When people hear what I do for a living, they tend to apologize to me. They tell me that they really mean to work out, but they don’t. Or they look anxious as they take a bite of cake.
For the record, I am not the Fitness and Diet Police. (I really hope that there is no such thing!) While I firmly believe that our lives are better if we move our bodies and feed them good stuff, we are happier, I also understand that life is complicated.
I can’t (and don’t want to!) make anybody do anything they don’t want to do. Sure, I think that we’d feel better if we moved more often. Yes, it would probably be healthier to eat more veggies and less candy. But the impetus to change has to come from inside. Otherwise it just won’t work.
Change, my friends, is hard. We have to know, deeply, what we want and why we want it to do it. It also doesn’t happen in one fell swoop. The occasional piece of pie is going to happen to all of us.
My job, as a human and as a trainer, is to be there when folks are ready to do the work. I bring my skills and knowledge, my encouragement and accountability, and my clients do the hard part.
Workouts will always be there when we’re ready.
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