Top of the day to you

I'm sitting here listening to a little bit of Steely Dan (Donald Fagen mostly) and got to thinking about spending yesterday with a great friend (over 25 years) of mine, Stillman Rice, who operates a class fitness facility for a huge marketing corporation here in town. We wanted to get some marketing ideas down on paper, talk about the latest nutrition information he had on his mind and eat some great stuff. We spent about 6 hours together and there just wasn't a dull moment. Or not enough time for that matter.

We shopped for some great food and I got to do all the cooking which was one of those days that I even impressed myself. But with his high level of energy for fitness on all levels and his very competitive edge for it as well, he is always looking for ways to stay on top of the whole scene.

We talked about The best Salad Dressings, energy potions, etc. but one of the biggest thoughts that was on his mind a lot of the day was what can you do for best recovery from any fitness program you are doing in the form of food.

Over and above a great stretch, I always recommend a high Glycemic Index Food (You can find all this information in our Perfect Diet MINI Program) immediately after the event! Right now watermelon is in season so that would be my choice with all my athlete clients I have…then within 1 hour make sure you have your Protein Meal. Always eat that high Glycemic Food that's in season, which can also be found scattered throughout Perfect Diet MINI Program

Since most of my clients train towards the middle of the day then this becomes quite easy. I train from 2-5 PM for about 1-2 hours each day. I have my energy potion right before the event then within 5-10 minutes I'm on fire and ready to go do something. Ask Stillman Rice at how on fire he was. We laughed about that for a couple hours.

Any way, take today for example. It's my long bike ride and today was a hard bike as the wind was strong and I wanted to get a hard one in as I have a big swim coming up tomorrow. I'm trying to get ready for something special for my 55th birthday this Thursday (shameless plug)! Don't know what I'm gonna do yet but when Jack LaLanne compliments me on what I did for my 50th, I was stoked and more motivated than ever to do something for each birthday that comes in multiples of 5's!

But after I got through of my 35-mile ride today I came home and ate a huge slab of cool seedless watermelon and within the hour I had an awesome recipe I made a couple years ago that I was going to share with you. It's #1 = the very first recipe I ever gave you. It's also on my C/D ROM with all the Weekly Recipes, Monthly Articles and 13 one-time (never again to be produced) E-Zines for 4 years 1999 + 2000 + 2001 + 2002

Meal planning is now a breeze. Shatter you past limitations in the kitchen. A Natural Guide to a Better Mood, More Energy & Less Stress. And you can forget the Scale…a Better way to lose weight! Breakthrough simple ideas that will give the nutritional side of your life an extraordinary boost!

Recipes that will delight even your kids and empowering Articles which build the kind of HEALTH that delivers remarkable results for the long haul. Introduce your loved ones to remarkably delicious meal planning to be the best they can be while decreasing all the nutritional related diseases.

• Boost your Immunity & Feel GREAT once again increasing your VITALITY.
  
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• Take pleasure in a good night's sleep and cope with stress with ease.
  
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• Deliciously Different Protein RECIPES & EASY ONE POT MEALS
  
• Healthy Pasta, Irresistible Fruit Pies and Nutritious Ice Cream

When I go over these recipes that I've shared with you for the last 4 + years I like to try some of them again too. I come up with different ones each week that I'm never lost for one but as I scan this C/D ROM I think, "Wow that one would be great to try again."

Just the same, it's so easy to do all this when you want it bad enough. You know what it all boils down to? "It's the START that STOPS most people."

Starting is the key if you want to be successful at anything you want most in life. Your willingness to act, to overcome inertia, is the first step on your path to success of it. The courage to begin always separates dreamers from achievers.

You are surrounded by opportunity for success. The underused library is an incredible resource for you. And I'm here for you for that encouragement. It's my passion so let me know what I can do for you.

Start where you stand, and work with the tools you have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

The first step is the hardest. Take it. As I mentioned, "It's the START that STOPS most people."

All my best to you as you continue to embrace this great time we live in with all the greatest opportunities we could ever have to achieve what ever we truly want. Don't let the media mess up your mind.

We are in the rarest time in our history with the Best chance to be healthy & prosperous. We will look back on this time like we do now when the real estate boom was so big. And the silver and gold boom days.

We generally pay attention when someone predicts a change in our existing situation…throughout history there have been profits or soothsayers who predict good and bad times…and the ones who predict a change in the status quo, almost always received the most attention. Well let me assure you right now that we are in the best times this world has ever known.

Stay Healthy for the long haul!

Wayne "The Mango Man" Pickering = The Ambassador for Health

www.wayne-pickering.com/mini

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