Archive for May, 2007
Hey my friend welcome back! I have to tell you how excited I am to see, how much we’ve been able to accomplish together so far since day one of my mission! Let me just tell you my mission wouldn’t be off to such a great start, if you didn’t allow me the opportunity to sit down with you each week to discuss all these important topics that we’ve covered so far! I certainly hope you will continue to allow me the opportunity to discuss, alot more topics with you! Like I’ve been telling you were in this together, this mission is as much yours as it is mine!!
Gee Nino I should be thanking you! Let me just tell you Nino since we’ve been together, you’ve completely changed my whole outlook and my attitude towards my life! Gee Nino I know you don’t want to be looked at as an inspiration…. but you’ve been that to me and others in ways that you cannot imagine!! Gee Nino when I think of quitting or make excuses of why I can’t do something, I think of you and all that you’ve overcome with your disability! Nino I wish I could say the same holds true for a friend of mine!
Actually Nino now that I’m on the subject, I was wondering if I could ask you a favor!Of course that’s why I’m here! We’ve been together long enough now for you to know you can ask me anything…. I hope you realize that by now! Yeah Nino I know! So what’s the favor??
Well Nino I have a friend who recently was involved in a car accident, that unfortunately has left him permanently disabled which has confined him to a wheelchair now! Nino I’m really concerned about him because he does nothing, to help himself also he blames God for what has happened to him!! Gee Nino I wish he would have your attitude and amazing drive…. to overcome his disability! Nino I even took him to your website, and he just puts his head down! Gee Nino it’s like he dosen’t want to listen to me… or anyone in his family who loves him! Nino it would mean alot to me and his family, if you could try to get through to him!
My friend you don’t even have to ask…. consider it done! Well beileve or not this happens to be another goal….. that God want’s me to accomplish as well! It’s also a huge part of my mission!! If anyone knows how it feels to be considered permanently disabled, because of an unfortunate accident it’s me! I’m here to tell you my good friend your not alone, their are many people out in today’s society who struggle with the same thing!
I’m here to tell you my friend and others simply this! No matter what the disability might be or how severe it might be, you can overcome the odds just like how I have! In my next blog my friend I’m going to teach you how not only how to overcome your disability… but be successful also in your life without any excuses!!
My friend are you ready for me to help change, your attitude about your disability??
It’s time to overcome my friend!
No more excuses!
Here we go!
Well let me first say my friend I use the word, disability very loosely in my life! It’s like I stated to you earlier in one of my previous blogs, we all have a disability in life wether it be visible to the human eye or not! That being said we all can overcome whatever the disability, there’s simply no excuse good enough why we can’t! I’ll be honest with you I didn’t think that was even possible for me at first either! Like I’ve been saying all along to you….. boy was I ever wrong! The person that made me realize that, was none other than God!
Yeah at first my friend I was also angry at God, asking him the same question that you’ve been asking him! Which was simply this! ” Why did you make this happen to me”! Well let me tell you my friend that’s the wrong question to ask God! Unfortunately there’s an old saying that we all know very well! Which is ”Things happen for a reason”! Well I had no choice but to figure out, what that reason was! So I simply asked God what was the reason for this! Well he sure gave me a strong enough reason why! God was going to use my disability to help you and others to understand, you still can be successful in life whatever the disability!!
Well my friend in case your wondering how God, is allowing me to show you and others…. how I’ve been able to be successful with my disability! Well it’s pretty simple my friend! Would you like to take a shot on what that might be?? My friend the answer is right in front of you…. through Nino’s Mission! Listen I don’t have to tell how I’ve been able to overcome my disability, it’s really no secret to anyone anymore! I’ve simply made “No Excuses” for myself! In case you need a refresher just go back and read my story, it’s all there my friend!
Listen my friend this particular goal is by far the most important one for me personally to accomplish successfully! I know all to well how it is and feels, to be classified as “permanently disabled”! I’m happy to say my friend I also know now how, to overcome a physical disability! Simply stated “No Excuses”!!
Just believe in yourself and ask God to show you the way, and you will be successful! I’m not telling you it’s going to be a walk in the park, there are going to be some bumps along the way! Gee God knows I’ve had my share, but I picked myself up each time and pressed on towards my goal! Well I have news for you my friend, you now have a new goal for yourself! To overcome your disability without any excuses! We will overcome together my friend…. you are not alone anymore!!
May 29th, 2007
Hello my friend! I have to say things have been really moving in such a positive direction…. in regards to my mission since we’ve been meeting! I feel that my confidence is building each time, we get together to discuss a topic! I’ll be honest with you at the very start of my mission…. I had developed some fears about starting this mission! It’s not everyday that God chooses you….. for a particular mission that you don’t know how people are going to react to! Well I’m happy to say that fear is long gone!
The comments that I’ve been receiving by people and their support…. has all but put my fears to rest! I’m realizing with each comment that I’ve received… I’m doing the very thing that God has intended me to do! Which is simply to encourage, motivate, and educate you…. so you can live your life to the fullist without any excuses!
I truly believe God has just given me our next topic of discussion…. also another goal he want’s me to accomplish! I truly feel that our sociey is living in more fear, than ever before! In my next blog I’m going to teach you…. how to overcome your fears that you’ve been avoiding to face head on! I’ll be totally straight with you buddy…. living in fear of something will only allow one thing to happen! Which is simply this you missing out on all the great things… that God has in store for you in your life!
Are you ready for me to teach you…. how to start living your life fear free??
I sure am Nino!
Here we go!
Well as I mentioned to you eariler our sociey is living with more fear today…. than ever before! I truly feel a prime example of why I feel this way…. is simply this! I’m going to take you back to the events that occured on 9/11/01! This date still remains fresh in my mind…. and most definitely in the minds of many around the world! Let me just say my heart and prayers goes out to all those families….. who have lost love one’s because of this cowardly act! As a result of this many precautions have been taken in airports and other places of transportation…. from preventing a tragedy like this from happening again!
This unfortunate event has also put alot of fear in people around the globe…. to travel especially on airplanes! Listen friend if we show to these cowards that were afraid, to keep going on with our lives even if that means travelling…. they have accomplished what they set out to do! I’ll tell you right now God does not want us to live the rest of our lives in fear because of this! I truly believe this is what God is asking us all to do! Believe me buddy this going to be easier said… than done! God says let our fears go and let him take full control of them! Most important God wants us all to go to him for courage and strength, to face all of our fears with him by our side!
Listen all I’m trying to say buddy is…. simply this! We as ordinary people cannot write the future or prevent things from happening! All we can do is take precautions, and leave the rest up to God!! God will deal with those people who have done wrong, in his own way and time! All God asks of all of us is to keep on living in the way he wants us to…. which is free of fear!!
I now want to touch on the second point, I made to you earlier! Buddy by living your life in constant fear…… you’ll be missing out on all the great things that God has in store for you! I just happen to have a great example, of what I’m trying to say to you here! I’m going to use myself…. as the ginny pig! Gee Nino thanks because I know you’ve been able to overcome alot in your life …. and this is probably just what I need to overcome my fears!
Great buddy!
Well I’m going to take you back to the time when I had the greatest fear, of facing society when I became permently disabled…. because of the unsuccessful surgery that was done! I was so afraid how people would react by this…. I avoided going to public places! I didn’t want people to stare at me, or be made fun of by my peers! I’m happy to say I overcame this fear, when God came into my life! God made me realize I had absolutely nothing to fear…because he was going to protect me and use my disability to educate others! Well buddy do I even need to go any further, to prove the point that I’m trying to make to you here!
Gee Nino I don’t get the point…. your trying to make to me here! It’s pretty simple buddy! If I kept myself in hiding because I feared how people would look and react to my disability, I would be missing out on the one thing that God had in store for me! Would you like to guess on what that might be?? Ok I’ll help you out again! Buddy your looking right at it….. Nino’s Mission!! Gee Nino I get your point now! I knew you would buddy! I certainly don’t want you to miss out, on what God has in store for you and I know you don’t either!!
Gee Nino your right with that assumption thanks!!
Listen buddy I realize this goal is not going to be easy for me to accomplish! I have absolutely no fear any longer like I had in the beginning…. because I know God is by my side with each and every goal now!! Like I said earlier our society is living in more fear than ever before, because of the events that occured on 9/11/01!! God does not want us to live in fear any longer! So why not give your fears to God, and let him take full control of them and your future! God will never leave us or forsake us! God is by our side 24/7 365 days a year…. without any fears or excuses!!
May 21st, 2007
Hey what’s up buddy? Actually hold on to that thought….. for just a minute! I have to tell you something that happen to me….. on my way here today! Gee Nino are you ok?? Yeah buddy I’ve never been better! Well every now and then God gives me these vibes…. on a certain subject that he want’s me to talk about! In the last couple of days I’ve been reading, about all the diets that are out there! I’ll be honest with you I’m just amazed on how many there actually are today! It sort of makes me feel like…. I’ve been hiding under a rock lately!
I’ll just run off a couple of diets to you… that I came across that caught my interest! Then you can tell me how your doing! Well let’s see there’s ” The south beach diet” which I have to say, is the most successful one of all the diets out there today! Let’s see I’m going to give you one more because there’s way too many….. plus we have to get to our next topic! I believe this one everyone has heard of and for that matter…. even been on with very few succeeding! It’s the ever popular low carb diet! Let me just share with you some facts…. that I read with this particular diet! I’ll be honest with you I wasn’t in the least surprised!
Like I said it’s definitely the most popular….. but it’s also the most unsuccessful one! One fact that really caught my eye, was that the success rate was the lowest of all the other diets listed! Ok now back to you buddy! How are you doing? Gee Nino it’s funny that you brought up diets today….. because I’m actually on one of the ones that you were talking about! Gee I knew there was a reason why God gave me this vibe… to discuss diets today! Nino would you like to guess on which one? Gee buddy that’s supposed to be my line!
Ok my guess would be…… the low carb diet! Gee Nino how did you know? Well I couldn’t help but notice when you arrived today….. you were walking very sluggish! How long have you been on this diet? For about a week now Nino…. I have to say it really works fast! Nino I’ve already dropped six pounds! Ok buddy I’m almost afraid to ask you this question…. but I need to know it’s very important! How many grams of carbs, are you intaking a day? Gee Nino I would say about fifty grams, sometimes I go to about thirty a day!
Ok I heard enough! First I want to thank God… for giving me this vibe to discuss diets today! Like I said God always knows when something this important, needs to be addressed! So in my next blog, I’m going to share with you…. my thought’s on “The Low Carb Diet”! Futhermore but most important what you are doing to your body…. by keeping your carb intake that low! I’ll tell you right now…. it’s not good!! I strongly suggest that you take out your pen and pad…. because your about to receive another valuable lesson!!
I certainly hope that you’ll have enough energy to write today!
Here we go again!
Well for starters low carb diets….. simply do not work! I consider this diet to be a quick fix, to weight loss! I’ve seen many people go on this diet not realizing, the effects and toll it will have on them both physically and mentally! I truly feel that our society today will go to any measures possible, to lose weight even though fully aware it may cause them serious health problems along the way!! Let me tell you right now buddy you are definitely, headed straight in that direction!
Listen buddy unless your training to do a bodybuilding contest soon…. even then your carb intake should not be that low! If you think back to my blog on my pre-contest diet my carb intake, was kept to about two hundred grams per day! The point I’m trying to make to you here is simple! I’m going to give you an opportunity to tell me, on what that point might be! Gee Nino I have no idea…. I just can’t think straight today! Well believe or not buddy…. that’s just the point I’m trying to get you to understand! Eventually this low carb diet will effect your ability to think straight…. and that’s already happening!
If you think this diet is only going to effect your ability….. to think straight your wrong! The most important thing your not allowing, your muscles to be fed properly! Which will allow one thing to happen…… muscle depletion!! I’ll tell you right now the process has already started for you! Gee Nino I definitely don’t want that to happen! Buddy that makes two of us! So what are you going to do about it?? Gee Nino I’m going to go back to eating my five small meals a day…. making sure I get enough carbs in each meal!
I’m certainly glad buddy that you came to your senses! Like I said low carb diets do not work! The only solution to proper weight loss…. is simply this mathematical equation! Weight training + proper nutrition + cardio = results!! That is how I’ve done it and definitely how your going to do it….. without any excuses!!
May 14th, 2007
Hey buddy I’m sorry to keep you waiting! I just finished helping a client of mine, change up their training regime! I stress to all my clients how important it is to change their training regime around….. usually about every three to four weeks! I believe I just came up with our next topic of discussion! Gee I’m sorry buddy I didn’t even ask you…. how things have been going with you! Gee Nino don’t worry about it…. I’m doing fine!
Actually Nino if it’s ok with you….. I would like to know more about this topic! Well you don’t even have to ask me because that’s what God…. had planned for me to discuss with you today! If you want after our discussion today…. I can help you change your training regime around as well! Nino that would be great! Actually Nino I was sort of hoping we would get the opportunity to tallk about this…. because I’m getting really bored with my regime that I’m doing now! As a matter of fact Nino I’ve been doing the same regime….. since you got me started!
Well then buddy I guess God just answered your wish…. because it’s about to be granted! In my next blog were going to discuss why it is so important….. to frequently change up your training regime! I’m also going to tell you some warning signs to look out for…. when your muscles and body are specifically telling you one thing! Which is simply this buddy! It’s time to change it up! Now that we have your training under control, the last thing I want happen…. is for you to get bored with your workouts!!
Are you ready to be educated…. once again!
I’m ready Nino!
Great here we go!
Well let me go back to our last discussion…. we had on overtraining! The main point that I was making to you was…. you need to give your muscles rest in order for them to repair and grow! Yeah your right Nino! Nino let me tell you the two day on and one day off plan…. is really working for me! Nino I just seem to have so much more energy! Great Buddy! Well believe or not changing your training regime frequently… fits into that same category!
As you can probably imagine I get asked alot of questions…. by people in regards to training! The question that I’m asked the most is! What’s the reason behind changing your training regime….. every three to four weeks? The answer I give them is quite simple! Would you like to take a crack at the answer? No guesses! Ok well I believe I touched on the answer earlier! The answer is so you and your muscles…. don’t get bored!
Let’s say you’ve been doing the same training regime, for about two months! Well I don’t know about you…. I know I would be getting pretty bored at this point! I strongly feel that your muscles ….. are feeling bored as well! I truly feel this is the main reason why many people…. quit training all together! I’ll be totally honest with you… I can’t really blame them one bit! Gee I almost forgot quitting is not an option… that you have anymore in your life!! If you need a reminder of that I strongly recommend, that you go back and read my blog on quitting!
Well here’s something else for you to think about! Imagine you were eating the same thing for breakfast…. for two months straight! I have a strong feeling that your taste buds are getting pretty bored…. of tasting the same old food over and over again!! Furthermore they get used to how the food tastes…. there wanting to taste something with some spice at this point! Listen the point I’m trying to make here is your muscles and body….. need some spice into their workouts too!
After a period of time of doing the same old exercises over and over again…. your muscles become programmed!! What your muscles are actually telling you is this! Gee buddy I can do this motion in my sleep…..I need you to shock me with some new exercises! I believe there’s an old saying…. that comes to mind here! Would you like to hear it? Yeah Nino! “It’s time to shock your system”! Which basically means…. time to for a new training regime!
Listen buddy if you keep going along the same training path, without changing it up from time to time…. this is what you can expect to happen! Your muscles will stop responding to the exercises….. that you are doing! Once that happens it’s going to be very difficult for your physique…. to keep on changing in the way that you visualize it becoming!
Well buddy I hope I was able to educate you more…. on the importance of changing your training regime frequently! I know from experience If you don’t give your muscles and body variety…. they will become stagnet! Believe me that is the last I want, to happen to you! So what do you think buddy…. are you ready to change it up?? Gee Nino do you have to ask!! Nino I guess my body has been trying to tell me something…. for two months! Gee buddy can I ask you on what that might be? Nino it’s simple! “It’s time to shock the system”!! What are we waiting for buddy…. let’s get moving!!
May 7th, 2007