Why am I so nice?

I've had many and I mean MANY responses, e-mail etc asking me why am I being so nice, and why I am doing it all for free....

Well, because I can. Because I am sick, fed-up with the nonsense that has been spread by the fitness and diet industry to make a buck off of people who deserve to know the truth, who deserve to have access to educational information so that YOU can make informed choices about your health and wellness.

Trust me, the majority of the fitness and diet industry don't care about you. They don't care if you are damaging your body, nor do they care if you succeed.  IN FACT, most of them take great pleasure in leading you down the garden path.... why? Because we are all just a bunch of pathetic fatties who are so desperate that we will do anything and I mean ANYTHING it takes to lose weight. SO they come up with these ridiculous contraptions, dumb-ass diets that are not based on anything but a whim, tell you that calories are evil, and tell you that carbs are bad, or that by men signing up for Nutrisystem you are going to suddenly get laid twice a day by all the lovely women who also signed up for Nutrisystem.... but make sure you're wearing that ridiculous SAUNA BELT... Utter nonsense.

Holy Crap. I am tired of it, because it drove me batty for years.  But then I decided to find out the truth. It has taken many courses, many meetings with doctors, nutritionists, dieticeins, personal trainers and reading and wading and swimming through pages and pages of research,  to find the truth. I talk with lots of everyday people, just like you and me to LISTEN to their stories.

It literally makes me hurt to read about someone who is afraid to eat, or someone who tells me he/she works out for hours per day because they felt guilty for enjoying life and having a damn brownie!!!! Or read that someone is freaking out because that stupid scale says they gained a pound!!!! THAT IS SO WRONG!!!!!!

As an FYI, I am currently working on a book, and there has been some interest from a couple of smaller publishers in Canada.  It is about exposing the truth about healthy eating, exercise and wellness. It is in terms that everyone can relate to. 

Yes I am a personal trainer and all, but my clients are only charged for my time to work with them at home, office or gym to train their bodies, and to train their eating habits, to keep them on their path to success. But they do all the work.

In my world, education is free.

Education=knowledge=informed choice=success

I want to help people, especially those who want to be healthy, fit and successful.

Remember, Successful people do what others won't ...  Because folks, i hear ya!  This is hard work... I just want to make it a little easier. It was very tough for me, but I did it... and don't think I did not eat a burger now and then, or have a sliver of cheesecake, because I did damn it, and I loved every freakin' bite!!!!

For the love of chocolate sundaes!

Coach Dee-

Let me just be the first to say: You're the BEST! We LUUURVE YOU!

~Tara

thank you.

You are so blessed to be able to have your work be your passion - I bet that Erik can relate to what you said and that is why he started this site as well!  You know I STILL have an urge to buy those damn pills when I see the commericals even though I know it's bunk - the advertising is so powerful.  I find it amusing that WalMart won't sell cigarettes or Maxim Magazines but they sell everyone of these dumb pills!!  Shows where the values really are.  Thank you for allowing us to benefit from your efforts!!

I just want to say a truly heartfelt THANK YOU! for being such a decent, caring human being. 

And as a librarian, let me second the notion that INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE!

I sure hope your clients know how lucky they are to have found someone like you who will really help them.  If I ever live in your area (alas, it's not likely) I would hire you in a hot second.

And I'll go ahead and say, I will make sure that any library I work in will make your book available to our patrons.

You have a very big heart! And I'd just like to add about the diet industry who wants to get thin no matter the cost, they also want to get fat, in the wallet that is. Your right, they dont give a sheit about the people they "serve" as long as they are lining their pockets.

Best to you and your book, I'm sure it will be a success. You deserve it.

Wow! That's all I have to say :)

Your knowledge is definitely appreciated.

Thank you.

Wow.
Thanks, coachdee.

*keeps watching your posts*

Thanks coachdee. Good luck on the book. I wiil be keeping an eye out for it.You will probably never realize just how many peoples lives you touch with your posts . You are a godsend !

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

You rock! It is so cool! I love your attitude and willingness to help others--that is something so rare these days!

Cheers,
Denise

Great post, you're so right.

I'm glad you're here and I appreciate you more every time I read one of your posts.  And I'm glad there are people like Erik who offer us all this for free! 

Claire

Exactly Claire...

If Erik had not created this site, we would not have a community that is a supportive as this one is.  I post on alot of various sites, some for weight loss, some for training etc... but I post on this one the most because if Erik can offer a valuable free resource to me and my clients (yes I suggest they use the counter), then the least I can do if offer my experiences and gained knowledge to everyone here.

You guys... YOU ROCK!!!

Thank you so much for all your time and effort in posting.  It truly is appreciated.  I am so thankful for you and Erik and his crew for putting up this site. 

What a blessing ALL of you are.  Thank you,

Trish

You are great to speak the truth and to speak it with tangible conviction.

Knowledge is Power ~ we have to wade through a lot of crap to find the kernels of truth.  It helps to find people here who share good, honest real information!

Sharing & Caring ~ Here ~ together ~ 1 day at a time ~ it makes a huge difference to realize and know that we are not alone.  Just knowing that we are sharing the journey helps.

For me ~ These have been key to even begining to pick the towel back up & trying 1 more time...

{{{coachdee}}} {{{erik}}} {{{friends}}}

Thank you for all the info, coachdee. I'm glad you're back ;-)

Coach, thanks for your post here and elsewhere - my ideas are very much in line with yours, and I've become a bit of an 'evangelist' when it comes to spreading the word about correct weight loss/healthy living etc.  I have never done courses, but I've learnt what I needed to, to get myself in shape (still very much in progress!), and think it's vital that the truth be spread.

For example, someone I know who has had weight issues for a number of years told me about the problem that she had with losing weight on her special diet.  At first she told me she was on 600 cals a day, which I freaked out about, and then she showed me the list of foods she was 'allowed' to eat, and it excluded so many great, basic foods like oats, bread, etc.  I told her to throw that list out and go for quality calories, etc.

As she has had major health issues from years of smoking (she gave up over a decade ago, but still suffers), I told her that her current diet was as good for her as a weight loss aid as going back to smoking would be.  That shocked her into action, I hope, and I'm helping her as much as I can.

Coach, please let us know when your book is done, and I will be sure to buy a bunch of copies, so long as it's available down under (or via internet).  I joke to my friends that a book won't sell if it boils down to 'eat less, and better, and exercise more', but it will if it says only eat carbs when the moon is waning and only eat protein during starsigns with an 's' in their name.  It's an uphill battle, but I'm glad you're there to fight it.

Your passion, knowledge, writing style, and sense of humor will make your book a joy to read and a resource that is so needed.  I will personally take those books on the road.

Your posts here definitely belong in the book.

Thank you!