goal setting Archive

  • The Law Of Attraction And Weight Loss: Can You Think Yourself Thin?

    The Law Of Attraction And Weight Loss: Can You Think Yourself Thin?

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Metaphysics & Brain science merge and prove that positive thinking and goal setting literally create your body and your entire life experience On recently broadcast special edition of CNN’s Larry King Live, Mr. King interviewed a panel of “mind experts” about how the thoughts you think literally turn into [...]

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  • Count Down To Fitness Success And Keep Your Motivation Drive Alive

    Count Down To Fitness Success And Keep Your Motivation Drive Alive

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com There are many fantastic ways to get focused and motivated to begin a diet or exercise program, but often the most difficult thing to do is keep that drive and ambition alive for more than a few weeks and see your goal through to completion. Within just weeks of [...]

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  • The New Visualization Breakthrough: Mental Training Tactics For Health And Fitness Success

    The New Visualization Breakthrough: Mental Training Tactics For Health And Fitness Success

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com Understanding the mind’s role in motivation and behavior is one of the most critical elements in fitness success. If you struggle with changing habits and behaviors or if you can’t get motivated, then even the best training and nutrition program is not much help. A fascinating fact about your [...]

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  • 8 Reasons Why You Keep Falling Off The Diet Wagon

    8 Reasons Why You Keep Falling Off The Diet Wagon

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com Clearly, we have an obesity problem in America and many other countries across our planet. Yet, I propose that we do not have a weight loss problem today. In case you’re confused at this apparent contradiction, consider these statistics: According to a study from Oxford University published in the International Journal [...]

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  • The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat

    The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com I have no doubt that a scientist somewhere just read the title of this article and said out loud, “YES! Venuto is right! That little thing in your head – the hypothalamus – it IS the thing that is keeping you fat! By George, that Venuto guy isn’t a dumb bodybuilder [...]

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  • 5 Excuses That Won’t Fly In 2010

    5 Excuses That Won’t Fly In 2010

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com It’s 2010. Your old excuses for not getting in shape won’t work. As Dr. Evil (Austin Powers) said, ZIP IT! I don’t want to hear them anymore! Read em’, then haul your excuseless butt to the gym! 1. I have no time. According to a story in a recent issue of [...]

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  • Brain Science And New Year’s Resolutions

    Brain Science And New Year’s Resolutions

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Motivational speaker Jim Rohn once said, “I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps it’s because escape is easier than change.” Success psychologists say that 95% – 97% of the people in the world do NOT have written [...]

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  • Your Fitness Future Foretold: 20 Predictions for the New Year

    Your Fitness Future Foretold: 20 Predictions for the New Year

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com Happy New Year! In this article, I’m going to predict your future and forecast exactly what kind of results you’re going to get in the next 12 months. Sylvia Browne, step aside… I’m pretty good at this. Several years ago, a public relations firm in New York City asked me to [...]

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  • Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals

    Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com Why do new year’s resolutions usually fail? Why do you start with guns blazing on January 1st, but by February, you’re losing motivation, cheating on your diet, skipping workouts, and slipping back into old patterns? John LaValle, a master trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) suggests that we should take a [...]

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  • Goal Setting For The New Decade: Beyond The New Year’s Resolution

    Goal Setting For The New Decade: Beyond The New Year’s Resolution

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com When you pause and reflect on the past decade as you look ahead to a new one, it makes you appreciate how short life is, how valuable time is and how quickly the time can pass you by – with nothing to show for it, if you don’t plan otherwise. That’s [...]

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