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.