Quitting's for smokers.

I received an email last night from a client at my fitness studio and thought my response applied to many more than just that person.

Instead of trying to recap, here's the email:

"Hey Al, I have a question for you, or maybe I'm asking for some tips. This week I have been struggling with motivation, focus, and drive. I was disappointed in myself in yesterday’s fight class, I tried to gain some focus and push but it just wasn't happening. My sparring felt like crap and the drills were mediocre at best....

This newsletter is designed to challenge your thinking and open you up to new views, ideas and concepts. In no way are we making any view wrong or choosing one over the other for you. Be a student, not a follower. Take it in and study it for yourself then make your own decision!

Are you the driver of your life, or a passenger?

Are you even on the right path to your dream?

Are you doing the things YOU want to do?

Are you living the life YOU dreamed of?

Are you watching life slowly go by?

You are an amazing person, a select individual who does what most of their friends will not.

Yes you. You are the one at the gym, working your butt off, coming in day after day and putting yourself first and doing what needs to be done.

This is the hard way, but the best way.

The easy way is to stay overweight and miserable long enough that you can lower your expectations in life so much that you accept where you are as where you will always be, as where you are meant to be, or worse,...

What if I told you this was possible?

What if I told you there was a way to lose immense amounts of weight with little to no exercise?

What if I told you there is a way you can have the body of your dreams AND eat what you want?

What if I told you that everything you've ever heard is dead wrong, everything I've ever said is dead wrong, and there IS a way to reach your goals while living off of junk food?

What if I told you it's a new way to...

Before we dive into this chapter, and it’s a must read, let's go over a few questions I have for you.

Where did you get your food habits from? Did your parent's encourage healthy eating, actually make you eat healthy, or never say a word? Did you eat great growing up and slowly slide back? Did you eat like crap growing up but took charge of your own life, educated yourself, read a book and started to eat better on your own? Do you take the time to feed real food to your family? Do you eat real...