“All My Life”
I saw this story in my favorite newsletter, Early To Rise….
A French woman, upon seeing Picasso in a Parisian restaurant, approached the great master and insisted that he put down his coffee and make a quick sketch of her. Graciously, Picasso obliged. When he was done, she took the drawing, put it in her handbag, and then pulled out her billfold.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“$5,000,” was Picasso’s reply.
“$5,000? But it took you only three minutes!” she exclaimed.
“No,” Picasso answered. “It took me all my life.”
Now the point of the story in the newsletter was that great skill takes a lifetime to achieve.
Mastery takes a great amount of effort and continual refinement.
And when you find someone who has mastered that skill, the reason that it looks easy was because of the thousands of hours practicing the skill.
But how does that relate to your fitness and weight loss goals?
Perfectly!
You will be doing yourself a HUGE favor by fixing this thought in your mind right from the get go -
“A healthy lifestyle is a lifelong journey, not a short term fix.”
You see, many of us want everything to happen NOW!
Fast food, quick oil changes, express line checkouts. The list goes on and on…
We just don’t like to wait for anything.
But consider this…
Many of our clients come to us to lose weight, or more to the point - lose bodyfat.
But then if that 25 (or 50, 60…whatever) doesn’t come off in a month, discouragement sets in.
When that happens, I usually ask them “How long did it take to get where you are at now?”
Most of them don’t even answer, because they get the point.
It was a steady, consistent pattern of overeating and/or lack of training that has left you overweight, tired, and frustrated with your appearance.
On the flip side, it is a steady, consistent pattern of supportive nutrition and regular efficient training that is going to get you the body you’ve always wanted.
Put in a simpler, blunter way - “You didn’t get overfat in a month, it’s going to take you more than a month to lose that fat.”
Don’t get me wrong, if you are willing to make the changes necessary, you can and will lose bodyfat very quickly.
But you won’t lose it all overnight.
As trainers, Nancy and I live the lifestyle that we teach.
But it didn’t happen for us overnight either, or even all at once.
- Daily exercise.
- Preparing meals ahead of time.
- Cutting out excess carbs and junk food.
- Restorative session such as stretching and massage.
These are all part of our lifestyle now, but it did take work to get there.
And we are still learning, and will be for the rest of our lives.
At our “Get Fit NH” Boot Camp, you not only get a great workout, you are establishing the habit of regular exercise.
Some of our clients come for one session at a time, as a way of breaking a plateau or getting out of the same old routine.
But the vast majority come month after month.
Why?
Because it is one less thing they have think about in their life.
There is a time and a place to be every training day.
There are people (coaches and training peers) who expect you to show up an train hard every day.
It is a place where questions about how to fit supportive eating into a busy life are asked and answered.
It is a place where we just flat out have fun. Laughter really is the best medicine!
And you get 4 weeks of training and coaching for the price of 2 or 3 hours of personal training at your boring gym.
So what are you waiting for?
Mastery takes a lifetime to achieve, but you have to take that first step.
September classes are filling up now, so don’t delay. Register today!
