Before you make your new year resolution.,..

What happens when you run out of your Thrive patches, discounted gym membership specials, your 10 days juice cleanses, your 28 day plank challenges, or your 1 month supply of AdvoCare meal plans?

Comes Jan, this is what everybody is going to be doing because nobody wants to actually do the logical thing of reading, learning, and executing hard work consistently and intelligently.

Hard work means cooking more, reading food labels, be mindful of indulging your favorite caloric dense foods, make the time to make the gym, and have an actual training and nutrition plan that meets your goals.

The lazy way is to take a pill or wear a stupid patch/wrap in hope to not have to move more to increase calorie expenditure. Get on the treadmill or take a spin class so you don't need to learn how to lift weights to increase your lean mass that offers you higher metabolism PERMANENTLY. Blame your genetics, family, age, job, or self-labeling, self-defeating diseases like obesity, diabetes, or thyroids so you don't have to take personal responsibility to reverse your conditions. Or keep a food dairy and get more educated on nutrition so you know how to moderate your favorite foods instead of following dumb "rules" like a robot that tells you, you can't have this or can't have that, forever.

Whatever you're about to get on this new year, make sure you ask yourself these questions.

1. Will I come out of it with a new perspective on training principles?
2. Will I have a new love for cooking healthy and satiating meals?
3. Will I be driven to be stronger and more confidence with my body and how I move?
4. Will I have a better relationship with food and understand the interaction between nutrients, body composition, and hunger/cravings?
5. And most importantly, will my investment now saves me more time, heartaches, money, and health in the long run. Can this be sustained so I don't have to depend on a trainer, nutritionist, or some silly bootcamps.

May you have the courage today to do what's needed instead of what is simply convenient.

Mary Escalante

"Jem you're the best!!  And I will be your fan and cheerleader forever. You told me everything I wanted to do with my body was obtainable and it would have to be done with diet and strength training.  Let me tell you what you have done for me and my self confidence!! 

Since i started your diet and training program I've gone from 132 lbs to 116lbs  in just 4 weeks and let me add, without any cardio.  I'm  Deadlifting 185lbs when I could only lift 135. Abandoned the smith machine at your recommendation and now squatting 135 lbs.

Stubborn fat that everyone told me would have to be lipo'd, is just melting off.  You have made me one happy soon to be 50 yr old that thought I was stuck with the body that I was just gonna have to settle for because I believed there's no room for improvement.

One thing that sets you apart from other trainers is that you're always available for any question or concerns.   Your confidence and enthusiasm in your program makes it easy to trust you and keep me motivated. Your inspirational words are never far behind.  My family and friends have watched my transformation and are in awed of what I've accomplished. So much so that I tell them my trainer doesn't believe in cardio or clean eating for weight loss.  Which they say is not possible.  I point to myself and say to them  "look at me i am living by his training".