Being involved in the fitness industry for so many years you start to hear things over and over again.
"10 years ago I could lose 5 lbs in a week, now it takes a month"
"I used to have a fast metabolism"
"Before my knee starting hurting I used to walk every morning"
"When I was younger I could eat what ever I wanted and not gain a pound"
"Before I got pregnant I was XXlbs and now I am stuck 15lbs heavier"
"I don't have time to workout with my job and family"
"I don't know what to eat"
I am sure we all know some one who has said or have even said one of these lines ourselves.
What do all these sayings have in common? They are excuses. They are people not taking responsibility for their own life and trying to blame everything thing else for why they are unhappy with their body.
Sure things change in your life...its life after all. You may not be in your 20's and have time to workout 5 times a week. You may not be as active as you used to be since you had a knee or hip surgery. You may even have popped out a couple of kids in the past 5 years and now your normal body weight is higher than it used to be.
So what? Is that the end of your fitness dreams? Are you destined to live a life of anguish and distain towards your body and fitness levels? Well...that's all up to how you view your current situation.
In life we can not always control the things that happen to us. Sure we can make better choices and put ourselves in better situations but at the end of the day we don't have complete control over what happens to us.
You can swerve to avoid hitting the obvious pothole but sooner or later a little nail in the road that you just can't see is going to give you a flat tire.
It's all about how you control your response.
You can cry woe is me when you look at a picture of yourself 20 years ago or you can get inspired but by it and start to bring back old habits that you had that allowed you to look the way you did.
You can say, I'm a mom now...this weight will never come off or you can buckle down with the best strategies and come up with a plan to work out regardless if you can get to the gym or you're stuck at home.
You can feel sorry for yourself after getting knee surgery and sit on the couch or you can push through the pain and work corrective and strength building exercises to get your self moving and into it as much a possible.
The human species has been amazing at adapting to fast and aggressive environmental changes and has allowed us to survive and thrive for millions of years. Who's to say you can't buckle down and focus on your eating and exercise habits?
So in the end it's all about a choice that you have to make.
You can live your life being a victim of your circumstances and taking the easy way out or you can understand that you may not have control what events happen....but you can control how you respond to them!
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