Sunday, June 30, 2013
The Night Before: Paige's Thoughts, Worries, Fears, and More.
I thought it would be really important to have Paige film her thoughts and fears before beginning this 6 month journey. I gave her no rules or guidelines to talk about. She had the freedom to say what she wanted. Hopefully, if you can relate to her story, then maybe, just maybe, you will begin to make changes to your life too, along with Paige.
Friday, June 28, 2013
The Journey Begins...
It's the eve of Paige's transformation. I can only imagine what's going through her mind right now. Oh wait, we'll find out on her blog: www.changeforitall.blogspot.
Paige and I met up today for her pre-start consultation. We went over the entire program, such as what I expect of her, what she'll expect of me, and so forth. It's a lot. My expectations are high. If I were her, I'd be optimistic, and terrified, all at once. To completely change your lifestyle is an exciting and scary process. But we came up with a plan for our first month. We'd begin with some specific exercise programs such as my 5 Weeks to 5k running clinic, where she'd learn proper posture and form for running (to reduce any risk of injury as we increase her exercise from a big ole goose egg 0). She'll also participate in my small group personal training sessions, as well as one private session per week.
I'll let you read more about Paige on her blog, and I'll stick to my side of the story here. But, in a quick nutshell, Paige has been letting her health slip over the past 6+ years. She's ignored warning signs. She's ignored her health, all in the name of "doing what she wants." When you spend years eating whatever you want, drinking whatever you want, and avoiding exercise at all expenses, your body begins to turn on you. Most of the time, it gives you warning signs first. When those signs are ignored (as is Paige's case), it turns into disEase. I call it "dis" Ease, because that's what it is. The body is not at ease, and it's fighting back. We each have our own warning signs, and our own "symptoms." For Paige, her body's way of saying it's in "dis" Ease, is by developing a wide variety of symptoms. Simply put, her metabolic profile is way off. (You can read about her symptoms and what she shares on her blog). If she doesn't change now, it's a life and death situation.
After our consultation, I was headed out to the Mississippi Modern Homestead Center in Starkville, MS, where I take a yoga class weekly. I invited Paige to join me. On our 30 minute drive to yoga, Paige got a phone call. It was from her doctor. This was bad news. Paige has, just that moment in the car, been diagnosed with diabetes.
Being one who believes that everything happens for a reason, I believe that the stars aligned for me to hear that conversation with Paige's doctor. I now knew we had to revamp our starting point. If Paige was going to participate in my 6-month transformation program, we'd have to start with exercise AND nutrition. I had hoped for a more gradual nutrition change, making small changes each week, but with the new news, I now realized we had to go "balls to the wall" and go all in with a dietary overhaul right away. Proper diet and exercise ARE THE MEDICINE for diabetes. In both of our words "$h*t just got real."
Right there, in the car, Paige had the choice to choose drugs to solve the problem or choose diet and exercise. One path is quick, easy, and simple, but doesn't fix the problem, just puts a bandaid over it. The other path is long, challenging, time consuming, but will heal the cause of the problem, thus healing the body from a state of "dis" Ease, to a state of ease. I will only help someone willing to take the "road less traveled."
She made the healthy choice. She's stuck with me now. We begin our journey at 8:30am tomorrow morning for our first assessment and workout. Right now Paige is borrowing my video camera to document what it feels like on the eve of her transformation journey. I can't wait to see it and share it with you all.
Wish us both luck & let our journey inspire you. Here we go!
Paige and I met up today for her pre-start consultation. We went over the entire program, such as what I expect of her, what she'll expect of me, and so forth. It's a lot. My expectations are high. If I were her, I'd be optimistic, and terrified, all at once. To completely change your lifestyle is an exciting and scary process. But we came up with a plan for our first month. We'd begin with some specific exercise programs such as my 5 Weeks to 5k running clinic, where she'd learn proper posture and form for running (to reduce any risk of injury as we increase her exercise from a big ole goose egg 0). She'll also participate in my small group personal training sessions, as well as one private session per week.
I'll let you read more about Paige on her blog, and I'll stick to my side of the story here. But, in a quick nutshell, Paige has been letting her health slip over the past 6+ years. She's ignored warning signs. She's ignored her health, all in the name of "doing what she wants." When you spend years eating whatever you want, drinking whatever you want, and avoiding exercise at all expenses, your body begins to turn on you. Most of the time, it gives you warning signs first. When those signs are ignored (as is Paige's case), it turns into disEase. I call it "dis" Ease, because that's what it is. The body is not at ease, and it's fighting back. We each have our own warning signs, and our own "symptoms." For Paige, her body's way of saying it's in "dis" Ease, is by developing a wide variety of symptoms. Simply put, her metabolic profile is way off. (You can read about her symptoms and what she shares on her blog). If she doesn't change now, it's a life and death situation.
After our consultation, I was headed out to the Mississippi Modern Homestead Center in Starkville, MS, where I take a yoga class weekly. I invited Paige to join me. On our 30 minute drive to yoga, Paige got a phone call. It was from her doctor. This was bad news. Paige has, just that moment in the car, been diagnosed with diabetes.
Being one who believes that everything happens for a reason, I believe that the stars aligned for me to hear that conversation with Paige's doctor. I now knew we had to revamp our starting point. If Paige was going to participate in my 6-month transformation program, we'd have to start with exercise AND nutrition. I had hoped for a more gradual nutrition change, making small changes each week, but with the new news, I now realized we had to go "balls to the wall" and go all in with a dietary overhaul right away. Proper diet and exercise ARE THE MEDICINE for diabetes. In both of our words "$h*t just got real."
Right there, in the car, Paige had the choice to choose drugs to solve the problem or choose diet and exercise. One path is quick, easy, and simple, but doesn't fix the problem, just puts a bandaid over it. The other path is long, challenging, time consuming, but will heal the cause of the problem, thus healing the body from a state of "dis" Ease, to a state of ease. I will only help someone willing to take the "road less traveled."
She made the healthy choice. She's stuck with me now. We begin our journey at 8:30am tomorrow morning for our first assessment and workout. Right now Paige is borrowing my video camera to document what it feels like on the eve of her transformation journey. I can't wait to see it and share it with you all.
Wish us both luck & let our journey inspire you. Here we go!
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