Here is what I call the Bakhtiar Formula for setting goals and accomplishing them.

Bakhtiar Formula
1. Decide exactly what you want and write it down in the present tense.

Be specific.

Your goals should be clear that a child could read it and explain it clearly to another child.

(I need to lose 19 pounds of body fat, I need to get my waist down to 30, etc….)

2. Set a deadline for the achievement of your goal.

Because of the fear of failure many people set vague and unrealistic goals and avoid committing themselves to a timeline.

As a result they have no benchmark or standards to measure their progress, and they eventually give up and quite.

( I am going to lost 19 pounds by March 1st )

3. Determine the obstacles that you will have to overcome to achieve your goal.

Identify the major constraints that hold you back from achieving your goal at the present time.

Fully 80 percent of the reasons you are not achieving the goals are internal.

They result from your lack of some quality or ability, which is largely under your control.

Only 20 percent of your obstacles or difficulties that are holding you back are external, in other people or situations.

(Lack of time? Manage your time better, lack of knowledge? Hire a coach, Lazy? Get off your a**, etc….)

5. Identify the people, groups, and organizations whose cooperation you will require to achieve your goals.

6. Make a plan out of your answers in the previous questions.

A plan is the list of activities organized by sequence and priorities.

A list organized by sequence means that you decide what you must do before something else.

When you organize your list by priority, you decide whats more important on your list and what’s less important.

7. Take MASSIVE ACTION on your plan immediately.

Step out in faith.

Once you begin, do something every day that moves you in the direction of your most important goal.

Dr. Saman Bakhtiar Phillips Ranch personal trainer and Gym owner always taking a personal interest in each client!

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Well,  the first week of the new year is here. Here is a quick post on how to reach your goals. At the bottom of this post I already shared with you my goals and resolutions for this year. Please share with me some of yours.

In a famous study in 1953, the graduating seniors of a major university were asked if they had written goals, and plans to achieve them, after they left the university.

It turned out that 3 percent had written goals and plans. 14 percent had goals but they were not written. The other 83 percent had no goals or plans at all, aside from getting out of university and going on vacation that summer.

Twenty years later in 1973, they followed up on the graduates in this study and asked them, among other things, about their financial situations. They found that the 3 percent of students who had clear, written goals and plans upon graduation were worth more than the entire 97 percent of graduates put together.

What does this experiment have to do with your fitness goals?

EVERYTHING

You see before we start an exercise plan, we must write down our fitness goals.

This automatically starts to program your subconscious towards achieving your goal.

Imagine that you have two drivers, each with a brand new Mercedes-Benz.

They both set to travel across the country toward a distant destination.

One sets off with no road map, navigation, nothing.

The second driver takes the time to plan his trip carefully using road map, navigation and getting advice from people who have traveled that path.

Which driver do you think will reach his destination on schedule??

The first driver might NOT even reach his destination.

Your fitness goals are pretty much the same.

People with clear, specific goals and plans that they work from each day, accomplish on the average, ten times the result as others who don’t have a clear idea of where they are going or when they want to get there.

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Eliminate Body Fat and Start the New Year the Right Way!

As we get closer to New Year’s Eve many people are working vigorously on their New Year’s Resolutions.

For many, losing weight, quitting smoking, saving money and even buying a new car on their lists.

For others, finding the best ways to eliminate body fat is their top priority for 2010.

Here are some great tip and suggestions to help you keep your New Year’s Resolution this year.

The first and one of the best things you can do for yourself to lose fat is to get your body moving in high gear.

You need to begin a workout routine that is enough to challenge you without being to hard that you give up on it.

If you are new to exercising altogether you might want to start off with something less intense, such as bike riding or power walking.

Now you need to think about the foods you are eating.

Not only the types of foods but also the portions you are eating as well.

You need to be able to work off more calories a day than you are consuming on order to begin burning some of the body fat you have.

There are several low fat recipes you can find online so you can still eat your favorite foods.

You need to be drinking at least 10 glasses of water every day.

Water benefits your overall health, it allows your system to cleanse itself and helps to wake up your metabolism and get it working faster and harder.

Try drinking a large glass of water before every meal.

This will help you to eat smaller portions because your will feel full.

Avoid eating prepared meals, instead spend a little time preparing your own fresh meals every day.

This will lower the amount of sodium you are consuming, the salt and fats.

If you are going to eat chicken you should boil it first to eliminate some of the unnecessary fats.

Say goodbye to the skin of the chicken as well.

Combining the above mentioned tips will help you eliminate body fat.

However, in order for you to be able to keep the fat off you need to continue eating healthy and exercising regularly.

It is important that you take pride in yourself and put your health on the top of your list of priorities.

Start out the new year with you as your top priority.

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There are 3 enemies that merge to sabotage our hopes and dreams.

These have been the greatest enemies of mankind from time immemorial.

The first enemy is the comfort zone.

This is the natural tendency of most people to become comfortable and complacent in their current work or lifestyles, and to resist changing in any way.

But change is the law of growth, and growth is the law of life.

If you don’t move out of your comfort zone, you cannot make any progress.

Remember the more you do what you are doing, the more you will get what you got.

You must continually force yourself to move out of your comfort zone into your discomfort zone.

There is no other way to change or improve your life in any way.

The trap of the comfort zone is one of the greatest of all enemies of success and progress.
The second enemy you must face is called learned helplessness.

Learned helplessness is triggered by the fear of failure or by the fear of loss of some kind.

The fear of failure is the major reason for failure in adult life.

It’s expressed in the words I can’t.

Whenever you think of something new, different , risky or uncertain(Like starting an exercise program), you may immediately think of all the reasons why it’s not possible.

You may think that you don’t have the resources or the ability.

You may feel that you don’t have the money or contacts.

You will think of the possibility of loss of time, money or emotions.

The fear of failure make you freeze inside, like a deer caught in the headlights, and triggers the reaction of learned helplessness.

The way you get out of your comfort zone and overcome the fear of failure and helplessness is by setting big goals and then throwing your whole heart into their accomplishment .

Your ability to set goals and make plans for their success is the true master skill of success.

The third enemy of success is the natural tendency to follow the path of least resistance, to continually seek for fast, easy, enjoyable ways to do things.

Following this path leads to searching for get in shape quick methods and easy “way out”.

Anything worthwhile takes a long period of hard work and single minded concentration to achieve.

You must resist the siren song of the path of least resistance and discipline yourself to do what is hard and necessary to achieve the goals that are truly possible for you.

Check out some of our clients that moved out of that zone and had a huge success as well as my 21 contestants who gave video testimony as well as before and afters pics!!  Now that is out of the zone!!  I applaud everyone who makes that extra effort  in every aspect of their life (not just fitness) to move out of the Comfort Zone and gets a chance to taste more of what life has to offer!!

Lillian Walker

Lillian Walker

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Christina Rivera

Michael Toncale

Mary Castillo

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Ann Masters

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