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Just a quick glimpse of what some of my friends on Facebook have been saying.

These guys are experts in their fields and are worth following for all of their insights and tips! (just don’t be spaming them for Mafia Wars or Farmville things!)

Bob Garon If ur salad “greens” look like white water flakes… ur not gettin any nutrients, enzymes, or good fiber. Go green. Go very green. The darker the better.

Craig Ballantyne Short term pain from discipline equals long-term gain from progress. Long-term pain comes from lacking short-term discipline.

Alwyn Cosgrove Today’s training session DONE! You can make progress or excuses but you can’t make both!

Tom Venuto Sydney Herald (Australia) asks: “Will the biggest loser kill someone?” http://www.smh.com.au/national/experts-warn-diet-show-puts-lives-in-danger-20100219-olzm.html

Anthony Goldsmith -a happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Mike Roussell interesting…up to 80% of breast, bowel, can prostate cancer can be attributed to dietary practices. What are you having for dinner?

Steve Payne Closing thought for the day: “An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Arnel Ricafranca Earlier this aftenoon, I saw a woman lightly jogging while reading a book. I hope her goal is NOT fat loss because she is just wasting her time.

Jay Salvati “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” -Bruce Lee

January has pretty much come and gone. Hopefully you are still on track with the goals (even resolutions) you made 30 or so days ago. These guys below know what they are talking about so I thought it’s only fair to share the wealth. Enjoy. (and be sure to add me as a friend on Facebook!)

Bob Garon Water gets past almost all headaches. Be sure to drink no less than half your bodyweight in ounces every day… above and beyond your workout hydration needs.

Alwyn Cosgrove New blog post up: 5% of the year is gone already! Are you on track with your 2010 goals?

Craig Ballantyne Take 5 minutes and plan out your weekend of activity and your meals. That way, things won’t start bad and go downhill from there. Then spend another 10 minutes planning out next week, identifying obstacles that might get in your way, and then write down 2 solutions for every obstacle. This will save you a lot of stress.

Donovan Owens I have a lady in one of my boot camps…she’s 76 years young…she’s had 2 total knee replacements…and she shows up 3 times a week. I’m sorry, what was your excuse again?

Bob Garon Calories are almost NEVER ur enemy… the enemy is ur added sugars, salts, processed grains, and pasteurized dairy. You rid those 4 Little White Devils out of ur life, replace them with many colors of a minimum of 4-6 fruits & 4-6 veggies every single day of ur life, and you’ll be uber healthy. True Story!

I’m kicking off another new series of blog posts today. Basically it will be a collection of the best bits related to fitness, fat loss, mindset and anything else of value from my friends on Facebook. If you haven’t already, be sure to add me as a friend also.

In no particular order:

Scott Colby Let’s play a game – Name That Food. Here are the ingredients. Guess what it is. Blanched macaroni product (water, semolina, wheat gluten), skim milk, cooked chicken breast with rib pesto glazed smoke flavor added (cooked chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, chicken flavor (dehydrated chicken broth, chicken powder, flavor, salt, modified corn starch, salt, spice), water, seasoning (sugar, (dehydrated romano cheese and blue cheese {part skim cow’s milk, cheese cultures, pasteurized cow’s milk, salt, enzymes}, spices, salt, modified food starch, dehydrated garlic dehydrated onion, citric acid, (dehydrated flavorings {(modified food starch, corn syrup solids, flavor, smoke flavor, partially hydrogenated soybean oil), dehydrated flavor (maltodextrin, citric acid, gum arabic, natural flavor}, extractives of garlic, olive oil), water, red peppers, ywllow peppers, 2% or less of cream, parmesan cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), soybean oil, modified cornstarch, bleached wheat flour, basil, asiago cheese (pasteurizred milk, salt, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, salt, lactic acid, citric acid), extra virgin olive oil, garlic puree, enzyme modified parmesan cheese (cultured milk, water, salt, enzymes), whey protein concentrate, cheese flavor (cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), water, salt, enzymes, cultures, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum), dehydrated onions, potassium chloride.

*Maybe its time to stop eating processed foods!*

Bob Garon Get ur fitness plan from experts rather than magazines that need to continually sell new issues that beat out the last. Get ur plan from the experts rather than friends who workout and may have different goals than u and may also not fully understand how to offer proven advice specific for ur desires. Don’t waste ur time watching others at the gym who probably do the same things all the time.

*Find a fitness professional that practices what they preach, follow the message and ask them questions*

Jonathan Angelilli “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are RIGHT.” ~ Henry Ford

*Really think about this and the negative thoughts you have with yourself. Can you lose the weight you want? Only if you think you can*

Scott Colby “People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.”

*Oh so true, don’t be caught majoring in the minors. Get it right for the rest of the year and you’ll have more freedom during the holiday period*

Let me know your favourites from January by leaving a comment below.

1. Prioritise your Health and Fitness

Every time you eat or drink you have an opportunity to do two things. You can either help yourself towards reaching your goals or you can make things harder by working against your goals. If you are prioritising your health and fitness it makes sense to be making positive choices that are going to make achieving that success easier.

I like to think of it this way. When you are training hard and you are almost at that level where you are going to vomit, have a think about what you are fuelling your body with. I can guarantee that you aren’t thinking about giving your body rubbish, all you want to do is make sure that you are giving your body the best fuel you can so that it make the workout easier!

Think that same thought the next time you are reaching for a food that isn’t going to help your health or fitness. Suddenly the ‘pleasure’ of eating this food isn’t worth the pain of getting it off again.

So each time you eat or drink, ask yourself if you are putting your health first and helping yourself out. If you aren’t tell yourself that you are making it harder to achieve your goals by making a negative choice. Trust me here, you won’t want to be telling yourself all the time that you are making life harder for yourself. You are suddenly accountable for all your actions and will make better decisions that will impact on your health and weight loss goals.

2. Do Something Everyday

You’ve got the eating and drinking under control, now its time to get some movement happening. The key here, the minimum you are working towards, is to do something everyday. Now before you go telling me all your problems and how you don’t have time, revisit number 1 and get to prioritising your health and fitness. The same goes for exercise, if you want to do it, and you are making it a priority then you will make time for it. Do you watch any television? Facebook and other time killers online. There is at least 5 minutes per day when you can get some exercise in. And if you think you can’t get anything done in 5 minutes that is beneficial, knock out 5 minutes straight of burpees and get back to me.

Ideally you will be spending more than 5 minutes per day on exercise, but the point is to do something everyday, and it will add up. Spend some time with the family at the park, walk there and back, go for a ride, whatever. The more you can do, within reason, the better, but lets just tick off the basics first. Something everyday.

Now get out there and make it happen. Give yourself positive reinforcement each time you make a positive choice and actively question yourself when you are making bad choices. Your habits will change and so will your body.