:: John Tenney ::

Kathleen and I have been going to Fitness Together of East Orlando for three months now and we are starting to see significant improvement in all areas, notably weight loss, conditioning, feeling better, etc.

Glenn Beard is the owner of the franchise and he does a great job.

If you want to improve areas in your health (and you should) you might want to stop by and take a look.

Here’s a video that Rick Aguirre and I did on “Rick and John’s Weekend Update”

Here is the Facebook Page for Rick and John’s Weekend Update.

Just got back from the NAPEO annual conference at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami Beach. Beautiful place, very expensive, very posh.

But I was there to see people, and I managed to do just that.

Lots of deals made and connections established.

We will see what comes of it!

Still working out, and added a new mountain bike as well.

Stuck at 265 though. This is not going to be easy!

30′ Dutchmen Motor Home for sale. Less than 12k mileage, asking $32k.

Contact us through the request page.

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Tonight after my workout I weighed in at 263 lbs. That’s down 17 from my weight of 280 at the end of April.

On Friday June 19th, the Band of One will make a come back. Yes, I’m still together after all these years. Please come out and join me.

John Will Tenney – Band of One
Date: Friday, June 19, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Tijuana Flats
Street: Avalon Park Blvd
City/Town: Orlando, FL
Opening night of the “Reunion Tour”

Tijuana Flats on Avalon Park Blvd in East Orlando

Facebook page

On May 1 I weighed in at 280 lbs. That’s the most I’ve ever been in my life. OUCH.

I have set a goal to be at 240 or less by mid-October. If you see me, ask me how I am doing to hold me accountable!
May 1 picture – 280 lbs

Update – May 26 – 267 lbs

I know the media wants us to think the economy is “down down down” and we are in the worst depression since ‘29 but I can’t see it here.

My stocks are down, but other than that business is picking up a bit, and life is good. Our business ended last quarter on the rise and that rise has continued. Gas prices seem to have stabilized, which seems to compare with all other prices out there.

Of course, our “new Fearless Leader” has not really had a chance to step in and “change” things yet, so maybe the worst is yet to come.

People are saying that 7.69% unemployment is unreasonable. Let me review some history.

In the 80s we changed the way we look at unemployment. The current percentage is figured as the number of people that are collecting unemployment benefits divided by the number of W-2 employees that have contributed to the UI fund. This means that all those people who do not pay unemployment tax (a big chunk of the work force is unemployed) are not even figured in.

Previously the unemployment figures were based on census figures. So the 31% unemployment rate reached in the “Great Depression” is still great, and we aren’t even close.

It’s true that people are not working. The big companies have used this media induced “panic” to trim fat, cut deadwood, however you want to say it, because public opinion is on their side now. So really the same people that weren’t working before are not working now, they just aren’t getting paid a salary for it.

I look at it this way. I can panic, run in a hole, take all my money out of the bank, put it in a mattress and board the windows. Or I can keep on working my business, helping people, spending what I need to spend and get on with life.

I choose option 2.

2008 has come to a close. It was a most challenging year, business wise, but a great year for personal success.

Our business finished almost 8% down from last year, but this is a blessing in disguise. At the end of 3Q we were down almost 40%. The 4th quarter really picked things up. I attribute this to Sandler Sales Training and our alliance with Augie Buffa and his agency, I-surance.

Personally, our daughters are now 7 and 2, and Grace and Sophia are wonderful to live with. I am SO glad I am not a professional pilot anymore, and can sit here and watch my daughters grow up.

Also, I began working with a personal trainer this year, and Dominic Lucibello has helped me regain much of my lost health.

At the beginning of the year I figured I was a goner. I was having chest pains so bad I would literally have to sit down on the sidewalk when walking Gracie to school. After a few scares we found out it was no more than Gastro-Esophogal Reflux Disorder (GERD) and spent the rest of the year treating it, mostly with diet and lifestyle changes.

Glad to be back with the living

What a stressful time. I never know what to buy for people and always wait till the last minute.

But, this is a great time to reflect on the year, how far I got, how far I’m going, etc.

In our Sandler class yesterday we had a great exercise in goal setting. It made me realize I had shifted my focus somewhat from where it should be.

The question was, “In ten years, what will be your most prized possessions?” (When my friend Jim, a 66 year old with recent bypass surgery heard this he exclaimed “10 years? I don’t plan for 10 years, I don’t even buy green bananas!”)

In ten years I will be 61.

I realized that my most prized possessions in ten years won’t really be possessions. I was trying to be funny on some of them, but this is what I wrote:

1: Health
2: Sharp Mind
3: Family
4: Peaceful home
5: Teeth
6: A working colon
7: Savings

Not much in there about running a successful business is there? Not much about East Orlando politics either.

“Hmmmm …”

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Tenney’s. Remember to think about the important stuff this time of year!