As crazy as this South Shore winter has been, it’s even crazier that MOST OF US stayed holed up, eating out of boredom, claiming Nabisco, Ben & Jerry’s, Pepsi, House of Pizza, candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup as our major food groups.
I’m willing to bet that MOST OF US gained a few inches on the belly button since November of 2010.
And I’m willing to bet that MOST OF US haven’t been taking the necessary steps to get that NEW TO YOU FAT off your love handles, ass and under chin.
Sorry, but truth hurts sometimes.
And truth is, when you gain fat IT goes to the areas that IT loves MOST!
Not the places we love most. :(
NOW WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU?
WHAT DOESN’T IT?
Your Memorial Day weekend party is about 12 weeks away (3 months) and it’ll take a bit of time to even begin to get back to where you were last summer.
What?
You don’t spend Memorial Day weekend stuck inside of a pink box? To each their own.
So here’s the deal.
- Train like a Belley Fitness client
- EAT like you’re supposed to for actual fat loss
- And you win FREE Training for the summer if you do the best!
AND IF NOT FOR BEING THE BEST, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER EXCUSE WHY YOU CAN’T GET WHAT YOU WANT?
The funny thing about fat loss, fitness level, feeling great, being happy and living the dream is that it is ALL ABOUT PERCEPTION.
If you believe something will be challenging and hard I PROMISE YOU it will be.
If you believe you can’t be fit, energetic and happy I PROMISE YOU: you never will be.
If you believe living the dream is beyond your lifestyle reach I PROMISE YOU it will be too.
NOW CONVERSELY, AND I PROMISE THIS IS TRUE
If you believe YOU WILL be happy, sexy and fit I PROMISE YOU WILL BE!
If you believe YOU’RE FITTER than YOU THINK I PROMISE YOU the workouts will be enjoyable.
If you believe EATING HEALTHIER, MORE NUTRITIOUS FOOD will make you fitter, leaner, with less fat enveloping those problem areas and leave you fuller, happier and excited for your opportunity to be a better you I PROMISE YOU you’re absolutely right.
It will.
I’m extremely fortunate for my passion and my lifestyle. It leads to a healthier means and it provides me the ability to experience life in a way most people cannot.
They physically just can’t.
But what would make me happier is FOR YOU to understand what it feels like FOR ME and also experience life in a refreshing, exciting, rejuvenating world.
I WANT YOU to Live The Dream.
Your Dream.
And I believe this kick in the ass WILL HELP YOU.
A few weeks ago I was tired of not eating clean after the holidays.
My conscience began to eat away at me for falling out of the shape I had been in just 5 months prior in August of 2010.
I had a great run for 2 years of drastically improving my own fitness. http://robertbelley.blogspot.com/2010/12/something-cool-happened-to-me-in-fall.html
Now I had covered my abs again with belly fat, lost some strength and my face began to show signs of wear and tear. By feeding myself terribly with ‘Natural’ products, reducing my fruit and vegetable intake and not taking my vitamins and fish oil my face literally began to show the signs.
My eyes became baggier, my crow’s feet deeper wrinkled, my eyes a foggier green, and my gum health even became affected… despite brushing each morning, after meals and before bed.
I felt I looked pretty banged up and this really INSPIRED ME to finally get this long-thought-of CHALLENGE a go at the studio for you and everyone else.
So in January I decided enough of the bullshit.
I just turned another leaf year and was ready to not only match myself of summer 2010 but I NEEDED AND WANTED to BETTTER MYSELF. I have this ‘thing’ about being a better version of myself each year and to OUT DUE my prior-year-self.
I WANT TO IMPROVE MY INTELLIGENCE
I WANT TO LOOK FITTER
I WANT TO FEEL BETTER
I WANT TO RUN FURTHER
I WANT TO CRUSH MY OWN SELF OF MY YOUTH HEAD TO HEAD
I refuse to accept that my younger self IS or COULD be a better version of me.
The ME Today is the BEST ME Yet.
I’m hoping the BELLEY BEACH BODY MARSHFIT CHALLENGE will help spur this in YOU TOO!
And thankfully I’m young enough to have plenty of time to keep showing myself up as you do too!
I’m 32.
Granted my collegiate 21/22 year old self was no slouch or unfit in proficiency or appearance.
Neither was my 25 year old self or my 30 year old self.
SO I DON’T WANT TO HEAR THAT TRADITIONAL WEAK BULLSHIT ANSWER OF
“WAIT TILL YOU’RE BLAH-BLAH-BLAH AGE”
I swear nothing drives me crazier than a cynical individual who spouts that off in terms of the ability to accomplish/do things.
Same people who will profess,
“WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE I COULD DO THAT TOO AND BETTER THAN YOU”
Who look nothing the part just years or decades later.
IT’S ABSOLUTE CRAP. AND WHEN THOUGHT SAID THE CONSCIENCE KNOWS IT.
There’s no room for excuses or cynicism. Excuses are plain disgusting and a cancer. People should feel ashamed of themselves for even putting those embarrassing ‘words of wisdom’ in front of someone who may not know any better or the like.
I feel it’s the equivalent of stealing a life from somebody. Especially if it’s someone who respects said individual. Then it’s downright atrocious what kind of impact those words and behavior can have on a developing and formative mind.
~ But LIFE IS MEANT to be lived.
~ Life is meant to be embraced.
~ Life is meant to experience.
~ Life is meant to be celebrated.
Life is meant to empower and exchange energy amongst one another and to encourage one another to create a better life.
I understand not everyone shares my optimistic view of this reality. And that is fine. But I’m hoping you do. I’m hoping you GET IT. That you too are someone who lives their life appreciating the abilities they have and the opportunities that are presented to them on a daily basis.
The ability to BE ABLE TO WALK.
The ability to BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
The ability to BE ABLE TO SMILE.
The ability to BE ABLE TO BREATHE.
The ability to be able to perform all these wonderful and organic involuntary and voluntary behaviors free of machines, braces, injections, science and any means of help.
SO WHY WOULD YOU TAKE ALL THOSE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES and JUST TRASH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS BY EATING THE PROCESSED RUBBISH FOUND IN MOST GROCER AISLES and NOT PUSH YOURSELF ON A WEEKLY BASIS IN FITNESS TO CELEBRATE THE ABILITIES YOU DO HAVE CONTROL OVER and LEAD BY EXAMPLE so YOUR OWN KIDS and PEOPLE CLOSE TO YOU CAN FEEL ENCOURAGED TO DO THE SAME?
I don’t know.
I don’t get it either.
But I suppose that’s why I’m fortunate that my passion for life also helps me to lead by example when I need to and help those that look up to me feel compelled to take action for themselves and push harder.
HAVE I MENTIONED I LOVE MY TRAINING FAMILY/CLIENTS???
My life is rewarding and enriching. Each morning and night I have the ability to see people I care for become better versions of self at my fitness studio.
And the motivation I get from one of my clientele family do well at a particular workout or challenge brings the best out of me. How lucky am I?
I tell someone to perform a task.
They nail it.
Now I have to out due it to keep my name on the door.
I’m lucky.
So what do you have?
Who do you have to motivate you?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT YOU.
YOU HAVE YOU.
Have you ever taken a picture of yourself?
An honest picture?
I do it all the time.
Hell I do it near once a month.
And do you know what it tells me?
IT TELLS ME THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING THE LAST 4 WEEKS.
These were my latest photos.
Maybe for some people that’s being in shape. For me it’s a bit out of shape.
I CAN DO BETTER.
AND WHAT’S BEST IS I KNOW I CAN.
AND I HAVE BEEN…
Each week I take new photo’s on Saturday mornings to chart my progress.
And that’s what I want you to do.
8 weeks.
8 little weeks to chart your before and after photo’s so you can be HONEST WITH YOURSELF and get the most out of your own life before summer hits!
Do you want to feel confident at the beach or do you want to hide from the beach?
HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE BEACH IN RECENT SUMMERS?
It’s beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Amazing in fact. How could you not take some of your day to appreciate a small fraction of a natural gift from this planet?
A teaching I learned from Bruce Lee as a child has developed my appreciation for water. In a glass it could save your life. In a wave it could kill you. Be like water. Flow within space. Appreciate it for its beauty and respect it. So be like water.
I may be a American boy cliché, but I grew up digging Bruce Lee, Superheroes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rocky films, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, WINNING, competition, beautiful women, pizza, chocolate milk and ice cream because I thought they were cool and they profoundly impacted my development.
Throw in great music from the 70’s and 80‘s, some red Osh Gosh B’Gosh overalls, Star Wars films, pen and paper to create and draw on and maybe write out some emotions, lots of laughing, fun friends and taking some big risks and you’ve pretty much wrapped up my childhood: A Very Belley Life.
But despite my typical American upbringing I have been pushing to achieve and develop into a better person year to year. And I use the word despite in all sincerity with fevered respect for an upbringing.
Many people grow up utilizing their high school and pre 20’s as the greatest physical time of their life: their best shape; their best health; their greatest vigor.
By their late 20’s/early 30’s its all begun to fall apart.
DON’T BE THAT PERSON.
DON’T BE TYPICAL.
DON’T REVEL ON THE PAST.
IGNITE AT THE POTENTIONAL FOR WHAT’S NEXT!
THRIVE IN THE UNCERTAINTY, BUT ABILITY TO CONTROL WHAT IS YOUR FUTURE!
EVERY SECOND THAT GOES BY IS ANOTHER YOU’VE LOST….
or….
EVERY SECOND THAT GOES BY HAS JUST BROUGHT YOU CLOSER TO WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
SO WHO ARE YOU?
WHO ARE YOU UNDER THOSE CLOTHES?
ARE YOU VIBRANT, HEALTHY AND FIT?
IF NOT, WHY AREN’T YOU?
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO REDEEM LESS THAN BRILLIANT ATTEMPTS AT RESOLUTIONS.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO TURN EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT YOURSELF INTO AN AMAZING FUTURE.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO OVERCOME THE FEARS THAT HAVE HELD YOU BACK AND RUN WILD WITH NEW SELF-ASSURANCE.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO BE YOU.
SO WHEN ARE YOU GONNA START?
THE DETAILS ARE BELOW.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BE HONEST.
BEGIN YOUR LIFE AGAIN!!
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