Revisited: " The Importance of Being Objective " By Charlotte Quillen

The Importance of Being Objective

                It’s something we learn to do early in life, a defense mechanism if you will; make excuses so that we feel better about ourselves, even though deep down we know what we have done is wrong. This can be as simple as rationalizing the lie you told your mom when you were seven because you didn’t want to get in trouble, or cheating on that exam in college because your professor was a douche bag who liked to put questions on the test that weren’t on the study guide. While no one likes to get in trouble, and maybe your opinion of your professor was accurate; lying and cheating are wrong.

Some people go through their lives rationalizing their mistakes and literally lying to themselves so often that they no longer have the ability to look at themselves objectively; they believe their own lie. What do I mean by this? Well, how many people do you know that are overweight, yet will point out the obesity in others, like they just can’t believe how someone could do that to their body? Or someone who just can’t understand why they aren’t reaching their fitness goals, yet you saw them check in at the Cheesecake Factory yesterday and two days before that they went out drinking and then last week they were at the Ice cream shop? I cannot count the number of examples I have just like the two I just listed. The reality is, if you point this out you are greeted with a barrage of accusations and denials, but never with that person having taken a step back and then taking a good, long, honest looked at his or her self before reacting defensively.

See, I can talk about this because I used to be that person. I have made more mistakes than I care to admit, and I used to be the one who tried her damndest to put the blame on other people, never taking responsibility for my action, nor doing a damn thing to change them. But then my life hit rock bottom so to speak, and instead of rolling over and letting it crush me, I decided to change. I decided to take that look at myself that I had been avoiding for so long, and ever since that moment I choose to be honest with myself.

No matter what you goal is you have to be able to look at yourself objectively. You must be able to put your emotions aside, and say “what do I need to work on? “, “What am I doing wrong? “, “What can I do to change it?” Every single day you must hold yourself accountable, because no one else is going to. You have to realize, you can’t give 50%, 75% or even 90% and expect to get consistent results, see consistent progress, or reach your long term goals. It just won’t happen. You have to go in with 100% commitment, and be able to take a step back when you’re ready to blame your trainer for your lack of results and say “Am I REALLY following this 100%?” and be HONEST. 100% means you do not deviate from your meal plan at all, you push yourself in the gym (this does not mean barely breaking a sweat, using the same weights for the past 6 weeks, or missing a workout), giving 100% in cardio (this mean it should be challenging, you should sweat your ass off or you aren’t going hard enough).  If you aren’t seeing results, I guarantee your answer is right there.

At www.fitnesspoynters.com, we give you the TOOLS you need to reach your goals. We can’t transfer our motivation and dedication to you, we can’t hold your hand and be with you every second of the day to make sure you stay on track, and we can’t take responsibility for you not being successful. What we can do is support you and offer advice. We show you the path you need to take, but it’s up to you and you alone to follow it. You have to take responsibility for your own mistakes, only then can you truly appreciate your success.

Tips for remaining objective:

1. Keep detailed logs, both for your workouts and meals. Write down EVERY single thing you put in your mouth, don’t omit something your embarrassed of. For your workouts, write down the weights you used, and your rest times. If your weights are always the same, and your rest times are longer than they should be, your results will suffer. Cardio logs are important too, write down the speed, miles, and time. Make note of your exertion levels.

2. Take responsibility for you actions! If you eat something you shouldn’t have, own up to it!

3. Stop making excuses! If you say or think something along these lines, “Well, I missed my workout today BUT it wasn’t my fault because…” just stop right there because that’s an excuse.

4.  Give yourself more credit. You made the choice to start this lifestyle change, and that’s something many people don’t have the courage to do.

5. Set realistic, challenging goals. Set a goal date, and a reward. And DO NOT BACK OUT for any reason. So, you had to travel for work unexpectedly, you moved, your sister had a birthday party… refer to #3.

6. Take control of your own life. Maybe your family, friends, spouse don’t support your lifestyle change. When this happens, this is a prime example of people who are unable to look at their self objectively. They can’t support your healthy changes because then they will start to feel bad about their unhealthy choices.

Remember:

Whatever is on your plate got there because YOU said yes to it.

The struggle is 90% mental. You can do it, even if your mind is telling you that you can’t.

Motivation and dedication is a choice. You either want it or you don’t.

If it’s important to you, you will find a way, if not you’ll find an excuse.

Love yourself! Know you can do absolutely anything if you want it bad enough.

NEVER GIVE UP ON YOURSELF.

Written by:
Charlotte Quillen: Fitnesspoynters.com
http://www.bodyspace.com/beautifulgrace

 

 

Charlotte Quillen's 12 week Transformation video.. " Journey to the Kentucky Muscle" Clips from 10 weeks out until the final week.

Hello Everyone.
I hope you all are doing great, on point with all things that are leading you to your goals.

I wanted to take some time, share a few things from the show that Char did recently.

This video you see is her transformation , and I have also included a video from the show in which she was out for the overall Figure award.

Her results from the huge show are as follows:
Figure Class C:
1st place Novice
1st place Open
Overall Novice Winner

Up next: A National show in 2015 where she hopes to earn a Pro Card.

If you need some motivation, check this out, share it if you don't mind and if you post on fb or instagram, please tag us.
@charlottequillen
@fitnesspoynters

Thanks everyone, enjoy your day.
Steve
http://www.fitnesspoynters.com

12 weeks until the final week of show prep: The Battle for Figure Overall Open Class.

Tabatha's Journey to Forever Fit.... Transformation Story

Hello everyone, I really hope you are all doing well , staying motivated, staying driven or just enjoying life for that matter.

I have a friend on Facebok who has made a really great decision in life and has made some really great progress and I asked her to write up a little something so I could share it with you guys.
I am sure many of you can relate and hopefully this will inspire and motivate you to take things to a new level in life.
We all deserve the best and the best way to make sure we live the best life and to the fullest is to get our health in check.

I am always here to help someone out and you can find me at Fitnesspoynters.com as most of you know.

But today, we are sharing the story of " Tabatha Camacho" .
You can find her on Facebook and you can find her amazing and inspirational page at the link below.
Tabatha's Forever Fit Journey.. Facebook

Here is a little insight about Tabatha...

"As a child I was always on the chunky side. That is not a surprise at all considering I lived in a house where I ate what I wanted, when I wanted. When I finished a meal I could go get something off the candy table.

Anytime throughout the day when I wanted something I just went and got it. Gravy and biscuits for breakfast, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and fried potatoes for lunch, grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner and a snack of a fried chicken patty sandwich with chips before bedtime. By the time I was in high school I was pushing 230 lbs and was wearing a size 18.

I knew I had a problem, I also knew I had to change. But how do you do that, how does someone change? Looking back on it all now, I wish I would have had some of the insight that I do now. At that point in my life change for me was eating all the unhealthy processed food out there that catered to dieters. If it said “low fat” or “fat free” I tried it. I wont lie, I lost weight, I lost 40 lbs in a short time. I also lost energy, I lost concentration, I gained health problems and in the end I didn’t feel any better about myself than I did when I was 40 lbs heavier. I never really liked myself or felt like I was making an improvement on myself, even though the number on the scale was going on. 

I continued with this process through college, graduate school, and 2 kids. About a year after my 2^nd child I had reached a point of desperation. I was eating at most 1200 calories a day. I was running 4+ miles a day, and I was just not losing weight. I was desperate, and my husband knew it. At that point he gave me the best gift he has ever given me, for my birthday he gave me a gym membership and a consultation with a personal trainer(Jim McDaniel- Glenn Fords Fitness Center/ Lexington). I really do consider that point in my life to be when I turned a corner. I started strength training 3 to 5 days a week and doing cardio on a regular basis. I totally revamped my diet to include real food, as opposed to the over processed “fat free” junk I had been eating before, and most importantly I started seeing the changes in myself that I wanted to see. The most beautiful part of the transformation, when you reach this point, is that the changes that are taking place inside become just as important as the ones you are seeing on the outside. I gained confidence in myself and no longer placed my self worth on the number I saw on the scale. I started to appreciate my body for the things it could do. Most importantly I started to love myself and in the end, nothing is as important as that.​"

Want to follow Tabatha and learn more about her life altering transformation?
Follow the link above, there are daily motivational posts put on her page, we can all find motivation from it, no matter who we are, where we are, what life we lead etc. Fitness is always something that can be inspiring, especially the Transformations you will see take place on pages like this.

Thanks everyone, have a fabulous day.
Stay motivated, stay driven. Find consistency, determination and be unbreakable.. You're worth it!

Steve Poynter
www.fitnesspoynters.com

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Are you ready to take that leap and get on the healthy way of living? We are here to help you just like we have helped hundreds of others.
Changing lives day after day,  we have some of the most incredible transformations you will ever see.

These people we help, they are not a client, we don't believe in clients, when you join us, we become a team. As a team, we work together in getting you put on exactly what you need in order to get you into a healthier state of living  or just on the path toward your goal.

I will work with anyone from anywhere around the world. I will do all I can to help you reach your goal. There is no task that I will not take on.
If you think your goal is a challenge and you don't want to bother someone with it, well come to me, I'll be more than happy to make your goal a reality.

We live one life, there isn't anyone or anything that should stand in our way of making the most out of this life. Being healthy is one sure way to know you will be sticking around for a long time. You know you want to be around to watch your kids grow up or watch your kids have kids etc.
There's plenty to change your health for.

We don't put you on strict , ridiculous diets, we put you on healthy meal plans, we give you multiple options to choose from so that you don't have to eat the same thing day in and day out.
We give you recipe ideas so you don't have to eat "bland" foods.
We are constantly coming up with new ways to prepare foods to make them taste as good as possible.
We don't use organic foods, we don't have you going out shopping for ridiculous items. Everything I suggest can be found at almost any grocery store.

Never worked out, it's no problem, I set you up on a light workout, sending you pics showing you exactly what to do.
You advanced? That's cool. I can put you on a workout I guarantee you that you have never done .
I design all workouts myself. I use them for a minimum of 12 weeks before I start putting them out.
Some I use for up to 16 weeks because progress is always coming .

So , what's holding you back?
Lets do this, lets change your life, you deserve it, I know you do, you know you do, your family will be thankful, you'll be thankful and I'll thank you for believing in my system.

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When she started, she never planned on competing, she just decided upon it once she started making incredible changes with her body and her overall lifestyle.

 

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I hope everyone is having a fabulous week and for those into fitness, I hope you are doing all you can to stay on track and reach your goals at hand.

As always, in Honor of Memorial Day, we are offering up special rates at Fitnesspoynters.com online training site.
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Team Poynter Blog Week: Look How She Has Caused Fat To Melt like Butter!

Name: Heather Zanola

I began my Psychotic Fat Destruction Plan in late November 2009. Prior to working the Fitness Poynters plan, I was lifting weights steadily and eating clean to the best of my knowledge. I had bought books, networked with body builders and trainers, researched the net, and subscribed to a women’s body building magazine named Oxygen to learn as much as I could about diet and training.

When I was introduced to Fitness Poynters, I was at a place where I would train my muscles so hard, and often overtrain, because I wanted to lean up so badly and lose all of my body fat, but it wasn’t happening. I was introduced to Fitness Poynters online through BodyBuilding.com and the site guaranteed a total transformation. The Fitness Poynters site showed success stories and pictures, so I trusted my gut instincts and went with the program. I was at a place where I had nothing to lose.

I told co-workers and friends I was starting a new program, and within a week of the Psychotic Fat Destruction Plan (to shed fat and build lean muscle) everyone I knew around me saw the difference in my appearance, asked what I was doing differently and said I looked great! The diet was difficult to get used to at first, with the human cravings and all, but once you begin to see the changes in your body and how great you feel, you’re mind and body will adjust fast. My diet is protein based, with plenty of food to keep me full throughout the day. My metabolism began churning and I even quite drinking coffee because I no longer needed it.

Here are Heather's Changes after 8 weeks:

My best experience has been with this plan because I get to see a transformation in my body every week. All of my hard work with training and diet is paying off and I am now obtaining the weight, physique and muscle definition I’ve worked for years to obtain. And, this is only the beginning.

When I began the program, I weighed 154, and no matter what, I couldn’t shed the layer of fat off of my body like snow on a mountain. I also had a major car accident 7 years ago, limiting my ability to run – due to balance issues. So, it has been hard to lose the fat weight.

Currently, at weeks 9 and 10 of the program, I weigh 148, size 6, and everyone says I’m still shrinking and that I look the best I have in my life. I have lost inches more than weight. I’ve even been asked to compete in July 2010 in a local body building competition. My supplements have been Cellucor D4 Thermal Shock and ThyroStim T3.

My training no longer includes overtraining, but easy to manage workouts focusing on each body part. This program is great and I strongly recommend it to everyone I know!!! If you want a total transformation, Fitness Poynters can help you achieve that!"

Team Poynter Blog Week: See How Brandie Uses Training to Cope with Tragedy!

Brandie:
Bodyspace: http://www.bodyspace.com/brandiecola



My name is Brandie, I live in the upstate New York and for the past 3 years now it
has been the toughest time of my life.  I have always been pretty healthy and fit until I lost my father in 2003 and my best friend, my mother in 2007 both to cancer.

After losing my mom I started to just not care about anything anymore...I gained more weight, became very depressed and just really didn't care about anything. 

I knew I had to get out of this spot I was in and start living my life again.  My mother wrote in her last letter she left to me "Brandie please for me don't get depressed and stay down, you've got your kids to think of and you'll always have me in your heart, smile and laugh, remember our love and life together".

My complete inspiration, hard work and determination comes this letter she left me which is 7 pages long and from seeing everything that she went through in life. 

She was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was 11 and didn't think she was even going to see me drive my first car.  My mother was the strongest women I know, she battled on and off with the breast cancer for 22 years and going through every medical possibility to keep her alive until it reached her brain.   I have always worked out but mostly just went through the motions not really caring about it.

My training and determination tells me I am strong like my mom I can beat anything that stands in my way.  I will eat healthy and be the most physically fit person I can be to make sure I have little or no chance of getting cancer like my parents did and to also feel absolutely great about myself physically and be the best mom to my kids and wife to my husband. 

I work out between 4-6 days a week and every time I walk into that gym I am excited to be there now, I do squates and feel that animal in me come out!  I feel strong inside and out and stronger every week I keep going.  I eat very healthy which makes me feel very strong and energetic, like they say "you are what you eat" and its so true. 

I eat 6 x a day with additional supplements that really help me with becoming who I want to be.  I take Cellucor D4 which is an excellent supplement for energy before your workouts and helps burn fat throughout the day.  I also take Cellucor T7 which is stimulant free, promotes positive mood, and helps release stubborn fat within our bodies. 

I also use No Extreme by Cellucor which increases lean muscle mass and gives you an explosive energy surge.  I believe Cellucor products are by far the best products on the market!  I take daily a protein drink by gaspari nutrition which helps me get more of the protein I need for my body and taste really good, not chalky like some protein shakes I have tried. 

I believe anyone out there can change with motivation and dedication!  If you fully dedicate yourself to being healthy and fit then you will be. 

My main goal in life physically is to become ripped, fit and lean.  I know I can do this, I know I can be strong and I know I can change and so can you.  There is NO EXCUSE!  We all have an inner strength we just have to find out what it is and make it happen.

This is dedicated to my mom & dad and to everyone else out there that has weight, medical or physical problems.  You can do this! You can be better! You are strong!  Being Repetitious will be your goal and you will see results!"

Thank You,
Brandie