Motivation

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The concept of failure

I’ve been thinking a lot about this over the last few days and while I was out running today, all the pieces finally snapped together in my head.
Many times in my past I’ve felt like a failure at one thing or another.  It starts out by failing at something specific I was trying to do [...]

16Aug2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Motivation - Sucess Stories - Ryan Hubers

Check out this page at Men’s Health about Ryan Hubers.
Over the course of 3 years, he went from 350 pounds to 185! A loss of 165 pounds - incredible! Imagine what it would feel like to carry a 165 pound person on your back all your life. Now imagine how different it [...]

28May2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Motivation - Become Legendary

Joey from Kombat Arts posted this video on his blog: kombatarts.wordpress.com.

I found it to be very inspiring and while I realize it’s basically a shoe commercial, it’s nice to see a company trying to push out such a positive message.
There are a few other commercials in the series - check them out [...]

20May2008 | Salar | 2 comments | Continued
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Motivating Transformations - Andrew Lebson

Yesterday I wrote about emulating those who have achieved success before you. One way of doing this is by reading success stories. Men’s Health magazine has a section called the belly-off club. Each month they feature someone who has achieved success along with a short article on how they did it and [...]

7May2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Keys to Success: Seeking out those who have already achieved it

I’m going to get back to posting more information on here other than just my workout logs. I wanted this site to not only be a log of my transformation, but also a resource for others to use. So I’m going to put more effort into putting more useful information up here and [...]

6May2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Kombat Arts 9 Week Fitness Challenge

Yesterday I made it into Kombat Arts for my first Muay Thai class after a 2 week vacation. I ate and drank way too much while on vacation and gained 14 pounds of bloat in 2 weeks to go from 225 to 239. Fortunately I know myself well enough to know that 10-12 [...]

24Apr2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Got some new clothes finally

I’m going on vacation in a week and I wanted to get some new clothes. Since losing 65 pounds a lot of my clothes either don’t fit at all or fit really loosely now. Other than a couple of tshirts (which are too big now).
I had some winners giftcards from my birthday [...]

3Apr2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Inspirational Words

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” - Muhammad Ali

10Feb2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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Motivating Transformations - John ‘Razuel’

Came across this story today - guy lost over 100 pounds in just over a year.
Transformation of the Week - John ‘Razuel’
I love reading these stories because they give me something to relate to and help keep me on my own path. They reinforce the thoughts and beliefs that I know will get me [...]

30Jan2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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10 Things You Can Do to Cheer Yourself Up

Was doing my daily read at liferemix.net and came across this article at dumblittleman.com. Read it if you feel like you could use a pick me up!
10 Things You Can Do to Cheer Yourself Up
The article details 10 things you can do to lighten your mood and make yourself a little happier. Here’s [...]

29Jan2008 | Salar | 0 comments | Continued
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