I AM PISSED, I'VE HAD A HEART ATTACK!!! WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE!?!

Hi there! I know it's been awhile since I've last wrote or posted something here on my blog, but I've just been stressed w/life and have had "writer's block" here for the past few months, so forgive me. But today is a new day and I am simply pissed off! What am I pissed off about? Well I'm glad you asked! I am pissed off about a person I know who has decided to quit their workout program because of EXCUSES!!! I mean to put it simple, that's just what it is... People just don't get it do they!?! This person like millions who have come and died before them has come up w/every excuse in the book as to why they can no longer train to lose weight, i.e. people or talking about me, the gym is too far and that's a sacrifice in itself, I'm not on the same level as the other people in my workout group, I don't like the gym, I don't want to eat right, I have to study for my 2nd and/or 3rd college degree, I don't want to or I can't workout from home, etc, etc... I just want to say "Shut the "F" UP! I mean REALLY!?! I've had and heard every EXCUSE in the BOOK!!!

PEOPLE!!! I've had a FREAKIN' HEART ATTACK FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! I was only 27 YEARS OLD WHEN I HAD IT!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?! NO, I'M SERIOUS HERE! It was December 31st, 2007 (New Year's Eve for the slow people in the room). It was around 6:30pm CST when it all started happening... I began feeling a deep strong chest pain, right below my left pectorial. I remember it clearly, cause I had not too long before finished eating a double meat cheese burger from Burger King and I hadn't had one in 3 weeks. (Which if I may add was a FEAT for me to accomplish at that point in my life).

Me @ 255lbs after I lost my 1st 15lbs.

 

It had been about 3 1/2 weeks since I had moved out from my then fiance's parent's house. My little girl (at the tender age of 2) was crying herself to sleep every night and having nightmares wanting her daddy to come back home. I was selling NEW Cars for a living and the economy bubble was about to BUST, so NO ONE was moving ANY Cars. I was totally out of shape, weighing 270lbs at 6 feet tall (which was the most I have ever weighed in my life!) I was going through depression, working anywhere from 12 to 16 hours, 6 days a week and sometimes working on my 1 day off. SMH (I'm not asking you to feel sorry for me, I'm trying to paint a picture here).

So back to that night and to make a long story short... I felt like I damn near died! I remember thinking about my life, my ex-fiance', my daughter's future w/out me, my mother, my girl friend and how I wasn't ready to die and if God allowed me to live thru this moment I was gonna be different from how I had become!

Thank GOD that HE gave me a 2nd chance on life! So you see, there is NOTHING and I mean NOTHING that will allow me to accept ANY EXCUSE for NOT GETTING IN SHAPE & STAYING IN SHAPE! IF that story doesn't get you, then allow me to tell you a little about my friend HENRY! A 45 year old Asian man who lives in Sugar Land, married w/no kids, a computer programmer, and a PARAPELEGIC. He is a former client of mine and a good friend of mine as well. His story is that when he was 16 years old on October 10th, 1982 (My 2 Year Birthday> my dob is 10/10/1980) him and 3 of his friends were riding in a mustang and driving drunk and crashed into a tree. Henry was found paralyzed from the chest down! This man now celebrates on my birthday every year as His God given 2nd chance opportunity on life! And you know what!?! Again I say, that he was one of my clients that I trained during my days as a Personal Trainer at 24 Hour Fitness, to get in shape, and to get stronger, and to look sexier for himself and his wife.

So you see folks again, there are NO ACCEPTABLE EXCUSES! After my heart attack, I no-longer allowed any excuse to stop me from winning my life back and I am NOT going to allow any excuses to steal my life from me again nor will Henry and I believe in GOD that nothing else ever will.

What about another story you say!?! Well what about my client that currently is fighting the battle against Breast Cancer? Now I won't tell you her name out of respect for her privacy, but she is another inspiration for me and all to follow. She like me or Henry could have used her illness/"life situation" as an excuse NOT to workout and eat right to get in shape, but SHE DIDN'T! And folks let me tell you, this woman is a WINNER! She is a mother of 3, a devoted wife, a sister, a daughter, she has a full time job taking care of OTHER MOTHERS' KIDS after they deliver their babies. My client works out EVERY WEEK TOO! She lives in RICHMOND, TX & drives to train w/me 3 days a week at my little gym called B.O.N.A. Fitness Facility on 10640 Westheimer Rd & just off Beltway 8, in the Westchase District (YES, I DID just plug my gym, lol... so what sue me!) The days she doesn't train w/me she trains w/her husband, herself, or her workout partners.

NO EXCUSES PEOPLE!!! THAT'S THE ATTITUDE YOU HAVE TO HAVE WHEN LOSING WEIGHT AND WORKING TO KEEP IT OFF... I tell clients all of the time, "That You Gotta be Like Nike and JUST DO IT!!!"

This is "Rolls" Royce now after NO EXCUSES!

To whomever is reading this blog post today, I plea with you almost as seriously as I would to urge you to get saved and filled w/the HOLY SPIRIT; to turn your life around today and ACCEPT NO EXCUSES, GET ON YOUR GRIND, GET OFF YOUR BUTT, TAKE BACK COMPLETE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE, BE LIKE NIKE AND JUST DO IT! NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLES MAY BE IN YOUR LIFE, JUST OVERCOME THEM ALL!!!

I hope I Inspired Someone today w/these testimonies and my venting of frustration!!! As always, you are welcome to call or email me with questions or to get started on your own customized fitness plan. So guys if you could please comment below and tell me what you think about my blog post. Thanks!

As always I say to you, Take Care, Take Charge, and I'll See YOU OVER THE MOUNTAIN TOP, GOD BLESS YOU!

Yours in Health & Fitness,

"Rolls" Royce Isaac
Rapid Weight Loss Fitness Expert
Houston, TX
http://www.365fitnesshouston.com/