Health Fitness Guide

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can
achieve" - W. Clement Stone

Like any learned skill, there are certain basics that must be
mastered first. The very bedrock upon which all health and
fitness achievement rests are thoughts. Everything man-made in
the world or any action you've taken in the past all started
with a thought. There is not one man-made object or goal that
didn't start as a thought in someone's head that was then made
into reality. Your toaster, your TV, your automobile, your
desire for better health.

A single thought ultimately transformed into physical reality.

In order to achieve any health or fitness goal you must start
with this basic concept; thoughts are things. Thoughts are the
foundation upon which you build the framework for attainment of
your goal. Every thought has a physical manifestation in our
bodies; every thought produces physical substances called
neuro-transmitting enzymes that have instant effects on how we
feel and who we are at the cellular level.

Don't believe me? Think of biting into a big, juicy lemon or
think about fingernails slowly running down a chalk board and
tell me you didn't have an immediate, physical response.

Or how about a thought that changed the world?

Every day, thousands of times a day, all over the world people
fly from destination to destination. It's amazing that a person
can step into a device that lifts them off the ground and flies
through the air at great speed sometimes over great distances
safely carrying them to their destination in a matter of minutes
or hours! Only a bit over a hundred years ago that would have
been considered impossible or a miracle. Yet it happens every
day today and it started with a thought in someone's head that
man could fly. On December 17th, 1903 the thought that man had
had for generations to fly, became reality.

That is the power of thoughts!

If you can have that kind of immediate response from such a
simple thought, just imagine what you can accomplish with a
focused, burning desire backed by faith and persistence!

Life isn't fair or normal, there's just life. But that should
be a comforting thought. If life were fair all things would be
equal and all people would be equal. The logical conclusion is
that there could be no social movement up or down, no bettering
of yourself nor worsening, no getting healthier, just
stagnation. Because life isn't fair it means you have the
ability to control whether you improve your life or make it
worse but at least you have the ability to make change.

What about external influences which you have no control over?
Say your significant other is killed in a car accident or you
become paraplegic in a skiing accident. The list could go on and
on. But there is one thing you have total control over.

Viktor E. Frankl, a concentration camp survivor, put it best in
his book "Man's Search for Meaning,"

"The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose
to respond to what you do to me. The last of one's freedoms is
to choose ones attitudes in any given circumstance."

The only absolute freedom you have is choosing how you react to
life. And how you choose starts with a thought.

Who you are right now is the sum total of what you've thought
about up to this moment. If you're not satisfied with who you
are right now, the good news is who you will be from now on is
entirely up to you. Change your thoughts and you can start
changing yourself. If you want to lose weight or be more fit, it
all starts with a thought.

About the Author: Jeff Baker is a web manager and author living
in Arlington, TX. His interests are health and fitness after
nearing a 100lb weight loss through goal-powered concepts. His
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