Why Am I Passionate About Health & Fitness?

Why am I passionate about health and fitness?

Honestly—because I am ANGRY!!!  I’m mad as heck and I’m not going to take it anymore!  And anger fuels intense passion!  My passion and hope is to open the eyes of everyone I can possibly touch to the travesties being foisted upon our health every day by people, organizations, corporations, and governments that we blindly trust to have our best interests at heart–but they DON’T!  They have the best interests of their bottom line, stockholders, & profits at heart!

The best way to improve those profit numbers is by keeping as many people as possible ignorant about nutrition and health, chronically ill, and dependent upon outside sources like drugs, doctors, and supplements for their ‘health’.   How does a drug dealer make the most money?  By repeat business, of course!  They want you ‘hooked’.  We all know that is how pharmaceutical companies work, but did you know it is also how big processed food companies, supplement companies, beverage companies, and medical suppliers work?

Drug companies don’t want to kill you—dead people don’t buy drugs!  But neither do healthy people!  Who buys drugs?  The chronically ill and dependent—and also those who take one drug, which leads to dependence and bad side effects, which leads to more drugs to ‘remedy’ the ‘new illnesses’ which are really the side effects, and so on in a vicious cycle.  Why do you think they spend billions every year on television advertising that tries to make everyone think that they have whatever new phantom illness they are advertising, and they ‘have” to tell their doctor that they ‘need’ this new drug.  It is very powerful psychological manipulation.

Do you ever read the ingredient labels on the processed ‘food’ you are buying?  (Note:  it’s not FOOD!  It is ‘edible food-like substances’!  FOOD is something that doesn’t really need a label, that a farmer would grow!) Do you even have a clue about what those chemical ingredients are and what they are doing to your health, and even worse—the health of your children, whose little bodies aren’t as strong and developed to fend off the chemical attacks from the processed food?  Have you ever researched any of those ingredients online?  Or do you just blindly trust that the FDA wouldn’t allow those things in our ‘food’ if they weren’t safe?   Think again.  What you don’t know WILL kill you—slowly, spoonful by spoonful, over many years, so we don’t think to make the connection between the illnesses we ‘come down with’ and the real cause!

Did you know that many of the ingredients in processed food are there purely to trigger the exact same receptors in your brain as illegal drugs?  They are every bit as addictive as crack cocaine, and act in exactly the same way in our brains.   The companies know this, and it is no coincidence that these addictive chemicals are in there.  Ever wonder why ‘you can’t eat just one”?

How did the Anger Become My Passion?

These are just a few of the reasons I am angry.  I was just like everyone else.  I blindly trusted the FDA and our government to protect us.  I thought processed food-like substances were safe and healthy.  I learned my ‘nutritional education’ through the profit-driven marketing lies of the big companies just like everyone else does these days.   The foods that we are taught through marketing are healthy are NOT—in fact many are downright TOXIC!   And I ended up sick, suffering for many years especially with ‘female problems’, and finally having to have a hysterectomy to remove massive fibroid tumors.  At the same time I was having my surgery, my mother suffered a massive heart attack.

These two events triggered my interest in natural alternatives and prevention of disease, and I dove head-first into in-depth (maybe a bit obsessive!)  study of holistic healing, and I soon discovered that the answer lies in the advice of the very man who is known as the Father of Modern Medicine—Hippocrates.  He said “Let thy food be they medicine and thy medicine be thy food.”    Doctors have to take the Hippocratic Oath to this day, yet the entire system of conventional medicine is set up to completely ignore the power of nutrition.  Ironic, huh?

Through my intensive studies, I learned how to heal my body through real, whole FOODS.  And with my newfound strength and vibrant health, I turned back to the gym with a vengeance to rebuild my muscles.  I soon found that my body was responding amazingly well, better than ever before, even though I was almost 40 and had been through so much, health-wise.

Living My Dream, 20 Years Later…

In fact, my physique was responding so much, and I was so pleased with the gains I was seeing, that my long-lost dream of becoming a professional Figure competitor was rekindled.   I tried my hand at a couple of shows, and did well, but really needed help.  I then had the blessing to meet Shannon Dey and Rob Rosetti, coaches of Team Bombshell at www.Bombshellfitness.com.   I thought with my background as a personal trainer and extensive knowledge of nutrition, I didn’t need a trainer.  But boy, was I wrong!  Having an objective set of eyes to assess me, plus Shannon and Rob”s intimate knowledge of the nuances of competing, has made all the difference!

With the help of Team Bombshell, at age 41, I achieved my goal of winning a National Figure Championship in July 2010, winning my division in the Masters National Championships, held in Pittsburgh, PA.  The Masters division is for competitors age 35 and over.  (There is even an ‘Over-80’ division for male bodybuilders!  Talk about inspirational!!!)  I narrowly missed earning my Pro Card, so I am still focused on achieving that goal.  Please follow along with me on my journey!  My goal is Pro in 2011!

You probably don’t want to get on stage in a teeny bikini and have a dozen judges ruthlessly look for every flaw in your physique!  I totally understand that!  It’s not for everyone, for sure.  But what I have learned about health and fitness through this journey has exponentially increased my ability to help the everyday person.  Stage is NOT real life!  The extreme lifestyle required to compete is only a good fit for a select few.  But the principles behind achieving a competition-level physique are sound, and can be adapted for the everyday mom, dad, weekend warrior, and anyone interested in improving their health.

My full story is at Defying Obstacles on my website.

My theme is “Be Defiant!  FIGHT for Your Health!” Only YOU can stand up and defy the forces that conspire to keep you tired, sick, and unhealthy.   It’s up to you—are you ready for the fight of your life?  Because your life is what is at stake!

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