Fall seven times, get up eight...

I started chasing my dream in May 2010.  I moved into my present home, September of that year.  By then I had made the decision to do a duathlon.  I moved into a house that is, literally, less than 1 minute walk from a rail trail.  It's heaven!!   I was 1 mile away from my gym.  Lifting and spin classes took up my workout time.  I was out of bed early and at the gym before work.  It was just what I did.  Then came the sprint tri as the biker.  Then my duathlon.  Last fall, I found my triathlon coach, Wendy.  And all during this time, I was biking, and going to the gym and running.  Earlier this year, my next door neighbor asked about eating "better", in her words.  She knew I didn't eat fast food and I exercised "a lot!".  I spoke with her off and on over the past 6 months.  She is starting to feel better, she says she still has a long ways to go but is making changes.  And then last month, another neighbor asked if I was going to do anything with the bikes I was storing in the garage?  I have a friends who collects medal and I was going to give them to him.  They were not high end bikes.  I asked why he wanted them?  He said "I want to drop some weight and get back into shape, maybe join a gym."  Yesterday, he told me he went out riding on the trail for 2 hours.  My neighbor who asked about eating?  She joined the Y this morning and went to a swim class.

Both of these people said they saw me always working out and thought "I can do that, it will help me feel better."

I never pushed what I do, I'm not the type to try to convince folks that need to do something a particular way.  I'm a strong believer in "attraction, not promotion".  Anyone can talk, it's the ones who "walk the walk" that I have the most respect for.

Will they stick with it?  I don't know.  That's up to them.  I will be around to encourage them and support them in any way possible.

As you all know, I'm a Beachbody coach and as such, I feel my "job" is to encourage and support people who want to make healthy choices.  I'm not one to "sell" to people, I believe in "living my fitness".  I'm not perfect, I make mistakes, sometimes life gets in the way of my workouts and sometimes I make poor choices with regards to food.  We all slip and fall, it's getting back up that can be hard.  It's takes courage to get back up, but the feeling of accomplishment when you get back on that road to a healthier you, is well worth the fight.

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