I got this today from Steve L – a blog reader and former client of mine. I just thought it was outstanding and wanted to give his comment its own posting. You can view the article this is about by clicking here.
Hi Dave – As a fellow fitness pro, a compatriot in the battles against obesity and disease, a champion for the goals and desires of those who want a lean and healthy lifestyle AND a (former & supremely satisfied) client of yours, could not resist commenting on this.
First, the person who sent this woman the email is an ignorant jerk-wad. He knows nothing of this woman and as such is unqualified to comment on her physical condition. In fact, I would guess that his compulsion to comment after watching a few minutes of a program he never otherwise watches is more a comment on some bizarre psychosis he has than it does this woman’s physique.
Second, while she herself admits that she is overweight, the idea that it is her ‘responsibility’ to alter her appearance to set an example for others is just plain sick. If her program was about nutrition, health and fitness then clearly it would make sense for her to have the lean and fit physique. But it’s not and she doesn’t and none of us have any clue as to why things are as they are for her.
If I learned anything at all from you Dave it is that fat loss an fitness is more about mind set than hour upon hour exercising. And mindset is MORE than motivation and trite bits of positive thinking white-wash so many ‘experts’ dribble out day in and day out. Mindset is about making deep often subconscious changes to the way you respond and behave under specific conditions of influence.
For the vast majority of people, this is a profoundly challenging undertaking which is virtually impossible to succeed in achieving without a highly skilled expertise of a trainer. And I don’t mean those gym-bunnies who carry around a clipboard and hand out towels at the local Golds Gym. I mean a REAL pro who understand the neurology of a fitness mindset (like Dave).
As it relates to this woman, I don’t think anyone here has any idea what or how much she eats. So what in the name of Zeuses butt-hole qualifies anyone to comment on what she should or should not do.
There is really one principle that matters in her case:
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear”.
And keep the ridiculous, self aggrandizing, ignorant, simplistic advice about what and how much this person or that person ‘must’ eat to yourself.
Thanks for ll as always Dave!
Steve L
Leanness Lifestyle University
