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Building A Better Body, One Brick At A Time

The quest to develop a stunningly fit, leancompounding interest in the bank. One day,
and attractive body is a long, slow journey.you look in the mirror and "suddenly," your
It's not something you achieve overnight byblueprint  has  become  reality.
popping a few pills or strapping an electric
gizmo  to  your  belly.The body of a fitness model, figure
competitor or bodybuilder is no more likely
Which reminds me, did you know that by theto be built overnight than a high rise is to
time the FTC finally blew the whistle on thebe built overnight. It's not physically
electronic ab belt scam, the makers of thosepossible. Accepting the idea that any type of
"ab zappers" had swindled over $100 millionpill, powder, drug, supplement or machine of
dollars from unsuspecting consumers?any kind will make it happen sooner than
Fortunately, some of those companies had tonature intended (without negative
pay  it  back,  and  then  some!consqeuences or side effects) is pure folly.
You  can't  force  it.
The FTC charged three companies - Fast Abs,
Ab Tronic and Ab Energizer - with falseGrowth and development of any kind always
advertising and deceptive warranty practicesrequires a gestation period. For a baby, it's
for  these  "ABSurd"  gimmcks.nine months. For corn, I believe it's about
three months. If you were an expectant
But I digress... back to what I was sayingmother, would you want to hurry the process?
about  the  journey  to  a  better  body...Could any new development in nutrition or
medical science speed up this wonderful
Last week I looked out my window, and wheremiracle even one iota? If you were a farmer,
there was once nothing but a dirt-filledwould you try to harvest your crop before it
empty lot, there stood a sprawling six storywas  ripe?
brick condo complex. If someone looked at
this massive completed structure for theWould you dig up your seeds to see if
first time, they might not be impressed.anything  was  growing  down  there?
However, since I observed the entire
construction process unfold from my livingThe answers are obvious. If only we would
room window, I was impressed - amazed even -adopt the same patient, nurturing "mother's"
at what goes into erecting this kind ofor "farmer's mindset" towards getting in
structure.shape, then no one would waste their money on
"fast abs" or "exercise in a bottle" or any
I remember watching the crew humming aroundsuch silliness ever again. We would
diligently every day like busy bees, layingunderstand that one must sow first, then reap
one  brick  after  another.the harvest, but that you can't sow and reap
in  the  same  season.
From one day to the next, it didn't seem like
much  changed.If you ever get frustrated with the rate of
progress in your fitness or weight loss
But slowly, over a period of a year and aprogram (and who doesn't), just remember;
half, I watched the building gradually morphsuccess is always guaranteed to the
into  the  finished  product.persistent.
When you look at someone with an incredibleNothing in the world can stop someone who
body as a finished product, you often tend toknows what they want and is willing to
dismiss the long, arduous journey and hardcontinue paying the price until they get it.
work  it  took  to  build  that  body.It  just  takes  time.
Unless you were side by side with that personBecome the architect and builder of your own
in the gym (and in the kitchen), observingdream  body.
the work involved, it's easy to attribute
such a chiseled physique to genetics or giveYou WILL build the body you want eventually
credit to a supplement (they just tookif you're patient enough and you refuse to
product XYZ and voila - overnight abs). Whatquit. And set your goals HIGH! Create a
you don't see or appreciate are all thefantastic blueprint. Michelangelo said, "the
months  and  years  of  sweat  and hard work.greatest danger is not that we set our goals
too high and miss them, the greatest danger
Getting in shape is a lot like a constructionis that we set our goals too low and we reach
project.them." Envision a castle - a veritable Taj
Mahal of a body! There's nothing wrong with
First, there must be a picture in the mind.building castles in the sky, as long as you
Then the vision goes onto paper as apatiently work at putting the foundations
blueprint. It takes months just to lay theunderneath them. There are very few
foundation. More months of work will follow.unrealistic goals; only goals with
On a daily basis, it doesn't seem like muchunrealistic  deadlines.
is happening. You look in the mirror and
appear, for the most part, the same as youSo keep laying those "bricks" - every day -
did yesterday. But sure enough, the smallone at a time - and sure enough, eventually,
improvements are slowly accumulating likeyou'll build yourself a palace.



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