The Next 30 Days. My new bucket list.

It seems like only yesterday that Susan and I started our Personal Revolution, a “Lifestyle Challenge”.

“30 days,” we said. And we went hard core with it.  Some may say (okay, some DID say) it was a bit extreme. But, I’m not sure if I know how to chase anything I want in any other way but “maniacally”.

It’s now 30 days later, and the progress we’ve made blows my mind. The people who jumped in with their own 30 day journey and the progress they’ve made impresses me even more.  People who’ve quit smoking, acheived weight loss goals, mended relationships with family members, spent more quality time with loved ones.  There have been countless hours spent collectively amongst this group in community service and personal improvement.  The whole experience has left me well, speechless.

I can however say this… I’ve become addicted to the progress, addicted to feeling good, addicted to watching others realize their potential while progressing toward their own lifestyle goals and making a meaningful difference in their worlds…

Which is exactly why I’m not stopping. Ever. THIS is unstoppable. So, here’s the deal: Every 30 days, a fresh start. Up the game.

This time, I’m taking it on the road. And my workout accountability partner on the road is my mentor and friend, Kathleen Wood, who travels as much as I do. Kathleen is a great partner for me because I couldn’t stand to let her down, and every word that comes out of her mouth inspires me beyond belief. I have my workout accountability team at home too: Susan, Kathy and our new hardcore and handsome addition, Bryson Droz, Personal Trainer/Gonna Make Him Famous One Day If He Doesn’t Kill Me First.

We’re also taking this into businesses. Throughout this last experience, it’s already started happening. Companies such as Paragon have decided to take on the TR Team “Work Lifestyle” Challenge, got a group membership to a local gym, and now workout three times per week together. And, we all aspire to have as healthy of a work environments as Snag A Job. (See for yourself as Shawn Boyer, their CEO, leads Susan, myself, and his team through a crazy, intense ab workout at their HQ’s gym.)

We have clients now using lifestyle lingo like “Bucket List” instead of “goals”, where departments and teams are writing group and individual Bucket Lists that encompass both their work and their lives, the way work and life are supposed to exist together in our worlds.  It’s a new Lifestyle Revolution…

And it’s all happening because of all of YOU. 

I’m so grateful for you…

Here is September’s Bucket List:

Donate 10% of TR Live profits to Share Our Strength.

Support a successful Share Our Strength “Great American Dine Out” tweet-a-thon.

Deliver the “Authenticity, Lifestyle and Purpose” message to the 1,000+ people I have the honor of speaking with over the next 60 days.

Recruit 100 more people and five more companies to join the 30 Day Lifestyle Challenge.

Sell out TR Live in Los Angeles, CA

Step up the workouts while on the road. Bryson Droz (personal trainer) or P90X workouts.

3x per week, morning and night workouts. One complete day off to rest per week.

It pains me to say this, but actually check luggage so that I can travel with workout accessories.

Pre-workout, check progress with Kathleen daily via Skype, phone or Twitter, regardless of time zones.

CRUSH body fat reduction goals. 

Re-introduce alcohol into my diet. No more than four drinks per week. One clean week every month.

Diet: Zero cheat days. Yes, you heard me. Bad food is overrated.

Double my H20 intake. May need to travel with an IV.

One hour per day of Personal Development (reading, rehearsing, etc.).

Plan a whole lot of fun in while I’m on the road.

Skype my grandparents 1x per week.

Tiny Chat with my family 1x a month.

Take Little C on a big date.

Meet up with friends along the way. 

Meet someone I’ve been dying to meet IRL.

Spend some downtime in the studio.

Reschedule our Pool Party and Kayaking Trip.



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Day 22 Living “as if”…. Addicted. By Susan Fawcett aka @culturebabe on Twitter As Bill and I drink a Hite protein drink(not yet for public consumption) to Day 22 of my 30 day lifestyle challenge, and that means that there are 8 days left to go. With that said, instead of counting down the days, I find myself feeling a little sad that it will soon be over. What Amanda and I started has brought about some very real changes in our lives and I don’t want it to end. I have lived in an “as if” reality for 22 days…I have given myself permission to live “as if” I had the right and the power to choose how I will live my life. One of the biggest aha moments is realizing how little I actually claimed my right and power to create and live my own life. I guess I would say that I have sporadically “owned my space” so to speak, but have not been able to maintain that consistency I have found these past weeks. The biggest challenge has not been waking up at 5am and working out every day, although for a confirmed non-morning person, that has definitely been a big change. It has been the commitment to clear the mental clutter from my mind. By mental clutter, I am referring to any of the negative or self-critical thoughts that like to hang out in my head. I think we all struggle with some of those thoughts or “voices” in our minds and confuse them with who we really are. I know I have. The problem is that these thoughts are usually very limiting and are all about “playing small”. They usually come from some untrue beliefs we hold onto about ourselves…usually in the form of …”You’re not good enough” “You won’t be able to do that” You’re such a dreamer, be realistic” “You know deep inside that there is something wrong with who you really are” etc… These thoughts stop us from living from the most confident part of ourselves and ensure that we actually do play small. Every time we play small and come from the fearful part of ourselves, we reinforce the belief that we’re not good enough and we’ll never be good enough. So for the past 22 days, I have given myself permission to stop all negative or self-critical thinking. When I start feeling a little anxious or worried, I can usually spot what thought has brought on the feeling and then I let the thought go by. I tell myself that the limiting beliefs are untrue and just because they’ve hung around for a while doesn’t mean they are friends or actually anything close to who I really am. I get to choose what to think. I get to choose how to act. I get to create my life. And I get to do it without pesky thoughts or guilty feelings…because it’s only 30 days and I’m just living “as if”. So on this 22nd day, instead of counting down the remaining days, I’ve decided to step it up a notch. Yes, Amanda and I are getting a personal trainer to take our workouts to the next level. I’ve decided to give up carbonated beverages (ouch…stock in Diet Coke just went down). And I’ve also made a decision to continue “as if” living indefinitely. I’m addicted to it. I love creating my own life…my own thoughts…my own actions..funny how addictive something that I’ve had the ability to be all along really is.

Day 22 Living “as if”…. Addicted.

By Susan Fawcett

aka @culturebabe on Twitter

As Bill and I drink a Hite protein drink(not yet for public consumption) to Day 22 of my 30 day lifestyle challenge, and that means that there are 8 days left to go. With that said, instead of counting down the days, I find myself feeling a little sad that it will soon be over. What Amanda and I started has brought about some very real changes in our lives and I don’t want it to end. I have lived in an “as if” reality for 22 days…I have given myself permission to live “as if” I had the right and the power to choose how I will live my life.

One of the biggest aha moments is realizing how little I actually claimed my right and power to create and live my own life. I guess I would say that I have sporadically “owned my space” so to speak, but have not been able to maintain that consistency I have found these past weeks. The biggest challenge has not been waking up at 5am and working out every day, although for a confirmed non-morning person, that has definitely been a big change. It has been the commitment to clear the mental clutter from my mind. By mental clutter, I am referring to any of the negative or self-critical thoughts that like to hang out in my head.

I think we all struggle with some of those thoughts or “voices” in our minds and confuse them with who we really are. I know I have. The problem is that these thoughts are usually very limiting and are all about “playing small”. They usually come from some untrue beliefs we hold onto about ourselves…usually in the form of …”You’re not good enough” “You won’t be able to do that” You’re such a dreamer, be realistic” “You know deep inside that there is something wrong with who you really are” etc… These thoughts stop us from living from the most confident part of ourselves and ensure that we actually do play small. Every time we play small and come from the fearful part of ourselves, we reinforce the belief that we’re not good enough and we’ll never be good enough.

So for the past 22 days, I have given myself permission to stop all negative or self-critical thinking. When I start feeling a little anxious or worried, I can usually spot what thought has brought on the feeling and then I let the thought go by. I tell myself that the limiting beliefs are untrue and just because they’ve hung around for a while doesn’t mean they are friends or actually anything close to who I really am. I get to choose what to think. I get to choose how to act. I get to create my life. And I get to do it without pesky thoughts or guilty feelings…because it’s only 30 days and I’m just living “as if”.

So on this 22nd day, instead of counting down the remaining days, I’ve decided to step it up a notch. Yes, Amanda and I are getting a personal trainer to take our workouts to the next level. I’ve decided to give up carbonated beverages (ouch…stock in Diet Coke just went down). And I’ve also made a decision to continue “as if” living indefinitely. I’m addicted to it. I love creating my own life…my own thoughts…my own actions..funny how addictive something that I’ve had the ability to be all along really is.

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