Wow - my last blog post generated some *serious* feedback!

It seems there are a lot of motivated people keen to lose weight and it was great to hear from so many of you!

The good news of course, as promised, is that applications are now open. The purpose of the last video was just to see if anyone had any questions incase I hadn’t made anything clear but it seems all the feedback I got was 100% positive What a nice experience!

Unless something big comes up we are opening the doors for Peak Physique on 20th of May - and it will be running for 4 weeks in total. I hope in that time you’ll be able to lose around 4 kgs, maybe a little more if you’re lucky.

Please watch the new video I’ve put together which will recap the details and then show you exactly how to get involved!

Here’s the new video showing you how to apply

Incase this is all double-dutch to you, here’s the last post explaining what’s going on

And here’s the first video from Costa Rica

Go on, click that link and watch the new video now. Applications are open

Disclaimer: I will do everything I can to help, advise and motivate you over the next 4 weeks but I’m *not* a professional dietician, personal trainer or anything else. I’m just a regular guy with a lot of passion who has managed to safely lose quite a bit of weight in the past. Please be aware it may be intelligent to contact your doctor before making any changes to your diet or exercise routines, but I didn’t and was fine. I also can’t guarantee your results in any way but I *will* do everything I can to help you lose as much weight as possible in a safe, effective way.

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OK so the weight loss video I made won’t embed in my blog for whatever reason (grrr!) so I’ve posted it over at Google Video.

So first off please go and take a look by clicking here.

After you’ve finished watching, please come on back here for the rest of the this post…

Watched it?

OK, so to summarize -

What I’m suggesting is a 4 week challenge for a highly limited number of people. During that time you will have access to a password-protected area on this site where we can meet daily to share information and tips. You will have your own blog to post updates to and a discussion forum. You can ask any questions you have about your weight loss and I’ll do my best to answer them - though I can’t guarantee I’ll know the answers to everything.

I’ll also do my best to motivate you (and myself!) and basically our small group hopefully can feed off each other and all lose a load of weight! It doesn’t matter if you want to lose just a few pounds or if you have 20 kilos you want to lose - if you’ve got the right attitude I want to hear from you.

I will provide you with food lists, exercise suggestions etc. based on my own experiences of what has worked so you’ll be following a plan I myself have successfully used, plus having my help if things don’t go quite as you’d hoped.

You must:

1) Be able and willing to exercise for around 1 hour per day for a month with one day off a week

2) Be motivated enough to be visiting the password-protected area each day for a month and posting about your experiences

3) Be willing to be supportive of others and help keep the team on the straight and narrow

4) Be willing to post before and after details (no real name or face required if you don’t want) to show us how you did. Not only does this make it more fun but it’s a real motivator knowing the others are going to be seeing you change (or not, if you don’t follow the plan).

Finally the cost is zero - this is for my benefit as much as yours and I think should be a lot of fun.

What I’m asking for initially is any questions you may have on this. Please post them in the comments box at the bottom of this page so I can answer any that I haven’t covered in my rambling blog post and video.

Even if you just want to make a comment (get your name in early, anyone?!) then leave a comment.  

Then I’ll email you again in a few days time (probably Monday or Tuesday) just to let you know the doors are open. It’s at that point that you’ll be able to access the short little application form I’ll build. I’m hoping to get the group rolling a week on Tuesday (20th of May) at the moment so the application process will need to be reasonably swift over the next week or so.

Can’t wait to hear from you!

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In order to try and build an even larger following for this blog - and hopefully help even more people get into shape you’ll find us now on MySpace.

So if you’re keen on weight loss, health, fitness, muscle growth and so on, and you have a page over at MySpace please add us as a friend!

It’d be great to get to know some of our readers a little bit better. We’ll even (so long as the technology works OK) be adding blog posts from here onto our MySpace page automatically.

Fingers crossed

You can find our profile here.

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We all know that if you live in the USA you need to have medical insurance to cover any nasty surprises that come around. The last thing anyone wants to think about when they are ill is how to finance their stay in hospital, or how to cut corners on essential medical treatment.

As a reader of this blog focusing on your physical health it stands to reason that you are exactly the type of person who cares about their well-being and so wants to make sure they get their medical insurance just right.

So I though you might be interested to know about a health insurance comparison site I just discovered which offers no medical term life insurance among other things.

Equotes specialises in these no medical exam life insurance policies which have two major benefits. The first of these of course is that there is no need for a medical so you can avoid all the hassle and expense of such an experience. Secondly, as they offer term life insurance you are insuring yourself for a particular period of time (such as the next decade) which can prove more cost effective than medical cover for the rest of your life.

The way Equotes gives out it’s free no medical life insurance quotes is that you simply fill in their no obligation form, click the button and a variety of quotes are provided to you to compare and contrast. When you find the quote you’re ahppy with, just sign up and you’re done. They claim the whole process takes under 20 minutes so may well be worth a look.

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Body Mass Index (BMI) isn’t 100% perfect but it at least helps to work out how over weight (if at all) you are - and hence how much weight you need to lose to be at a healthy weight.

It’s also a statistic used by doctors so clearly the medical professional place a lot of emphasis on it as a measuring tool.

Now I should say that by “fitness model standards” a healthy BMI is unlikely to win you prizes. You likely won’t have a six pack stomach etc. but you *will* be slimmer and healthier and if you *want* to go that extra mile then you’re better placed to have a go at it.

Well I’ve just discovered a useful, interesting (and free!) tool that will let you calculate your own BMI based on just your height and your weight.

(Actually while this isn’t the main point here, they also have a range of other health and fitness articles that might be of interest to you at the site too).

So why not go and have some fun now. Type in your own details to the little cculator of the following web page and see how healthy your weight is… click here to calculate your BMI now.

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