Trying to lead by example

One of the things I love to do when I meet new clients is to get them to guess my age. I've yet to meet someone who has been able to guess my age correctly.
When I do tell them my age I almost always get the same response and that is one of disbelief. Then, when I tell them that I was once over 240 pounds I really have their attention.

I take pride in the fact that I don't "look" my age and that has everything to do with the way I try to lead my own life. I honestly don't believe that my clients would listen to what I have to say if I didn't look healthy myself. Would you take advice from a Dr. who is 20 pounds overweight him/herself? I know I wouldn't.

This isn't to say that I eat "clean" 100% of the time but it is something that I strive for. If you reach for perfection then eventually you will achieve your goals. However, if you constantly live off yesterdays' achievements then you'll never make improvements on your health. How many people do you know who have told you that they have lost 30 pounds in the past year? However, when you look at them now they are the same way they were before. Are you impressed by the fact that they "once" looked great?

The thing that drives me is my desire to look better than I am now. An old football coach of mine you say that if you aren't getting better you are getting worse, there is no in between. I feel that I am in better shape now then I was when I was 10 years younger. My goal, though, is to look even better in 5 years than I do today.

What keeps me motivated is seeing how people look TODAY not yesterday. If someone is trying to convince me to endorse one of their nutritional products but they don't look like they are in shape themselves then they have already lost me. If I was a client looking to get healthy, I would expect that the person working with me is also committed to a healthy lifestyle.

Running has certainly helped keep me in shape but if I wasn't eating properly the majority of the time, then it wouldn't matter how much exercise I was doing.
In a few weeks I will be starting a Detox from a company called Isagenix who I'm forming a partnership with (http://trevorthompson.isagenix.com/ca/en/home.dhtml)
I can't tell you how excited I am about doing this and I will be documenting my progress on my website so keep checking back for updates.

As someone with a degree in nutritional science, I was a little skeptical about the product but the more research I did, the more convinced I was that this was something that I needed to get my clients on, as well as myself. Keep checking back here for regular updates.