Hey everybody, I wanted to take a second to congratulate my friend Laurie Richards for reaching her goals!! I’ve known Laurie now for 3 years. We met when I implemented my 3 month program in the summer of 2008 (I think). I first met Laurie when I had hair past my shoulders and wore a bandanna on my head every day. I’m sure I stuck out like a green hat with an orange bill, but the reason Laurie stuck out to me was because of this phrase right here: “Nope, not me. I can’t lose weight.” Whew, was I fired up! I couldn’t believe that she said that. What negativity! The success that my wife and I had the previous 4 years made me want to take this challenge! I noticed really quickly that she had tried everything and nothing worked… and because of that she had lost confidence in herself.
As time went on she trained with Kirk, the owner of the gym, then Ryan, the manager of the gym, then me… the “self proclaimed” best trainer in the gym. None of us could get the job done. It bothered me bad, and still has until today.
I view the relationship with my clients like I would if I was a basketball coach. I will always do my best to prepare you to play, and call the right plays at the right times… BUT MY PLAYERS HAVE TO WIN THE GAME. I do my best to get to know the person and build a relationship with the person and educate them the best I can, so they can make the best decisions possible every chance they get. I feel as if the smarter you are, the easier it is to be healthy. In order to do that, I really have to be able to get through to my clients on why and what we are doing is so important. After they figure that out… life is easy. Or so it should be.
Laurie left Wild Basin, went to another gym, used another coach, and got results. Results I know I could have given her and should have been able to get her, but didn’t. Laurie and I have always been brutally honest with each other and always will be because we know how to be. Thats what makes us close. We want the best for each other, and if your not honest, those things won’t happen.
Laurie called me today to celebrate reaching her 15lb fat loss goal and we both basked in the glory! She talked about how great she felt, and how fun being healthy is, and how she understands things better now, etc, etc, etc. We talked for about 30-45 minutes about our relationship and how awesome it was and how we learned from each other and actually shared some new insights on how we can continue to get better. It really made my day! She mentioned something about knowing that we could have done it together but she wasn’t in the right place at that time. (She was just being nice. It’s part of my job to get my clients to “that place”… Thanks for being sweet though Laurie 
I want you guys to understand this. I’ve written about this several times. LOVE YOURSELF! You have to love who you are as a person to be able to be successful in anything in life. Love that your smart, love that your nice, love that your hard working, love that you have great morals, love that your caring, love that you are a great mom or dad, love that your healthy. Love yourself even though you might be a few pounds over weight. Love yourself even though you might be short. Love yourself even though your a cluts and have no athletic ability. All of that is okay! If you are not comfortable being YOU… losing weight or anything of the sort is going to be hard to accomplish, because you have more important things to work on first.
Laurie finally regained her confidence. You could say she got her “groove back!” Then she decided I’m going to go do what I’ve been wanting to do for 3 years now… and she did it in only a few months! I could not be more proud. I love it when people figure it out… and then live it!
For all of you who are struggling with reaching your goals, no matter what they are… sit back and think about what you REALLY need in life first. Dig deep into the nasty nitty gritty shit in your life and deal with that first. Then come out swinging and reaching every goal you set! Use Laurie as an example. It is possible. Love yourself first! Then put EFFORT into being successful!
Have a great day!
Be Fit. Be Confident.
Zach Williams: www.teamworkheadquarters.com
