As a Sunshine Coast Personal Trainer, I enjoy being a part of my client’s transformational journey to their ideal body. I get excited to hear clients tell me how they’re making good lifestyle choices and changes and I love seeing them transform physically and psychologically before my eyes. One of my favourite parts of their Sunshine Coast Personal Training journey is to hear their stories of how people around them in their daily lives notice them slimming down, changing shape and compliment them on it.
But! There is one part I dislike about the Sunshine Coast fitness training journey our clients take. And that is the part where they haven’t learnt to say ‘thank you’. Right now, you’re probably wondering what I’m talking about- and also thinking Im a bit rude! – but I promise I’m not!
Have a think about when you last received or gave someone a compliment about their figure. Maybe they/you said – “Hey! You’re looking slim, you look great!”
I bet you didn’t hear; or you didn’t respond “Gee thank you! Yes I’ve been working hard”.
I bet what you heard; or what you responded was:
“Yeah, but I still hate my thighs!” OR
“Yeah, but my bum is still too big!” OR
“Yeah, but I’ve still got a long way to go!” OR
“Yeah, but my tummy is still yuck!”
This is what I’m talking about – see how many “yeah but”s there are in those replies? NO MORE “YEAH BUT”S PEOPLE! Too many people with Sunshine Coast personal training programs are too tough on themselves and don’t say ‘Thank you’ and accept compliments! And it is actually a really important step of your progression to your ideal body.
Accepting and acknowledging compliments makes you feel good about yourself, when you feel good about yourself and the work that you’re doing you’ll feel more excited and more committed towards getting better results. And then, rather than feeling like exercising and eating clean is something you should do, it becomes something you want to do….and the positive energy that is a by- product of that ‘feel good’ vibe will attract to you more positive occurrences, more positive results and even more positive compliments! So you see it’s a never ending cycle!
Even if you have only just started on your Sunshine Coast fitness training program, do something for yourself that makes you feel good about how you look. You deserve a reward for committing to making the lifestyle change. Buy some nice workout clothes you feel comfortable in, do your hair, get a spray tan, get your nails done – do anything to make you feel better about yourself when u look in the mirror. Lets face it, when we look good, we feel good. So take advantage of that as a little ‘pick me up’ to get yourself started – and then when the results start coming along you’ll feel even better, which means you’ll be even more motivated to stay commited to your goals!
So come on everyone – start saying Thank you to compliments you receive! Regardless of whether you agree with them or not, the point is to start accepting and acknowledging your hard work! Everyone deserves to feel good about themselves!
Live your Best Life, in your Best Body
Yours in Health & Fitness,
Sascha Aiono
Sculptlife Personal Training
