1. Why do I want to achieve my goals?
2. What will I get from achieving my goals?
3. What happens once I reach my goals?
4. Is my why strong enough to keep me focused on my health during life’s challenges?
5. Is the why I’ve chosen only short term? if so what is my long term why?

Being clear on the above will help us with the reasons to stay the course and live fully.

For example, losing weight for a vacation or wedding or some other event is great for that short term BUT what is the reasons for keeping it off long term. As we all know, many set these short term goals soley on an event & then gain all the weight back & more after the event is over. You also need those long term goals to keep it off!

Mark also has 6 components to his Body Confidence Plan & these are per Mark what determines your overall health. Can't argue with them & we all no what lack of sleep & too much stress can do to us. Of course we need the rest of the components as well!

1. Sleep
2. Nutrition
3. Exercise
4. Vitamins, minerals, Omega’s
5. Water
6. Stress

There are also a number of sample meals at the back of the book with nutritional stats as well so this helps a newbie person or one that is less imaginative like me do some meal planning. Always good! Discusses options for on the go & protein powders for those that use them.
 
Mark also discusses different body shapes & types & how to work to our best body self - I agree with this.

I liked all of this & the above too.

Dislikes:
 
1. I love success stories  - really I do - but just way too many for me here. Others might like this but it got too much for me. Could have done less & still got the point across.

2. I know this is about his Venice Nutrition Program but it was mentioned so many times in this book that I got tired of it & actually did not want to even check out the site because I was so tired of reading those 3 words.

3. I think the exercise recommendation may turn people off because it is a lot BUT it does include cardio, weights & the core work which I do & think all 3 are very important to do. I think we can always modify to meet our needs & lives though. At least there is info to work from here. I also think there should be clarification that doing something is always better than none. Just saying one thing is better rather than saying I like this but doing something vs. nothing is always better.. that is the better approach to me - get them doing things that they like to just get moving!

There is actually a lot more I could write but these long posts are not fun for may of my readers that are short of time!

I think the book is a pretty interesting read & there is a lot you can take away for yourself even if you don't want to do this specific program. Lots on blood stabilization, sample meals, getting behind the WHY is important, different programs for different body types ... along with the fact that Mark was also heavy & started this because he was trying to get healthier & balance his life & his wife's struggle as well.

TLC Tours provided me a free copy of the book but all opinions are my own.

PS: If you read my post yesterday, GoDaddy is still having technical difficulties! They are not sending out notifications of new posts nor sending me notification of your comments. I will post my normal days so please check back! After 3 days - ya think they could figure it out - ridiculous!