Inspirational
I know… I’m slow with my blogging as of late. Blame it on laziness, because I haven’t another reason as to why. I also have been laxed in entering my workouts. I have them written down, just need to enter them.
So… on an upside, I received a letter this past weekend from Norway! This letter blew me away and actually became my motivation and inspiration. I honestly haven’t a clue as to how inspirational I am, or that I even made an impact in anyone’s life. Let’s face it… I’m not perfect. I never claimed to be. Nor am I dishonest about my faults and flaws. I have blatantly written posts about my bouts of binging, but as always… my binging is only one meal most times and I always get back on the horse the next day…. but… I still binge. I’m not a pro in figure competing either, nor do I have someone I could truly relate to who may be. Unfortunately, most pros… or even competitors, will practically claim to have perfect diets. I often wonder how true is. They never binge, or fell off the wagon. They don’t have their days of, "Uhh… I don’t feel like it today", but still manage to get all their workouts in during the week. They never claim to be out of focus, or not motivated. Is it just me, or is all that crap edited in magazines?
I digress. Let’s proceed on with the later. Until next time…
A little message from Norway
(forgive me if my English is not the best!)
I am a 26 year old guy from Norway, who is a big fan of yours. I am impressed by your transformation pictures at the bodybuilding.com-site. You are one of my fitness idols!!!
In fact, I am so impressed by you that I’ve included the two pictures of you in a presentation I use when I hold seminars about training and nutrition. I am not an expert or a guru in the field of training and dieting, but my passion for helping other people getting in shape and in better health has led me to the opportunities of holding seminars and so on. It’s a nice little thing to do when I don’t read for my exams in psychology. I am very dedicated in getting women to work out at the gym, and try as best as I can to bust myths about that. You’ve probably heard a lot of those myths! A funny, but sad one, is the one where people believe that if fat women lift weights, then they build muscle which push the fat further out and make them enormous… It’s not an easy job to turn these myths around here in Norway, people are old-fashioned and many think that women shouldn’t work out at all. Anyway, I present my listeners for the before-after pictures of you to illustrate what can happen if women work out with weights as well as losing weight with eating smart, and people are blown off their seats!! I just wanted to tell you that 
today one guy said that he didn’t believe the pictures told a true story. What a win for you!
I also see that you have used training to battle depression. So have I, I was heavily depressed for years. But the gym saved me from the worst bottom, and it’s awesome to read about the fact that you’ve experienced the same.
Hope you were glad to hear about this, I wish it was me who had admirers in a country far far away you deserve it!
Kind regards from Kjartan, Norway
June 4, 2009 at 11:32 am
he is right you are an inspirational for others.
you should be proud of yourself and sure you do.
September 4, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Wow. I think that’s all I can say to this one.