Archive for February, 2007
Hey it’s great to see you came back! I only say that because I didn’t think you would be back after our last meeting! If my memory serves me right I came down a little hard on you because you were procrastinating…. on starting your own training program! Wait a minute I can’t believe my eyes…. is that tuna salad your eating! Gee I take what I said back! I think you just needed a little wake-up call to get moving…. because it seems to me that your eating alot healthier also you look like you toned up! Well this only tells me one thing…. you can expect me to continue to be tough on you! Remember I’m here for you! I’ll do whatever it takes to get you moving in the right direction….. without any EXCUSES!!
Actually you remind me of some of my clients… I used to train in my personal training days! Gee I think you just helped me out….. on what our next discussion is going to be about! I’m going to share with you…. what motivated me into becoming a personal trainer! I know what your thinking… your thinking what alot of people have told me! There question to me was simply this …. Nino how can you be a personal trainer with your disability? It’s just impossible to imagine! I guess they were in for another huge surprise!
Well it’s like I told you before when I was repeatedly told by critics…. that I wouldn’t be able to compete in bodybuilding and be successful with my disability! Well if I recall they were wrong because I not only became successful…. but was then known as “The No Excuse Natural Bodybuilder”! Well God told me this was no different….. HE was going to now also make me known as “The No Excuse Personal Trainer”! Gee I felt in a strange way “special” that God has given me these nicknames…. not by any means did I want special treatment! I believe what God was telling me was simple! I was going to be successful in both categories without making excuses….. for my disability!
In my next blog…. I’m going to share with you how God helped me once again to acheive what many have told me impossible!! I’ll be totally honest with you I was getting sick and tired of hearing that word “IMPOSSIBLE”! I sincerely hope that this will inspire and motivate other people with disabilities… to start accomplishing things that they’ve been told by others to be impossible! Like you heard me say time and time again if you just believe in yourself and in God…. nothing is impossible! Ok I think you get my point so let’s get moving!
Are you ready?
Here’s how I got the nickname “The No Excuse Personal Trainer”!
Well I knew the first thing I had to do was to get my training certification…. I also knew that I was probably the only one taking the exam with a physical disability! On the day of the exam the instructor said to me….. Gee in all my years of giving this exam Nino your the first! I knew what he was getting at…. so I just told him those famous two words “No Excuses”! So I passed with flying colors….. next step was to get a job! Believe me I knew it wasn’t going to be that easy for me…. let’s face it there aren’t too many trainer’s out there with a physical disability who work at a gym! I mean who would have enough nerve to even try…… remember it’s just impossible to imagine!
Well what do you know as luck would have it…. a new gym was opening up where I lived looking for some trainers! So I decided to go and apply…. but I was not expecting what was about to happen when I walked through the doors! One of the owners standing at the front counter…. asked me how could he help me! I told him I was here to apply for the personal trainer position! I wish you could have seen his expression on his face… it was a look of shock! So I filled out the application and gave it to him…. but I wasn’t expecting what was coming next! I guess you can say it was my turn to be shocked! He asked me….. Nino when can you start?
Well the news quickly traveled that this new gym called “VISIONS” had a personal trainer named Nino…. that people just had to go and checkout!! Well your just going to be amazed of what I’m about to tell you next! I couldn’t believe my eyes… there were a line of members who were signing up with me to train them! I’m sorry but I just had to ask a client why “ME”! This was the response I got….. Nino I’ve been looking for a trainer like you for a long time! Nino I’ve been making tons of excuses why I don’t have time to workout! I look at you and you certainly made the time for yourself…. with definitely no room for any excuses! Can you help me achieve a “No Excuse” physique and attitude like you? I knew that God specialized me with tremendous skills in those two areas…. I was ready to start changing peoples lives!
So there you have it…. Gods reason for giving me the nickname “The “No Excuse” Personal Trainer! I strongly suggest that my critics go back and define the word “impossible” in the dictionary! I know how I would define it…. there is no such thing as “impossible” for me in my life! I sincerely hope that this message was extremely inspiring and motivational…. for my fellow disabled friends! I’ll be honest with you I don’t like using the word “disabled”!
Listen all it will keep you from doing …. is to stop you from living your life to the fullest! I certainly know one thing I know I have to this point…. and I’ll continue thanks to God! Don’t you think it’s about time you find out…. what you’ve been missing out on in your life!! Well I suggest that you start proving to your critics…. about how wrong they’ve been about what you can accomplish in your life with your disability!! I’ll make one thing clear to you! I use the word “disability” very loosely in my life…. and so should you without any excuses!!
February 25th, 2007
Hey how have things been going for you since the start of The New Year? I’ve been wanting to ask you how your resolution is going so far! If I recall you were going to start your own training regimen…. well how has that been going so far? Wait just one minute what is that your eating….. a Big Mac, large fries and a shake! Well I think you just answered my question in a big way…. in how your resolution has been going, it’s not! I sincerely hope that you have a good excuse for me…. remember their isn’t one good enough for me so let me hear it! Gee Nino I don’t have your will power! In reading your story it said…. that you blew up to 240lbs!! I’ve had one question that I’ve been dying to ask you Nino! How did you go about losing all that weight?
Well today must be your lucky day my friend! In my next blog…. I’m going to let the cat out of the bag and tell you the secret to my weight loss! Well I guess it won’t be a secret any longer… that’s ok because my mission is to help you.. remember? I will do what ever it takes to motivate you to finally start your resolution…. without anymore EXCUSES! Listen if I have to I’ll start telling you all my secrets to my success…just so you can finally start living your life in the way you should be with NO EXCUSES!! Well I think it’s time that you put down that Big Mac and listen closley! I have a strong feeling once I tell you my secret to my weight loss….. your not going to be eating Big Mac’s anymore!!
Are you ready??
Ok…. here we go!!
Well let me first say that it was extremely difficult for me to even think about how I was going to go about losing the weight! It was getting very difficult for me to carry all 240lbs on my crutches…. let alone being able to take care of myself! I know your probably wondering why I allowed myself to get at such a high weight! Well after the corrective surgery in attempting to straighten out my feet failed…. I became depressed! I felt the only solution was to eat everything in site!! Then I had a wake-up call my doctors told me if I didn’t lose weight… I was going to be placed in a wheel chair!
So that’s when the light bulb started to go off in my head! I knew I wasn’t going to allow myself to be confined to a wheel chair….. so I needed to take quick action!! I took a long look in the mirror…. and said good-bye to my 240lbs frame it’s time for a change! I also knew it was going to be a challenge for me to transform my body… with a disability!! Well as you know I just love to be challenged… even back then God planted those famous two words in me NO EXCUSES!!
Well are you ready for my secret??
Here it is!
Believe or not there is no secret…. you’ve known it all along since day one of my mission! Would you like to take a chance and tell me what it is? Ok let me help you out it should really be of no shock to you…. NO EXCUSES!! I knew what I had to do to change my lifestyle…. without making any EXCUSES about my situation! Listen I’m not trying to be funny here! If you thought I was going to tell something HUGE that would blow your mind….. sorry to have disappointed you! I simiply did what you’ve been putting off…. I started a workout program and drastically changed my eating habits and never looked back!
So there you have it…. my secret to my incredible weight loss!! Like I’ve said you’ve known it all along! I sincerely feel that our society today is hooked on the fact…. that they need to take the miracle pill to lose the weight! I’m sorry that’s just another excuse they have come up with…. instead of achieving it the old fashioned way!! Ok your probably wondering on what that is it’s simple….. do it the Nino way NO EXCUSES!! I think it’s time for you to put down that Big Mac….. and finally start your resolution!
Listen I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy…. you might have to break a sweat! I say it’s time to go for it because that’s the only way… I’ve gotten to where I am today by sweating my butt off!! Well it’s up to you!You can keep eating those Big Mac’s and hardening your arteries, or start hardening your muscles! I definitely know what I’ve chosen! How about you??
February 18th, 2007
Hello once again my friend! I have to be totally honest with you! I’m very grateful to God for allowing me, to come into your life in such a unique way that I never would have imagined! As I’ve been telling you … expect the unexpected when God has control of your life! Gee why the long face? If my memory serves me right the last time… we were together you were so full of confidence! Well I think I might have a solution for you …. for getting out of your depression! Believe or not God has made DEPRESSION another one of my goals…. to teach you how to beat it without depending on medication or seeing doctors!
I sincerely feel that our society today has become way too dependent…. way too long on the extensive use of using medication and seeing doctors as the only sources of help in dealing with their depression! Well I’ve got news for you… not anymore! Listen God has brought this MISSION to me not only to share with you …. my story and accomplishments but to also help you! I know from experience on what depression can do to you … but I also know that medication and doctors can only help you so much! This goal is extremely important for me to accomplish successfully because I lived it!! If your wondering if I’m still living it… not a chance! I did it without the use of medication or doctors in my life! I allowed God to help me instead …. I found it to be much cheaper! God’s price was free of charge!
In my next blog I’m determined to show you… why God is the solution to help you with your depression! I sincerely feel that You have convinced yourself that using medication and seeing doctors …. are your only choices in life! Well I’m going to show you that God’s track record is untouchable …. when it comes to totally curing illnesses of any kind! Well let’s not waste anymore time talking about it…. let’s take action!!
Are you ready?
Let’s get going!!
Well I definitley know that God’s success rate cannot be matched when it comes to curing an illness! For instance God has made the blind see by just HIM touching their eyes!! I don’t know today of any doctors or medication for that matter…. who have been able to honestly say they have done that!! Listen if you don’t believe me … again I challenge you to read the bible sometime, it is the most widely read book in the world! Believe me when I tell you… the bible speaks the truth!! I truly believe the only thing that doctors and medication have successfully done for you…. is convince you that their the only solution in treating your depression!
In case you’ve forgotten in what I’ve been telling you … let me help you again! I know the answer should be of no surprise to you…. at least I hope not! God is the only one who can help you with your situations in life!! I certainly know that HE’S been waiting for you to ask HIM… to help cure your depression for good!! Gee what are you afraid of…. actually witnessing God’s healing power!! Like I’ve been telling you all HE want’s from you… is to trust in HIM!! Well all I know it’s worked for me …. don’t you think it’s time it work for you too!! Though I do believe there are different degrees of depression. I think what I first did was ask myself why do I even feel depressed? The Lord then allowed me to realize how I really have nothing, to feel depressed about when I have been given so much! It does not happen over night, but the way of thinking changed over time.
Listen like I said to you this particular goal is extremely…. important for me to accomplish successfully! Let’s go back towards the beginning of my MISSION! Do you remember those famous two words…. that your now living by?? Well I have a strong feeling that you have completely forgotten them…. NO EXCUSES!! I believe that you’ve been making nothing but excuses …. by taking medication and seeing doctors! Like I said they can only help you so much! I have a solution for you why not give God a try…. what do you have to lose! God’s services are free to you… while these others have been costing you!! It’s your choice I can’t make it for you…. I can only share with you what has helped me! Here is some advice for you to base your decision on…. those famous TWO words that I’m teaching you to live by NO EXCUSES!!
February 11th, 2007
Hey it’s GREAT to see YOU again! How are things going with YOU lately? I CERTAINLY hope YOUR answer is going to make MY day! YOU should be feeling like ME GREAT…. since NINO’S MISSION has arrived! Remember NO EXCUSES!! Let ME first go on the record to say I’ve noticed a little CHANGE in YOU…. and YOUR probably wondering on what that might be! Well I’m about to tell YOU… YOUR head is UP alot HIGHER than it was at the start of MY MISSION! I CERTAINLY wouldn’t want YOU to start thinking that I’ve SUCCESSFULLY completed MY MISSION!! Well even if I HAD… God would DEFINITELY tell ME the opposite, it’s ONLY just BEGUN!! Well before YOU pat YOURSELF on the back…. WE have ALOT more ground to cover! So what do you say…. WE get started on our NEXT discussion!
Are YOU ready?
OK…. here we go again!
Well as YOU now know… MY FAITH and TRUST in God is VERY strong! Like I’ve said over and over to YOU, I WOULDN”T be where I am today if it weren’t for HIM!! I guess YOU can go as far to say… God is MY one and ONLY idol that I look up to! GEE I’m so EXCITED I just let the cat out of the bag…. on what MY next blog is about! Who is Your Idol? I’ll give YOU some time to think about it… I’m going to EXPAND more on WHY God is MY only idol in life! I REALLY want YOU to listen CLOSELY… because I also want YOU to understand there’s NO comparison when it comes to GOD!
Well I can first go by saying… God has created with his OWN human hands the EARTH and ALL living things! I don’t know ANYONE else who has done that… do YOU? OK maybe YOUR not impressed by that ONE! I think this ONE might convice YOU… HE can MOVE moutains and PART the sea’s with a BLINK of an EYE! When is the last time YOU heard Arnold Schwarzenegger do that! LISTEN I can go on and on with this…. the message I’m trying to get across to YOU is quite SIMPLE! There is ABSOULUTLEY NO living being ABOVE GOD….. HE’S in a class ALL by HIMSELF!! If YOU know ANYONE who is ABOVE God, I DEFINITLEY would like to meet this SUPER HUMAN! Good luck on YOUR search…. because there is NO ONE GREATER than GOD!
It’s that time again!
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Who is YOUR Idol?
Listen YOU shouldn’t really have a tough time….giving ME an answer this time around! I GET IT your probably STILL idolizing those professional athletes, who CAN’T stop talking about how GREAT they are! GEE I hate to break it to BOTH of YOU….GOD has allowed THEM such status! Make NO mistake GOD can TAKE ALL their GREATNESS away…..with a snap of a finger! I tell YOU what DON’T take MY word for it …WHY NO ONE is above GOD I challenge YOU to read THE HOLY BIBLE!! I promise YOU there are SEVERAL times, where the word IDOL is mentioned! YOU will see for YOURSELF GOD is the ONE and ONLY idol….YOU should have in life! If YOU read further YOU’LL see what happens to those people, who put themselves ABOVE God! Let ME just say the END result is NOT good!
Listen I’m NOT at all telling YOU….who YOU should be idolizing! I KNOW from MY own personal experience, since I’ve put God FIRST in MY life it’s been an UNBELIEVABLE ride so far!! I REALLY want YOU to start EXPERIENCING that same ride, because once YOUR on….. there’s NO getting off! I DEFINITELY feel that YOU should NOT be patting YOURSELF, on the BACK just yet!! I STRONGLY suggest to YOU stop making EXCUSES, for why YOUR NOT putting God at the TOP! Do I have to keep reminding YOU of the FACT… that it’s because of God SACRIFICING his life so YOU can have ONE!! How can YOU NOT put God as YOUR ONE and ONLY idol after that! I DEFINITELY don’t know ANYONE who would be WILLING, to give their LIFE for YOURS!! Like I said I ONLY have ONE idol…. GOD and so should YOU!! NO EXCUSES remember!!
February 3rd, 2007