With the prevalence of arthritis projected to increase by more than 50 percent in the next 25 years, experts are urging Americans to get moving. Doing so could prevent or control joint pain and arthritis. Arthritis is the nation’s leading cause of disability, affecting 66 million Americans. It strikes people of all ages, including 300,000 children.

For the one in three Americans with arthritis, the pain and inflammation associated with this chronic condition can

Physical fitness can help prevent arthritis later in life.

limit everyday activities such as walking, dressing and even bathing. It also comes with a stiff price tag, costing the U.S. $86.2 billion annually in direct medical costs and indirect medical costs, such as losses in productivity.

According to the Arthritis Foundation, practicing healthy behaviors now, such as increasing physical activity and maintaining an ideal weight and fitness level, can help prevent or reduce joint pain and arthritis later in life. “Walking is a great example of a simple activity we can do to promote health,” said Dr. Patience White, chief public health officer of the Arthritis Foundation. “A 30-minute walk most days of the week, or even three 10-minute walks, reduces joint pain and stiffness, builds muscles around the joints, increases flexibility and endurance and improves overall health and fitness.” Dr. White adds that physical activity also promotes weight loss. For people above their ideal weight, losing as little as 11 pounds can decrease the risk of osteoarthritis or slow its progression.

Now many of us with older parents or grandparents have seen the debilitating effects of arthritis. It is upsetting to see a once lively person slowly being consumed by such a terrible disease. While we still don’t have all the facts or sure cure for arthritis, we can do our part by encouraging relatives (or even ourselves) to take action now and start exercising to alleviate some of the pain.

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One of the most powerful things you can do to assure continued progress is to tell someone of your fitness plans. Psychologically, we are stronger at performing and keeping to a task if we tell someone we are going to do it. You are being held accountable to that person for following through on your promise to complete the program.

Ask this person to call or keep in touch with you on a regular basis. Then, provide them with feedback on your

A workout partner will help you stay focused and motivated throughout your fitness journey.

progress. Tell this person that there may come a time in your fitness program when you’re struggling, and that, under no circumstances is he or she to be sympathetic with your struggles. Instruct them to do everything in their power to get you to continue on track. Give them a copy of your contract so they can see and use it, if need be, when the time comes.

When selecting the person whom you will hold yourself accountable to, choose carefully. There is a possibility that, if you chose the wrong person, instead of supporting your decision, they will attempt to talk you out of it and even ridicule your efforts. There are many reasons why this happens. Many people feel insecure about their own poor shape. They know they need to do something about their condition, but for a variety of reasons they don’t. When someone comes along and “upsets the apple cart,” so to speak, by reminding them of their own poor shape and eating habits, and the fact they don’t do anything about it, they become upset. In truth, they are upset with themselves, but instead of using this anger constructively, it is often reflected back on the person that caused the feelings to surface.

So, they may attempt to talk you out of doing what you have learned is the best way of transforming your body and life. In their own minds they think they’re doing you a favor by getting you to quit. Even well intentioned family and friends will try and sabotage your efforts if only to make themselves feel better about their own situation. PLEASE DON’T FALL FOR THIS! And it may become difficult because several friends or family member may attempt to derail you this way.

You will notice a pattern amongst those that support your decision for a new body from those that don’t. Those that

When both workout buddies commit to a fitness program there is a sense of bonding and of not wanting to let the other person down.

support are usually secure in themselves, and confident enough not to feel threatened by your quest for self-improvement. The majority of them will probably not be overweight, and if they are, are probably only marginally so. On the other side, those that attempt to “talk you out of it” will typically have a poor body image of themselves, probably because they are overweight and out of shape. These people may have attempted and failed at losing fat and getting in shape many times before, and definitely don’t want to see someone succeed at what they were, and continue to be, failures at.

It’s human nature to feel this way because if you do succeed, chances are they will feel even worse about themselves than before, at least at first. And although they typically are the last ones to support you in your efforts, they will eventually ask you to help them with their own programs. And rather then holding a grudge against them for their initially negative feelings, understand where they were coming from and provide them the help and encouragement they are now seeking from you. You will have the knowledge and power to allow truly miraculous changes to occur within this person, so don’t be selfish – give it away for free. The intangible gifts you’ll receive will come back to you ten-fold in return.

Finally, using a workout partner or buddy will help you tremendously in your goal for a better body. When you both commit to this program there is a sense of bonding and of not wanting to let the other person down. This feeling and sense of responsibility to one another may be that little extra you need that will allow you to fully follow through with this program to completion. If one morning you wake up and really don’t feel like working out,having a workout partner that you know is counting on you to be there at the gym may very well make the difference between your ultimate success and failure.

Take Charge!

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Lesson #8: Make Fast Progress

Achieving fast fitness results is super important to your future and continued success. When you make fast progress you are immediately rewarded for your hard efforts. I promise you, nobody likes to work hard at anything, regardless of what it may be, and not receive any benefit from it.  The principle applies to your body transformation efforts.

Lots of people start exercise and nutrition programs and then drop out just as quickly as they started.  They don’t achieve what they feel is significant progress for their efforts and give up.

Achieving fast, visible results is essential in helping people stay on track while trying to achieve Fitness Excellence.

Most everything you do in life, you do with the expectation of some kind of reward in return.  If there is no payoff for the work you’re doing you’ll most likely stop doing it if the payoff is not greater than the effort. Let me give you an example here so you can understand why:

“OK.  I don’t know what to say, but all I know is that what is working for the rest of you, is NOT working for me.  I’ve stuck in there, but I’m afraid I’m done.  I’m sick of depriving myself of the food I love, and not seeing any results.  By this time, I should have.  So, I’m going to try something else.  I’ll still read the messages, because I have learned a lot about nutrition. I’m not totally bailing, but no matter what I do, my weight stays the same.  My body stays the same. So, I see no reason not to indulge myself every now and then. Good luck to those of you who are getting results. You are a great bunch of people.”

Do you see what happened here? This person “busted her butt” for a short period of time, ate right (or at least said she did though it’s doubtful she really did), and exercised.  But she felt nothing happened.  And because her ‘payoff’ was perceived as nothing, she felt the trade-off for having to sacrifice her favorite foods was not worth it. This perfectly normal human reaction is one that can hinder our progress – as it did above – or allow us to make spectacular gains. You may be wondering how the same human trait can do both.

Well here’s the answer.

Nobody wants to sacrifice for nothing.  People will sacrifice, but they must expect and receive more in return than the ‘cost’ of the sacrifice. If the return they get is not worth the sacrifice, then the effort in attempting to achieve the payoff will overwhelm them before the payoff happens.  So, how do you get around this and turn it to your advantage? By making fast progress.

If you make significant achievements toward fitness excellence in a short period of time this creates an impetus for you to continue forward. You become excited, and you say to others, “see, this works, I’m losing fat!” Your attitude becomes upbeat, cheerful, and you are super motivated about continuing on with eating right and exercising regularly. The small victories fuel future larger victories, and they all add up to a self-fulfilling prophecy of eventual success.

How, then, do you make fast progress a reality? By following the scientifically proven principles I give you in your Amazing Fat Burning Formula manual. When you combine these principles of diet and exercise, the result is a

Don't forget to record your progress so you can see just how far you've come on your journey to be fit!

synergistic melding that produces greater results than the combined total of the individual components.

There is a danger, however, in the fact that you may be making progress, but think that you are not.  That is why Lesson #7, Measure Your Progress, is so important.

Consider the person, who though she stayed the same weight, was actually making considerable progress because her body composition was changing. If she hadn’t used the tools I talked about to assess her progress she might have been disappointed and could easily have thrown in the towel because she “hadn’t lost any weight.”  So, to assure that your “head” is in the game, you must continue to make progress. And, that will be a given if you follow my instructions.

So, get ready, get set, and go…fast, towards reaching your fitness goals!

Take Charge!

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