Mindset

I am currently sitting in Starbucks, having a delicious lactose-free hot chocolate in one of the busiest streets in Mexico City: Avenida Insurgentes. World Trade Center, Mexico City My wife is next door in the World Trade Center attending the “Expo tu Boda” Trade Show (… on everything related to weddings) with her friend who is getting married this fall. While they are looking at wedding dresses and stuff, I am taking it easy, sipping on my drink, hearing the honking of cars and busy-ness of the street in the background as I reflect on how my week came...

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As I mentioned in my previous post, knowing my body, I know that it takes me about 6 weeks to see results and indeed, it’s the end of week 5 and I’ve seen a significant drop in my weight and bodyfat percentage. I was 73.4 kgs (161.8 lbs) at 17.4% bodyfat. This morning’s weigh-in is at 72.1 kgs (159 lbs) at 16.6% bodyfat, a loss of 2.8 lbs and 1.9 lbs of which is fat, which is excellent. No significant loss in my waist, but knowing from past transformations, before seeing my waist budge, I need to reach below...

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It’s the beginning of February! It seems that only yesterday we were celebrating the holidays, setting new goals and aiming for gold. No matter what our goals were, we felt a sense of drive and purpose towards achieving it and we told ourselves that no matter what, this year… Yes, this year we’ll get there. Now, January flew by and February has already begun. Do you still have this drive and sense of purpose? Do you even remember your goals? If not, why not? What happened? Did the rut of everyday life got “in the way” or were your...

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I find myself thinking that all the time: “there must something else I could to lose this weight…” These thoughts are dangerous and can become very destructive. We are already 2 weeks in the new year and this morning, I woke up, weighed in and found myself a bit heavier than usual and the first thought that comes to mind is: “there must be something I could do more…” In reality, no there isn’t it. When faced with self-doubt, go back to your plan and review it. Are you keeping track of what you are doing? Are doing everything...

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Alright, on our last post, we discussed some strategies for goal setting and how to achieve them. So, to shed some light on how to do this, I will share some of my own fitness goals that I want to achieve this year. My main fitness goal is to reach a waist circumference of 80 cm (31.5 inches), and gain 5 pounds of lean muscle. I am not what this will translate to in terms of weight and bodyfat percentage. I am currently at 89 cm and my first step is to reach below 85 cm before Easter holidays...

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Happy New Year to all of our readers! We do hope that you had an excellent holiday and that you had time to recharge and get ready for this upcoming new year. Fortunately for me, the holidays were hectic, full of family compromises and work, which didn’t leave me much time to rest. However, I did take the time to do one important task and that is: to set my goals for the year. I took the list I made for 2011 and looked it over. Many of these goals were not completed because, well, they weren’t specific enough...

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