The big new double issue of Money magazine http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/technology/1001/gallery.lose_weight_gadgets.moneymag/2.html gives the top spot to the NextFit Keychain Trainer in its annual list of must-have fitness gadgets.

NextFit Keychain Trainer in Money Magazine

The Prelude

Merriam-Webster defines a prelude as an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the more important matter. So this is the prelude to a new year, a new decade and a new story. The details have yet to unfold, but I know the ending is extraordinary.
Success is a team sport, what is your position? A coach – do you set vision and drive structure? Or are you a key player – a defender – one who protects and will be there through the thick & thin or a mid-fielder – one who understands the game and helps set the pace? Or will you simply be one who encourages and cheers from the sidelines? Whatever your position, I want to thank you for participating in the game and to my success for the greater good.
 

Commitment – what is it really?
I made the decision to change my body. I was fed up with things always staying the same, only looking great because of knowing what not to wear. I was so committed that I even took my before pictures in early November. Because commitment is to decide, right?
“When nothing is in place, and you decide to go for it, anyway, trusting that by engaging fully in the process you’ll learn & experience all you need to succeed… that’s commitment.”
— Richard B. Brooke

However, my body did not start to change even after I decided and committed myself to do the work necessary to see change. But what is commitment – really? I recently read John Milton Fogg’s take on the above quote and he, as he usually does, asked a question.  Click here to read the full page dated Jan 1, 2010.
Seven birds are sitting on a wire. Three decide to fly away. How many are left?

This simple story question illustrates the point that even when you (or I in this case) “decide”, nothing happens until you take action. Still seven birds sat on the wire UNTIL the three that decided actually fly away.
I’ve taken action to change my body because I agree with John – one is not committed until there is action.

In terms of changing my body, I do have a few things in place. I’ve got my NextFit Keychain Trainer in hand, the support of Get Bozeman Moving and I’m going for it. I trust that by engaging fully in the process I’ll learn and experience all I need to succeed. That is why I can post this more recent picture today, before it is considered a “before” picture. My after picture is seen only in my mind’s eye and that is enough to keep me in action and committed.

As a health and wellness coach, I understand that the ability to take action (playing well at the “inner” game) deserves celebration and maybe that is why I can post a picture like this in a spirit of gratitude. Because change is a process and we progress through stages.

As I learned it, there are six stages of change. The first of the stages is where we resist change, we are in denial and yet to even understand that we are responsible for the life we are living and we simply accept our destructive behaviors and limited choices. Stage two – we become aware and take notice that there is inner conflict. Then we prepare and get ready to change. The stage I was in when I decided to commit and took my first set of “before” pictures back in November. Now I’m in action! I’m working out 3-5 times a week, drinking more water and making healthier food choices more times than not. I’ll stay in this stage as long as it takes until I have harmony between my mind, body and spirit, honoring the wellness warrior within before I move to maintenance and the final stage of exiting the cycle of change. When it just is!
All this being said, I believe as Margie Warrell writes in Find Your Courage, that the most profound transformation occurs when there is “unity between what your heart calls you to do and what you are doing; between who your heart calls you to be and who you are being. When you are living fully in integrity, you can experience wholeness and harmony at every level of your being; body, mind, and spirit.”
What do you want to achieve and how can I support you?

This week the Bozeman Daily Chronicle ran a profile of Deb Habernicht in its women’s publication, Balance.

Deb talks about her passion for fitness of body and spirit — the foundation for Get Bozeman Moving and her desire to give everyone the precious gift of fitness this year.

Deb in Balance magazine

Did you see the Bozeman Daily Chronicle profile of Deb Habernicht and Get Bozeman Moving in this week’s issue?

The New Year is the perfect time to join us in our quest to get fit and do some good for others. Fitness, movement and mutual motivation for all our goals is what Get Bozeman Moving is all about.

We’ll be hosting regular workouts for a variety of great causes this year, making the most of the dual goals of self-improvement and community good.

Here’s how to find out more and get involved:

Contact Deb Habernicht at 406-581-9182 or email to debra.habernicht @gmail.com

Tim Misewicz, thank you so much for an amazing meeting tonight! All of us on NextFit’s TEAM Bozeman were thrilled to have this chance to meet with this outstanding trainer who also happens to be part of the creation of NextFit’s huge fitness/mindlines/encouragement database.

Bozeman did it! We met the first 6-week challenge, and we’re ready to keep MOVING all winter. Want to join in the fun or learn more about how the NextFit Keychain trainer can help you meet all your fitness goals? Call 406-581-9182.

Try the Keychain Trainer FREE for 10 days 406-581-9182

Friends,

This is the lowest-cost, BIGGEST-impact thing you will EVER do to change your life, your body and your approach to fitness forever!

Does any one of these sound familiar?

You’ve wanted to make a change… you’ve considered TV shipped-food diets… spent tons on pills and gym memberships and shakes… all to no avail?

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You love fitness, and you’ve always done a pretty good job… but gyms have gotten stale and classes repetitive?

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Personal trainers ROCK but you simply can’t afford one?

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You just want a little push to get you moving and KEEP you moving throughout life’s challenges:  Pregnancy and childbirth. Aging. Illness. Menopause. Depression. Weight gain.

PLEASE LISTEN: You want to make ONE incredible life change RIGHT NOW, something that will reverberate throughout all the challenges, changes and years to come?

Look, I’m just like you, and I have faced so many of those same challenges. I BELIEVE so strongly in the power of exercise and movement to change lives, that I’ve gotten hold of 6 guest passes to the fitness event detailed below =FREE admission to the Zermatt Fitness Summit (worth more than $95!) .

Please, be one of my special guests! All you have to do is call!  406-581-9182

October 3 marked the last installment of our inital fitness series in the going Get Bozeman Moving  effort — and we made it a rockin’ one!

We met in South Gym on the MSU campus for a bootcamp style combo workout with the Keychain Trainer session by Yumi Lee. Fitness fans know Yumi Lee as a high profile trainer of celebs like Brad Pitt.  Yumi’s innovative style makes her one of the most sought-after personal trainers in the country, and led to her current gig as an advisor to Reebok International. It was a power workout!

Next, Get Bozeman Moving hit the hiking trail — team member Missy led a group in the great outdoors Saturday (before it turned wintry over the weekend!)

Many thanks to all the participants in our initial 6-week series! Stay tuned for more opportunites to Get Bozeman Moving.

If you missed the launch of Get Bozeman Moving, never fear! You can jump into the fun and get fit this winter with more events to be announced.