My mom gave me some advice this week. Apparently something that I need to work on. She said to me, Live and let live. In other words, if people don't want help, let them be....BOY, this is going to be a tough one for me. As a nurse, I work with people that need help, they are injured, or wounded and don't know what to do. So my job, is take care of that. Help them through their injury or illness on the road to recovery. As a fitness instructor, people come to my classes to help them get in shape. My job there is to make exercise fun!! Make it something to look forward to, something to put on the calendar...I want them there. I love having them there.

I am their coach, their motivator.
On the other hand, there are lots that say they want to do it, get healthier, lose that last 10 lbs or lose the first 50, but they haven't realized what that is going to take. A lot of people quit, or give up. These are the ones that I suppose I need to "let live". This is difficult for me because innately, I am a helper, a fixer. 

People make choices everyday that may in fact, undo what they have been trying to do. For example, a member comes to turbokick, and burns off 400 calories of exercise, but later, has a large Sonic drink...Ok, back to even ground, they reversed that calorie deficit. The class has been "undone". 

I have lots of people close to me, that I see making really bad choices, and it drives me crazy! Some of these people have had their warning sign, or Wake up call, and have essentially ignored it. I have to let them live their own life....We can splurge once in awhile, like every couple weeks on a treat, but the fact is, you have to work on good choices most every day and increase activity. Or there will be health consequences, this is a fact.

DIABETES, OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE, CANCER

We have created a fast food society focused on value for the money, where a restaurant serving is enough for 2-3 people. This is why we have a nation of overweight people, diabetes and heart disease. Our manual labor jobs are mostly gone and we sit behind a desk. 

So, as I work on my Live and Let live saying.....I ask you to think about your choices..