Saturday, February 16, 2013
Week 7
Meeting Aesclepius is a nice idea, I just have a hard time visualizing someone. I try to think of a healer and my mind goes off in 20 different directions. I think it is hard for me to visualize something that I haven't seen before, or at least have an idea of what I should be seeing. This brings us to the, "one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself." I read this and one of the first things I think of is a path that I have not gone down. It is in the woods so I can't tell you how long it is or where exactly it goes. I can tell you it is there though. How hard it will be, how long it will take? I have no clue. It also brings me to, I know how to eat and I know I need to exercise, but I don't. I can stand at the front of the path and tell you this is the right path to take I know this because I have studied it, but I can't lead or guide you for it is unknown to me. The concept of the path I understand, the walking though it not so much. In order to lead some one through something you have had to go through it yourself or your just sending them down the path. I was watching TV about a month ago and came across a story of a fitness instructor that took this to a new level. He had eating healthy his whole live and had always been active, so when his clients told him he couldn't understand their struggles he went for 6 months, I believe it was, and ate junk food didn't exercise. He understood after that because he had no energy and started to crave those donuts. He had gained 60 pounds or so, sorry I forget the details, then went back to his normal self. He lost the weight and wrote a book about it. Fit to fat to fit or some thing like that. http://www.fit2fat2fit.com/ I had to find it after that. Anyway what a great example of this concept.
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I forgot to mention that I do think that health care professionals are obligated. They need to practice what they teach. I believe for anyone who has the knowledge to be complete they owe it to themselves to do what they can to be healthy, happy and whole. As for me I plan on doing some physical exercise, some meditation and most of all eating right. I want to be a nutritionist after all. I can lose about 40lbs, 20 of which I gained living with my mother-in-law. I have mentioned to her that I need to shed some pounds if I expected people to take me seriously and she said, "wana bet there are fat nutritionist." But I would not take them seriously.
ReplyDeleteHi Debbie,
DeleteI agree we do need to lead by example. I think you are on the right path. I work with several diabetes educators (one who is obese) and there have been comments from clients about why she is not able to use her own advice. Good observation. I need to get rid of about 20 pounds too. Going to school has really put a damper on my ability to workout and spend the time I was able to before starting school. Nice post, Candii
Hi Debbie,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Aesclepius meditation exercise. I imagined my grandmother who passed away over 30 years ago. She was an amazing woman. I really got into this exercise and became very emotional as I remembered her and how much she meant to me. Alot of things I long since forgot came flooding back to me. I still need alot of practice, but I felt so great after the meditation was over. I loved reading your post.I think we all feel like we are lacking direction sometimes. We know what we want and what we need to do to get there, but are busy or lack motivation or in my case I have a fear of failing. I also remember seeing that story about the fitness instructor, Talk about walking the walk.. I commend him for wanting to understand his patients and relate to them. I personally would never intentionally gain 60 pounds for anyone. I also would not go to a fat nutritionist. How can you possibly take nutritional advice from someone you know doesn't care enough about themselves or you, to be a good example.Good luck with your weight loss plan and I'm sure you will be a very knowledgable and inspirational nutritionist.
Hey Debbie,
ReplyDeleteI used my Dad as my guide. Even though he has been dead for 2 years, he is always there for me. I find myself becoming more like him everyday and that is a great thing. I experienced a surge of some sort with the light from the exercise. It was very comforting. Every time I do these exercises, I come back feeling so relaxed. Even during my normal day, I always find time to just sit and think about nothing but everything. I don't make any decisions; I just think.
Great story about the fitness instructor. As a role model it is important for others to know that it takes hard work for anything. I think that some people are just looking for any reason to quit. Quitting becomes a lifestyle just like winning. I hear plenty of people always saying they can't. Drives me crazy. Everything physical is 90% mental. I always try to tell people to set small attainable goals and it will work itself out. People tend to set goals way too high and when they don't get there, they quit. I see it at the gym every January. Everything takes time.
Yes that would be me, setting too high of expectations. In my physcology class we had a study on differnt personalitys and I forgot what the teacher called this one, but they are in a sense afraid to fail so they will set things out of there reach to prove themself a failer. They are too afraid to fail at a normal range, by making it too difficult they had no other option and then can rationize it saying it was unrealistic. I was "oh" that is me I struggle with thinking of myself as anything else but a failer. If things are not perfect. I do set stuff slightly out of my reach with the idea that it is a challenge and I will be more rewarded if I complete it. But I find myself feeling more of a failer when I give up. Well I haven't been in the pool for years, telling myself I am going to swim a mile is just not going to happen; today. I need to remind myself that if I do 2 laps today and 4 laps next week and 6 the following, it might take me a couple months or even 6 but I can swim a mile if I just keep working. Thank you for your post.
DeleteDebbie,
ReplyDeleteThis was a interesting unit. This relaxation seemed to calm my mind more than the others. We are obligated as professionals to practice what we preach and stand by it. If not it would be like trying to teach someone to read if we didn't know how to do it ourselves.