Let’s Keep It Going

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Monte

I knew that since I wanted it all I had to give it my all! At this time I worked for the Houston School Dist. and my hours were like a roller coaster ride. This added to my journey, making it almost a nightmare, that’s a whole other story line though, I’ll get into that part later. With my new mindset now, I was quickly finding all the small mindedness of the people around me that I hadn’t seen or noticed before because I was just like them, It was.

I took some time off after P90X and went to my first ever Beachbody Summit, this is where I fell in love with Beachbody, to the extreme! At first, my thoughts were that I actually just need to find a way get the money to come in so I can quit my job at HISD, then, I could just concentrate on my Beachbody life and helping others. I found there were a lot of self-help books to read and Videos to watch, so I don’t have time to work a 9 to 5, I need to get at it. Well, when I got back I took more time to think and reflect upon my goals. First, I became P90X Certified and then started some fit clubs. Unfortunately, my job was just not allowing time for all that really, making it hard to do. Yep, I had an excuse for everything at that time in my life. My knees did play a huge part in all this as they just kept getting worse. My lifestyle up to now had really messed them up bad. I knew something would need to be done and soon. I pushed forward anyway with working out and dealing with the stress of HISD. I wanted more believe it or not and so I became Certified in Insanity as well by Melissa McCallister, her and I are good friends as well as fellow Beachbody coaches. When I finished that, I just knew that with having two Certifications, I’m on my way. Yeah, that’s what I told myself anyway.

I was now down to 238 pounds and half way through my next workout period. I got this far by becoming the Modify King of workouts! All the time I was working out I kept wishing there was a way to at least take care of my right knee since that was the worst at this point. Well, a twist of fate happened and I had a car accident, I blew out my right knee completely now. The Doctor said a replacement was going to be needed for sure. Since I was in a company truck and on the clock during work when this happened, Workman’s Comp stepped in. They told the doctor wait a minute, how about just repair the tendons first before we just jump into a full replacement cost. My doctor wasn’t very happy knowing it wasn’t going to help much but did as they requested. It made things better, for about a month, but it was still an effort to do things. So next, they said to try Cortisone shots for the joint. The Doctor did that too, shaking his head the whole time. We both knew replacement was coming. In their attempt to keep coast down, they actually made the process cost more because since nothing was working, reconstruction was finally done. I decided to use beachbody as part of my therapy, so I pushed play and did the best I could. I was back up and back to work in 4 weeks. The Doctor was very pleased at my progress but concerned about the weight coming back on. During the time of all the side steps that workman’s comp wanted, making workouts not that easy to do at all, it caused my weight to go back up to 275 pounds and it scared me that I had put back on 37 pounds. P90X was a little extreme with my knee the way it was so the work out I chose was, Les Mills Pump. There was no high impact with this and only a lot of repletion, it looked pretty good.

I stuck to the workout without only a few modifications. Though I only lost about 10 pounds, I did look better and felt stronger. Since I was starting to feel pretty good now, I went on a Beachbody Cruise for 7 days on the Ocean and saw a few awesome ports. I’ll talk about how that experience went in the next blog. Meanwhile, let me know your thoughts so far on what I’ve been talking about.

Remember to drop me line with any questions, ideas, or if you need help with anything. Also, if you would like to help people like I do, let me know and let’s talk. I’m always looking to build my team!

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First Step to Pay it Forward!

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Monte

So, lets get back to my story of the Journey that changed my life!

After my first run of P90X I took some time off, to let my body recoup Like Tony Horton said I should. Well, after a couple weeks, my knees went right back to having major pain, stiffness, popping and making snapping sounds. Sitting down as well as standing back up, was once again a major undertaking for me. So, I started to do P90X again. This time with even more modifications due to my knees. After about a week, my knees started to ease off a bit. I got more of the Recovery Drink. And, adding to this combination of a healthier way of life was the awesomeness of Shakeology. That stuff was like a life saver to me. I started to involve using my bicycle this time around. Every night, I would go about 4 miles. I knew I would never be 100% with my knees, they are just too shot. But at least with the Beachbody work outs, Recovery Drink and Shakeology, my knees will hold up better, longer and perhaps even after long term, I hoped, I MAY be able to run again. That’s was my number one big dream, to be able to run again. It did not have to be a marathon, just plain be able to run. During all this, I still had nerve issues to deal with in my back, setting up more leg issues. Like I said, one thing after another for me. I believed deep down that I would one day overcome all this, so I didn’t give up. It was around this time when I started to tell everyone that I saw, just how important it is to take care of your knees at all costs. It’s no fun losing mobility like thatI started preaching that ever so popular saying “Don’t let this happen to you!”.

Now as you know, P90X started it all for me. Fitness had turned my life around, as I was now feeling WAY better. And I knew I would continue to do so as long as I kept the fitness going. I soon realized the best thig I could do was to pay it forward. but how? Well, in late July of my first year, I got my answer. I was really getting into this and wanted to pay it forward because by the time I finished my first round, I had gone from the almost 310 pounds to 256 pounds. Now, I heard about the Beachbody Coaching thing but didn’t really know what it was all about, so, I started to go into the chatrooms. I talk about my journey a bit to see if I could spark any interest in my helping someone. I figured that was all there was to coaching. After about a week or two I met this amazing guy named Allan Gadsden Jr. who seemed interested in my journey and asked a ton of questions as well as ton of information.

It was then that I learned a person could make money helping others. Thing was, it would take a lot for me to do this. It wasn’t just sitting at a computer talking to people on line in chatroom’s with motivation to keep going. It was to actually get out there, do videos, talk to groups in person, show your face and share your story with the world! Then, one day, Allan said to me “So, why are you waiting? Just do it! See The Big Picture and do something scary. This is how you learn and grow” “You have to get out there and touch lives!”, he told me. I didn’t tell him that going public like that was one of my fears. It’s even one of the reasons I never went into Comedy on stage, even though I was asked to by SNL’s rival, CCTV in Chicago. Adding to that was I kept hearing what my mom always told me, “You’re just being stupid, it’s not stable work and you WILL starve if you did that. Also, it wouldn’t be fair to your wife and soon to be newborn son.” I was too scared, too unsure of myself and lacked that inner feeling of go for it. I played it safe like I was told to all my life. Justified that in my mind enabled me to deal with it. It didn’t matter how many people told me I would be great at it and should go. My mom said the opposite and so I listened.

I had no real confidence in myself that people would want to listen to me. Not a week has gone by that I haven’t thought about the “What If’s” of taking that chance of just being out there like that in the public. So, I really thought to myself this time, “Am I going to let this Beachbody Opportunity slip on by???? NO!” Even though I had the same feelings of inadequacy and self-defeat, I knew that I just needed to start believing in myself to get through it. I needed to start listening to others when they say, “You Can Do It!” and stop the inner thinking of “Yeah right, you don’t know me. I really have nothing of any worth to say” For more years than I can recall I just pretend to agree and then go about my day. The key started to turn when I realized I needed to believe more in myself and see the things other do in me. To take it for what it is and not just that they are saying something to be nice to me. This new mindset is what started opening that door to the journey ahead, even though I still wasn’t 100% sold on the idea of having confidence in myself. I wanted to be everything I could be, physically, mentally, financially and spiritually. I knew I still had so much to learn and go through before I would become the leader I need to be. My belief to do this through Beachbody was unbreakable.

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Family of Critics

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Monte

My Blog today comes to you from something I noticed in my everyday life today while meeting up with some of my siblings. It’s amazing how Family can be the most negative thing in a person’s life. The T.V. stereo type family that is all supportive and stands as one and so on is not really what I’ve seen or lived. I’ve said things with in my family while we’re together and it’s usually met with negativity or greatly read into. A simple Hello from me is weighed and looked at and then responded to. I must be careful what I say, how I say it and be able to explain WHY I said it. I’ve heard a family member repeat word for word something I said about 15 to 30 minutes ago and it’s met with laughter or an understanding look of acceptance. But when I said it earlier, it was met with raised eyebrows, deep sighs and a total lack of laughter or understanding.

I can say things to friends and even strangers, getting a hardy laugh or nod of acceptance in agreement. So, it used to pain me to have to work so hard at being someone I am not and instead of who I really am. All for the sake of family acceptance. I would see how the others did band together and took each as an individual, not trying to change or control them. As for me, yep, it was and is a whole other story. Don’t know when exactly it took that turn but it did. I learned about keeping a distance and treating everyone the same, family or not. It took a funeral to get us all back in the same room. Wait, they were already in the same room, it was me that was now allowed in for a little bit. Funny thing is, after a few moments with them I realized being apart wasn’t such a bad thing after all. It took years to learn how to act in public and try to live the dream of one day being accepted and well liked. That is a dream better left as just that, a Dream! The only person you need to be liked by is yourself. Sure it’s nice to have a lot of friends and be popular but at the end of the night, as you crawl into bed, who is there with you if you’re not married? It’s all just you, so you better like you or it’s going to be a long night.

People spend their lives searching for and never finding the acceptance they want and it’s really all because they never really liked themselves. When you like yourself you also gain a shield or a type of protection in a way. It seems that when you have gotten to this point of your life and really like yourself, the woes words and actions of those around you seem to not have the power they once had, and you can maintain a more positive and even productive lifestyle. To like yourself is truly the first step to a rather awesome life. I’m not talking about being rich or well off or even super popular. I’m talking about being less stressed, less negative and a lot less touchy about what life throws at you. So even when it’s family being all up in your face remember to like yourself no matter what they say. Family isn’t always right. It would be nice, but reality dictates that it’s not.

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What I’ve learned on Social Media Lately

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Monte

Well, well, well, what the Hell! Seems everyone and I mean everyone has an opinion and that single opinion is the ONLY opinion that matters or should matter. Why is that? Am I supposed to believe that cheaper is AWAYS better or at least equally as good as something that costs more? I’ve also learned that people like to write stuff just to see their words in print no matter how childish or unthought out the idea or statement is. For example, a person said it’s stupid to Drink your 160 calories when you can eat it. Giving the examples of having two eggs instead. So, those 2 eggs have the same vitamins, minerals and nutrition that the high nutrition drink has? I’ve also learned that the proper way to use an item means nothing at all. Again, it all comes down to cost. I know just as well as anyone else that cost is always a factor in doing anything now days but really think about that in the way of the Media.

You choose a meal that is cheaper than the health food stuff and probably tastes a little better too in some cases. After a bit you start to gain a little weight, don’t have much energy but you justify it all on being a lot busier at work and so on. You get sick and go to a doctor. $2500 dollars later he says you need more vitamin this or that and gives you a prescription to take for 10 days. Hmm, in the same time frame if you had spent an extra $500 on proper foods and a good workout program, you most likely wouldn’t be here today with a doctor bill of $2500. But that’s OK right? And, it’s OK to read what you want and interpret the meaning on that package to fit YOUR opinion on social media. So, what is there to believe then? Ask 10 people the same question and you’ll most likely get 10 different answers all saying that their answer is the right one and bash the others for what they said.

Keeping that in mind, I’ve also learned it’s OK to outright lie and change any wording to back up your statement. Whining about something seems to be the best means of getting that attention for others to listen and believe you. Apparently, self-pity and Oh poor me attitude is the way of the future and how to get things done. Everyone is afraid to say what they really mean and worry about saying it politically correct. Words are words and if people took them as their worth, instead of twisting a whole new meaning behind them or creating some far out sub-level hidden message in a statement, we would all be a lot less stressed. Oh, but wait! Stress is what apparently drives the average person now and feeds off it like it was the nectar of he God’s. It’s getting almost, no, it IS comical the way a lot of people go on about this and that and I know this blog doesn’t follow the flow of the others up to now but I just felt I had to say something of how I feel and share what I’ve learned. I could go on and on but why? Then I’d be sounding like all those on Social Media that won’t stop till they have used every word they know, and some made up ones as well, in order to get you on their side and see things as THEY deem it all to be. The really sad apart of all this is that I could say we need to take back what we’ve lost and gain back the sight of what is real and true, BUT, most don’t believe we’ve lost anything and if you want the Truth about something then just ask THEM! That’s all for today, hope you liked reading my thoughts and ideas, there’s so much more to come…. Have a Great One!

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The Start Of It All P90X

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Monte

I know I’ve been quiet for a few days but my Mom at age 82 took very ill and today she passed away. I’m going to write a little extra for you to make up for the wiatting and also take my mind off of my loss. I know you all understand. So, let’s get back to our Fitness Hero of the hour!!!! LOL!

Well, I managed to get from 310 to the 270’s but that didn’t last as I went right back to 290+ as soon as I relaxed the least little bit on my diet. I got to the point of having to sleep down stairs on the couch, going up stairs to my bed was not easy and I didn’t want the pain. My job became in question as well because I had to use ladders and climb stairs, carry heavy things around all the time. The more I carry the more stress on the knees and the MORE they hurt. But I had to work, had to keep going. I love to ride my Harley and even that became a challenge. I had to do something, I couldn’t run at all, no matter how hard I tried, I would only stumble and fall flat on my face, so, running to lose weight was out.

So, there I was at 50 years old and I wasn’t sure what to do but knew it had to be different than what I had done in the past. I needed “In Your Face” something. My “why” at the time, was that my daughter was going to be getting married. I wanted to make sure I would be around for grandchildren. Well, the good Lord answered my prayers one night as I sat there on the couch due to not being able to sleep. It was late March 2010, I saw an infomercial about P90X. For some reason it hit home, and something deep down said “Get It!”. I knew that was my answer, it had to be. Well, I didn’t order it right away because I wanted to talk to my Daughter about it since she is a Certified Nutritionist. Looking into it more, I found that Tony Horton was my age, so, it’s on, I just knew I could do it. I figured I’d start after my trip to Dallas to visit my daughter.

While I was there, I told her about my decision to get back in shape and how I saw this thing about P90X. She just raised an eyebrow and said to hang on a minute. She left the room and came back with a small box, handed it to me saying “Here dad, I have that work out want. You can use it since I can’t right now.” I told her she needs to keep doing it and not end up like me. I’ll just get my own. That’s when my daughter told me with a little smile, “Well, I will later but a person shouldn’t do that type of a workout when they are pregnant.” I was all like Whaaaaat!? She was going tell me later but decided this would be a cute way to do it.

When I got back to Houston, I picked a date to start and there would be no excuses. After all, even though just walking was a big deal for me, let alone running, and I couldn’t even do one pull-up, this guy Tony, who was my age is doing it all with no problem. So, I pushed play, like he says to do. After about 15 to 20 minutes into it I realized something, the idea I had about Tony being my age, so I should be able to do this to with no problem?? ,,,, Hell No, WHAT was I thinking?! But I wasn’t going to give up. I quickly became the Modification King! I even came up with some that Tony didn’t mention. I did exactly what Tony kept saying however, “As long as you’re moving you’re doing something!” Words to live by for me, and it kept me going. All I kept telling myself was to Do My Best and Forget The Rest! I kept pushing play and didn’t see a lot of change after the first 30 days. It wasn’t until about day 45 when I noticed something. I realized I could go upstairs without using the handrail to pull myself up like I was 90 years old. I felt A LOT better, and even my attitude changed. I knew now I was on the right path.

At the end of my first round of P90X, I had lost 34 pounds, getting down to 256 and 4 pants sizes. Most of all, though still a little stiff, my knees about completely stopped hurting. Sad part of it all was the fact, unknown at the time, my knees were beyond repair and this was only a temp relief for them. My new life’s journey was just getting going with high hopes and dreams. Nothing could stop me now! I never even gave a second thought as to the under lying issues of being overweight for so long and not doing anything about it and living like I was invincible had set up for me. There was so much ahead, so much yet still to come.

Are you hooked yet on wanting to hear more? Well, there IS more to come. Hmmm, maybe I should throw in Aliens, Time Travel, things blowing up?!!!! LOL!

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And The Journey Begins

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Monte

I was going to talk about my biker years but like everything else in life, things change. So let me first say, I don’t look at this as my story, since a story is something that has a beginning, middle and an end. With life and fitness there really is no end. There’s just a beginning and with ups and downs as well as some really cool adventures. I want to keep this to my fitness journey and things related, as I already started to do.

Now, you know a little of my back ground leading up to this. It was late in the year 2009 after I quit smoking. When Hurricane Ike blew through Texas, I blew out my last puff. I knew about the “Gaining Weight” thing when a person stops smoking, but I figured I could handle it. By the start of summer, 2010, I had gone from 230 pounds to almost 310 pounds. Even at almost 6’2” that was way too much. My knees were quickly becoming weak, hurting a lot and not wanting to support my weight. All the garbage I did over the years without taking care of myself was finally taking its toll. Doctors said being as bow legged as I was, added to the cartilage break down and I should think about using a walker or at least a cane to help me get around. Oh What do they know!?

After that, my health went straight downhill as did my attitude. I really used the biker mindset of “DILLIGAF” it’s a biker word. I didn’t fully realize all I had done however, until one day when I woke up. I was hurting as usual and blaming it on a bad mattress. As I got up out of bed it suddenly hit me, the floor! My knees gave out and down I went. My mind started replaying all those warnings from people telling me to be careful and watch what I do cuz when I get older it will catch up with me. Of course, being young at that time I had all the answers and knew that stuff happened to other people, not me. I figured I could beat the odds like I did on so many other things. I just kept doing what I wanted, when I wanted and how I wanted. Today that was all about to change. As you know, I’ve always been a very powerful man, and loved amazing people by carrying or lifting things, such as a car engine out of a car. So, as for my size, I just figured it came with the life style of being strong. You know, like the power lifters you see on television. They don’t exactly look like Tony Horton.

So, by not paying attention, listening or realizing it, my knees had become very bad from all of that heavy lifting, tripping over things, falling, getting hit with a sledge hammer, getting wrapped by a tow chain and so on. Even though stairs were becoming a challenge and ladders made me cry when I had to climb one, I figured this was just normal for getting old, like so many people had told me. I was just fooling myself though to justify my life. Add to it all the weight I gained now, and the physical toll just got a lot higher. Now, the stress and negativity that I had was spilling over to also affect my relationship and entire life, both at and away from work. At first, of course, I believed it was everyone else that had the problem not me, I was fine! Things just kept getting worse for me, so I started to look hard at my life. All I could find was every little thing I’ve ever done wrong and just wanted to cry. I couldn’t think of one thing positive. I was at the point that when I drove by myself I didn’t care if a truck ran into me or my car blew up or if my bike spun out! I started to believe that so many people would be better off without me if something did happen. I even started to take the blame for everything that was wrong, whether it was my fault or not, didn’t matter. I was sure that somehow everyone else’s problems were my fault. I actually started to look at counseling or finding a shrink to talk to. What I did instead, was pray. I asked God for guidance and what the plan is. This just couldn’t have been God’s plan for me to end up this way.

I decided to make an appointment with a doctor and get a checkup. The findings were that my knees were shot (already knew that) and I was a walking heart attack, from all the stress and weight gain. I now found myself at ground 0 and I had to make a choice. I had tried diets in the past and used home workout equipment to keep somewhat in shape during my early years. But like with most people, that equipment ended up collecting dust and past on in a yard sale. I never kept going with it or did the “Maintenance” thing, I was fine! Looking back, perhaps this could have all been avoided if I just continued the workouts. But no, I knew better, so there I was, knees are shot, back is always hurting, and can’t even tie my shoes if my pants are zipped up. I had to do something or join the old folk’s walker brigade. Thus, my journey really began!

Getting interesting? It’s just starting!

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In The Beginning As An Adult

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Monte

Let’s start as an Adult, my childhood would take forever to tell about. So, all of my adult life I’ve been an unofficial strongman type, doing things that always made people look and wonder how the heck did he do that? I’ve amazed Doctors my whole life with the things I’ve gotten into and was able to just walk away from. I should have died a few times from things that have happened. I pretty much was living the movie, “Unbreakable” before it was even written. Thus, I did not properly take care of myself as things came up. I figured, WHY? Nothing can stop me. Well, if I only knew then what I know now. For example, in the mid to late 1980’s, my left knee was struck with a sledge hammer at full swing, by accident. My knee went numb and I just stood there for a minute looking at it while holding it with both hands, tightly. After a few minutes when the feeling came back, it hurt like Hell, so I hopped over to sit down on a nearby chair. Though it hurt pretty bad, I could still bend it, so I figured it wasn’t broken and thus a Doctor was not needed. About a week or so later it locked up and I couldn’t walk at all on it. Went to a Clinic and the x-rays showed sever stress and slight displacement do to inner swelling. The Doc couldn’t believe I didn’t shatter it. I Took some pain pills and muscle relaxants along with a brace for the knee area and after about 2 to 3 weeks I was fine. (I’ve always healed supper fast) Quick healing became like a joke with people that new me claiming I MUST be an Alien…. LOL!

Later, around 2001 I was helping a friend get his truck out of the mud and had to call a tow truck to wench it out. I quickly found that I was standing too close to the chain as the slack in the chain from the tow truck became straight. As it stretched out tight, it caught my leg as it swung past me, no time to try and jump. It caught my right ankle from the side and flipped me sideways. I laid there for a moment holding my breath and gritting my teeth, all the time thinking for sure my leg was gone, at least it felt like it. After a few minutes, I managed to get up with some help and tried to walk. I could bend it a little, but it wasn’t easy. Since it was feeling a bit numb, I could put some weight on it but not much. I was going to go home and just soak it. But first, lunch! If I didn’t move it, I was OK. During lunch the feeling was coming back and yes, so was the pain. It just kept getting worse, so next stop, a trip to the clinic. X-rays showed a twisted kneecap, slightly torn tendon and the cartilage popped out of place. With a slight twist and a turn by the doctor, I was back in line and this time a full leg brace was used. Surgery was recommended for the torn tendon but could heal on its own since it was a very small tear. I opted for the full brace and play it by ear. I didn’t walk really for about a month. Making it a full month faster than the 2 months the Doctor thought it would take to heal. I ignored everything basically that happened to me over the next several years.

As I said, I did strongman type stunts too, like the time I lifted a stripped engine out of a car. All the belts, water pump, etc.. were taken off. My son and his friend, both high school age, needed to remove it but didn’t have a hoist. Jokingly, I said, I got this. I climbed into the front area of the car and told them to get ready. I took a few deep breaths, reached down and lifted upward. When I got it to the fender height, I placed it there to rest and told the two boys to grab it. Once I got it that far, they were able to carefully lower it to the ground, in amazement that I lifted it like that. Honestly, I was a bit amazed too with myself. Then there was this car I used to own. The back drivers side wheel always pitched outward after several miles. No mechanic could figure why and said not to worry about it. I got in the habit of going to the back of the car every few days and lift it up, allowing the wheel to slide back and be straight up like the other 3. One time I went to park my car and the car stop was at an angle, not allowing for a car to park there very well. So, I got out, looked around and then proceeded to pick that thing up like it was nothing and turn it back in place so I could park. Someone saw me though and couldn’t believe how easy I did that. I asked them to please not tell anyone about me doing this. I asked that because when ever I did stuff in front of someone I would be asked, can you lift this? How about that? Oh and….. so I didn’t do a lot in front of people unless I knew them.

Don’t miss the next chapter …. Biker Time!

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It All Starts

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Monte

Now that you have read a few things that’s been on mind, let me introduce myself and briefly say what I look for in life. My name, is Harold Krueger, but I go by my nickname Monte. I would love to be your coach and or business partner in your journey into the World of Fitness and More! I look forward to working with you, helping you to achieve all your goals. I was born and raised in Gurnee Il. Just north of Chicago. I currently reside in Texas. I am an Emerald, Independent Beachbody Coach that is a Certified P90X and Insanity as an Instructor.

I want to get to know you over time and become great friends! P90X was the first program I worked out with and fell in love with. Since then I have done other Beachbody workouts as well. Adding to that, I do drink Shakeology every day since becoming a Beachbody Coach. That stuff is AMWESOME! I started all this as a customer and fell in love with the whole Fitness Life Style. I look forward to your sharing your journey with me.

Please feel free at any time to reach out to me about anything. As you will learn through time, I have a HUGE passion for helping people, to me, that’s what life is all about. It’s about helping others reach their goals. Over the next several days I will posting here my Journey thus far. It will talk about how it all started, what happened along the way and where I’m at with it all right now. It would take several pages to write all in one blog, so I’ll split it up, like a miniseries. Of course, I’ll do my best to keep your interest so that you keep coming back to see what happens next. If you didn’t notice I have sort of a time laps video about my journey so far, check it out, but please come back for the extended story line!

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What is a Word!?

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Monte

An age-old question I’m sure. OK Maybe not. But really, ask yourself, What IS A Word? Think about it. A single word can change a person’s life! It can cause them to go to a dark place and end it all or soar above the clouds to success. And I must ask, Why? A word is nothing more than a sound. A sound that from day one of our lives has come to have meaning. A sound that makes us laugh, cry, communicate and so on. How many times have you heard a nose and said to yourself or perhaps someone standing by you “Wow it sounded like that car just said Potatoes! “ or something like that? Sounds are sounds, and words are just that, a sound. Point in case, listen to a foreign language you Don’t Know, and what does it mean to you? It means nothing, it’s just a sound someone is making. These sounds or Words, have no true meaning or power on their own. A word only has the power YOU give it. Your reaction is what YOU allow it to be. A word cannot hurt you unless you let it. Lately people have been twisting words and their definitions to give it the power to do their bidding. It’s like if you hear someone telling a joke and they drop the “F” bomb, you may get upset but you may laugh as well. You probably will get mad though, why? Because you were taught that it was a bad word and should never be used. Another example would be you can say Poop on TV but not the “S” word… a word is a word no matter what.

So let’s keep that in mind and think of all the times someone said something to you that made you upset, mad, frustrated, stressed and how could you of turned that around. Remember you make the word what it is, NOT the other way around. A word can be like a double edge sword and cut through you like butter or the same word can also be like a feather and tickle you silly. Knowing this, why then get upset when someone says something to you? That old saying, “Sticks and stones can break my bones but Words will never harm me” has a lot of truth to it. But that’s just a a childish little saying? I think not. I said once before, life is what you feed it and I’m adding to that, “Words are the plate it’s served on.” Meaning to feed positive you need to take the power of the words away and turn them to be what you want them to be, harmless sounds that will not break you. Roundabout way of looking at this is if you take away the power and make them harmless then they can’t hurt you. So why the fuss? It’s all in how you look at it really. And speaking of how you look at things, I want to leave you with this little thought from my observation of just 3, little words, that no matter who says them or how, they have a lot of power,

Those 3 Little Words

It’s amazing how 3 little words can mean so much,

Especially when you say them with a caring touch,

These 3 little words will make any woman smile,

No matter how they’re said and no matter the style,

From Early morning, afternoon and even in bed,

These words are forever going through a woman’s head,

And yes us men don’t always say it,

But You know we always mean it,

And we too like to hear those same little words,

We’re not ALL just a bunch of old turds,

You women expect us to always say it, actually you demand,

Wanting us men to shout it out all across the land,

But in our defense I would like to say,

We’d like to hear it to each and every day,

Yet a man rarely ever hears them if at all,

No matter even if we do it all,

Please won’t you just say them even late at night?

While we hold you close and gentle and tight?

So why won’t you women say it, while keeping a straight face?,

We want to hear it so bad that we’re sending men into outer space,

Just look into our eyes and please don’t start a fight,

Would it really KILL you,

To say those 3 little words “You Are Right” ?

Author: The PolishPoet

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Mindset / Fitness

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Monte

What is fitness to me? Well I would hope the foundation of that was the same as others, but I find it’s not. Fitness I believe should be more than just how much you lift, how often you workout and your nutrition. It should also include Mindset, Soul, Positivity, Family, Friends, Lifestyle, Pretty much EVERYTING you do in life effects your fitness level in one way or another. Even while you’re sleeping, it’s being affected. So many people thought judge the level of fitness strictly by the workout and what they eat. I could list each one I already mentioned and give examples of how each plays a part but this time I want you to see what you come up with. Everyone has their own reason as to why so let’s hear your comments on this one. As soon as I get some I’ll post them in the next blog and share.

One of the big things that stands out for a strong fitness orientated life is family. Not just your family as in your wife and kids but also your family as in your parents and siblings. Getting in a good place with them will, as I see it, put your mindset in a great place to develop and be positive about things. If things are not that way, even if it’s not your fault at all, we still have that tendency to put ourselves in a negative world over it. The mindset is probably the most important part of it all to being the key to a successful and fit life. So, if there is an area that is bothering you or negative, your full benefit of the workout is not reached. I’m sure we’ve all those days when our workouts were like on auto pilot instead of feeling awesome we just feel tired. And then the ones where we are feeling like “YES!!!!!” and you’re ready to take on the world! It’s all about Mindset.