REAL CHAT ABOUT BOOZE
People ask ‘𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬?’
The short answer is ‘𝘺𝘦𝘴’
𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟔 𝐨𝐫 𝟕 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤,
Maybe a few extra on some weeks
And even better if they’re low calorie beers.
𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌!
It’s WHY we’re drinking!
I’d be lying if I didn’t connect a few weekend beers to relaxing,
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 = 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥
𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 = 𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥
Here’s how the latter works
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟏 - We have stress in our life which is normal and natural
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟐 – But if that stress is not dealt with, and keeps being pushed down, it creates emotions that we don’t want to feel
𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝟑 – Because we don’t want to feel our feelings, we use booze to numb them, so we don’t feel the feels
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧:
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦: 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠
The thing is, the booze only MASKS the feelings
It doesn’t mean the feelings aren’t there.
Most of us hate talking about feelings because we think it shows weakness
Then we get to a point where we have a breakdown, we lash out, we sabotage and do further damage.
It takes courage to ask for help when booze seems like the only way out.
𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵!
HOW I BUILT SELF LOVE
I used to think I’d be ‘good’ when I found the right partner
That the love from another, would complete me.
And it’s what I looked for in all relationships.
But then I looked in the mirror one day, and thought
‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥?’
‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦?’
‘𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭?’
Those questions made me pay more attention to how I was showing up for myself…
I thought…
‘𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱?’
Look at the person every day and tell them you love them…
Show up, do your best, and don’t sell out.
𝐒𝐨, 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐈’𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟
When you look in the mirror,
Be proud of your achievements,
Forgive yourself for your failings,
And promise that you’ll show up for yourself every day…
Love builds…
I train hard,
I eat good food rather than processed shit
My self-talk is compassionate but honest,
I’m constantly learning so I feel like I’m constantly growing.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭,
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬,
And that for me, is the meaning of life
Happy weekend fam!
THE POWER OF MAKING A DECISION
I wanted to be a dad forever
My bro had kids,
My sister had kids,
And I had a picture of THEIR KIDS
It hurt!
And the older I got,
I started to wonder if it would ever ‘𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦?’
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 ‘𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠’ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍
A decision about the life I wanted,
That things started happening…
It’s been my experience that a lot of men struggle with that
Making a decision.
We sit in the void,
Getting older,
Getting unhealthier,
Becoming less able,
Because we can’t make a decision to JUST START.
We’re scared of failing,
We’re scared of judgement,
You know, life’s bloody short
And people are too busy dealing with their own shit to worry about yours
𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫!
A better life awaits
NO BEER, NO MEAT? I’M OUT!
Weird realisation today…
Went and got my hair cut
Was talking to the barber
He tells me he’s getting married next month
I asked him if he’s pumped for all the good food and beers with mates?
He replied ‘𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘷𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯!’
(𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥)
My instant thought was ‘𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳? 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦’
Of course, I said
‘𝘢𝘩𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶!’
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But at that moment,
I had a thought…
Every bloke that is overweight…
Every bloke that KNOWS he must lose weight or risk heart attack
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐑, 𝐍𝐎 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐓?
What if he’s thinking ‘𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨?’
What if that is the reason he isn’t getting started…?
What a shame?
He thinks he has to give up ALL the good stuff in order to get healthy?
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬
So… he dies at 55 years old of a heart attack?
𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞
If you’re in that camp,
Wishing you could lose weight, but thinking it means giving up everything,
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐮𝐭…
You can have a beer, have meat, and lose weight - NO DOUBT!
WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE, YOU BECOME!
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘋 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘥?
No, you just do it…
𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘥?
No, it just happens…
𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗱, 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗱.
It’s second nature…
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆?
To maintain weight, stay in shape?
It’s because you THINK “I’m unhealthy”
“𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴…”
“𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺…”
So when you start a health kick,
𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛𝗬 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲…
It never lasts…
You feel like an imposter,
A fraud,
So you self-sabotage to prove that truth
The only way around your self image,
Is to become aware of the inner work that is needed…
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁?
Put yourself in a community of men that are already doing what you need to do…
Within 12 months,
Staying in shape will be as second nature as being a GREAT DAD…
You’re simply being what you believe you are…a Healthy Man…
WHAT THE FK IS A ‘STOMP?’
When you join Better Body Academy,
You’ll come across the word ‘Stomp’ pretty quickly
𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤,
Done with intention,
Mostly in a group,
And with mandatory BBA gear on
𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫,
Separate, but as one…
It’s a reminder of the support you will get in BBA
It’s a reminder that we care about you
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝗪𝐀𝐘
Every Sunday when I see a pic go up,
It makes me so proud,
It makes me remember that we’re creating a legacy
That will see blokes living larger than they ever thought they could..
Love ya boys!
I’M NEVER, EVER STOPPING BECAUSE I KNOW MY WHY!
I used to be an absolutely FKIN pussy
𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛,
Because I didn’t back myself.
𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭,
Because I had a fear of rejection or judgement.
𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝,
Because I was scared of success and what I was capable of.
That all changed when I got sacked after 12 years,
Dropped like a FKIN hot potato
I had a choice…
𝐄𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲
Or step the FK up and claim my life
I chose to start Better Body Academy,
And go after what I knew I could do.
When Cordia put an ultimatum on me,
𝐓𝐨 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭,
Or piss off…
I manned up
𝗪𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐬𝐡𝐲𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝟐 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞,
Would I play the victim?
Or step the FK up and will my girl through?
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰,
And still have an epic mission to fulfil with BBA
Will I go missing on my wife and clients?
No way, I’ll step the fuck up
Because once you know your Why
You’re never, ever stopping!
WHY STUFF AIN’T HAPPENING FOR YOU, MATE!
See this image?
𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦…
My partner, Cordia?
𝘐 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦…
My coaching mission?
Well… You get the point…
Let me ask you a question…
𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐊𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐲?
Every day like the last,
Nothing much to be excited about,
Not much to complain about either,
We’re just existing…
About 6 years ago,
After feeling very ‘blah’ for a long period of time
𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.
If I’m to die today, would I be happy with my life experience?
FK no!
So, I started to get very intentional about:
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥…
𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥…
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵…
𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩…
And so that I had a visual reminder every day,
I started working on a Vision Wall
Something that I stare at to inspire me,
Particularly when I’m lacking motivation
And it’s funny,
EVERY SINGLE THING I’ve ever put on that vision wall,
Has come true!
Is it magic? I don’t think so…
𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵…
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴,
Helps you to say ‘no’ to stuff
Helps you to go harder at stuff
So, when I stopped ‘hoping’ things would happen,
And got intentional about them,
Everything changed.
𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐎𝐧𝐞
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐦 – 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐰𝐨
𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 – 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠
And that’s what I’d love for you!
THROW SHIT AT ANY COACH WHO ACTS THE FINISHED PRODUCT
How SHOULD a coach help you?
By slowly helping you change your habits
But I’m putting my hand up here
To say I am VERY much a work in progress
Like all of my clients,
𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
When shit hits the fan,
I still have blow-up moments
They’re way less frequent now,
But when your daughter wakes up 2am
For an entire hour,
And yells and screams,
Crying for either her heavily pregnant mum,
Or her 3rd bottle of milk
(FK off Dad)
Even the calmest blokes lose it
𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐄𝐍
It’s not the initial emotional response that matters,
It’s what you do with how you feel
If your reaction turns into self-sabotaging thoughts
And those thoughts lead to boozing or bingeing,
Then we’ve got a problem
And in this case, we don’t need a diet,
We need to work on our self-awareness
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧,
Working on themselves and growing,
Is the best way to change your own behaviours
My men are winning,
𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺
THROW SHIT AT ANY COACH WHO ACTS THE FINISHED PRODUCT
How SHOULD a coach help you?
By slowly helping you change your habits
But I’m putting my hand up here
To say I am VERY much a work in progress
Like all of my clients,
𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
When shit hits the fan,
I still have blow-up moments
They’re way less frequent now,
But when your daughter wakes up 2am
For an entire hour,
And yells and screams,
Crying for either her heavily pregnant mum,
Or her 3rd bottle of milk
(FK off Dad)
Even the calmest blokes lose it
𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐄𝐍
It’s not the initial emotional response that matters,
It’s what you do with how you feel
If your reaction turns into self-sabotaging thoughts
And those thoughts lead to boozing or bingeing,
Then we’ve got a problem
And in this case, we don’t need a diet,
We need to work on our self-awareness
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧,
Working on themselves and growing,
Is the best way to change your own behaviours
My men are winning,
𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺
SHIT ABOUT TO GET REAL!
3 days to go…
Out little boy is coming into the world
We’re excited, but well aware of the change that’s coming
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬
The mistake I see most men make,
Is trying to keep pushing the square peg into the round hole
They try to fit their old life, into the new life
Without being compassionate toward themselves
Knowing that circumstances have changed.
And usually causes frustration and anger
And often leads to self-sabotaging thoughts and behaviours.
𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞
That fits with our new circumstances
And we need to be patient in letting those new habits form
This will lead to a lot less internal battling
Less reactivity and more calmness
𝐈𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬
And you need some guidance on how to get back on track,
Particularly in managing your weight and getting back in shape
Message me with a bit about what’s going on,
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱…
REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN
Men wear a lot of masks
Mostly to protect themselves from feeling too much
Or to prevent them from getting hurt,
Or failing and being judged
I’ve always found this strange,
How we wear ‘𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬’ as a badge of honour
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝟔𝟎
It’s really why I started Better Body Academy
I had a hunch that the beers were a cover, a mask
That most men would like to feel a little better
But they are scared to ask for help,
Because it makes them look weak
Well, in our own little way,
We’re making a dent in that idea…
My goal is to see this core group of men grow
𝐓𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐁𝐁𝐀 𝐡𝐚𝐭
Because the hat stands for something…
Courage…
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐄𝗪 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘
Fuck dying 20 years younger than you need to because you were scared to ask for help
STOP SAYING “I’M TIRED, I’M STUCK”
The old saying goes ‘𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵’
If we use our mind in the right way,
We can create amazing things
Every beautiful life,
Every incredible building,
Every amazing relationship,
And incredible health,
It all starts with USING our mind,
𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐔𝐒…
Whilst there might be some truth to the statements…
‘𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥…’
‘𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦…’
‘𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬…’
Continuing to repeat these statements
Only digs the hole deeper
They become self-fulfilling prophecies
You essentially talk them into existence.
This is the reason why
Every time I feel an ache in my body,
And a little voice in the back of my mind suggests
‘𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘭𝘥…’
As soon as I catch it,
I take back control
I say ‘𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 – 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘭𝘥’
And right there, the story is stopped in its tracks
There’s no endorsement of the story
The story gets quashed by my conscious awareness.
Perhaps this might provide some insight for you…
“JUST GIVE UP MATE — RELAX, YOU’RE TOO OLD”
Left to right
Nick Friend
Trent Barnett
Steve Byron
Jim Norval
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 = 𝟐𝟎𝟐 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 = 𝟏𝟏𝟑.𝟏𝐤𝐠
All aged over 40
Started in Better Body Academy
Followed the plan
Extended to our Advanced Mindset Program
Became a picture of ‘Healthy Men’
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐅𝐊𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐍!
Wake up Sunday mornings with the world at their feet.
Coach Jase could not be more grateful than to be surrounded by high quality lads that have put the trust in me to guide their journey.
Love you boys!
HEART ATTACK - THE TRUE COST REVEALED: A WORTHY ROAD
Straight up – does your current health scare you?
Do you feel like you’re running a bit of a gauntlet?
Ok, here’s a mindset shift
If you ran a business and knew that investing $5K into a piece of machinery
Would return back 50x in revenue (ie. $250K)
You’d buy it right?
That’s why it is relatively easy to justify buying something for your biz,
Spend money to make money
You can see the money go out, then come back in.
But investing a fraction of that into your health?
‘𝘕𝘰, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦!’
That’s because it’s not ‘money in, money out’.
You see it as
‘Money in, maybe get fat off’
‘Money in, maybe get stronger’
‘Money in, maybe get more energy’
But because ‘fat, strong and energy’ are NOT MONEY,
It’s hard to value them in the same way we value a ‘5x Return of Money For Money’
So today, I’ve done some research…
I started with Google – ‘𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬’
The answer according to the National Business Group On Health is approximately $𝟏 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐒𝐃
Heart attack is the most common cause of death in Australia.
Being overweight is the highest risk factor for heart attack.
So, pretend you joined a program that helped you lose 10-20kg (Eg. Better Body Academy)
And pretend that meant you DIDN’T end up having a heart attack.
This means you saved yourself approximately $1 Million USD
Relative to the piece of machinery,
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
The problem is, we don’t think of our health as wealth.
We think of it as something to worry about when it’s too late.
And here, we’ve only talked financial implications,
The impact to your quality of life would be on another scale.
Food for thought…
𝐋𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 ‘𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲…’
WHAT IF IT’S NOT YOU, IT’S YOUR SYSTEM
Every day,
I speak to guys and girls that are just ready to give up
They are so beaten down by trying so hard and failing
Failing to lose the stubborn fat,
Failing to get motivated,
Failing to overcome the energy drain.
They’ve tried and tried,
But keep spinning the wheels
And eventually, they’re cooked and fall off
And I don’t blame them
𝗪𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝗪𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆?
They think there is something wrong with them
BUT WHAT I SEE CLEARLY,
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐍𝐎 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧,
It’s basically just a quick shot health kick which will never last
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐍𝐎 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌
And so, they give up
A broken SYSTEM doesn’t make YOU a failure
It makes the SYSTEM a failure
And if only you realised this simple oversight,
You’d change your approach
You’d change your SYSTEM.
𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 – 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
The SYSTEM works
You’ve just got to park your ego and follow it!
IS TURNING 40 YOUR FORK IN THE ROAD?
My observations are this…
𝟒𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫…
It’s the age where we’ve gotta sort our shit out by
I’m no financial advisor,
But if I’m still just burning all my cash at 40, I’m worried about my future.
And similarly,
If I’m hitting 40 and still denying my bad lifestyle, I’m worried about my future.
𝟒𝟎 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞
Or end up in the ditch.
Every year past 40,
It seems to be harder to turn it around
We’re more tired
More injured
More in pain
And more believing in the idea that we’re ‘𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨’
𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵?
𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩?
𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵?
But while moving away from what YOU DON’T WANT might be a motivator,
𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐎 𝗪𝐀𝐍𝐓?
Shirt off at the beach for the first time in years?
Energetic enough to get outside and play?
Feeling enough love for yourself, which allows you to fully love another?
Best time to start was yesterday?
𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭? 𝐍𝐎𝗪!
ANOTHER FKIN HEALTH KICK???
‘𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩… 𝘒𝘪𝘤𝘬’
As in, a kick up the ass
Like how my dad used to kick my brother’s ass (literally) when he played up
It was enough to make him behave for a while,
But then the pain of the ‘𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬’ wore off,
And he went back to doing what he did before
Playing up….
The point is, a ‘𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬’ never lasts.
𝐀 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞??
Now that’s a lot more doable
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘳, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬
𝐀 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞:
Building a habit around tracking your steps
Preparing what you are going to eat the night before rather than surviving on takeaway
Getting to the gym 3 days a week
Getting up early on a weekend rather than being hungover
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞
Not fitting your shirts
Feeling tired all the time
Have little sex drive
Wish you were a better role model for the kids,
Give up the idea of a health kick
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐥
You can still indulge,
But it’s balanced against the ‘𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳’ things…
𝗪𝐄'𝐕𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝟏𝟏𝟖 𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝐊𝐆 𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄
MY OPINION AROUND WEIGHT GAIN… TRUE OR FALSE?
Am I a trained psychologist? No…
But having working with 100’s of men and women on weight loss,
I see a theme…
𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
We don’t say, ‘𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘐’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝟸𝟶𝘬𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦’
It just kinda happens,
Slowly and gradually and then gets out of control
𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝
So, when our mind is in a tough place,
That ‘place’ is represented on the body physically
Anyone that’s ever said ‘𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥’ 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – we have so much on our plate and health just falls off as we struggle day to day
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 – something in our past causes us shame or guilt and binge eating or drinking is a way to express that guilt
If that is true for most of us,
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝗪𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝
Like eating healthier or working out
If we don’t go to the root of the weight gain,
Looking at our life priorities or addressing the trauma,
𝗪𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞
It’s a way to prove to ourselves we don’t deserve to be healthy
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟑 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦
It’s the next step after you’ve made some changes to your nutrition and training in Better Body Academy
I can’t wait to share some of the wins from this program soon
𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 - 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭?
PS. This photo has nothing to do with the post, other than to say Oshyn and I got matching sunnies
IT’S NOT ACTUALLY ABOUT FAT LOSS AT ALL
I want you to imagine your DREAM LIFE
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦?
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯?
Most of us say:
𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺,
𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥
𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥
Then we wake up one day,
And life has flown by
And at the point we realise it,
𝗪𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.
When people sign into Better Body Academy,
At the start, it’s about fat loss
But the ones that REALLY grab it,
They soon realise that fat loss is not the end game
It’s just the stepping stone.
Changing yourself PHYSICALLY is actually pretty simple
𝗪𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝗪𝐇𝐘 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍
Once you have built your self-belief by following through on that plan
You’ll start seeing physical results
And the changing of your body will give you the confidence to start working on your mind.
And once the mind-work begins,
And you get out of your own way,
Your life opens up to you
And you attract amazing things without sabotage
You realise your worth and what you can offer
And while you’ll still have the shit days,
You’ll have far more moments of pure love and joy
And to me,
That’s what matters!
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧!