I want to share a recent success story with you because I think it’s important for many of you to realize that you don’t have to be stuck in your body with fear.

Her name is Darcy. A lovely woman in her 70s. She has not had a very easy life. She’s been a hard-working woman for many years and has always taken care of others before herself. Because of this and the stresses of life, she had let herself go. So, she had gained lots of weight, which doesn’t help with her knees (which both have torn cartilage). In addition, she had had a shoulder replacement. So, getting around and attempting to better herself wasn’t going to be an easy task. A big part of the problem, as with most, was working on the nutrition aspect.

Now, I can tell you how much weight and fat and inches she’s lost in the past couple of months (which is a lot), but that’s not the real story I want to share.

When we started the last program, I told her that she would now have to get down on the floor to do certain exercises. She looked at me almost in a panic. “I can’t do that,” she said, “and I certainly can’t get off the floor.” I simply told her that we’ve prepared her to do it. And that we’re here to help, and we could lift her if we had to. Anyway, she was game for it, and with hesitation, she got down and did her exercises. When it was time to get up, it wasn’t pretty and she needed some guidance and a little help, but she did it. The next session was a little better, and by the third time, she did it completely on her own. You could see it in her eyes how happy she was and the joy of overcoming a fear and limitations exuded over her whole being.

Now, some of you may not see the big deal in this, but for those of you who’ve had knee replacements, hip or back issues, it is a big deal. I know what you’re thinking — you look at the floor with fear, as if it were a pool and you don’t know how to swim. If you fell in, you’d drown. Well, people with poor balance or who are weak are afraid of falling because they don’t have the confidence that they can get up off the floor. Just so you know . . . you’re not alone. But know this, if you want to overcome the fear and limitations just like Darcy, you can do it too.

So, if you’re ready and need our help, just call us at 602-230-8581. Don’t text, just leave a message if we don’t answer.