I received an email the other day from the husband of one of my clients. I have been working with this client since just before Christmas and over the past seven months she has lost over 50 pounds and countless inches. We still have some work to do to meet her end goal but in seven months she has seen some amazing results. Her husband wanted to thank me.
This husband wasn’t grateful for the obvious reasons. Of course he has noticed his wife’s body changing, her weight loss, and her improved strength, but what he noticed most and is most appreciative of was her change in attitude. Through the course of our training her mindset and attitude has changed considerably.
When I first met this client, she flat out told me that she had no idea why she had contacted me because she can’t work out. She confided that she has tried many workout plans and diet plans over the years and that she just couldn’t do it. She told me it wasn’t even worth trying because she knew she couldn’t do it. Without calling her a liar, I convinced her to give it a shot for just a month: at the end of the day what did she have to lose besides a couple of hours a week over the course of the month. Maybe I could teach her something or maybe it would be waste but in the big picture it was just a month.
Fast forward to the end of that month, I know she loathed every minute we were together. She even admitted that she would have preferred to stab her eyes out with a fork than meet with me (I actually get this a lot, it’s a good thing I don’t offend easy). Besides time, all she lost that month was a few pounds and a couple of inches but I was able to prove to her that she could fit in a couple of workouts a week and she was physically able to complete a workout. She didn’t know it at this time, but I was starting to break her down. In the beginning I couldn’t keep track of how many times I heard her say those two evil words: I can’t. At the end of that first month, I was hearing those words less often. Together we working on a transformation.
I was able to convince her for one more month and then one more month after that. By the end of that third month, she no longer remembered those words, I can’t, she was too focused on her training to even remember.
We are now at a point where we no longer train monthly, I just show up at our usual time and she works to her maximum. In the past couple of months, we have replaced ‘I can’t’, with ‘one more’.
Each week, on the days we don’t meet, I get emails and texts that start out with a: “You will never guess what I did” or “Can you believe I beat my time by…”. What she doesn’t know is I knew it all along.
This new-found confidence has taken over and this is what has earned gratitude from her husband. Her confidence has carried over to other aspects and relationships in her life.
My goal isn’t about changing the numbers on the scale; it is helping my clients be the best that they can be inside and out. The opportunity to work with and help amazing people reach their goals is what makes me love what I do.
