The Red Bikini Lady....

Body for Life Champion and Liftime Achievement Award Winner, Michelle Lee. "page-a-day" memoir of the steps I took during a journey to my first Body Building and Figure Competition and beyond. (c)2008 all rights reserved by blog author

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I'm at an age when many women believe their best years are behind them. I hope to convince my "Sisters" that many more of those "best years" are waiting to be lived! I'm living proof it is never to late to live them. Not to long ago I weighed nearly 200 pounds and was being treated for a long list of obesity related medical problems. Thankfully there came a point in my life when I decided to keep my self promises. When I did...my life opened to a world of possibilities.

Monday, April 04, 2005

Can't or Won't?

Today I had the opportunity to share my BFL transformation story with a group of people ages 50 to 75 as part of National Public Health Week. I got to try out a new "fAT TO FIT" Powerpoint presentation...which tells of my BFL transformation and the need to make healthy lifestyle changes for heart health.

It went well, all the slides came up when they were supposed to...I didn't drone on too much and I got some very good feedback I can use to make my next healthy lifestyles presentation even better.

Afterwords a woman just a few years older than me came up to me and said: "Oh, what you've done is great....but I could never do it! Way too much work!
I encouraged her to begin by taking baby steps. She just shook her head and smiled.
"No..I think its too late."

I often wonder why some people say ..."they can't..when they mean they won't even try."
I often wonder why others say "show me how and I'll do what ever it takes!"

I always find a lot of inspiration for the second group of folks. The first group causes great personal frustation.
My question is--what can we as successful BFL'ers do to convince them that their health is worth fighting for?






Let me say right here...it is never, ever too late! Just do it!

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