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Leading by Example
Three years ago, just before my fiftieth birthday, I realized that if I didn’t make some quality lifestyle changes I would become one of those fat people sitting in a rocking chair watching my grandchildren run and play instead of being able to experience life along side of them. I had taken an office job and had gained another 20 pounds, pushing me just into the boundaries of obesity. With little energy and having to often stop and catch my breath, I could barely keep up with my grandchildren, especially while playing outside. I knew that if I continued on this path, the choices of activities we could enjoy together would diminish quickly. It was then I made up my mind to do whatever it took to regain my health and vitality.
A famous Chinese Proverb says “When the student is ready the teacher will appear”. In my case along came Cinch®an inch-loss system that is not just another diet or weight loss program, but it comes with products designed to make you lose the fat and keep the muscle, allowing you to maintain an optimum metabolism. It also comes with software, called “Cinch Coach®”, which works as your own personal trainer and dietician. As soon as I started the program I was exercising daily, eating healthy meals and eating healthy snacks.
WOW! After five months of doing everything my “Cinch Coach®” told me to do, I went from a size fourteen to a size FOUR!! I hadn’t been that small in almost twenty years!! I was able to stop taking blood pressure medicine, which I had been using almost six years, my blood sugar was back to normal levels, and most importantly (to me) I was able to run and play with my grandchildren again, and even better than I had been able to before I had gained the extra weight! Grandma could now play softball again – and even though I am not the best one up to bat, my grandchildren LOVE it that I am out on the field with them instead of along the sidelines!
Regaining my own health and strength was rewarding in itself; but, here comes the power of being Grandma. As the grandchildren continued to come over to “Grandma’s House”, during the time I was making dramatic lifestyle changes and eating habits, they watched – and then they imitated what they saw. (Isn’t that what kids do best – watch what we do – and then copy it?) Interestingly, they began to eat things like salad, brown rice, or even broccoli, with me. (If Grandma does it, it’s got to be good, right?) And, with childhood obesity on the rise today, it’s important that children learn healthy eating habits as early as possible!
But, the influence didn’t stop with them. Over the next couple of years, my children also began to make healthy lifestyle changes. They cut things like soda pop and salt out of their diets, and added more fruits and vegetables. Instead of fried or fast foods, they grilled or baked their meats and ate more poultry rather than red meats. Healthy eating became a new way of life for them. And, they even implemented exercise into their daily routines, with some doing more activities, such as bike riding, together as a family.
Can Grandma make a difference? You bet she can!! Taking charge of her health through a healthy weight loss program may only be one way to do so. But, it certainly is an important and life-changing way! “Choose life that you and your descendants may live” Deut. 30:19. Perhaps at least a small part of the wisdom contained in that verse is the concept that our children and grandchildren really do learn what we live, rather than what we say or tell them to do. Therefore, when we make healthy lifestyle choices we are laying a good foundation for the health of our future generations! Whether you’re a grandma, mother, sister or aunt – if there is anyone in your life that looks up to you – make a decision to take charge of your health, and the life you change, or even save, may be more than just your own!!!
Three years ago, just before my fiftieth birthday, I realized that if I didn’t make some quality lifestyle changes I would become one of those fat people sitting in a rocking chair watching my grandchildren run and play instead of being able to experience life along side of them. I had taken an office job and had gained another 20 pounds, pushing me just into the boundaries of obesity. With little energy and having to often stop and catch my breath, I could barely keep up with my grandchildren, especially while playing outside. I knew that if I continued on this path, the choices of activities we could enjoy together would diminish quickly. It was then I made up my mind to do whatever it took to regain my health and vitality.
A famous Chinese Proverb says “When the student is ready the teacher will appear”. In my case along came Cinch®an inch-loss system that is not just another diet or weight loss program, but it comes with products designed to make you lose the fat and keep the muscle, allowing you to maintain an optimum metabolism. It also comes with software, called “Cinch Coach®”, which works as your own personal trainer and dietician. As soon as I started the program I was exercising daily, eating healthy meals and eating healthy snacks.
WOW! After five months of doing everything my “Cinch Coach®” told me to do, I went from a size fourteen to a size FOUR!! I hadn’t been that small in almost twenty years!! I was able to stop taking blood pressure medicine, which I had been using almost six years, my blood sugar was back to normal levels, and most importantly (to me) I was able to run and play with my grandchildren again, and even better than I had been able to before I had gained the extra weight! Grandma could now play softball again – and even though I am not the best one up to bat, my grandchildren LOVE it that I am out on the field with them instead of along the sidelines!
Regaining my own health and strength was rewarding in itself; but, here comes the power of being Grandma. As the grandchildren continued to come over to “Grandma’s House”, during the time I was making dramatic lifestyle changes and eating habits, they watched – and then they imitated what they saw. (Isn’t that what kids do best – watch what we do – and then copy it?) Interestingly, they began to eat things like salad, brown rice, or even broccoli, with me. (If Grandma does it, it’s got to be good, right?) And, with childhood obesity on the rise today, it’s important that children learn healthy eating habits as early as possible!
But, the influence didn’t stop with them. Over the next couple of years, my children also began to make healthy lifestyle changes. They cut things like soda pop and salt out of their diets, and added more fruits and vegetables. Instead of fried or fast foods, they grilled or baked their meats and ate more poultry rather than red meats. Healthy eating became a new way of life for them. And, they even implemented exercise into their daily routines, with some doing more activities, such as bike riding, together as a family.
Can Grandma make a difference? You bet she can!! Taking charge of her health through a healthy weight loss program may only be one way to do so. But, it certainly is an important and life-changing way! “Choose life that you and your descendants may live” Deut. 30:19. Perhaps at least a small part of the wisdom contained in that verse is the concept that our children and grandchildren really do learn what we live, rather than what we say or tell them to do. Therefore, when we make healthy lifestyle choices we are laying a good foundation for the health of our future generations! Whether you’re a grandma, mother, sister or aunt – if there is anyone in your life that looks up to you – make a decision to take charge of your health, and the life you change, or even save, may be more than just your own!!!
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