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It's Mind Over Matter

The mind is the most powerful organ in the body.


Whether you think you can or you can't--you're right- Henry Ford

Hello all! I am still going strong on my weight loss and fitness goals, I am down close to 20 pounds now!

I learned a valuable lesson while training with Sam of the Bellmore Personal Training Institute last week. The lesson was that my mind is the strongest organ in my body.


During one of my training sessions, Sam told me to jump over a board that he held. My first thought was that it was too high and I could never jump over it. My first few attempts were a failure because my feet kept hitting the top of the board and I was not going over.

So then Sam put a stepper on the floor and told me to jump over it and I did it. Then he put a hurdle on the stepper and I jumped over that. He then continued to stack the stepper and I kept jumping over it with no problem. After a few minutes, he brought it to my attention that the stepper was the same height as the board I KNEW that I could not jump over. He then put it in front of me again and I jumped over it with no problem.

When we automatically think we can't do something, we will fail. But the reality is, is that we can do anything we put our minds to.

If you want to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle, you have to know that you can do it in order to succeed. But if you keep telling yourself it can't be done or you keep making excuses, you will not accomplish anything.

So believe believe believe! You can jump over the hurdles and you can take control of your health.

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Greg Bashaw May 20, 2013 at 12:50 am
Well for starters, why not give candidates 401K's and only pay a proportion of their benefits...HireRead More teachers and adm that actually live in our district...... Has anybody proposed dismantling the high school district......From the way I understand they have tried unsuccessfully to combine, well then how about saving moneu and splitting up the 3 high schools...This was we wont need 2 administrations...... I will try and I will think out of the box!
truth May 19, 2013 at 09:11 pm
You are going to do something that even Cuomo won't touch...pensions? Well, thank you forRead More recognizing the real problem that faces the taxpayers but how will you address the problem and not just promise?
Dan DeLilla May 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So Lu Scala never had any children so it might be safe to say you have never been to a PTA meetingRead More or a School Board meeting or a budget presentation so then you would have no idea how the money is spent good or bad. I'm sorry that your neighbors make more than you but like anything else you get what you pay for there are educational requirements for teaching and administration jobs, I'm sure you would be happy if all the school personnel could be replaced by minimum wage earners or better yet we could close all the schools after all you have been out of school for 40 years so you don't need them anymore, but thats not how it works. Why is always the uninformed that speak loudest and longest?
Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....itsRead More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 14, 2013 at 01:34 pm
Can you edit above and add photo? Then I will post to top news! Thanks! MG