As I’m working with some of my clients I often come across people who have been unhealthy for a very long time. We try and break the barriers of unhealthy habits in addition to a thought process that leads them to a lack of care when it comes to their bodies.
I completely understand this train of thought. For me, I didn’t care because I felt good. I didn’t care because I could still play sports. I didn’t care because I enjoyed the food. I had several reasons of why I didn’t care, but the reality is that I needed to find a reason to care or my life would be cut short. I would miss time with my family and I would miss out on opportunities God intended for me to have.
I received an email from one of my clients recently and I wanted to share it with you. She has been a challenge for me.
Eat healthy! You deserve it!
Physically she is unable to work out much due to physical restraints on her knees so her diet is 100% of her weight loss success. However, she has struggled to make healthy choices and I have coached and encouraged her to find out reasons she deserved to be healthy. The following is her email to me:
“I am giddy with delight as today, for the first time, I met all my goals on my food tracker!! Proof miracles can happen!! I have been having a hard time thinking of why I deserve to be happy, healthy, and live a good life. I can come up with lots of reasons why I think I don’t deserve these things. This all further illustrates to me I have serious thinking problems which I believe contribute greatly to my physical problems. If I squeeze myself to come up with something, I believe I deserve to be happy, healthy, and have a good life because God gave me this life, this body, and this mind, and who do I think I am to allow what I have allowed to happen to this life, this body, and this mind? All the suffering has been done for me, and there is no reason for me to punish myself to a limited, sad existence, when I should be enjoying life to the fullest. This is what any good parent wants for their child. My rebelliousness currently mimics the rebelliousness of my youth, like a child wanting to do whatever I want, ignoring the consequences. Believing “no one understands”, “I’ll never succeed, so why try”, and all the other lies I tell myself to keep my trapped in this hell of my own choosing. I hope this is making some kind of sense. I apologize for being a difficult participant–glad you like a challenge!!”
I couldn’t have been more proud. This is a major breakthrough and I think she is on her way to living a healthier lifestyle. This doesn’t happen overnight and there will be setbacks, but she is on her way!
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