I later found out it got picked up by another station and both stations were promoting the heck out of it.

Point being… You never know where something is going to end up Very cool.

Television is Scary :) is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

I had promised that we were going to make it available on July 1st so that everyone could start using the information inside to help them “kill it” with Facebook Ads.

I read through all 50 pages of the manual and I was about to push the “publish” button on the webpage that would be home to the download for the ebook.

That’s when it happened….

It was like a lightning bolt that smacked me in the head and said….. “WAIT!!!!!”

I’ve been ready to release the guide for the past 2 weeks now but I’ll be honest…. As good as the guide is right now…. I was holding back a little bit. Around 2 weeks ago, I decided to pull two chapters from the book because I felt like I was giving away too much information (I was going to keep this stuff to myself for a while).

Right Before I was about to hit “publish”, however, I guess my conscious got the best of me.

So here’s the deal….

You’ve got to wait one more week… but on July 8th, I’m going to release the book with the “Two Lost Chapters”. These two chapters are titled:

1) 7 Facebook Ads that Are Making Someone Rich

This Chapter is a Breakdown of some amazing Ads that we have been watching for sometime that are kicking butt on Facebook. We’ll show you the ads and break down why they work. We did the research….All you need to do is adapt it to your business.

2) The Facebook Ad Secret

I can’t even go into this one without giving it away, but this is one of the keys to advertising on Facebook that most people are missing…. This is the one that I really wanted to keep secret for a while….but I think that the people that decide to pick up the book… deserve to know about it (Because its awesome!!!)

So in the end, I’m sorry that the “Facebook Ads Manual” won’t be out on Thursday. I just wanted you to know that there’s a damn good reason behind it. Two chapters that weren’t going to make the book….are now in….and I think you’ll forgive me for being a week late once you read them.

Don’t be mad

P.S. Newsletter Subscribers will get first shot at the manual…. sign-up for the newsletter opens Thurday….at http://www.drbenadkins.com/marketing .

Don’t Be Mad… It will be worth it. is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

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Steve Jobs -- Start Living Before Your Die is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Will Smith… Pretty Powerful Stuff is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

Its pretty simple, but its a different way to go about figuring “it all out” and getting focused in your life.

Post your comments below and let me know what you think.

Core Influence -- Getting Focused and Changing Your World is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

This post is to simply show you my before and after picture from the program.

NOTE: This Program was accompanied by exercise! (Results were not just from a diet)

DAY 1 PIC

DAY 30 PIC

As I said in the “3 Week Post“, the goal was to lower my cholesterol (which I did)…but I’m very happy with the program as a whole.

For more information, you can call the Poplar Bluff Bread Company at 573-785-8500 or my office at 573-785-BACK.

Thanks for all the Support!!!

Disclaimer: Even though I live out most of my life online, I am extremely shy when it comes to certain things. This post is absolutely the “biggest limb” I have ever stepped out on. The reason I stepped out on this limb is because I think that its important for people to see results. This is not a bragging post (because I don’t think that I have anything to brag about). This post is about the results I have seen with a diet/exercise program. I am extremely apprehensive about this set of post…..so please be kind!

This program was designed around my body and is not for everyone. Always consult your doctor before starting a diet/exercise program.

Final “30 Days at Breadco” Results is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

Disclaimer: Even though I live out most of my life online, I am extremely shy when it comes to certain things. This post is absolutely the “biggest limb” I have ever stepped out on. The reason I stepped out on this limb is because I think that its important for people to see results. This is not a bragging post (because I don’t think that I have anything to brag about). This post is about the results I have seen with a diet/exercise program. I am extremely apprehensive about this post…..so please be kind!

This program was designed around my body and is not for everyone. Always consult your doctor before starting a diet/exercise program.

3 Weeks ago I started a program at the Poplar Bluff Bread Company called “30 Days at Breadco”. This was a diet designed to fuel a person so that they could get in better shape in a healthy way without feeling like they were on a diet.

Each week since the beginning of the program, we have designed a menu that will help people get results in their fitness program. I have been eating at the Bread Company for 3 solid weeks (at 2x a day) and working out everyday but Saturday (I started out running a mile in the morning…but got bored…so I have been doing the “Insanity” workout for the past month)

I have been absolutely amazed with my results thus far.

Throughout this program, I have never…..ever….felt like I have deprived myself of food. I have eaten very well and still seen some pretty amazing results for my body. Even though I have posted pictures in this post….the physical changes are not what I’m most proud of (although I believe they have to be included to be perfectly transparent about this whole thing). What I am most proud of…is that I was able to lower my cholesterol back down to a safer level.

So………………………

Here we go…………….

We started testing a menu for the Bread Company Diet 2 weeks before we actually launched it. In the two weeks that I was testing the menu and building menu items, I lost 10lbs. That was great, but as I said, my whole goal was to lower my cholesterol. My starting Cholesterol was 389 (for those of you that don’t know lab normal values….this is insanely high). When the program began…. I looked like this.

Moving into week 1 of the program, I was very excited to see what we could accomplish with quality food and quality exercise in 30 days. Our first week’s menu can be found here. After the first week, I was feeling really good….but it was hard to tell any physical results (see pic below) at the time.

Our Week 2 Menu can be found here. At the end of week 2 (see photo below), I was starting to be able to tell a difference. My energy level was through the roof and I could really tell that my clothes were alot looser.

At the End of Week 3, I started to notice that I was loosing weight again (the shock of a new workout and diet had started to be less stress on my system…if you don’t know what I mean by this….google “insanity workout”) My week 3 menu can be found here.

I also decided to take another picture at Week 3 in the original picture location (see below)

I still have a long way to go, but I was extremely impressed with how well the “Breadco Diet” held up. I was never hungry and I always felt like a I got a great meal when I ate. During my daily workouts, I always felt like I had enough fuel to get through and I was never “dragging”. We have one week left in our Breadco Diet experiment…and I have to say that I am impressed……and not because of the physical side….My Cholesterol is now down to 174!!!! Pretty excited about that.…

I hope you have enjoyed the experiment so far. It was extremely hard for me to post the pictures above. I have always been pretty shy about that kind of stuff, but I felt that it was important to show people that stepping on a scale just isn’t enough when you’re measuring progress. You really need to take alot of factors into consideration. I literally haven’t lost that much weight since I started this program….but I have seen so much of a difference in my waistline, cholesterol, as well as my general mood. I will absolutely never…….go on a starvation type diet again…. This was a great experience.

The results aren’t anything dramatic…But considering what changes I have seen in only 3 weeks…. I’m pretty happy.

PLEASE BE KIND WITH YOUR QUESTIONS/COMMENTS!!!! THANKS!

3 Weeks of “30 Days at Breadco” is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

Was a little behind on posting this. I got swamped this week at the office. Better Late than Never! Right?!?

The last two weeks have been pretty amazing.

The shape of my body has really started to change and I am seeing some definite health benefits. The Blood Pressure is down to 125/77 and the resting heart rate sits around 77-85 on a regular basis.

At the end of week 2 I had lost around 8lbs.

At the end of week 3 I had lost around 12….but then something happened….

I mixed up my workout routine and I made a small (but easily fixable) mistake. I didn’t match my food intake to the new program. The new program is a much higher intensity workout than what I had been doing and my body wasn’t getting enough nutrition to support it. Alot of people believe that a hard workout and little food is the way to go to lose weight. Those people would be wrong.

You have to match your intake to your output or your body decides that it has to start conserving. The day that I started eating more was the day that the weight loss started back. I actually gained four pounds back before I made the tiny tweak.

At the end of the first month of this, we are starting something a little different on the food side. You can read all about it at http://www.bluffee.com/2010/04/07/30-days-at-the-poplar-bluff-bread-company/.

I am super excited with the progress so far.

I took a few pictures at the beginning of this and I’m really nervous about posting them…. Going to have to think about that one

Today’s Numbers

• Weight: 216
• BP: 125/77
• Pulse 88

Week 2 and 3 Progress is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

You can check out the interactive chart here.

You can see the static Chart Below or Click Here for a “Non-Squished” Version.

Originally Posted on http://www.informationisbeautiful.net

Does My Supplement Work? Probably Not… is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker

Weight:223
Blood Pressure: 135/90
Pulse: 71

This week was all about taking a good look at things. The last thing that you want to do is “overkill” in the beginning and burn yourself out too quickly. I focused my week on becoming a little more aware of the things that were getting put into my body as well as how I felt afterward. The goal of week 1 is to start to develop a “pace”.

With any healthy fitness plan, you want to develop something that takes stress off of your body, not something that puts more stress on it.

As a result, I made my running goal on two of the planned days and missed one day (Friday). Why? I was exhausted after Thursday night and needed the rest. The key is to build up to your goals….not stress yourself out with them.

A nice little sidenote: I found out my Cholesterol is way too high (via some lab testing)…we are going to do a confirmation lab panel this coming week and then I’ll talk about it more.

MAJOR WINS for WEEK 1

1) I got a healthy handle on what I’ve been doing lately.

2) Lost a little weight

3) Learned about how bad my cholesterol was from a lab test (we’re going to do an updated test this week as those results were from a over a month ago.)

4) The Resting Pulse Rate had a MAJOR improvement (89 last Monday and 71 today….that is huge!!!)

What’s Next:

This is “More Charting…Less Cheating Weak”

1) Food Journal-ing is Mandatory

2) Exercise has to become just a bit more frequent (we’re still not going hardcore yet)

Until Next Week!

Fitness 2010 Week 1 Results is a post from: DrBenAdkins.com - Serial Progress Seeker