LOOKING FOR MY HOME

LOOKING FOR MY HOME

" I'm looking for my home, somewhere I can take a break, somewhere in the sky. I'm somewhere on the road, this is gonna take a while, looking for my own home." These are the first few lines to the song Looking for my home by Just A Band.

I was watching Slimpossible the other day, and as the contestants told their stories, it was clear as day that all of them were looking for something. Most of them knew that their eating habits were terrible and they knew what training they ought to do but were neither doing it nor following through. So what exactly were they looking for from Slimpossible? They were looking for somewhere to call home, somewhere to belong. All of them felt unappreciated one way or the other, for some it was that family member, for others it was about the bullying, the nasty nicknames, and the list goes on and on and on

So they're all in that show not exactly for weight loss, but what sort of appreciation and noticing and recognition they'll get from the eventual weight loss.

I really feel it's unfair of us to ask them to lose in order to win. For them to get treated properly in a boutique, to shake off the nasty nicknames they first have lose. That's not fair at all. No one should have to fight for what's rightfully theirs. Why? For some they just got pregnant, put on the necessary weight to support the baby, tried everything possible to go back after the baby, but it's just not that simple. It's not a switch, that's switched on & off.

Then soon after the weight gain, appreciation became less and less from the important people in their lives leading them to find their 'Home' in other places e.g food. This is the viscous cycle that will eventually see them end up on National Television, again searching for 'Home'.

This is the wake up call, that we all have collective responsibility to appreciate those that make our lives better. It's not fair that we put so much effort in Celebrating people for not dying for 365 days{Birthdays} while we allow those that make an impact in our lives walk around unappreciated not knowing how important whatever they've done for us is.

We all have the power to stop this viscous cycle, and people will look for where to belong in very many different places. Find out if you've pushed someone that far, simply by taking for granted who they are to you.

It's Client Appreciation month at Deliberate Fitness. It's not that we don't appreciate our clients often, but 3 times in a year we go out of our to say thank you for putting up with the Nairobi Traffic and making it to YMCA 3 evenings a week for 15 weeks, Rain or Shine.

This month, we make them feel like Obama & take them to an 'undisclosed location' for a day. Hint it could be Tafaria Castle, Brown's Cheese Farm or the Karen Blitz Museum.

It's not too late to become our client, you're most welcome.

Challenge of the Week, Make sure you APPRECIATE everyone in your life who has done something{however small} worth saying thank you for. Make them feel like they Belong, like they've already found Home.

Cheers!

Our Soon to be other Home... I can't wait.