What can you REALLY achieve?

When I first heard about John Goddard's Life List I knew that the key to having an extraordinary life was within my grasp.

It was the simple act of deciding in advance what you wanted, writing it down and taking small steps every single day in the direction of your dreams.

This is what I did and my life has changed amazingly ever since.

That said, by comparison to John Goddard, my own MAGIC Hundred journey is barely beginning.

Check this out!

By the way, notice that when Goddard talks about setting goals, he talks of commitment. He says 'you don't just write it down and let it lie there... you DO it!'

If there ever was a true 'secret' to having your goals come true, that's it don't you think?

I'm Baaaack!

Yes, it's true.

After nearly 2 months on family vacation in Australia and Thailand, the Moy's are back in town! : )

And what a fantastic break we had too.

We travelled all over the Northern territories, saw Kakadu national park, Katherine Gorge, Uluru, Kata Tjuta, The Devil's Marbles and much more before heading over to Queensland and spending some amazing time in the Jungle around cape tribulation.

(Of course, during the trip I fell 15ft off of a waterfall and broke 4 ribs and dislocated my wrist, but that's another matter)

Then we were of to Thailand for 3 wonderful weeks in Phuket, soaking up rays and just chillin' out... wow!

But then, as always, it's back to reality huh?

It's back to the realisation that 2 months of painkillers and alcohol cocktails to deaden the pain of my broken ribs, along with reduced movement for the same reason and, well, I've gotten pretty out of shape... for me at least.

Everything softened up and a few extra pounds found their way into the waistline of trousers.

Not good.

But it's not just me.

On talking with many clients at my studios who've just recently returned from their own vacations, they report the same.

The attack of the holiday blob-monster!

Well, if you can sympathise and you're ready to do something to get back into great shape then keep on reading........

3 Simple Rules To Get You Back Into Shape
After Your Summer Holiday


So, it’s the end of your holiday and it’s time to return to the UK.

You pack your suitcase and leave your travelling clothes on the bed and take your final shower before handing over your room keys for the last time.

Finally dry, you slip into the clothes you’ve chosen for your journey home (the same ones you wore to travel out in) and find that the flab monster has paid you yet another visit.

Thighs that once slipped comfortably into your jeans are now bulging at the seams and you have a new and improved pair of love-handles perched cosily on top of your waistband.

Yep, summer has struck again!

Does this sound familiar to you?

I bet it does!

In fact, if you’re anything like most of the clients I train then you’ll definitely relate to the above scenario and you’ll understand exactly what I’m talking about.

Two weeks of spending most of your waking hours lying on a sun-bed by the pool or at the beach and adding insult to injury by consuming countless ice-creams, cocktails and beer can really wreak havoc with your figure.

And even worse, if you’re not careful, you can find that all of the blubber you’ve gained becomes a permanent feature of your physique.

Now, ideally you’d avoid this scenario entirely by staying active and eating well yet sensibly during your hols (I’ve already written several articles that tell you how to do this) but if its too late for that then stay with me because I’m about to share one of the simplest yet most highly effective ‘Give me my body back’ programmes that, if followed to the letter, will have you looking and feeling better than ever.


The programme is divided into 3 simple rules that, if followed individually, produce great results for those who stick to them. When all 3 are followed, the programme becomes more powerful than you could possibly imagine (Sorry, Darth Vader moment there).

For that reason I advise you to abide by the rules I’m setting to the letter. Don’t pick and choose the bits you like and discard the rest or you’ll be cheating yourself of amazing results.

OK, enough buildup. You ready?

Rule One: Follow an Elimination Diet For A Minimum of 14 Days

Let’s face it, one of the reasons that holidays are such fun is that we can let our hair down and do the things we don’t normally do when we’re at home. In fact, it’s the main reason we go on the things isn’t it?.

Yet daily consumption of alcohol, ice-creams, desserts and other ‘goodies’ that we’d normally reserve as an occasional treat back home can really take its toll on our metabolism and our immune system (not to mention our figures). This is why we’ll often get a cold or feel ‘run down’ when we return from hols.

So before we pay attention to anything else we’re going to treat our body to a little of what it needs; supportive nutrition.

By supportive nutrition I mean that we’ll only be providing our bodies with foods that support the metabolism and immune systems and avoid those things that tax and weaken them.

For 14 days I want you to avoid:

All alcohol – Yes it can make you feel good temporarily but it is quite simply a poison. Avoid it in all its forms.

Now, don’t give me all of the excuses why this isn’t possible. You’ve just spent every day of your holiday drinking, surely a couple of weeks off the sauce isn’t going to kill you?

All wheat and Gluten Products – Now, I know the academic jury is still out on this one but I guarantee you that if you avoid wheat and gluten you’ll drop pounds and feel better than you have in ages.

After training literally thousands of people, I can tell you that this one variable alone can make all the difference to helping people get the body’s they desire.

In a future article I’ll go into this a bit more for the benefit of the sceptics, but for now just take my word for it. Avoid everything and anything with wheat or gluten in in.

This includes pastries, bread, crackers most sauces and foods too many to mention.

All Processed Foods - Processing basically kills or denatures food to the extent that they become ‘non-foods’ that cost your system more to digest than they actually give you.

In addition, processing adds many undesirable elements to your food such as colourings and flavourings made from chemicals that are harmful to your system.

Again, I won’t get into that too much here but just take my word for it; avoiding processed goods from your diet will help you to create a great figure and feel great too.

So, if it’s tinned, freeze dried or has anything unpronounceable in its ingredients then don’t eat it.

Simple!

Rule Two: Drink a litre of water for every 50 pounds you weigh

Yes, I know the water thing has been done to death but bear with me on this for a minute.

Water is an absolutely critical component of achieving great health and the firm, toned and strong body that goes with it.

Decrease your hydration levels by just a percent or two and your metabolism changes dramatically causing you to react differently to the foods that you eat, hold more fat and stress your immune system.

This is not conducive to looking great!

Yet, the converse is also true too.

Maintaining optimal hydration has a positive impact on everything from metabolism and fat retention to immunity and general health. That’s why I want you to drink a litre for every 50lbs you weigh.

So, if you weigh ten stones or 140lbs then you should be drinking just under 3 litres of plain, clean water a day. This does not include tea, coffee or fruit juice (you shouldn’t be drinking tea and coffee anyway as they’re processed).

Now, I know that for many of you this will seem like a lot. I also know that some of you will retort with claims of over-hydration or the latest catchphrase ‘hyponatremia’.

To each I say ‘Rubbish’.

You WILL NOT over-hydrate or throw your electrolytes out of balance because you will be eating highly nutritious and mineral dense foods that will maintain everything in correct proportion.

If you find yourself rushing to the bathroom every five minutes then simply add the smallest pinch of pure sea salt (not table salt) to every litre you consume. (If you can taste it, you’ve used too much). This will help your body to better hold the fluids you need.

Make no mistake, hydration is the key to many, many vital functions that both keep you healthy and keep you looking your best. If you ignore this rule then you’ll NEVER reach the goals you’ve been setting yourself.

Rule Three: Perform Strength Exercise 5 Days a Week

As rare as it is these days to find people who exercise with any regularity, rarer still is it to find anyone, particularly women, who pays any real attention to strength training.

Big mistake!

You see, it’s your muscles that determine your body-shape, your muscles that consume most of the calories you eat and your muscles that make it possible for you to move and do the things you want to in life.

Yes, I know this is obvious but, like so many obvious things it is completely overlooked by most people who’re trying to get into shape.

Instead, most people I know, if they exercise at all, will begin a new programme of fitness by hitting every permutation of CV machine that the gym has to offer, running, cycling and step, step, stepping themselves into fatigued failure.

This is a complete no-no.

Not only will you get bored very quickly, but quite honestly, you’ll be killing off nearly all the benefits you’re trying to attain from training. In fact, you’ll be getting rid of the one thing you want to keep… Muscle!

Instead, I want you to exercise daily with strength exercises that challenge your muscular system. These will not only improve your strength and function but you’ll also improve your shape and burn more fat from your body than any CV machines ever would.

Which exercises?

Well, truth to tell, almost any exercises will do as long as they follow these basic rules:

They MUST be done with bodyweight or free weights (Barbells or dumbbells).

They should follow my 600 rule. That is, each exercise should use as many of the 600 muscles in your body at one time as possible. Exercises like squats, lunges, jumps, pushups, pull-ups, deadlifts, shoulder presses etc work best.

You should choose a load that is heavy. By heavy, I mean that you choose a weight that you could only lift for a maximum of 8-12 times.

You should never train to failure. Always keep a couple of reps ‘spare’ in each set by stopping the set before you really have to struggle.

I appreciate that this is a very different way of training for most women but nevertheless its effects are nothing short of dramatic! (take a look at http://www.lookgreatnakedchallenge.com/ for more ideas about how you should be training)

And no, you won’t get big or gain any ‘man muscles’.

On the contrary, this will make you more toned and ‘compact’ in your muscles than you’ve ever been before.


Well, there you have them. My ‘magic three’.

Now, don’t let the simplicity of each rule fool you into thinking that they won’t work. They will, and quite dramatically too if you stick to them for long enough.

In this case, I’m asking you to invest one month, four weeks or just 28 days in adopting these rules into your life. If you do, and you follow them unerringly, not only will you get your pre-holiday body back, but you’ll be in better shape than you have for ages.

In fact, I’m willing to do what no other personal trainer has ever done in an article before.

I’m willing to guarantee your results!

I want you to take measurements and, if possible, digital pictures every Monday for 4 weeks and send them to me at dax@daxmoy.co.uk where I and my team will be keeping tabs on you.

At the end of 4 weeks I’ll judge the results personally and reward you for your efforts by presenting you with either a voucher for a £50 consultation with one of my highly qualified team of trainers at my studios in London or Potters Bar.

So what more do you need?

I’ve told you how to get into shape and I’ve offered you a great set of legitimate ‘bribes’ for doing so. All that’s left now is for you to actually do the work.

You ready?

More feedback On Look Great Naked

Here's some more feedback about the 9 Day Look Great Naked Trial...


"Hi Dax,

this diet does, as you say, work.

I've lost a stone in weight feel fitter, less sluggish.People to whom I work with has commented on my change appearance generally.

I had my hair done last week where my hair dresser commented on the improved condition of my hair, stating that " what ever I'm doing keep it up" I told her about your diet, she was most impressed.

I would also like to express a "Thank you" to Michelle McManus she is an inspiration too."

Regards Sian.....


"Dearest Dax

I am thrilled to let you know I will always continue to have these Functional exercises, Stretch and Non-Yoga Yoga in my rotations. These are literally some of the best exercises I have ever done. I love multiple muscle workouts that get me on with my day faster and I love to take the time to stretch. Not to mention your Non-Yoga Yoga workout, even with only 6 exercises is a challenging workout for sure that leaves me feeling so darn strong. Especially with the last exercises. I am so glad I am getting better at not feeling spent after finishing the last push up/cobra like exercise.

I have sent your Look Great Naked Test Drive to everyone I know on my mailing list and I am thrilled so many people jump in on the challenge with me, with excellent results.

I personally lost 5 pounds, 1” off my waist, ¼” off each thigh and added ¼” to each arm where I needed it!

Thanks for sharing the love of happy, healthy and fit. I am so glad that life put me in the right time at the right place to see this June challenge. Keep spreading the love!

Cheers, with water of course, to your health!"

Laura
Brougham, Ontario, Canada

"Hi Dax just wanted to say that I found the elimination diet very hard at first but then I found that I could actually taste my food more, dont feel hungry any more and lost 7lbs and 10cms from my measurements."

Wendy

"Hi Dax,

I have had absolutely awesome results.

I was one who already worked out 5 days a week at the gym and walk around 6kms/day. So with your diet and the free foods, I have finally moved past the plateau that I was on for about 3 months - I have lost an additional 11 pounds and 10 3/4" - so I am so excited.

I will work hard to get it off and now I am only 4lbs from where my target is at 120lbs.

I appreciate all the help you have given me with the 100 days and now the diet free trial - I am so blessed to have had your help."

Thanks,
Betty

These are just a few that I receive each day about the FREE testdrive.

Have you tried it yet?

Dax

4th Of July Web Copy Critique

Well, thankyou to everyone who took part in my copy critique yesterday, it was truly an amazing feeling to have so many of you answer and put in your feedback about what you liked and what you didn't.

I've tried to answer a good many of you but the emails just keep coming (over 900 at last count) and so, whilst I've been reading them, I've had to draw the line at answering them or I'd never do any more work : )

The main feedback was this:

• Most of you liked the message and the less 'salesy' approach I tried to take with it.
• Many of you felt that the copy was far too long. (Others felt that they couldn't imagine it being shorter!)
• I had quite a few typo's in there (sloppy fingers!)
• I didn't need to spend quite so long on who I was.
• Graphics/Pictures would have helped.

There's more of course but this is the main feedback.

As a result, I'm even now making changes to the page as well as putting up a second page that you can click to if you just want the facts of the program without ANY of the sales 'stuff'.

Once again, thank you all for caring enough to give such excellent feedback!

The Look Great Naked Challenge will go live next week, so keep 'em peeled!

Truth, joy and love

Dax

Does YOUR Diet Do This Then?

It seems that yesterday's posting about the elimination diet got a few people riled up.

Seems that they simply don't agree with the lady's judgement of my 'fad' diet and wanted me to share their thoughts.

Here goes!

"Hi Dax,

Ok. Here we go.

Your diet (or healthy eating plan), diet has such negative connotations doesn't it.?

Well, it's just great.!

From it I have discovered, that although I love bread, lovely crusty cobs, warm bloomers, a gorgeous sandwich loaf, hot from the oven..... I could go on. It doesn't love me. I cannot eat a single piece of processed sliced bread, although if it's fresh from the bakery, I can have a small slice. If I bake it myself, well I can have a whole slice.

Fabulous.

Not only have I discovered that I can bake my own bread, (I can do anything), as well as Chelsea buns, danish pasties, sundried tomato and olive bread, I have even attempted croissants, lovely they were, (I only had half) but the children loved them.

I don't eat potatoes, rice or pasta anymore. But I have discovered couscous, bulgar wheat and other lovely substitutes. I have always drank a lot of water, and eaten a lot of fruit and veggies. my biggest downfall is my sweet tooth, and I admit that on occasion I succumb and have a couple of squares of dark chocolate.

I have lost fat, and I feel healthier, however............. I have also discovered ME.

Your healthy eating plan has given me the courage of my convictions. I am in the middle of a complete career change, my children are leaving home to go to university and I am leaving the boring me behind to become a big ME. I can do anything I put my mind to.

Next year, (once I have settled into my new career), I am going to learn skydiving and windsurfing. I am going to buy my partner flying lessons for his birthday, he has also taken up track car racing.

We are planning also to move to France within the next few years, and have already put in an offer on a property over there.

You and your 'diet' have changed my life.

Not only in the knowledge of healthy eating but in the fact that live is for living, and you just have to get up and go do it. Thank you for everything"

Jacquie

"PS incidently I dropped two dress sizes on the healthy eating plan, and am no longer plagued with terrible stomach ache. "


"...I have really tested this diet out, and I feel amazingly healthy for the first time in a long time. I sleep better.

I eat well.

I don't crave crap, which seems to happen when you eat rubbish.I don't criticise people for wanting to fill their bodies with rubbish, breathe and eat toxins etc, but I am definitely converted to the right kind of living, and very happy that you were kind enough to share your knowledge with the rest of us.

You can quote me....

Firing a few bullets at the large round dartboard shaped bottoms in society is OK by me, as long as the butt is not mine! Take careBlessings,"

Jo-Anne


"Hi Dax
I’m getting excited,
Week 3 and I’ve lost 7Lb and 10.5 inches. Total.
I’m loving this diet and everyone who has seen the change in my weight wants to know about it.
Don’t care about re-introducing anything else. I love the whole food. "

Ruth

"Hi Dax

having started the eliminantion diet i have dropped a dress size and lost a total of 6 inches
I feel great, and won't ever go back to caffeine.

I have more energy, sleep better and my performance in sports has dramatically improved.

Thanks!"

Stephanie

"Hi,

in 12 days I have lost 10 pounds. This makes me I pound lighter than I have been in 35 years. "

Marie

Look, these are just a few emails I got back yesterday and there are a ton more.

The long and the short of it is this...

Over the years I've been a personal trainer I've seen the personal training industry develop into a fad-led circus of sorts with many, many a gadget, gizmo, exercise plan or diet being little more than a marketing tool to make more money for those who're selling them.

Now, don't get me wrong, I want to become very wealthy and I've done pretty well for myself over the last few years, but I'm interested in one thing and one thing only.

What works?

If filling your face with Big Mac every day worked then I'd be promoting THAT, but it doesn't.

I have no 'hidden agenda' with the elimination diet. How can I? I don't even sell it, I give it away for free and have done so to over 15,000 people so far.

There are no 'elimination diet supplements' or protein shakes or vitamins or pills or powders for me to make money from either, I do this because I'm passionate about sharing a dietary system that, I believe, has a massive power to benefit so many of us in pretty much any area of health that we could imagine (the fact that it helps you lose weight is a bonus in my eyes).

If you're sceptical, that's fine. But try it and see for yourself before you dismiss it ok?

You can download it HERE as well as gaining access to it through my 9 day Look Great Naked Test Drive where you'll also get a ton of free exercise sheets, videos, recipes and other great stuff to help you get results fast.

Dax

Is The Elimination Diet Unhealthy?

I just received an email from a reader of the newsletter that I wanted to share with you.

Now, I receive a LOT of emails on a daily basis (over 500) but this one kind of got to me.

Not in a bad way you understand, but just from the perspective of seeing how people will fight for their 'right' to carry on doing what they've always done yet still complain that they get no results.

See what I mean below...

"I read through your Diet Plan, and it is not a healthy way to lose weight.

I do not believe in fad or trend diets...and although you claim yours is not one - really it is.

Any diet that completely eliminates foods can not be healthy.

I have successfully lost a great deal of weight in the past, and have come to this conclusion: moderation is the key.

Instead of eliminating foods and causing people to think they are doing good - you should focus on helping people adjust their eating habits...this is far better for them"

Now, understand, I'm not being argumentative here.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions on anything but I'm definitely a little confused...

1. It is not a healthy way to lose weight.

What, eating clean, wholseome foods, removing those tainted with chemicals and pesticides and drinking more water isn't healthy?

2. I don't believe in fad or trendy diets... and yours is one

I WISH it was a trend!

I've been working to make eating clean and healthy foods a trend for years now but and have over 15000 on my diet but that doesn't exactly create a 'trend'.

If it were a trend then there'd be a lot more healthy people out there...

3. Any diet that completely eliminates foods can not be healthy.

You mean, asks you to cut back on suspect foods for 14 days whilst you assess their effects on you, all the while, limiting your food intake to only fresh fruit, veg, meat, poultry and fish isn't healthy?

Shock, horror!

I've had it wrong all this time and should put back the caffeine, alcohol, sugar and processed food right away! : )

4. I have successfully lost a great deal of weight in the past, and have come to this conclusion: moderation is the key.

'Successfully' would imply that the weight stayed off and that there would be no need to apply another diet system again...ever!

That being the case, why would this person have signed up for a diet newsletter?

I agree that moderation is great but the definition often leaves a lot to be desired and it's this moderation that has people yo-yo-ing on and off of diets for life.

5. Instead of eliminating foods and causing people to think they are doing good - you should focus on helping people adjust their eating habits...this is far better for them

Wierd, I thought we were focusing on adjusting their eating habits : )

Look, I'm just having a bit of fun here and mean nothing personal against this lady but, well, PLEASE!

You've got to be kidding me!!

By all means, eat the way you want and live your life the way you want that is totally your prerogative. You're an adult and a free agent.

But...

Don't try and tell me that a diet that asks you to eat healthy foods and cut back on the PROVEN unhealthy ones is a fad.

That's plain silly!

In fact, it's more than that, it's ridiculous!

In an age when there are literally thousands of diet books in the bookstores that tell you to do all kinds of extreme things in the name of 'fat loss', to call a diet that is FREE to download and that asks you to eat only healthy foods 'unhealthy' is plain nuts!

(Sorry, but hey, this is MY newsletter and I'm entitled to a rant sometimes)

Instead of defending the 'moderation' that is keeping over 70% of the first world population on or near the obesity mark, maybe it's time for some 'extremist' views on health huh?

I'm happy to oblige : )

Ok, Dax-rant over! : )

Truth, joy and love

Dax

Great Elimination Diet Forum

I'm forever trawling the internet looking for great resources that I can share with my readers and recently came upon one that I DEFINITELY think you should visit if you're following my elimination diet

The forum is called Netmums and these guys have really got it together as far as both supporting each other through the program and getting together nifty recipe ideas are concerned.

Definitely pop on over there and have a look!

Truth, joy and love

Dax

At Last!!

I can't believe it...

I seem to spend all my life posting to other people's blogs and forums and yet rarely, if ever, visiting my own.

It's getting ridiculous!

So ridiculous in fact, that one of my readers sent me an email ticking-off telling me that I'd been lazy beyond belief.

He was right!

Well, in an effort to save face and return to some semblence of productive contribution (actually, I write newsletters to over 30,000 people a week) I've decided to really pull out all the stops and commit to AT LEAST 3 blog updates a week.

That's not too bad is it? : )

So keep 'em peeled and please, feel free to send me an email if I drop the ball.

Truth, joy and love

Dax

Anatomy of a goal

I've been getting lots of posts about the best way to achieve the goals that my Magic Hundred readers have been setting for themselves so I thought I'd share with you what is probably the simplest goal achievement plan on the planet...



I love to hear your thoughts!

Truth, joy and love

Dax

More Core!

Join Laurie Gomes My Senior Coach as he takes you through this fantastic core exercise.

Just a few sets of these will have you working muscles through your waist that you forgot you even had!

More Core!

Join Laurie Gomes My Senior Coach as he takes you through this fantastic core exercise.

Just a few sets of these will have you working muscles through your waist that you forgot you even had!

What's The HSBC Diet?

I bet you've never heard of the HSBC diet have you?

Well, Kevin Raison, the weight management director of my 6 week Look Great Naked Bootcamp is here to explain his excellent 'Bank of good health' approach.

Check it out, it's great!

Do Personal Trainers Actually Keep Fit?

We get tons of enquiries at my studios asking 'Do you guys actually follow your own advice or do you just stand around counting reps?'

It seems that many people have had experiences of trainers who can't walk their talk or follow their own advice!

Well, watch this short video and judge for yourself....



What do YOU think?

More Meltdown

We're getting tons of enquiries about Meltdown Training right now so I thought I'd put together a little intro for you...

Look at this!



Then pop over to my website at www.daxmoy-pts.co.uk/meltdown.htm and find out how you can book a free class.

Where's the adventure?

For those of you who've read the Magic Hundred, you'll know that I place a great store on setting and achieving adventure goals that serve to motivate, inspire and bring us to life, stretch our comfort zones and awaken that spark of excitement within our spirits that we once had before we 'grew up' (whatever that means).

For me, adventure has always been a big part of my life. I've always enjoyed travelling to new and unusual places, trying new foods, doing new activities and stretching myself beyond my pre-existing boundaries.

In fact, in the last few years I've been to Thailand 10 times visiting Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Koh Samet, Phuket, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Hanoi, Hoi An, Da Nang in Vietnam, I've driven the entire East coast of Australia, swam on the Great Barrier Reef, Parachuted from 14,000ft with my 15 year old daughter Kayleigh, survived a Tsunami, flown an aeroplane, a helicopter and done so many wonderful things that sometimes I have difficulty remembering them all!

I have, in fact, been living the life of my dreams!

It got me to wondering...

How many people are actually stretching themselves to put even a little adventure into their lives? Not that many if the thousands of emails I recieve every week are anything to go by!

In fact, it seems that most people are caught in a kind of groundhod day, simply reliving the same day over and over again with little variation, adventure or excitement except maybe the annual holiday.

Yet it's so easy to put some adventure into your life.

Walk a different way to work.
Eat at a different restaurant.
Apply for a new job.
Go walking in the hills.

...do something NEW!!!

That's what adventure is about!

It's about growth and becoming more.

You don't need tons of money (though yes, it helps), just an imagination and a definite decision to make more of your days, weeks and years, in fact, YOUR LIFE, than you currently are.

Just ask yourself... 'Where's the adventure?' and if there's none then go get some!

Take a look at the video below for some ideas....




P.S - If you're thinking 'It's all right for you, you have the money to do that, you're right. I do.

Yet 5 years ago I earned £5 an hour and STILL found ways to add adventure to my life... in fact, building my business is one of those adventures.

Don't make a case for your limitations or sure enough, you'll get more!

Truth, joy and love!
Dax

The MAGIC Hundred

It's been a mad fortnight for me (which iswhy my blog postings have been non existant) due to the insane level of interest for The MAGIC Hundred program I released earlier this year.

It seems that absolutely everyone is buying the book, the audios and the coaching proogram from www.themagichundred.com and every day I awaken to more and more emails from seriously happy people who're loving my program.

It's a great feeling I can tell you! : )

I just recieved an email from Scott Toussignant telling me that he's even posted something about the program on Youtube!

Here it is...



If you're intersted in finding out why Scott's raving so much then go have a look at www.themagichundred.com

Truth, love and joy

Dax

The FLY Story

Not that long ago, I was sitting in the reception of one of my personal training studios. It was a nice day so we had the studio door open to let in some ‘real’ air and freshen up the place a little.

As I sat there watching people come in and out for their training sessions I noticed a large, black fly had flown in and after buzzing around for a few minutes and finding nothing of interest, it decided to leave.

It flew right past my head and with a ‘thump’, hit the plate glass window before bouncing off and falling to the floor in a daze.

After a few seconds of circling around on the floor it took off again and took what I can only describe as a ’run-up’ (fly–up?) at the window in a greater attempt to get through the barrier that was keeping it from its goal of the outside world.

With an even louder ‘thump’ the fly went down again and spent more time on the floor.

Well, to cut a long story short, that fly got up again and again and again and pounded at that window with all of its might for over 10 minutes before I had to get up and take care of a customer.

About 30 minutes later I sat back down in the same spot having totally forgotten about the fly and went back to my ‘people watching’ when, out of the corner of my eye I saw the fly laying at the base of the window on its back, legs in the air.

It was dead.

Now, usually the death of a fly is not worthy of remembrance but this one I will always remember because its death taught me one of the greatest success lessons I’ve ever learned and I continue to reap the benefits of its teaching to this day.

What Did It Teach Me?

That Working Harder Simply Doesn’t Work!

You see, in theory, that little fly was doing everything right.

It had a clearly defined goal – To get out.

It had passion – It risked and eventually paid with its life.

It was willing to work as hard as necessary to bring about its goal.


In fact, that little bug kind of reminded me of many, many people that I’d met who knew what they wanted, had passion and were willing to work as hard as necessary to achieve their dreams but who were, over and over again bashing their heads in on the same invisible barrier that did for that fly.

And whilst it may not have ended in physical death for them (I hope not!), nearly always it ends in the death of their hopes and dreams which, to me at least, is pretty much the same thing.

No, at that very moment it was clear to me that working for most people harder would only ever take them so far but that, if they were willing to do what the fly and so many other people were unwilling to do, they could achieve far more than they ever dreamed possible.

That one thing?

Change their Strategy!

You see, that’s where that little fly had gone wrong and, truth be told, where most people are going wrong, is that it doggedly stuck to the same strategy even once it had failed to work.

Instead of flying 5 feet over to the open door to its freedom and whatever life awaited it beyond that invisible barrier, it continued to bang its head off of the window and, despite the fact that it was giving it everything it had and despite being so close to reaching its goal… failed miserably.

Just 5 feet in another direction would have made all the difference.

It made me think of the number of clients I'd trained who had, year after year after year, followed the same pattern of dieting that never worked, did the same exercise routines that never worked and struggled to achieve the same goals that never seemed to come about.

It made me think about that definition of madness 'Continuously doing the same things yet expecting different results' and left me with the realisation that many, many people are nuts! : )

Yet all it would take for sanity to be regained and for serious results to be achieved is one simple thing...

Try a different strategy.

So my challenge to you is, make 2007 the year that you change your strategy.

Find someone who's already getting the results you want.

Watch them.

Listen to them.

Copy them.

Stop insisting on choosing failure by default and make 2007 your year!

Truth, Joy and Love

Dax

(This is a great way to develop a new strategy)
www.themagichundred.com


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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Welcome to 2007!

The whole year is ahead of you... what are you going to do with it?

Where are you going to go?
What are you going to do?
What are you going to have?

C'mon, c'mon, you've got to have a plan, you can't leave this stuff to chance. Your success doesn't just happen by itself!

Go to www.themagichundred.com/liesreport.pdf and download the rest of 'The four lies you'll tell yourself on New Years Eve' and see why this is so important.

Happy New Year

Dax

www.themagichundred.com

The four lies you'll tell yourself on New Years Eve part 1

Have you ever noticed how many good, honest, hardworking people turn into liars at New Year?

It's an amazing thing to watch as people from all walks of life, all ages and both sexes, go through the whole New Year’s resolution ‘thing’ and tell themselves lies about what the next 12 months will bring them.

You see, at this time of year many, many people go through the whole New Year’s resolution ‘thing’ and, let’s be honest, tell themselves lies about what the next 12 months will bring them.

You know what I mean.

11.59pm on New Year’s Eve you turn to a loved one and say “This year is going to be different. I’m really going to achieve some great things!” and for that one minute, that one moment in time, you mean it. You REALLY mean it!

You are fired up, raring to go and ready, willing and (despite the glass of champagne in your hand) able to commit to that new diet, getting that payrise or new job, starting that company, writing that book and a whole host of other great sounding things.

Then the bells ring in the New Year and a funny thing happens.

January 1st rolls around and, whilst the goals are still in your head, they don’t seem as important anymore. (maybe it’s the champagne?)

January 2nd comes and by lunchtime you’re telling yourself that some of your goals are ‘just silly fantasies’ and you scratch them off your list.

January 3rd arrives and, despite a much shorter list than you had just 2 days before, you start to tell yourself that “I’ve got all year to do this. I don’t have to start right now. Let me just ‘settle in’ to the year first and ‘get myself sorted’ and THEN I’ll work on my goals”

Like I said, all lies!


In fact, there are FOUR of them…


Lie number one: ‘This year is going to be different’

The truth of the matter is, for most people, sad though it is, 2007 is going to be EXACTLY the same as 2006 was.

Why?

Because their strategy is EXACTLY the same as it was last year and, as the saying goes, if you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

Lie number two: ‘The goals don’t seem as important anymore’

Yes they are! They’re just as important as they were 24 hours ago it’s just that somewhere deep down you’ve started to persuade yourself that your goals are somehow unachievable and, if the truth be known, you’re scared about failing so instead you lie about their importance.

Lie number three: ‘They’re just silly fantasies’

This is a continuation of lie number two but much more harmful. With this lie you’ve started to rationalise and justify why your goals are impossible and use all kinds of excuses disguised as ‘reasons’ as to why your goals are unrealistic… the biggest lie of all!

Lie number four: ‘I’ll settle in and get sorted’

What a great lie!

This is an ‘I’m not giving up, I just need to get back into the flow at work or school before I attack these goals’ kind of lie that you use to delay things until the time is right.

But wait a minute…

Wasn’t work, school or your other favourite excuse the reason why you couldn’t achieve your goals before New Year?

No, lie number four is simply a delay tactic, that ‘one day’ lie that we all tell ourselves in order to get out of taking action when we know we could, when we know we should. You know, ‘one day when I have more time…’ or ‘one day when I have more money…’ (or whatever else you use to delay your goals).

Regardless of your ‘one day’ excuse, the results are the same… zero!

(you can get the rest of this article by going to http://www.themagichundred.com/liesreport.com wait til tomorrow for the rest)

Truth, joy and love

Dax

New Elimination Diet Samples Gone Mad!!

I've been writing my elimination diet newsletter for nearly 18 months now and in that time it has grown to well over 10,000 subscribers from all around the world.

Yet, sitting in your office as you write, you tend to forget that these 10,000 are actually out there, lurking : ), waiting for something new, something unusual, something that that can use to get serious results fast.

Well, I had a not-so-gentle reminder of that this morning when I woke to find over 3 and a half THOUSAND emails in my inbox asking me, begging me, pleading (actually some were quite threatening) to be given my 5 day meal planner.

It was nuts! This is simply a free download that I'd offered to my readers, nothing to go into a feeding frenzy (excuse the pun) over!

Now, don't get me wrong, as a professional personal trainer, I'm always pleased when people contact me about one of my services but 3,500 people for a free download??

I was puzzled...

Then it hit me!

Christmas and New Year have already taken their toll.

People have gotten fat, gained weight and slobbed out for most of December and now, with New Year fast approaching, they're desperate to lose fat, get fit and 'tone up' (whatever that means) and they'll do ANYTHING to get nutrition, diet and exercise advice... as long as it works!

The only trouble is, the big diet and supplement companies know this and they're more than willing to take advantage and squeeze as much money out of the unsuspecting public as possible for useless crap that simply doesn't work.

That's why I was very pleased to get an email from my good friend Craig Ballantyne over at Mens Health Magazine this afternoon.

Apparently, his Best-Selling Turbulence Training Exercise and Nutrition Manual is in the last 24 hours of a seriously amazing Christmas sale that promises to over-deliver on a grand scale.

Craig has packed a bumper load of extra bonuses into an already excellent product and has really outdone himself with exercise plan, nutrition plans and the very latest in cutting-edge training to burn serious bodyfat.

I won't tell you more about it here or you'll think I'm doing a sales job on you but understand this; In my entire career I have never gone out of my way to recommend a product from another personal trainer, yet I do so more than happily and in the full knowledge that Craig's Turbulence Training will deliver the good.

Pop over to http://1ptsuccess.turbulence.hop.clickbank.net and make up your own mind.

Truth, Joy and love

Dax

BTW - You can download the elimination diet at www.daxmoy-pts.co.uk/elimination/