The fat family

Have you ever been to someone's house where they have those 3 ducks flying elegantly across the kitchen wall?

Or what about the family of ducks that walk along the river bank, mumma duck in front followed by a handful of baby ducklings all traveling closely behind?

Now tell me have you ever been to a shopping centre and seen a family walking along, dad in front, then mum, then big sister and closely trailed by younger brother?

Now tell me have you seen this same family all holding a can of icy cold coke???

I have.

And I had to pick my jaw up off the ground.

Here is a whole family each with a can of over 12 teaspoons of sugar!!!

I mean they could have bought one big bottle and saved heaps!!!

Only joking.

The point I am making is our kids will become adults and they will only know what they have seen and heard.

Why are so many elite athletes sons and daughters of former elite athletes?

Because it is all they have ever seen and heard.

Why are so many rich people sons and daughters of rich parents?

Because it is all they have ever seen and heard.

Why are so many fat kids sons and daughters of fat parents???

You get the idea.

So the question is, what are you showing and telling your kids??

Matt

saying and doing!

Are you are sayer or a doer???

From my experience with training people over the years is that there are a lot of sayers out there.

Here's a good example...

If someone asks you to a party or over to there house and you know you either don't want to go or aren't able to make it - but you still say "yeh, I'll see how I go" That's what we call being a sayer!!!

You know you wont be going to their house but you still say yes because you don't want to say NO.

There is nothing wrong with saying NO.

In fact people will appreciate you (and your time) more if you do let them know exactly what your plans are.

When you say YES but you really mean NO you think you are just being nice, but what happens when you ring the person at the last minute to pull out (or even worse - you don't even ring!) Do you think you are still being nice then?

I don't think so Charlie!

Start being a DOER!!

If you say you are going to be somewhere - BE THERE!

If that's too hard - then don't commit yourself in the first place by being a SAYER!

SAYERS let people down and before too long you will be known for your traits as a SAYER

Does 'the boy who cried wolf' ring any bells'????

DOERS are known for there hard work, integrity, trust and ethics.

Think of your friends and family...

Who are the SAYERS and who are the DOERS??

And more importantly which one have they thought of you as???

The simplest action is more powerful than the strongest words.

Have a great day

keep intensity high and excuses low

Matt

wheels for legs???

I was in Woolies today.

Big Deal Matt!!!

yeh I know...

The reason I bring this up is I was in the fruit and vege section (believe it or not)!
and I noticed a husband pushing his wife along in a wheel chair.

Now she didn't seem to have any noticeable disability ( I understand that it would be hard to see a broken back or something serious like that)

But it got me thinking about all the people out there that get to a stage in their life when they believe their body can no longer deal with the stress of walking? and they aquire one of those walkers (funny term for something that prevents you walking)

Kinda like calling an air plane a 'flyer' or calling a microhone a 'singer' or calling a bed a 'sleeper'.

Sorry, I'll stop :)

My arguement is this,

Why are we so quick to jump into a mobile lounge chair and spend our days on four wheels when (in some cases) a little bit or rehab (strength training, flexibility, balance exercises) would have us back on our OWN FEET!!!

Now before you write in and criticise me because your Grandfather has been in a wheel chair all his life from a serious accident - I can appreciate there are copius amounts of people out there that really, genuinely need man made objects to assist them with their daily tasks.

But my concern is for the people that really could do something about their position (both before them getting their wheels and after)

I struggle with people that just give in to things and accept that they are this way and that's that.

A good example is the obesity catastrophe in this country and other countries across the globe.

The example is this. As the nation gets fatter and fatter. The guidelines for a healthy male and female drops to keep the majority of people in the "healthy" range.

So instead of the problem being fixed, the guidelines are lessened so the problem isn't so bad.

WHEN WILL IT STOP!!!???

Like global warming, we can all do our bit - it's starts with one person

Keep intensity high and excuses low.

Matt

Welcome fatburners

Hi guys,

Well here we are on a blog

Now you can tell me what you think of my ranting each week.

Please use this as a forum for me to answer any questions you may have also.

As always I am here to help, motivate, annoy, inspire, upset but mainly just put down my thoughts, if you like them ... awesome, if you don't ...hey that's fine too

Now go do something different that you have never done before - and come back and tell me about it

Matt Collins