{"id":337,"date":"2011-10-31T07:49:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T14:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/new\/?p=337"},"modified":"2011-10-31T07:49:39","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T14:49:39","slug":"happy-halloween-caesar-cleopatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/happy-halloween-caesar-cleopatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween: Caesar &amp; Cleopatra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/dsc_0894.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-338\" title=\"DSC_0894\" src=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/dsc_0894.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>We all know the story: the dashing Julius Caesar takes control of Alexandria to resolve a dispute between Cleopatra and her brother, Ptolemy. While in Alexandria, Caesar develops an intense relationship with Cleopatra as he instructs her how to wield her power-<em>motivation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of Beqir&#8217;s first American Halloween, we dressed up as Caesar and Cleopatra. For today&#8217;s motivational Monday, we share a couple of photos of us in our royal regalia and an important lesson in motivation and willpower.<\/p>\n<p>Motivation: Your drive. Your hunger. Your <em>mojo<\/em>&#8211;it comes from within. It kicks in when the process gets so difficult you can&#8217;t think of anything but quitting. That&#8217;s when you dig deep within and let your fire\u00a0keep you from failure. Click this link for 15 ways to revamp your inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sourcesofinsight.com\/find-your-drive-the-keys-to-motivation\/\">http:\/\/sourcesofinsight.com\/find-your-drive-the-keys-to-motivation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/dsc_0882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-340\" title=\"DSC_0882\" src=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/dsc_0882.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Willpower: Some of us have more than others. What willpower boils down to is choice. Anticipate and plan for periods of low willpower (Halloween for me! Didn&#8217;t you read Friday&#8217;s post?)<\/li>\n<li>Treat willpower as a muscle that needs exercising on a regular basis in order to achieve hypertrophy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height:24px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/dsc_0864.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-341\" title=\"DSC_0864\" src=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/dsc_0864.jpg?w=151\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height:24px;\">Happy Halloween everybody. Take a few minutes today to review your health goals. If you&#8217;re not losing weight, ask yourself:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you counting calories and staying within your prescribed range?<\/li>\n<li>Are you giving 100% effort during your workouts?<\/li>\n<li>Are you drinking 80-90 oz of water everyday?<\/li>\n<li>Are you aware of your body&#8217;s natural water weight fluctuations on the scale?<\/li>\n<li>Are you getting 30 grams of fiber and eliminating regularly?<\/li>\n<li>Are you managing stress and have an instead-of-a-binge plan of action?<\/li>\n<li>Are you sleeping 7 hours a night?<\/li>\n<li>Are you eating whole and fresh foods or still eating Frank-N&#8217;-Foods?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have a clear and detailed image of the new you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height:24px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/dsc_0887.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-339\" title=\"DSC_0887\" src=\"http:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/dsc_0887.jpg?w=200\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know the story: the dashing Julius Caesar takes control of Alexandria to resolve a dispute between Cleopatra and her brother, Ptolemy. While in Alexandria, Caesar develops an intense relationship with Cleopatra as he instructs her how to wield her power-motivation. In honor of Beqir&#8217;s first American Halloween, we dressed up as Caesar and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,56,117,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nutrition","category-obesity","category-self-talk","category-weight-loss-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doubleeaglefitness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}