I Will

THUMBS UP!!!

When I begin working with a new client I get basic stats and record them but I don't always share them right off because for me, it's not about numbers, it's about people and helping them learn to LISTEN to what their bodies are telling them. Honestly, a bunch of "guidelines", that don't amount to much more than belittling someone by telling them they're below average, don't do a darn thing for their self-esteem--especially when they are on the brink of self-improvement. It's about people and their emotions, not about comparing ourselves to a chart that ranks us either adequate or inadequate.


My soap box is that the marketing world continues to do a great job selling us on health products that make them dollar rich and us emotionally poor. In this state of confusion I have seen friends vacillating between getting a new gizmo to tighten up their bat wings or ordering a gadget to firm up their thighs. I hear about the far-flung diets they've tried--the ones that are wildly distant from any common sense eating that might trigger a fat-burning hormonal response. Really. Have we lost our ability to decipher what is best for our health according to us?


If we weren't all as different on the inside as we are on the outside, all fad diets and exercise programs would work. But that isn't the case so we have to LISTEN to ourselves first and the "experts" second so we don't become so conflicted about what health looks like and feels like to us. I always tell my clients "you are right where you're supposed to be at this point in your life because experience has brought you here." It's true! If you find yourself unhappy with your looks, energy, habits, it's okay. Becoming dissatisfied with your lifestyle is just one of your teachers and it is what will motivate you to learn and grow and experience new and exciting changes in your life. Accept yourself as you are and feel the power that comes from self-acceptance. Give yourself a thumbs up. I'm not saying you have to settle for what is, I'm saying you can now begin to run towards what can be. 


Next time you question yourself at a point of decision concerning your health, stop and listen to that still small voice in the back of your mind that whispers, "You're okay. You're right where you're supposed to be."--then, pick and choose wisely what's best for you.