This is a great story of the pilgrims.  If you have a chance before you eat your BIG meal listen to the whole thing. 

(see bottom of the page for the full story)

I'm going to share with you one thing that stood out to me that I found really powerful.  From their own journals...The pilgrims were a group of 140ish protestants seeking religious freedom, not exploiting Indians like some other new world visitors.  The mayflower was the size of a volleyball court and it took 66 days to get to the new world.  They landed in December near Boston (they were aiming for Virginia but storms got them off course). 

There were no magical provisions in the cold barren surroundings.  They were left to try to make it through winter with the supplies on the ship.  They got down to 5 kernels of corn per person per day. 

Starving. 

The one's that made it through that winter made contact with Indians who had been watching them.  The Indians helped them learn to grow food in this new place.  They found ...

Sometimes I am consistent with my kale smoothies as a snack, chicken and spinach salads for dinner and eggs with veggies for breakfast. I feel like I am on top of my snacking and cravings and channeled into my inner Jane Fonda (without the high waist leotard)!

Other times, I have a bad day and my self-control is minimal in the snacking department. I am able to turn it around the next day and make better choices for my health and feel confident in my nutritional choices. 

Then there is the other scenario that loops around occasionally. My healthy bandwagon is chugging along until it comes to a steep hill just as my brakes fail.   I hit a construction bump and my healthy bandwagon bursts into flames on the side of the road. I have seriously been derailed and it is bad. Bad for a good long while.

You may be chucking at that visual, but some of you are nodding your head, as you've just polished off a bag of chips or a quart of ice cream. You guys- consistency is HARD. Even i...

I remember in high school the “NO FEAR” thing started getting big.  I didn’t really think much of it at the time- accept if you wore the T-shirt your parents must have had more money than mine because those t-shirts weren’t cheap. :P

Recently I have been “marketed” to and have seen the “NO FEAR” or “FEARLESS” pop back up in my demographic in a more feminine way and frankly IT DRIVES ME NUTS.  I get what they are saying and know it is meant to be encouraging.  BUT-I think it does a HUGE DISCREDIT to those who are winning every day battles or doing impressive things.  They are doing those WITH fear!

When I think of someone who has “no fear”- I often wonder what happened to them??  Were they born without some connection in their brain??  I don’t relate with this person.  Honestly, I really don’t think they exist.

Often, we look at people doing things that scare us and are quick to think- “they must NOT be scared to do that- they must NOT have fear”.  I can’t count how many tim...

About the Author:

Jeremy “the tall trainer” Biernat is a Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Strength Coach, has his Bachelors in Exercise Science, and enjoys writing, speaking, and inspiring people online and in person. See his new book!  More importantly he is a husband, father, and follower of God. His practice is in upstate NY (Canandaigua) where he works with people in one on one and group sessions to make awesome changes in their lives. He doesn’t do everything perfect, cries in movies, and would love to hear from you. You can contact Jeremy by commenting to this post, emailing [email protected], or calling 1(800)380-7047. 

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About the Author:

Jeremy “the tall trainer” Biernat is a Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Strength Coach, has his Bachelors in Exercise Science, and enjoys writing, speaking, and inspiring people online and in person. See his new book!  More importantly he is a husband, father, and follower of God. His practice is in upstate NY (Canandaigua) where he works with people in one on one and group sessions to make awesome changes in their lives. He doesn’t do everything perfect, cries in movies, and would love to hear from you. You can contact Jeremy by commenting to this post, emailing [email protected], or calling 1(800)380-7047. 

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About the Author:

Jeremy “the tall trainer” Biernat is a Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Strength Coach, has his Bachelors in Exercise Science, and enjoys writing, speaking, and inspiring people online and in person. See his new book!  More importantly he is a husband, father, and follower of God. His practice is in upstate NY (Canandaigua) where he works with people in one on one and group sessions to make awesome changes in their lives. He doesn’t do everything perfect, cries in movies, and would love to hear from you. You can contact Jeremy by commenting to this post, emailing [email protected], or calling 1(800)380-7047. 

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About the Author:

Jeremy “the tall trainer” Biernat is a Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Strength Coach, has his Bachelors in Exercise Science, and enjoys writing, speaking, and inspiring people online and in person. See his new book!  More importantly he is a husband, father, and follower of God. His practice is in upstate NY (Canandaigua) where he works with people in one on one and group sessions to make awesome changes in their lives. He doesn’t do everything perfect, cries in movies, and would love to hear from you. You can contact Jeremy by commenting to this post, emailing [email protected], or calling 1(800)380-7047. 

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About the Author:

Jeremy “the tall trainer” Biernat is a Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Strength Coach, has his Bachelors in Exercise Science, and enjoys writing, speaking, and inspiring people online and in person. See his new book!  More importantly he is a husband, father, and follower of God. His practice is in upstate NY (Canandaigua) where he works with people in one on one and group sessions to make awesome changes in their lives. He doesn’t do everything perfect, cries in movies, and would love to hear from you. You can contact Jeremy by commenting to this post, emailing [email protected], or calling 1(800)380-7047. 

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Say what?  It is so!  OK- interrupting is totally rude!  Most of the time.

But there is a time when interrupting is 100% OK to do!  It is when I need to cut myself off from a destructive behavior or thought. 

If you pay attention to your day, your mood, your eating patterns and you can get to the point when you realize that those things are happening. A quick interruption in that thought pattern or behavior (usually less then 2 minutes) can put you back on track!

One of the MOST helpful steps I have taken in maintaining my weight loss is recognizing a behavior that needs interrupting!

Learning to pay attention to habits and what is happening around those habits will change your life. 

For food, I notice that around 3pm and 7pm I want to eat-eat-eat and I want it sweet-sweet- sweet.  I had followed that pattern for YEARS and it became a straight up habit.   A habit the NO LONGER served me and NEEDED interrupting.  So, when 3pm or 7pm came and I was reaching for somet...

I believe every hour of the day is pretty important, so to even suggest that there might be a most important hour, it feels strange to me. But, here I am. I see a lot of people work on nutrition and weight loss , some make great progress while others struggle to get the scale to budge.

In observing people and talking to them, I think there is a most important hour for weight loss. AND it is not first thing in the morning. I believe in getting a good start to the day, but our willpower is also highest first thing in the morning.

I believe the most important hour for weight loss is your last hour awake.

I hear many times that people keep snacking after dinner up until bedtime. If weight loss is about having fewer calories coming into your body per day, then the first calories don’t matter as much as the last calories.

Many people would be better served going to bed 1-hour sooner to cut some snacking down. If you stay up long enough after dinner, you will be hungry agai...