So I get a call from my Mother this morning and she tells me that she is considering getting the lapband procedure so that she can finally lose weight. She said that it was going to cost $9000 to get done but its worth it. I went into a speech about how her priorities and mentality needs to change because while that procedure will change her appearance, it won't correct all of the issues that regular exercise and proper nutrition will. She agreed. I told her that I think she needs to get a personal trainer. She said "you're supposed to be my trainer!" Even though I am a certified trainer through NASM I explained to her that it can be difficult training family members because its hard for them to listen and take instruction from you ESPECIALLY if you're training them for free. And since I'm not going to charge my Mother and I want her to get the most out of personal training, I recommend that she hire one because I know how much she values her time and money. Her response was..."I don't know if I can do that." That response had me so frustrated!!!! WHY DO PEOPLE PUT A FUCKIN' PRICE ON THEIR HEALTH?!?!?!?! Why do people always look for a discount when it comes to their health? Always looking for the cheapest and easiest route to reach a goal. I told her that when I lost 125lbs in 8 months, my intensity and drive had to match my situation. I was extremely obese so I had to work extremely hard to reap extreme results! There is no way around it. Newton's 3rd Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If you're insanely fat and out of shape, you can't half-ass your way to being in shape! You have to put in some damn work!!!! That's a universal fact proven by the laws of fuckin' physics!!!!! Of Course I spoke to my mother with love, kindness and encouragement but this mentality is something that has been bothering me ever since I got serious about my health and fitness years ago. When people who hadn't seen me in a while or watched my progress asked how I lost so much weight and put on muscle and did this and that and the dreaded "what do I need to do to get the results that you did?", my answer almost always disappointed them. I guess they wanted to hear about some miracle drug I took and not how I restricted my caloric intake to 1500cals a day and exercised as much as 3 times a day for a year. Working out on my lunch break instead of being a lazy fat ass like I did for the first 20 years of my life. Those people that asked me the "what do I need to do to get the results that you did?" question had the nerve to say, "Well I can't do all of that!" when I gave them an answer! SMH. Sorry about the long post...this has been building up.
