The Business-Modelling breakthrough that converted tears at the Lake to $10,000 days

The Business-Modelling breakthrough

that converted tears at the Lake to $10,000 days

excerpts from article "[Rhino Tip] My Stark Realization " by Jerry DRhino Clark of www.clubrhino.com

Let me explain…

In 1998, I met an interesting guy.  His name is Nate Brooks.  Nate
had purchased one of my audio training courses and had e-mailed me
to let me know much he benefited from it.

After a bit of a conversation, I discovered quite a bit about Nate.
 He was raised in the Ghetto areas of Oakland, California… He saw
Education as a way out… He studied diligently and excelled in
school which eventually got him into top schools like Harvard
University and M.I.T… He delved into a career as a Real Estate
Broker – where he became of the Top Brokers in the Bay area
(earning him Millions of Dollars).  He also delved into Network
Marketing and produced a side 6-Figure income in that.  Throughout
all of this achievement, Nate was still hungry for more knowledge –
hence, purchasing some of my training programs in 1998.

Well…  You may know that Nate and I ended up recording a program
together called the 10 Biggest Mistakes all Network Marketers Make
and How to Avoid them (No worries, if you don’t have it yet, I’m
doing a weekend special where you can pick up this approx. 6 hour
training course for less than $10 so hold tight and we will get
there)…

Let’s fast forward… After Nate and I recorded the 10 Biggest
Mistakes training program, we pretty much lost contact for nearly
15 years…  He was focused on a new Real Estate company he had
created, and I was focused on traveling the equivalent to 7 times
around the World each year conducting training to various Network
Marketers in over 35 Countries…

Then…  about 2 weeks ago, my assistant told me that an order for
one of our training programs came in and the person who placed the
order left a Note for me in the Comment section.  I, of course,
asked what the person’s name was… She said, “Nate Brooks”…

I immediately gave Nate a call and we reconnected…

It’s amazing how we seem to pick up our conversation where we left
off over 15 years earlier as if no time had passed…  Of course we
caught up on what each other had been doing… He mentioned he had
sold his Real Estate Company to a major Real Estate Company (which
set him up financially for life), and moved to Texas (just a few
hours away from me)… I then asked him what he was doing with all of
his free time (because I just couldn’t see Nate retiring and not
doing nothing… He has too much creative energy for that)…

He said he was doing some Day Trading…

Oh… Day Trading… That’s cute – I thought…

I then asked him how it was going…

He said it was going pretty good – mentioning that he was profiting
about $5,000 - $10,000…

I said to him, “Oh, and extra $5,000 - $10,000 per month while you
are already set financially is not a bad piece of extra change.”
He then said, “Oh… No… I’m talking $5,000 - $10,000 per Day.”
I was shocked…

He was so casually speaking about the 5-10K of extra profit that I
did not even consider that he meant Daily…

Of course this peaked my curiosity so 3 days later I drove down to
meet him for Lunch so I can take a firsthand look at what he was
doing.

Be Patient… My Stark Realization is about to be Revealed.
I arrived at Nate’s home, we went to his home office and he showed
me where and how he was earning that very nice extra 5-10K per day
in income.

NOTE:  Please do not think the lesson is to Day Trade… Actually,
that could be one of the quickest ways for you to lose money, it
actually has nothing to do with that…  I’m about to share the Real
Lesson to this message (and my Stark Realization) very soon.

During Lunch, I asked Nate how he had gotten so good at Day
Trading…  He said the same way he had gotten good at everything
else he had done in life…  He started out by studying everything he
could get his hands on regarding Day Trading.  He said he plunked
down $120,000 just in this sort of training.  Then, he said he
learned a lot as he executed some of the processes and techniques
he was learning via the seminars and training sessions.  He said he
ended up losing about $360,000 doing this.

He said that throughout this learning and doing process, he spent
many days walking around the lake while crying over the losses for
the day (literally crying)… I’m talking real tears and all.
He then said he decided to approach others who he knew were
successful day traders… The one question he asked them was this,
“Would it offend you if I paid you $1,500 to sit down with you over
lunch and ask you a few questions about your Trading approaches?”
He said he did that with about 5 different people and ALL of them
said yes…  He said he learned a lot from them, but he knew he
hadn’t cracked the code yet.

So, he approached one trader who he knew was crushing it… He asked
him this question, “Would it offend you if I paid you $5,000 to
watch you Trade for one day?”  He said he just wanted to see what
he was doing and wanted him to tell him why he was doing what he
was doing when he was doing it… This guy said, “Sure”.  After day
1, he had learned so much that he asked if it would offend him if
he paid him another $5,000 for one more day… Day 2 was even more
valuable for him so he paid him another $5,000 for a 3rd Day… After
the 3rd day, Nate said he was set.

He then went to work, utilizing his newfound strategies, and the
$5,000 - $10,000 per day Day-Trading Code was cracked. 

Ok… Finally, My Stark Realization:

After Nate shared all of this with me, I basically said this to
him, “So basically what you are saying is that most people will
Never get these sorts of results in Day-Trading because most people
will not even come close to doing the sorts of things you did to
get the results you are getting.”

Nate said, not only that, but most people aren’t going to be
successful at whatever it is they seek to be successful at because
most people aren’t going to do what it takes to pull it off.
I then said, “Most people don’t have an extra $500,000 to spare on
learning and mastering.”

He said, “That’s correct… But most people won’t require $500,000…
The $500,000 isn’t the point, the point is being willing to do what
it takes (within your power) to pull it off.”

So there you have it… My Stark Realization…  Some produce the 100K
per month in income in our Industry while most don’t…  Some are
willing to do what it takes, while most aren’t.

I don’t mean to make it so simple, but in a weird way (while I will
admit there are all sorts of variables in the equation), it sort of
is.

Ultimately, it all boils down to this…

Are you willing to Learn what you gotta Learn and Do what you gotta
Do to Get what you wanna Get?

This should be something that makes you say, Hmmmmmm.

Go, Go, Go!!!


Jerry “DRhino” Clark

Tim Sales-How Does Multi Level Marketing Work?

How Does Multi Level Marketing Work? by Tim Sales These five steps illustrate how MLM companies work when done in a first-class way. Step One: A sales representative (a “distributor” for an MLM company) first becomes effective at selling a product (skin care, nutrition, etc.) or a service (legal services, Internet services, etc.) to a consumer. How many customers a distributor should get will depend on the company’s commission plan - typically about 20 customers. My personal recommendation is to get enough customers so that you can effectively get customers at will. Otherwise you will not be able to train those you recruit to get customers. It is not efficient to get many more than 20 customers, as MLM companies pay you to “duplicate yourself.” If you train 5 people to get 20 customers, you’re much more effective at getting your valuable product to consumers than if you were just distributing products on your own.  Other industries (such as direct sales) will reward you better for getting a lot of customers; but they don’t reward you for training others.

Step Two: Recruit ONE person and train them how to get customers. This person would be called your downline.

Step Three: Once your sales rep can get customers at will, then train them how to recruit another person.

Step Four: Ensure that YOUR sales rep can train HIS new sales rep how to get customers.

Step Five: Then, you recruit ONE other person and repeat steps two through four. Keep doing this until you’ve reached the income you desire. I did this cycle 16 times and have made millions of dollars.

TRAINING IS BETTER WHEN WE’RE TOGETHER MODEL COUPLE JAMES AND TEODORA MOTIVATE EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR INTERESTS IN NUTRITION AND FITNESS, WRITES TANYA SWEENEY

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TRAINING IS BETTER WHEN WE’RE TOGETHER

MODEL COUPLE JAMES AND TEODORA MOTIVATE EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR INTERESTS IN NUTRITION AND FITNESS, WRITES TANYA SWEENEY

 As couples go, they don’t get much more photogenic than personal trainer James Murphy and his model girlfriend of two years, Teodora Sutra. So it stands to reason that the pair met in that time-honoured Mecca for beautiful people: Hollister.

The two were working there at weekends: James, incidentally, was one of the store’s iconic meet-and-greet models (yes, the ones who stand outside in those famous red board shorts).

“He just asked me out on a date, but I didn’t realise it was a date at the time,” laughs Teodora.

“She thought I was gay, that’s why,” says James. “Only recently I heard this.”

Love soon blossomed for the pair, and the two bonded over their mutual love of health and fitness. But it wasn’t that long ago that James, who works part-time as a model for Andrea Roche’s agency, was experiencing a body crisis of his own.

“When I was in secondary school, I was really tall and skinny, but as I progressed through school, I became overweight,” he recalls. “From studying and a sedentary life in general, I was about 15 stone. So I joined Ben Dunne’s Westpoint gym out in Blanchardstown and became kind of obsessed with losing weight. The more I saw results, the more I wanted to do.”

While working a full-time job in insurance and training as a personal trainer in Coláiste Íde in Finglas, James also started bodybuilding, which took his weight to a buff 17-and-a-half stone. These days, his shape is more athletic, and he tips the scales at 15 stone. “This time, it’s all muscle as opposed to fat,” he smiles. Within a few short years, he was back at the Westpoint gym . . . as its manager.

“Working full-time was fine but I’d always wanted to do my own thing,” he explains. “So last year I started to branch out.”

Still, James’s dream of becoming a full-time personal trainer didn’t come easily: “Last year, I was doing two boot camps in the morning and seeing two or three clients at night on top of my 9am to 5pm job (in Westpoint),” he recalls. “It wasn’t a case of setting up the business blind — I went into it with 20 or 30 clients.”

Regardless, it appears to have been a case of perfect timing for James, who opened his increasingly popular Zest Fitness Centre in Baggot Street this year (and plans to open another Dublin 2 studio next year).

“It’s hard to know these days if people are going to the gym more because they know about the benefits of being healthy or if it has to do with the recession,” he muses. “Some people take it up because they’re so stressed after work; after working more for less money.”

And, as his business grows, James has a consummately supportive partner in Teodora. It’s a two-way street: James is also training his girlfriend . . . an arrangement that has its advantages and drawbacks.

“Many times she’s walked out (on a training session), and many’s the time I’ve walked out,” smiles James. “We trained once in the park and Teodora left, like ‘I’ve had enough, I’m going home’ . . . but the thing about training is I’m the boss. There’s no negotiation if you find it tough. Fortunately, we have a different relationship outside of the sessions too. Going out with Teo is great, because we motivate each other. On days I want to get a takeaway, she will try and cook something healthy instead. It really does work both ways. Someone who has a similar frame of thought when it comes to well-being is really important.”

Teodora has a similar take on things: “I like fitness, but can be a little lazy, and he definitely pushes me. He’s bossy enough in training, but I do try and listen!”

To keep match-fit for her modelling assignments, Teodora trains with James and is also a member of Temple Bar’s Crunch Fitness gym. Sufficiently inspired by her boyfriend, she also has a career in fitness and nutrition in her crosshairs.

“I think I’d be into that and James would love it too,” she enthuses. “I’d probably be more interested in the nutrition side of things. I’m really interested in knowing what certain foods can do for you.”

“I think she would be an amazing yoga teacher. She’s very into Pilates and is trying to get me into it,” says James.

So far, so Spartan . . . yet the two note that all told, their regimes and diets aren’t endlessly punishing.

“If you’re very strict on yourself 24/7, you’ll just get sad and depressed,” shrugs Teodora. “I’ll have my little bit of chocolate once a week and I try to change up the rest of my food.”

“I try to do some training every day, and I try to eat as natural as possible,” explains James. “But if I want chocolate or crisps, I’ll have it. I don’t like the mentality of counting calories or constantly worrying about food, as you’ll have no life. People need to enjoy their food, have fun and have the ‘bad’ food from time to time.”

Yet, for all of his balanced advice, Christmas is something of a diet danger zone for many of James’s clients. After all, the average person puts on several pounds over the festive season.

“I say you can eat whatever you want (at Christmas), especially if you work hard all year round,” notes James. “You may put on a few pounds, but you’ll lose them the week after. A week won’t ruin your good efforts.”

And while Latvian-born Teodora has resolved to travel more in 2014, James is eyeing up various fitness competitions as part of his New Year resolution. On the top of his ‘to-do’ list is a Hell & Back event — a giant assault course tagged ‘Ireland’s toughest physical and mental endurance challenge’.

Though Teodora has no interest in either, the pair ran a half-marathon together earlier this year. Sure enough, it would seem that the couple who trains (and models) together, stays together. Rather touchingly, the model dubbed ‘Ireland’s answer to Cameron Diaz’ admits that James is one thing she can’t live without. And his gruelling, occasionally explosive training sessions are helping to propel the promising model to ever greater heights.

Famously, Teodora won the Irish heat of the Ford Supermodel of the World at the age of 14, and was promptly signed to 1st Option Agency. And despite her blessed Eastern European looks, Teodora is grateful that Irish clients still have an appetite for healthier, toned models.

“If you’re very skinny in Ireland, you get no work,” she notes. “If you’re abroad, you have to pretty much not eat. Fortunately, people in Ireland would rather see models with a bit of a glow on their face; that means girls who are fit, happy and healthy.”

HOLLY CARPENTER ON HOW HER PALEO DIET HAS CHANGED HER LIFE

Once I got into the habit of the Paleo diet, I felt so much better

Between the catfights and the catwalk tasks, the latest series of Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model

looked challenging for all involved. But, as Dublin-born contestant Holly Carpenter reveals, what we saw on screen was the mere tip of the iceberg.

While the 14 contestants certainly fitted the lean, leggy model stereotype, keeping matchfit throughout the competitive series was a struggle for Holly, who came seventh.

“I expected that there would be no opposing workouts in the house, but there was no gym,” she recalls. “We weren’t allowed to leave for a walk or run, and some days we’d be at a beach shoot and they’d bring us fast food on set. I tried to do sit-ups and stuff but there was literally no time or leeway for it.

“It was one extreme or the other — you were either homesick and stressed and eating away, or you were so busy you’d nearly faint with hunger.”

In fact, the only thing that made her comfortable on camera was the fact that, before filming the reality series, she was in the best shape of her life.

“My trainer Sophie (Kavanagh) was working with me six days a week, and sometimes twice a day,” she admits. “When I was working out, Sophie was like, ‘you don’t know what these other girls are doing ahead of the show, they could be working out twice as hard as you’, so that got me in a really competitive mindset.

“Thank God I was so comfortable with myself before I left because as a model, you become so conscious of your weight,” she added.

“A lot of the girls were size zero and though they are clearly meant to be that way naturally, it really affected my confidence. You can see towards the end of the show I’m not as confident or comfortable in my skin, but once I got home, I was delighted to get back into my routine.”

With a host of modelling jobs on offer here and in the UK, Holly has certainly put the experience behind her. Yet working in both markets has given her pause for thought.

“In the UK, (models) seem to go to extreme measures to stay thin,” she observes. “Irish designers love the healthy look and will actually tell you that you’re a bit too thin. I think people look up to me, especially after Miss Ireland, and if I was doing something crazy and keeping myself at an unrealistic weight, I’d feel a bit guilty.”

Sure enough, Holly isn’t one for paying lip service to how effortless it is to maintain her size-eight figure. Noting that she only got into training and fitness recently, the 21-year-old admits that she has to put the hard yards in.

“I’m glad I was never too body conscious or worried about my love handles in school,” she says. “These days, I analyse my body all the time. I started modelling at 19, and if I ever had a daughter, I’d only let her model once she’d finished school. There is too much pressure otherwise.

“There are genuinely girls that are size zero because of their metabolism, but I do have to work at it,” she says. “I see these models with six-packs saying that they scoff burgers and chips and never work out, but you can’t expect young girls to look up to that.

“I don’t mind talking about the times you have to sit in, not drinking, not being able to order anything on the menu.”

These days, with the help of Sophie at No 17 Personal Training on Merrion Square in Dublin, Holly finds herself scheduling daily workouts around her work.

Short, high-intensity workouts are Sophie’s weapon of choice, meaning that Holly has dropped to a size eight. “After half an hour I’m absolutely wrecked,” laughs Holly. “I’m in and out within the hour, but my heart rate and metabolism stay high for the day.”

Also helping Holly along in her quest for well-being is the Paleo diet — a regime that favours foods available in prehistoric times (think meat, fish, nuts, vegetables).

“When I started it a year ago, I was miserable,” she smiles. “But once I got into the habit, I felt so much better and it made a crazy difference to my skin.

“That said, I’m an all or nothing person; I will go for months having a flawless diet, salmon for breakfast and all that. Then, out of the blue, I will have a crazy week of going out on weeknights, having takeaway on the way home.

“I guess it’s all about balance. Once I go to the gym, there’s a sense that I’ve earned my ‘cheat meals’ and it tastes much better.”

Needless to say, having a rugbystar boyfriend — Ireland and Leinster prop Cian Healy — has both its advantages and disadvantages. These days, Cian is calorie-loading ahead of the new rugby season . . . but burning everything through gruelling training sessions.

‘M y daily workout is his warm-up,” reveals Holly. “Cian can lose up to a stone in one match. It’s crazy though, he can open a bar of Galaxy, have a few bites and just leave it there, which drives me insane. We have rules now — ‘no leaving it where I can see it’.

“He does have the biggest sweet tooth ever. Whenever he’s away for matches, I always have the best weigh-ins.”

Holly admits that the wining and dining in new relationships can often take a toll on the waistline: “It can be tough but sometimes people look for excuses (not to eat well),” she observes.

“Cian and I love the Bay restaurant in Clontarf as they have all their calories on the menu.”

After BINTM, Cian’s support was a boon to the model.

“When Cian was injured after the Lions tour, he was really down but he didn’t dwell on it,” reveals Holly.

“When I get a knock, I shut down. After the show, I didn’t even know if I wanted to be a model anymore, but he was very ‘chin up’ about it all. There’s a lot to be said for a sportsman’s mentality.”

Doing a "Donald Trump"

Don’t fear bankruptcy, it’s a potent weapon to make banks do a deal

Insolvency Bill gives more options for restructuring debt and will allow people to get on with their lives, writes Stephen Donnelly

‘The bankruptcy option may be far more preferable to trying to service an unsustainable debt’

THE new insolvency legislation is about to go live. Whilst imperfect, it means that borrowers are going to have new, meaningful options available to them by September — to restructure debts that are suffocating them, and to get on with their lives.

Last Saturday, I ran a ‘Debt Expo’ in Bray — a public forum to help people get back in control of their mortgages, and to explain the new insolvency options. To my surprise, I emerged that evening into glorious Wicklow sunshine with a renewed sense of optimism.

Several themes emerged from the experts. First, don’t wait any longer. If you know you’ve got a problem, get advice and act. Second, know the rules of the game. Read up on the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP) and the insolvency options. When dealing with your bank, get everything in writing. Third, don’t be afraid of bankruptcy. It’s going to become common place, and is the most important threat available to force your bank to deal. If it’s required, just remember you’ll be debt-free in three years.

Here are answers to some of the specific questions raised on Saturday: 1. Our bank is refusing pointblank to restructure our mortgage, even though it’s clearly unsustainable — what are we doing wrong? Quite possibly nothing. Many banks still aren’t doing any meaningful restructuring. It may be that they’re waiting for the new insolvency legislation to kick in. 2. Okay, so where are we with the new legislation? The bill was signed into law last December and the Insolvency Service of Ireland, ISI, was established in March. It now has a website (www.isi.gov.ie), a public information phone line (076 106 4200) and guides on the three types of insolvency available. Personal Insolvency Practitioners, Pips, are currently being trained.

The ISI is aiming to start individual cases in September. For unsecured debts under €20,000, they will start to issue Debt Relief Notices (DRNs). For larger debts they will begin issuing Protective Certificates. These will give your Personal Insolvency practitioner 70 days to find a restructuring of the debt that is acceptable to you and your lender.

Critically, in the next few weeks eh new bankruptcy regime will kick in. The bankruptcy period will be reduced from 12 to three years, making it a credible option and threat for the first time. If banks continue to refuse to restructure debts in a meaningful way, borrowers can now declare bankruptcy. In many cases, this would cost the banks far more than a negotiated settlement. As such, it is hoped that people’s willingness to declare bankruptcy will force the banks to negotiate sensibly. 3. Sounds good ,how do I start the process? Debt Relief Notices will be administered by the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (Mabs). There are Mabs offices all over the country. They’ll take it from there.

Debt Settlement Arrangements (DSAs), unsecured debt over €20,000, and Personal Insolvency Arrangements, PIAs, (secured debts, mainly mortgages) will be administered by Personal Insolvency Practitioners (Pips). Some will be local accountants and lawyers, and others will be in large financial firms like Grant Thornton. The ISI will provide a directory on its website. Unlike Mabs, these are forprofit operations, so may charge different amounts, and offer different levels of service — so shop around.

You should contact a Pip for advice as to whether or not you qualify for a DSA or PIA. If you do qualify, they will run the process for you. There is also a good chance that a solution will be found. In the UK, Grant Thornton handles more of these arrangements than anyone else, and has a 97 per cent success rate. The feeling is that we should see high success rates in Ireland in the coming years, as lenders, borrowers and Pips get used to the process and the types of solutions that work in different situations. 4. So how do I know if qualify? The key question here is whether or not you’re insolvent. Technically, a person or business is insolvent if they cannot pay their debts as they fall due. The ISI’s position is as follows: you’ve got to be able to provide you and your family with a ‘reasonable standard of living’, as defined on their website. If after paying for this, you cannot meet your debt repayments sustainably (think capital plus interest), then you’re insolvent.

You’ve got to be in the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process for at least six months to qualify for an insolvency arrangement. However, it might be worth contacting a Pip during the six months, or even before you go into arrears, to start getting organised. Pips can bypass the six months if they believe that MARP isn’t going to work for you.

I 5. Do I keep my home in a Personal Insolvency Arrangement? You should, yes. The legislation has been developed with the express intention of restructuring people’s debts so that they keep their home and get their debts down to a sustainable level. If the house is particularly big, it may be necessary to downgrade, particularly if debts are being written down. 6. Why don’t I just go to the UK and declare bankruptcy? Maybe you should. It depends on your circumstances. If you go to the UK you’ll be out of bankruptcy in one year or less, and can come back to the Republic debt free. If you stay here, you’ll be in bankruptcy for three years. There are some technical differences, but the main issue is the inconvenience of having to move abroad for a year.

Bankruptcy will be unpleasant, but is now a realistic option. It shouldn’t affect your job, and your standard of living for the three years may be the same as if you entered a DSA or PIA. At the end of the three years your debts will be written off (though you may end up paying some of your income to the bank for a few more years). Depending on the case, you may also get to keep your home. Even if the bank moves to repossess your house, it could take them up to two years to get you out.

So the bankruptcy option may be far more preferable to trying to service an unsustainable debt for the next thirty years, getting to retirement and realising you’re broke. 7. Any final advice? DON’T ignore the problem. Don’t ignore the letters. Don’t ignore the phone calls. Make sure all communications are in writing.

Get expert advice — there’s Mabs, financial advisers, solicitors, the ISI and groups like New Beginning. If possible, don’t negotiate yourself, get representation.

Study up — the ISI’s website provides pretty accessible materials.

If you’re paying more than one-third of your net income servicing your debts, and that doesn’t look likely to change any time soon, then your debts are unsustainable. Staying on interest-only is not a viable option. You have new options, so find out what they are, and use them. Stephen Donnelly is an independent TD for Wicklow and East Carlow

Vogue Williams- Model Fitness

From model to reality star to TV presenter to adventure racer, Tanya Sweeney asks is there anything Vogue Williams won’t take on?

As anyone who has seen her Instagram feed can attest, Vogue Williams has the kind of bikiniready body many fitness enthusiasts can only dream of. Still, that’s not to say that the prospect of a gruelling fitness challenge doesn’t faze her. Recently, the DJ/model/TV presenter has signed up to Gaelforce’s Women’s Adventure Race on July 27. Featuring a 7k run, a 15k cycle and a half-kilometre kayak, the event — which is run in association with Breast Cancer Ireland — is designed to appeal to women who’d like to give adventure racing a try but are intimidated by a bigger event.

“I was worried at first when I was asked because I’m terrible at running,” she laughs. “This event seems more like a big girls’ day out, and one of my friends will do it with me. The kayaking bit is probably going to be hilarious, and I don’t see anyone taking it too seriously, which is a good thing.

“I think I’ll be okay for the cycle, although I was destroyed by my spinning class earlier today. I let my fitness go there for a few weeks, but now that I’ve started running to prepare for this event, I feel motivated to do more.”

Given her heaving schedule, Vogue would be forgiven for letting her halo slip. Fresh from a tour of Australia with her husband Brian McFadden, Vogue has also been filming a new documentary for RTÉ. According to recent reports, Vogue is also involved in shooting the pilot for a new magazine-style show called Bounce that’s being pitched to the national broadcaster.

Between airport food and that niggling feeling that you’re constantly on holidays (and therefore off the hook, diet-wise), most people will admit that travel can wreak havoc on a gym routine. And, even in the midst of her hectic globetrotting, Vogue has found a canny way to stick to a regime.

“Travel can be a nightmare alright, but at least most hotels have gyms,” she says. “I take pictures of the gym circuit I use at home on my phone — I have six circuits I do with my trainer, so I do those in the hotels. But when I was on tour with Brian for ages . . . well, you don’t tend to work as hard.”

Australia, too, is one of the world’s fittest countries, which should grease the fitness wheels somewhat: “Yeah, I wouldn’t advise going to Bondi Beach if you’re having a fat day,” she laughs. “I was there 10 days ago, and I was waking up so jet-lagged and would go down to the beach in the morning thinking I was great. And the place would be already packed!”

As for juggling the unsociable hours of club DJing with her regime: “The thing is, I don’t usually drink when I’m DJing. I might have one or two when I’m almost finishing set. Drink is definitely something that makes me put on weight.”

That said, Vogue is “the thinnest I’ve ever been”, and credits The Fitness Agency in Howth for helping her reach her fitness goals. These days, she is more likely to attend their classes, and to mix things up, she will regularly run or walk her dogs along the pier in Howth, too.

“I work on an anti-gravity running machine, which burns 600 calories in half an hour,” she enthuses. “The thing with the gym is you have to go, don’t you? But once you’re in the gym you’re sort of into it.

“After I did my pre-wedding programme at The Fitness Agency, I lost a stone and lost so many inches (she wed Brian in Italy last summer). I think I got down to 11pc body fat. I also didn’t watch what I ate at all, which was really weird.”

Regular gym workouts are not just handy for honing those rock-hard abs, they’re good for the mind, too: “Brian always says to me, ‘whenever you don’t go to the gym you talk about how fat you feel, but when you go to the gym, you don’t say it as much’,” says Vogue.

“I don’t have the skinniest legs, but if you put a few pounds on, you just up the workout to keep at the same weight.”

While most models will claim incessantly that they can eat whatever they want and not gain weight, Vogue will at least admit that her sweet tooth often proves to be her downfall. There’s a sense that Vogue needs to strike a balance between eating what she likes and paying off those dividends with exercise.

“While she might feel a pang of guilt at missing out on a workout, Vogue will simply take her dogs for a walk . . . and carry on indulging her love of chocolate.

“I never cared about what I ate, but a year ago, I started to notice that it does make a difference,” she admits with refreshing candour. “I have to have chocolate every day, though. I just feel I need that treat. I love sweets — Stinger bars, sherbert Dip Dabs, all those kind of things.

“A friend recommended a tea that would combat sugar cravings, but life’s too short. I’ll just go to the gym instead. That said, I take lots of vitamin supplements and I drink this aloe vera liquid supplement that’s amazing. It’s so good for your stomach and your skin — Brian has dry skin and even he has found it really good for that.”

In recent weeks, there has been much tabloid chatter about Vogue planning to start a family with her new husband. It turns out that the media has jumped the gun somewhat.

“A friend asked me last week, ‘should you not be taking folic acid right now?’” she laughs. “I guess it wouldn’t do any harm, but I’m not in any rush. Maybe a year before we decide to go for it, I’ll think about the supplements then!”

For more information on the Gaelforce Women’s Adventure Race in July, which starts in Leenane village and ends at the Killary Adventure Centre, log on to www.womensadventurerace.com. (Above) Vogue Williams takes a walk with her husband Brian and their dog along Bronte Beach in Sydney, Australia; (top left) DJ Vogue on the decks; and (right) Vogue in training for the Gaelforce Women’s Adventure Race at The Fitness Agency in Howth.

 FOOD LIST FOR THE CYCLICAL KETOGENIC DIET

By DavidC

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The original ketogenic diet was developed in the 1920's to help children with epilepsy before modern day medication became available. Recently, various spin offs have emerged like the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet, or CKD, primarily used by fitness enthusiasts and body builders. The basis of the diet includes a high fat intake, moderate protein and low carb consumption from Monday to Friday, then reversing the process to a high carbohydrate, low protein and low fat diet over the weekend. This is purported to reset the body clock into using fat as its primary energy source, protein to maintain lean muscle mass and very limited carbohydrates for fiber.
The CKD is not without its opponents. Speak with your doctor before embarking on any weight loss regimen..

FATS

High fat foods are the order of the day from Monday to Friday, with approximately 60% of calories consumed coming from fat. On the weekend, this ratio drops to 10%. Although all fats are allowed, foods with healthy fat are preferred, and will ultimately keep you feeling good as well. Foods like tuna, salmon, shellfish, bacon and other fatty meats are appropriate choices, but watch for hidden carbohydrates that might be present in sausages and hot dogs. According to Epilepsy.com, foods such as butter, heavy whipping cream and mayonnaise, and oils like canola and olive oil are also good sources of fats appropriate to the cyclical ketogenic diet.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/227032-food-list-cyclical-ketogenic-diet/#ixzz2Zaow2Av2