The Facts About Weight Loss Products and Programs

I've recently started a mission. I want to find the best way to lose weight and keep it off. Now I know the basics, "Those who eat healthier and incorporate strength training and cardiovascular exercise into their normal routine, have the best long term results." I know this, and you may know this, but there's something missing. I can't completely put my finger on it, but I know there is more to it. I know there is a psychological/behavioral aspect as well. I am determined to find what it's going to take to really help people lose weight. I mean serious, long lasting weight loss that really affects other people's lives. So if you read this, give me feedback. What is it that makes the big difference? Where's the lightbulb? I'm ready to see some lives changed. I'm tired of some people being successful, and others not. I want a 90% or higher success rate in people achieving their goals and their lives.

I want to attach a very good article from the FDA about weight loss products and programs, and the warning signs to look for. I never knew the FDA evaluated this. Take a look. It's a great read!

Excellence

I received a fascinating e-mail the other day, and I can't get it out of my head. This isn't my typical post, so I apologize for those who are reading it and expecting some amazing fitness/diet information. I have a really good story I want to share with you about that, but not tonight. This is more of a post for other personal trainers who happen to run across my blog.

There are a lot of personal trainers that struggle to have clients to personal train. It's just like any other business out there. Trainers have bills to pay and so they are always in search of someone they can personal train. Trainers should be about more than just making money, and that's kind of the topic of this e-mail I received. Here's the quoted e-mail:

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Typically, I spend most of my time talking to you about marketing, sales or systems - all those things that most fitness pros associate with growing their business and making more money. But I was listening to Dax Moy's Magic Hundred Audios the other day (for about the 100th time :)) and came across the section where he discussed people feeling that they deseved more. Yet, the word 'deserve' is derived from the from Latin d-serv-re - to serve zealously.
And only when Dax really embraced serving others at an even higher level than he ever had before, did his business really start to thrive.
What Dax was saying really struck a cord with me. We talk about serving our clients and getting them results - and often we do a very good job.
But we could do even better.
If you are truly extraordinary at what you do - the need to market decreases. People will seek you out.
See any ads for Rolls Royces lately?
Does this mean that you shouldn't market?
Of course not. You should market. You need to market.
But more importantly - you need to deliver EXTRAORDINARY service.
In our business that means alot of things, but it starts with being a great trainer. It starts with designing programs that always deliver on the promises that you make in your marketing. It starts with delivering results to your clients.
It's simple really: If you feel that you deserve more - deliver more service.
Help others get what they want. In turn, you'll get what you want.

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I found that really fascinating. I truly try my best everyday to serve not just the people, like he mentioned in his article, but also to serve God in what I do. If you are in the personal training business just to make money, I will gladly suggest another field out there where you can make much more money without as much work. I don't want anyone to personal train someone who is truly struggling with something that is so personal and emotional as weight loss. If you can't care about the person in front of you, please go find another profession. It's only fair to the client and to you. Personal trainers, while not as critical to people as surgeons or doctors, can change someone's life in a positive or negative way. If you do the right thing, that person could have years added to their life and affect others along the way too, but when you treat a client the wrong way, it could be very detrimental. So if you got in this profession because you care about people, but suddenly became stressed about paying the bills, that's ok. It happens to everyone. But get back to serving the people like they deserve to be treated, and you will be able to pay your bills again.

For more information on personal training in the Katy, TX area, visit us at Medical Fitness Pros.

Workouts Delivered to Your E-mail Address

There are a lot of people around Katy that have great ambitions and strive to workout to get results, but all too often I watch people workout using incorrect form. I've been thinking a lot about the project I'm working on to help people get in better shape and how I can help do my part. I thought I would start by creating workouts that I could send to people that have safe, effective exercises that could easily be done at home. I don't have a real easy way of doing it, but I will put together pictures, descriptions, and videos that you can view anywhere you have internet access.
View an Example.
I'll e-mail new workouts to you monthly, and provide some fitness tips to you, as well as alert you about health and wellness events going on around Katy that particular month. If there is anything else I can provide to you, let me know and I'll do my best to include it.

Just add your e-mail address to the Katy Fitness Newsletter box, and I'll send you an at-home workout that you can do in your own living room.

How Serious is CVD?

I just finished watching the movie Amazing Grace and was blown away with the severity of the slave trade. I always knew it was a horrible time in the world, but I never understood how bad it was. The bad thing is that I know it is just a glimpse of the big picture of it all. I was amazed that more slaves died during the slave trade than actually made it to their destination. In fact it is estimated that during the peak of the slave trade (the 18th century) the death toll was probably around 8.1 million people. That's 80,000 per year, or 219 humans per day that died, needlessly. I started thinking about this and ran home to look up all of these statisticis. I love numbers, but the numbers I am sharing with you are just scary. I am so wrapped up in Cardiovascular Disease prevention at this time in my life, that I couldn't help but compare the severity of the slave trade to CVD. The slave trade was a horrible time in mankind, that forever leaves a stain, but what is today like for us? In recent years, approximately 105,560 African Americans will die from Cardiovascular Disease each year. That's 289 African Americans per day that died, needlessly. Most of the deaths of Cardiovascular Disease are preventable. PREVENTABLE! An average of 70 more African Americans die here in the United States each day from CVD, than from the disgusting slave trade that was rampant all over the world years ago. Does that make you think about it at all?

For me, all of this started with this post. More people are overweight in this world than starving. How is that possible? I sat down and and wrote a mission statement for myself and my surroundings. I couldn't let that continue to happen around me. Shortly thereafter I ended up being connected to Lois Grant from the Texas Dept. of Health who explained to me about various programs the department has. I decided I wanted to fight cardiovascualr disease in Katy. If you don't know much about Cardiovascular Disease, take a look at this video on PBS.org entitled Take One Step. It's such an important thing to focus on, and it is something that is so often overlooked. So my goal is to gather up various health and medical professionals and do something about it. I can't sit around and let people die when we know how to save their lives. Join me in this fight. Changing the world would be great, but let's start with our neighbors and loved ones. Let's make Katy a healthier place.

Katy Health and Wellness Meeting

I had a great time meeting everyone who was able to attend the meeting. Thank you again so much for coming. It was truly an honor to meet each of you.

If someone passed this along to you, please let me know if you have any questions. I hope to meet more of you at the next meeting on Thursday, April 5th at 7:00 PM in the Education Center.