Two strategies to survive a storm. 

We had a wind storm last night.  We’ve had them before too.  We live on a hill so we HEAR it.  The power is pretty amazing for something you can’t see.  You can’t see the wind but you can see its effects.  We have another storm going on that you can’t see at least not with regular vision.  I wish I had virus vision.  That would be easier. 

I didn’t see this coming, I don’t think most of us did.  How can we weather the storm?  There two ways that I noticed in the wind blowing around us. 

The Grass

The grass survives every wind storm.  I don’t notice much grass blowing around.  It survives the storm because it is flexible.  When the wind blows it moves with it.  It bends down all the way to the ground.  Laying flat if necessary and the wind blows right over. 

That’s one strategy we can use.  Don’t be stuck in our ways, be prepared to change plans, be moveable.  If your job drops you, you pick up another job.  If you have less money ...

The "official talk" starts about 5 minutes in.  Walk and listen since the visual is just the side of my head.  

You can’t teach an old dog a new trick

False.

Most people aren’t consistent enough for the dog to learn the trick. 

We had a wonderful Old Dog named Stella.  We moved into a new house just a couple years before she died.  She learned the new habits of the house and yard fairly quickly.  She could have learned any trick at any time if we would take the effort to teach her. 

How about you?  Do you lean on this classic American folk statement as a reason you at 60 can’t get a handle on your eating or exercise habits?  Many do. 

If you believe in this falsehood you won’t try the 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, or 34^th time it takes to learn the new habit.  In my experience most adults only allow themselves 2 times to try something new.  If they don’t get it in the first 2 they say, “I’m no good at that.” 

Your brain is just confused on how the world works. 

When you are tempted to give up early, remind yourself that in the real world EVERYONE else has to try more times.  Chan...

This is most likely the key phrase for mastering any physical skill.  But I think it relates well to our weight loss attempts too.  The phrase may most often be used in shooting where being jittery is no good.  Slowing yourself down so you can do it right means you get it faster.  And once you get good at it the results are repeatable. 

If you’ve ever been in a panic trying to do something fast you might have experienced this.  It’s raining outside and you are trying to unlock the door fast.  In your attempt to do it fast you drop the keys twice, find the wrong key once, and miss the lock three times. 

It takes you WAY longer than if you had decided to just go slow. 

I think our weight loss can sometimes look like this.  We lose weight fast on some CRASH diet frantically striving only to gain it back.  Accepting a slower rate of weight loss that will transition better into “real life”, Is way more valuable. 

So, I want to encourage you to focus on the critical habits an...

Growth ain’t for wimps

We are in a “growth” season right now as individuals, society, and world.  Growth is most often uncomfortable.  We have an 11 month old baby right now as I type this.  She is cutting teeth right now.  I use that phrase because the teeth have to cut through the skin (gums) inside the mouth in order to emerge.  This makes for a cranky baby sometimes. 

Growth can be painful and uncomfortable. 

Thinking about the spring break we are all missing right now I thought of the palm tree.  The palm tree simultaneously grows and part of it dies.  It was actually difficult to find a picture of a non-trimmed palm tree to show you. 

There are beautiful fan like leaves on a palm tree that wave in the wind and a towering trunk.  An unpruned palm has a mass of dead palm leaves hanging underneath it.  The new leaves grow out of the top and the old leaves droop below. 

As we experience this challenge we are called out to change.  To grow in new ways and to leave ...

When we bought our house the ¼ mile driveway was in bad shape. The movie title that best described the driveway is “a river runs through it.” It was ‘U’ shaped. Funneling water right down in big cavernous ruts. We knew that was the first fix we needed. The Guy who helped us brought like 20 dump truck loads of gravel and restored the crown and ditch on the side.

I was thanking him for the work he was doing and we talked a bit. He shared a little tip. He said if we drive down the same part of the driveway everyday we’ll make two ruts the water will run down them and he’ll be back yearly. (for another $$$ job). We liked the idea of not having to pay money every year on our driveway so we took it to heart.

You’ll see the picture above the tracks on the driveway weave back and forth. When someone with experience and wisdom speaks something to help you, you should listen.

You don’t HAVE to.

I see this happen in our training program all the time. People frustrate themselves by taking only...

Doug was feeling tight and had more aches and pains kicking up.  He signed up for a series of stretching sessions that we call "Body Restoration Sessions".  

We went at it - 5 days a week for 2-weeks and the results were amazing!  (these sessions are only 15 minutes!)

The thing I'm happiest about is these sessions are so low cost that feeling better should not be limited to those with extra money.  

Watch the video and see the effects!

If you are feeling limited mobility.  Like your shoes getting tougher to tie.  It harder to get up and down.  You have knee pain.  Back pain.  Shoulder and neck pain.  These sessions could be a game changer.  

You don't have to be a member of our classes to sign-up.  Just call 1(800)380-7047 or email [email protected].

Thank you Doug for being willing to share your experience.