Anthing IS Possible

Here is another V-Blog for you.  I hope you enjoy it!  As always feedback is greatly appreciated.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE be sure to participate in and post pictures for Trash Clean Up Day tomorrow.  Please post photos to the 1 Year 1000 Challenge Page

Carpe Diem,

Jesse

Keep Fighting, It IS Worth It

I am giving the V-log a try again.  I would appreciate feedback if you like the blog in video format or written format better.

Before we get to the video, remember... TRASH CLEAN UP DAY IS IN ONE WEEK!!  GET EVERYONE YOU KNOW INVOLVED!!!!  here is a link to all the info: 2nd Annual International Trash Clean Up

Enjoy the Video,

Carpe Diem,

Jesse

My 10 Best Calorie Killing Tips

Helllllloooo everyone,

Spring is definitely here in Santa Barbara.  As we head into a holiday weekend popular for BBQ's here in the States I got to thinking about all the food: chips, hamburgers, hotdogs, dips, cookies, etc... that will be consumed this weekend.

I thought to myself, "my gosh we eat a lot!" hahaha, but even more than that I thought, "if the right measures are taken, we can still enjoy our cake and not have it punish us at the waist line."

To help you all enjoy bbq's, parties, friends, family, and food I wanted to share with you all 10 of My Best Calorie Killing Tips that I have been teaching clients for years.

Do your best to incorporate these tips into your life.  If you do you will not only be able to enjoy the good food, but you will enjoy it in a way knowing that you are in control of the decisions you are making.

Happy BBQ-ing. :)

1. Always eat your veggies first.  Not only will you be ensuring the consumption of something nutritious, you will be less likely to overeat when you move onto the main course.
2. Drink Lots of Water.  On days that you know run the risk of being high calorie consumption days, drink extra water.  It will help fill you up and the need to pee will keep you from sitting in front of your plate, constantly shoveling food into your face.
3. Stay away from the chips and dip.  This is where most are the most vulnerable.  They provide nothing but mindless snacking.
4. If your the host, consolidate into one bowl.  I have been to parties where snack food is found at every corner making it all to easy to eat.  If your the host help your guests out and keep it in one place.  Fighting through the crowd will help curve the temptation and calories.
5. Have your dressing on the side instead of tossed in with your salad.
6. When it comes to condiments stick with just your favorite, don't overdo it and have four different spreads.
7. Chew vs Inhale.  If you take your time to chew your food it is scientifically proven that you will consume much less than the person who can't keep their fork away from their mouth.  Chew each bite 20 times as a starting point.
8. Make sure you exercise on party day.  Most of us are going to be less likely to put a bunch of junk back into our bodies after we just spent a lot of time, blood, sweat, and tears burning it off.
9. Remain standing and move often.  Standing is a more dynamic movement than sitting,  Plus if you are constantly moving around and mingling you are burning way more calories than the person slouching in the chair.
10. Play games, lots of them.  Parties are a great time to act silly and I encourage you to participate in the silliness.  Games bring out the kid inside of us and what do kids do much better than adults??? Expend energy!!!  Let loose and party like a kid, play lots of games and expend lots of energy.

 And of course if you want more info on calorie killing and all things fitness be sure to check out the fitness section of my website: Jesse Brisendine Fitness

Enjoy the party,

Carpe Diem,

Jesse

Life Lessons in Boot Camp

I really am going to get back to regular blogging soon - I promise! And I mean it! :)

A few quick announcements:

This Monday, May 14th we will be holding a ustream chat at 730pm PST.  I can't wait to chat with you all then.

It is time to start planning for the 2nd annual International Trash Pick Up Day.  I will be sending the announcement out within the next week.

On Wednesday May 23rd I will be a guest on the Dr. Laura Ciel radio show.  It airs 12-1pm PST and it is an internet radio show so everyone can listen.  I will send the link out as it gets closer.  I will definitely be mentioning Trash Day :)

Ok, now onto the blog...

Without a doubt my absolute favorite thing I get to do in my working world is my Zero Limits Boot Camp Retreats. 

When I say Boot Camp it is not the "Drop and give me 20 you maggot" kind that have been immortalized by Hollywood.  The Zero Limits Boot Camp (yes the one from the shirts) is a Boot Camp on life. 

In the Boot Camp clients spend a half day (approximately 6 hours) or a full day (approximately 12 hours) with me working on their life.  I enjoy this experience so much because I get to have a front row seat for watching a person go from a place of surrender - that life is not going to get any better - to a place of hope and possibility.  A place where anything in life is possible.  The people leave not only with this hope, but with the confidence and a set of tools to build the life they want.

I recently had a client visit me from New York to do an all day retreat.  The client had experienced several extremely challenging events in the last few years leaving them feeling lost and hopeless.

We spent an entire day together, from sunrise to sunset, working, talking, exercising, exploring, laughing, crying, and discovering.  As the day went on and the light returned to my client's eyes and the desire to live life returned into their heart, I was reminded of a few simple, yet important Little Facts About Life that I wanted to share with you all.

Little Fact About Life #1:  Smile - it is a personal choice, one we all have the ability to exercise.  A genuine smile carries an abundance of power.  Wield this power often.

Little Fact About Life #2: "This is it" Is only "It" for the moment.  Very soon the moment will pass and a new one will come that is full of opportunity and possibility.

Little Fact About Life #3: It is not anyone's job or responsibility to fix, save, or rescue you.  Your situation that You are currently in, in Your life is Yours to do with what you want.  The job falls solely on your more than capable shoulders.

Each client who participates in The Zero Limits Boot Camp comes with a different story.  While these stories are all unique to the person who is living them, there is consistently one common theme amongst the stories, that is the people who are living them, want to make a change.

When you have a want and desire to make a change, anything is possible.  My clients story that lead to our working together was that life had been so cruel and so unfair - that a lost job, a failed relationship, and an estranged family, had left life so empty and meaningless that there did not seem like there was a point to continuing on with it.  It was just to hard.

After our day together the story changed from one of loss and despair to one of hope and possibility.  The attitude changed from being a "victim and the world is against me" to one of being empowered and grateful to the lessons the world has provided.

We all have the power to make changes in our lives.  If you do not like the story you are living, YOU have the power to re-write it.  Utilize the 3 Little Facts About Life Above, and remember the most important Little Fact About Life... It is Meant to Be Lived.

Enjoy the pics,

Carpe Diem,

Jesse

April 24th 2012

Heeelllllooooo everyone!

I know the last blog I said I was going to get more on top of blogging and I have not!  I have been so busy creating new and exciting programs and opportunities for me to interact with you all that I have badly neglected my blogger duties.

I promise, I WILL get back to regular blogs soon.  Until then, I recorded this video, my attempt at a V-Log to share with all of you.

Enjoy and please share you ideas about ways to multi-task.  I know I can always use a few more tips. :)

Carpe Diem,

Jesse

And, in case you have not seen it yet, be sure to check out the video summarizing the 1 Billion Steps Challenge:

Sharing an Opportunity

Hellllooooo Everyone.

I have been so busy stepping that I have not been blogging!!!  Tsk Tsk, I know.

I have lots to catch you all up on, but just a few minutes to spare right now.  What I am going to do is do a few mini blogs over the next week or so to make sure I get all the updates in. :) :)

As you all know, I am a Life Coach.  I started coaching when I realized that it would give me a much greater opportunity to work with and empower people at even greater levels than I could with personal training alone. 

The main reason I wanted to keep the page active was because I saw the benefit it was providing to so many, myself included.  As my life progresses I want to develop more programs and ways of interacting with people on a large level like the 1 Year 1000 Challenge page. 

In this blog I wanted to share with you one of  those programs.  Carpe Diem Insights, my once a week, email based coaching program. 

Carpe Diem Insights is a program I began in 2009 and the participants of it have had tremendous success. 

How does it work you might ask?

Well, before I explain that, let me ask you this:  Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?  Do you want to have better relationships?  Do you want to make more money?  Do you want to be in better shape?  Do you want to be happier?

If you answered Yes to any of those questions then YOU are exactly who will benefit from Carpe Diem Insights!

Every Monday you will receive an email that will focus on a "topic of the week."  The week's topic will be something that highlights the pillars of life WE ALL want to enhance in one form or another: Relationships, Financial, Health, Emotional, and Mental. 

From the week's chosen topic, I will provide you with my best insights, tools, tips and tricks, to take the topic of the week and use it to take action, (to Seize the Day) on an area in your life you want to ENHANCE.  If you are willing to do the work and TAKE ACTION, you CAN: improve, enhance, alter, add benefit to, and change your life.

Here's another way to look at it:  Have YOU ever  looked at one of those pictures (LIKE THE ONE BELOW) you know the one's where you see one image and are 100% certain there is one image and one image only (in other words, only one way of viewing the world).  Then someone comes along and points out a different way of looking at it and suddenly you see another image that you never thought was there (a new, more empowering way to view the world).  (Note in the picture below there are two faces and there is also a glass)  That is, in essence, what Carpe Diem Insights is: it is a new, empowering way of looking at life and the challenge's that come with it.  And the tools you will be given WILL help you tackle those challenges when they arise.

People who have participated in the program have gotten a tremendous amount of value from Carpe Diem Insights.

The program begins April 1st, with the first email coming out on Monday, April 2nd.  At this time I am only opening Carpe Diem Insights up to 30 People.

The first 30 people to sign up are "in," and everyone else will unfortunately have to wait for a future date. 

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?  Do you want to have better relationships,  Do you want to make more money?  Do you want to be in better shape?  Do you want to be happier? 

If you are ready and want to work towards enhancing your life, I hope you will join me in participating in Carpe Diem Insights.  Together we can work towards YOU living the life YOU Desire.

Remember to sign up fast, as space is limited to only 30 people!  Here's is the link: http://www.jessebrisendine.com/carpe-diem-insights.php

Enjoy the picture,

Carpe Diem,

Jesse

A Challenge within a Challenge ... March 9th, 2012

Wow, March is off to the races and what an amazing race it is turning into.  In case you are not sure as to what race I am talking about it is the race to 1 Billion Steps that the 1 Year 1000 Challenge Community has undertaken.  Before I get more into the 1 Billion Steps, and the "challenge within the challenge" that is the purpose of this post, lets do a few quick house cleaning notes.

Please remember to post all weekly totals to the 1000 Challenge page please include a picture with your total.  I ask this for several reasons: it helps me keep track of the numbers, it helps me record everything in case there was ever a dispute, and it makes our community album look so cool with all of us and our achievements in there... it is also important as we achieve we celebrate along the way, together. :)

For those of us who want to post more frequently and include daily pictures, comments, and be all out cheerleaders, please continue to post these directly to the 1 Billion Steps event page.  I love going on here and seeing all of your day to day progress.  You all are doing AMAZING things, I am beyond proud and inspired by each and every one of you. :)

Lastly, I mentioned this in the last Ustream chat and I wanted to re-enforce it one more time here.  Please, please, please refrain from posting any sort of political, charitable, or similar posts on the 1000 Challenge Page.  I want to maintain the integrity of the page as a place for all of us to go to learn, grow, and inspire one another in our pursuits to achieve our fullest potential in life.  In order to do this I want to respect everyone's religious, political, social, spiritual and all other beliefs.   Thank you for understanding and being respectful of this.

Ok, on to the 1 Billion Challenge.

I mean it when I say, WOW!!  What we all have done so far is beyond AMAZING!  In the first 3-4 days we racked up nearly 3 MILLION, that is right, MILLION steps as a group!! 

What is even more Amazing is the numbers you all are posting this week appear to be higher than ones you were posting last week!!!!  My personal favorite is reading about how much fun you all are having doing this.  In addition to reading about all of you who finding new and creative ways to get those extra steps in.

EXERCISE IS FUN!!! :)

I must admit I have been having lots of fun with this challenge and have been pushing myself to get those extra steps in that I normally would not.  I have been walking more, parking further away, driving less, and feeling better... what an amazing experience this has been and to be a part of it with all of you - makes it all the better! :)

Seeing all these big numbers come in got me to thinking what could i possibly do?  What would be a great single day goal for me to shoot for?  Could I possibly walk, 30,000 steps in a day, 40,000?  70,000??

I ran a marathon once so between that and the extra walking I did that day I figure I probably did in total about 30 miles which would be about 60,000 steps.  That was when I was in fantastic running/walking/hiking shape.

Well I sure do like a challenge and I thought what better time to really challenge myself than to do it at a time when every single step counts.

My Dad's birthday is on Sunday, March 25th, he would have been 62 years old.  I thought it would be really cool if I set an extremely large goal and attempted it on my Dad's birthday as a kind of walk to honor him.  Then I thought it would be even cooler to invite all of you, the members of the 1 Year 1000 Challenge Community from all over the world to participate in this event with me.

So here is what I propose, Sunday, March 25th, 2012, my Dad's Birthday, if you have some extra time that day, set an enormously large goal of steps to walk that day.  Make it a goal to have the 25th be your largest single day step total of the entire challenge.   What do you all think?  Do you want to join me and take on a challenge within a challenge.

I will be walking to honor and remember my Dad that day, you as well could pick someone or something as your reason why you are walking and share it with all of us?  You could walk for a family pet that passed away, a best friend who suddenly died, for a cancer patient who is unable to walk at present time.  Whatever or whoever it is, pick a cause or someone beyond yourself, set a goal that will be a challenge for you to reach, lace up your walking shoes and join me on Sunday March 25th.  And if you just want to walk for the simple joy of walking, do that too. 

I have several friends that will be walking with me on and off throughout the day here in Santa Barbara.  See if you can get some friends and family to join you.

My goal, is 100,000 steps in a single day.  I want to see if I can walk 50 miles, 100,000 steps in a single day.  I want to do this as a challenge for myself.  I want to do it as a way to honor my Dad. AND, I want to do it as a way to honor each and everyone of you who are challenging yourself to achieve the best life has to offer.

So what do you say?  Anyone want to take this challenge on with me?

Carpe Diem,

Jesse