I'm quitting the fitness industry!

Today I'm going to challenge you to beat me

The competition were going to have is based on last week's events

And is titled:

I bet my problems are worse then yours!

How good does that make you feel already

The fact that Super Matt has problems too!

In fact let's rewind a bit and change the word problems for challenges.

So here's a list of the challenges I've faced this week that made me say at one point:

"I'm quitting the fitness industry"

Someone told me they question my level of expertise after witnessing me do this in a little over 3 months: 

I've had to part ways with 3 very dedicated clients

I've not seen my 1 year old son Jude for 5 days due to being out serving people from 6am-9pm

A muscle went into spasm in my shoulder which meant I couldn't do any exercise (this was of course my biggest challenge)

My trainer (yes I've got a trainer and I'll maybe go into that this week) has cut my carbohydrate intake by 10%!!!

And get this..


Someone actually called me a 4 letter word!


All of these challenges made me really contemplate my future in the fitness industry.

I told myself I'm no good and I almost acted on what I was telling myself based mostly on the opinions of others

But then something happened

I had a chat with the misses (behind every great man and all that) and she told me to get the stresses out of my life and focus on everything that is good about it

Without hesitation I did that

As soon as I switched my thinking; almost by magic, I started receiving positive comments from clients

I even got a Thank you card from the members of the Body Transformation Program! 

I've also had around 30 applications for a free strategy call with me (you can apply for that here by the way.https://mattsmithfitness.wufoo.com/forms/free-online-strategy-session/)

My shoulder pain has gone

AND my trainer has told me I can up my protein intake (this news was so good I actually high fived myself!)

Oh and I've also eliminated most, if not all, of the negative people in my life, including the lady, yes lady, who called me that 4 letter word.

The moral of the sorry is this....

You get more of what you focus on.

If you focus on being overweight, that's what you'll be,

If you focus on all the stresses and negativity in your life you'll get more of them

You'll adjust your actions to fit your thoughts and your self-talk.

What you need to do is focus on who you want to be,

Who you want around you

But most importantly you need to focus on the body you want,

Imagine the ideal shape of your body,

Imagine the ideal size of your body,

Take a look in the mirror right now and imagine you have the body you want 

Feel how it feels to have YOUR perfect body

Feel how it feels to have health and fitness levels that you want,

Focus more on that than where you are right now and I promise,

It will change the way you think, the way you act and the results that you will get

I'll teach you HOW to do all that on the other side of your free strategy call

Again you can apply for that here.. https://mattsmithfitness.wufoo.com/forms/free-online-strategy-session/

Oh and I'm not quitting the fitness industry just yet!

Remember:

"Quitters never win and winners never quit"

Stay focused and I'll look forward to seeing you on that free strategy call, that link one last time https://mattsmithfitness.wufoo.com/forms/free-online-strategy-session/

Matt 'Imagine your perfect body' Smith

You'll always be FAT!

It's 31 degrees,

There are half naked people everywhere,

And I'm walking round the pool with the best body in sight! 

A culmination of 12 weeks of high intensity training and a super strict diet (90% of the time) has resulted in me having THE beach body! 

                                         ***That's not me but it's a pretty good beach body right?***

Fast forward 1 week

It's now cold, wet and windy, 

I'm back in the UK after my holiday in Spain. 

And one of the first things I do is jump on the scales. 

7lbs!

7lbs on in just 7 days

It's a new record! 

And last night I discovered why this had happened

You'll say it was because I went in an all inclusive holiday,

You'll say it's because I didn't do any exercise

You'll also say it's because I had a full English followed by pastries and pancakes for breakfast,

A 3 course lunch,

And a 4 course dinner 

EVERY DAY!!

Now although all of the above is true,

That's not WHY I put on 7lbs.

What happened was my habitual instincts of 'you must do what you can to survive' kicked in,

And that's also what happens to you and every other human being on the planet when you have a CHOICE of what and how much food you put in your mouth. 

Your habitual instincts tell you to eat as much as you can.

Hence why you'll always be fat!

This goes back to our caveman days when food was scarce.

And there's not much you or me can do about that.

Seen as us humans act rationally first then try to justify logically after;

We're all fighting a very steep up hill battle when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off. 

But there's more bad news,

Your body likes to stay in its comfort zone in terms of its weight,

So when you try to change your weight in anyway, be it up or down, you will encounter even more resistance. 

The reasons for this is because your CNS (Central Nervous system) has a continuous conversation with your body fat.

As soon as your body fat levels change, alarm bells start to ring.

You see, your body fat % is controlled by two EXTREMELY important hormones.

Leptin

And 

Insulin

Leptin tells you when you are full and helps you break down fat for energy

And insulin stimulates lipogenisis (takes sugar and stores it as fat).

Simply put, If you eat a diet high in foods that promote leptin levels to rise,

You will feel fuller and your body will break down fat for energy resulting in weight loss

Conversely, if you eat a diet that stimulates insulin,

 All that will happen is the majority of that food will get stored as fat.

Here's another spanner in your works:

The more you cut your calories

And the more exercise you do,

The more your body tells you to eat more to make up for this deficit.

This leads to

You 'NEEDING' to eat more.

However, with all that being said,

The good news is there are people out there with the body that you dream of

And if they can do it so can you. 

All you need is 2 things

1. The right guidance

And 2

Will power that is stronger than your habitual instincts.

Even more good news is both of those can be acquired and learned.

If you are on a weight loss mission your first port of call should be to hire a coach who not just talks the talk but also walks the walk

And if you're already doing that then my next bit of advice is to follow their recommendations at least 90% of the time.

But THE MOST important bit of advice I can give you is to set yourself a goal weight and do everything in your power to achieve that!

Get the resources you need,

Hire the trainer,

Buy the books,

Watch the DVD's

And stay focused! 

Because if you don't

You'll always be fat! 

A resource that is available to you right now is me!

I'm offering 10 FREE 1 hour Online Strategy Sessions on how you can reach your goals. 

You can apply for your FREE Online strategy session By clicking HERE

Matt 'will one day be fat' Smith

PS it's first come first serve on those 10 strategy session so get in quick! 

5 ways to boost Confidence and 1 thing you didn't know about me

5 ways to boost Confidence and 1 thing you didn't know about me..

Who would want to do a thing like that? 

Who would intentionally set out to hurt someone, be it physically or mentally?

Some people don't know they're doing it,

The kid who bullied me through most of my high school life, did.

He knew exactly what he was doing,

What he didn't realise was that later in life I'd use it to my advantage!

From the moment I left school I was determined to build a strong body to protect myself against bullies in the future,

But I didn't stop there,

His bullying inspired me to want to be super successful, a kind of 'I'm going to be better that you' mindset developed. 

Now don't confuse that as arrogance because one of my favorite quotes is "at the end of the game, all of the pieces get put in the same box".

And I'm the last person to think that any one person is better than an other, 

My thoughts were just relative to this situation. 

So there you have it, the one thing you didn't know about me:

I was bullied at school and instead of letting it effect me, I used it as the fuel for my fire.  

So in a way I should probably thank Mr Bully because without him I wouldn't be the person I am today. 

Which leads us nicely on to: 5 Ways to increase your confidence.

1. Use a negative past experience as a positive, whatever it is, search for how you can turn that situation around, like I did with Mr Bully. Because I wanted to build a bully retardant body I actually developed a bucket load of confidence in the process.

2. If you're not happy about your current situation, don't sit there feeling sorry for yourself, do something about it.

The only person stopping you from getting the life you want is you, and once you start taking the first steps to getting that life you want you will see your confidence grow.

I see that in my clients almost every week, they see their bodies changing, their fitness improving, the health improving, their mental clarity improving and all that helps towards the end goal of increased confidence.

3. Act as if.

What do I mean by that?

Simple, Act as if you were the most confident person in the world, in fact, here's a task for you to do now..

Go to a quiet place where no one can see you, now close your eyes (read the rest of this first then close your eyes) and picture the most confident person you know.

Then I want you to stand how they stand, breath how they breath, see what they see, act how they act, do all this with your eyes closed, keep feeling the feelings that Mr/Mrs confident is feeling, feel your chest lift higher and higher, feel a big confident smile sweep across your face, keep standing tall and proud, then open your eyes and say to yourself 'Whatever challenges I face today, I'll handle it'.

That my friend is something called visualisation and it's one of the oldest but most powerful tricks in the book. I recommend you do this at least 3 times a day, every day for a month.

4. Repeat number 3. That's how good that one is!

5. Asses then act.

Whenever you face any situation where a certain amount of confidence is needed, assess it then act.

Most people do the former but then never do the latter.

Why?

Fear.

Lets break a situation down,

How about approaching the opposite sex, it might not be because you want to cavort with them, it might just be that you need to talk to them for something.

If you do want to cavort with them then I suggest you watch this.. Top 10 chat up lines

But because of past life experiences you asses, feel the fear, then don't act.

So let me teach you the way to successfully assess then act.

There's 3 stages.

1. Work out what is the worst that can happen.

2. Work out what you can do to prevent the worst from happening

3. Act based on the facts that have been presented to you.

So in our situation the worst that can possibly happen is the other person refuses to talk to you, maybe you might muck up your words and maybe just maybe you'll trip up just before you get to them and land face down right at their feet.

That's the assessment bit out of the way.

Now you have to work out a way to prevent that from happening, in this case it's easy,

1. Ask an open question (open questions are questions that can't be answered with a yes or a no) that way they have to engage in conversation with you, it would be rude not to.
2. Plan what you're going to say and then take a big breath before you get to the other person
3. Plan your route to them making sure there are no trip hazards in the way.

Which leads us on to number 3.

Act based on the facts that have been presented to you.

In this case, you can choose to go and speak to the opposite sex or you can walk away, the best thing is, it will be your choice what happens next, not theirs.

And that will build confidence like no ones business.

Think about it,

You made that decision

Therefore you are in control of your life

And to be in control of your life guess what attribute you must posses.....

As if you need me to write the answer here! 

That's all for now so stay confident ya'll.

Matt 'Act as if' Smith