Check out this transformation by my friend Shirley. She’s an amazing artist who changed more than her body, when she took up fitness. This is what Living Great is really about! I know everybody wants to lose weight, and look great, I get it, I do, and you can! But if that’s all you’re thinking […]
Category Archives: Get Your Mind Right
Find YOUR True Body Image
Too fat, too short, too small, too tall, too thin, too many freckles, just too UGLY! Finding your flaws is easy. I’ve got a big nose and grow the facial hair of a 13-year-old leprechaun. It’s straggly and orange, yuck! Skinny guys are always mad that no matter how much iron they pump, they don’t […]
5 Awesome Quotes to Help You Live GREAT!
Here are five quotes to get your get your mind right so you can Live Great! 1. “Man is not affected by events, but how he perceives them” – Ralph Waldo Emerson If stepping on the scale reveals a number you’re unhappy with, you have a choice, how will you choose to respond? Will you […]
What Reaching Your Goals REALLY Looks Like
If you’re struggling to reach your goals, don’t worry you’re not alone. For most people, losing weight and getting fit isn’t easy. Most people’s journey is filled ups and downs, lots of slips and falls. It’s your health market and ups and downs will be part of it! Fortunately, you’re in charge of the market! Each […]
I watched a women peel a face off
I was eating grilled eggplant, smothered in spicy tomato sauce. I looked up, and a woman was pealing the face off the decapitated head of a murder victim. I have no idea why, but for some reason this persons face needed to be removed from the their skull. If you haven’t seen it, Bones is a […]
I hated hearing this
I remember feeling like I was going to puke. Some people did puke. I never did, thank god. I do remember wanting to quit though. Why was I doing this? It was a hot and humid summer day in Illinois. I was at football practice, and we were running forty second drills. A forty second […]
Reaching the other side
Are you doing what REALLY matters or just pretending to? If you haven’t lost the weight, built the physique you want, asked your crush out, or reached any other goal, you might just be pretending. It’s okay, I pretend too. I plan, contemplate, research, and read. I pretend to take steps, little ripples disguised as […]
Read this before you crash
Have you crashed in the middle of nowhere wondering where you are, and how you get so lost in the first place? Or, are you cruising smoothly down the road of success?! Week two of the new year is just wrapping up, so how’s your resolutions coming along? Let me help you before you crash! […]
This Was The Year
2013 was going to be different! I don’t normally make New Years Resolutions, because mine never stick. So naturally, I kicked it up a notch and made three. Because if one resolution doesn’t normally last, surely three will! My 2013 New Years resolutions were to create LiveGreatFitness, learn to speak Spanish, and play the drums. […]
Masters of the Universe
I spent more time in the plane on the ground, than in the sky. It’s a short 20 minute flight from San Diego to L.A. Each time I fly, the fascination grows. I understand lift and aerodynamics, but as the plane takes off I always sit in awe that flying works. Thousands of pounds of […]