Taking a Picture
Last night I watched the season finale to ‘the Biggest Loser” and what struck me was the incredible before and after pictures. On this season, most of the contestants lost at least 100+ pounds each and boy did the photos show it. What inspiring before and after photos…and the best part is they are real live people. It is so motivating to see these contestants go from 350+lbs to 180lbs. and see the flashback of photos showing each contestant along the way just getting smaller and smaller. Did the contestants even imagine the could look the way they ended up looking, before, when they first started out? Could they envision being 100+lbs lighter and accomplishing all the physical feats they accomplished along the way to their objective of getting healthier and fitter?
These real live contestants are living proof to all the naysayers out there who continually say “It can’t be done!, I am fat forever! This is my genentics! My whole family is fat! I need lipo!” It is very obvious that it can and is getting done on live TV with lots of before footage of people that weren’t all that sure themselves that it could be done. And we are not talking about just 20 or 30lbs of fat to be lost but 100+lbs….a whole lot of bodyfat.
When clients show up at our personal training studio one of the first things we do is get a “before photo” because photos are so powerful. Oftentimes, when a client comes in and we take the photos with their bathing suits on they just look and look and in disbelief say, “I look that bad?” “I am that fat” “I didn’t realize how big I was!” “That’s me?”
It’s at this point of acknowledgement that progress can start. You must recognize where you are. Really, really know exactly where you are. Not some idea in your head but black and white, in your face reality check. You are unhealthy, you are unfit, you are very overweight…recognize it and it will set you free to resolve it. You can’t say I didn’t know when the photo is right there showing you in full color what your body looks like. What your lifestyle has produced of you. Use that photo as your motivation to change, change your lifestyle, learn to eat healthier and exercise more because is that really you? Is that the reason God put you on this earth? To live within the prison of your own body? I don’t think so….
Take the first step today and have someone take your “before” photo, take a real hard look at what you see. Do you like what you see or is there lots of room for improvement? Then after you have it in your head exactly where you are now start dreaming….where do you want to be? What can you look and feel like? Ohhh the potentials…
God Bless You,
Evey
