burtle

Good one

"You were not born a winner and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself to be..". Lou Holtz

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right. - HENRY FORD

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you. - Arnold

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential” - Winston Churchill

So true

Great quotes :)

"We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It's not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist." Vince McConnell

Hi all - welcome to all the new members! 26 members in the first day. That's fantastic and a good incentive to keep the quotes going. Signing off for the night with this one.. "Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential" I like that saying, we all have bad days and things don't go…

"I Will Not Be Outworked. Period. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things. You got it on me in nine categories. But, if we get on the treadmill together, there's two things: You're getting off first, or I'm gonna die. It's really that…

Great! Keep them coming

i think the plan is to have a goal calorie target that will enable you to lose weight at a good pace. Yes if you exercise you can eat more calories, you'll need to because otherwise you wont have any energy! Additionally if you were going to have an "over" day, with no exercise, having some exercise will turn that into an…

Love this one - "No one can tell what goes on inbetween the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change.. You just come out the other side.. Or you don't". - Stephen King (from The Stand)

hey good luck mate, i'm in auckland. Haven't read much up on the fasting approach, trying paleo myself and have got down to a good weight so just trying to maintain now.

it sounds like you did really well! Having a goal really helps so is there something else you can now aim for? I'm in a bit of the same boat, have got to pretty much where I want to be, but need to stay motivated to stay there. Do you like running is there a race you can work towards doing?

I try to be consistently good during the weekdays (no alcohol, eat clean and exercise), then reward myself on the weekends (but still try to exercise so at least its a break even). The biggest thing is not to freak out if you have a bad day - its what you do consistently over weeks and months that brings results. Good luck!

Awesome effort! Keep up the good work!

i normally go breakfast, morning snack, lunch, avo snack, protein shake after evening excercise and then dinner. try to keep the mains small size. So 5 I guess. Dont eat any calories after dinner and try to have by about 7 - 7-30PM.

Auckland here!

thanks for the great advice! will have to give that a shot.

ahh yes I forgot to mention the coffee!

I'm rob, 40 living in Auckland New Zealand!! Work in IT

Howick area here. Didnt realize there were so many from auckland!