Monday, September 28, 2009

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

I went with my kids on sat to see this movie. I heard from several friends it was worth seeing and with the rain coming down, I decided to go and see it.
It was very cute and for me (as with many things) I had a bit more meaning than I actually thought it might. Without giving away the whole movie a young boy who decided he wanted to be a great inventor finally creates a machine that makes food rain down from the clouds. The town loves the machine and as a result becomes very dependant on the food. When the machine begins to go awry and giant BLT’s pierce the Eiffel tower and fortune cookies rain down on the great wall of china, the towns people panic. As Mount Leftover’s levy begins to break the town is in trouble and the young inventor is facing a very huge dilemma of destroying the very invention which took him to local fame.
It’s hard to imagine what you can get out of this premise but I must say it is very telling of how our society values food. In the movie the mayor grows to a balloon size character having to get around on a scooter shouting “bigger is better”.
His very large body grows to an alarming size and his demeanor more and more greedy about the food and how much the tiny town needs to reach its max.

I know it’s a stretch but here it is? Are we sometimes worried there won’t be enough food? Is our emotional attachment a feeling of being left out when others eat things we can’t? Do we think it’s more important to have the immediate gratification then the joy of reaching our goals?

I know for me when I had to start really saying no to certain foods and drinks I felt cheated. I tried to make it about something else “I am in training and I can’t”
But sometimes it just didn’t work- and I had to change the way I think and honestly I had to get serious. I needed to figure out for me what would work and I had to be able to make it matter all the time and say no with out feeling left out. Now I know I have things I am trying to do so with A LOT of self talk I make it through most cupcakes crises and pizza meltdowns. I say things like “ If I eat that what kind of muscle would that make in my body?” “ If I continue to eat like that person, I will look like that person (and no offense) I am trying to look different and that requires a different type of food”. “ it only tastes good for a minute and then I am hungry again”

Have you figured out why you fail at eating right? Or do you beat yourself up for not doing the right thing?

Maybe this is a time where you have to make a decision to eat and exercise just because and now you have to.

It may be cloudy with a chance of meatballs in some places it’s sunny with a chance of cucumbers? How about where you live?
check out my website for a funny trailor that will help make it more clear how we view food:
http://www.thetelephonefitnesstrainer.com/go-lean-with-jolene.html

Monday, September 21, 2009

Fat Dietitians

o If I told you I was a trainer would you believe me? Now you would but two years ago I think you wouldn't be too sure. I am not sure why but until this year I could tell you how to live a healthy life/workout and eat right as well as why but I wasn't drinking the kool-aid personally and had a lot of work to do to be the person I think everyone thought I was. I really wasn’t sure why I was a trainer at the time and I have to ask is it similar to - hairdresser with bad hair, chef who cooks macaroni and cheese for dinner at home, crazy psychologists, CPA's and financial planners with mismanaged bank accounts, doctors who smoke and of course my favorite fat dietitians?
o What is that? Why is it that if you do something for a living it doesn't mean you buy into the idea? Do we go into an area of practice where we hope to pursue for enlightenment and maybe help a few people on the way? I loved working out which is why I went into training but I lacked the motivation to really buckle down and was being lazy. Then one day I decided I needed my beliefs to match my actions and visa versa. I realized that my own insecurity came from make lack of authenticity and I ran around telling everybody else what to do but when it came to myself I just made excuses. Potential is something you have inside you that you can't see until you take chances. I wanted to make sure that I was doing everything I could to be my very best and since then I have felt a confidence inside I haven't felt in a long time. Like waking a sleeping giant we all have something is us that is bigger than we know.
Are you taking chances? Are you listening to the advice you give and are you taking it? Do you need to look at the authenticity of your life and as Emeril says “kick it up a notch” Are we wresting with this issue and if so how are you going change that?

Three things I do to help me stay honest:
1) keep the goals alive – I have things I am working on so I am always moving forward. I have to keep myself in the game and I am making goals to do so.. If I am a trainer than my goals are trainer associated. I participate in triathlons, running races, planning more competitions to compete in, as well as weighing in and staying within a reason weight.
2) Get help- I hired a trainer when I wanted to go to the next level with my training. I also love to do classes with trainers and learn new stuff. Helps keep my desire to be the best alive and it helps me be a better trainer.
3) Admit when I am just not feeling it- I know some days I just don’t want to work out- I don’t want to eat right and more often than you think I feel inadequate- So when that’s happening I try to be honest about it. I say I try because sometimes I fake it for myself.
I know it’s hard to believe but I am not always doing the right thing and sometimes I knowingly indulge (yikes there it is right on this blog) but what can I say? Nothing but the truth!
I hope this helps and I hope no matter what you do this will help you look into being more about authenticity then perception be sure you are working on the inside and being who you say you are- there is power in that- and you can have it. Don’t just have a job – have a life with a satisfying career. If you are lost make some goals and find away to be who people think you are and be the person you hope people see in you.
And if you plan to lose weight then do that- if you know what it takes then do the work-if you want to be the best you can be … then do it and don’t stop until you get there.