Why Was Bill Failing?

Before we review Bill's story lets review the meaning of the word "CAN". Lets watch the video below about a father and a son. The son's dream was to finish a triathlon and the father had never really exercised before plus he had heart trouble.

The word CAN is powerful. You CAN do it. It is never too late. We can help you get there. Start with the video. You will never look at the word "CAN" the same way ever again. Call my center at 613 932 4766 and ask for Katie or e-mail me. Just tell me what you need to do and I will tell you how to do it. Watch this video........



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In the course of any given week I meet many people and have many conversations regarding health and fitness. Last week I talked to Bill, a card carry member of what I call "The Can't Society". Bill agreed to share his story and is now on his way to optimal health.

Bill is a very nice man with lots of potential but when he talked about his health every sentence started with the word "CAN'T". His conversation went as follows, "I can't buy organic food because it is too expensive" and "I can't make a healthy meal for breakfast because I work too early" and "I can't eat chicken and vegetables because my kids like chicken fingers" and so on and so on. I think you get the picture.

Every year that goes by the "Can't Society" grows in number and power in Canada but as explained below it is not entirely their fault. (they get lots of help)

Basically when someone uses the word "can't" they are really saying "can" to the opposite of what they are talking about.

For example when someone says "I can't afford organic food", they are really saying "I can afford to eat processed food." When someone says "I can't afford to make a healthy meal for breakfast" they are really saying, "I can afford to eat an unhealthy meal for breakfast". When someone says, "I can't afford to convince my kids to eat healthy foods", they are really saying "I can afford all the disease, learning disorders, childhood obesity, medical bills, social dysfunction, lower income and premature death that comes from feeding my kids unhealthy foods".

If someone cannot afford to be healthy, wait to they get the bill that comes with being unhealthy. That bill is a whooper and includes non-monetary items like dying early, having someone change your diaper, a loss of sexual function, hours on the road driving from specialist to specialist, a loss of dignity and tests that involve strangers probing your private areas.

Being unhealthy always costs more. Healthy food actually costs much less than unhealthy food. One could argue that many fail to acknowledge the real progression of this scenario. The bad food comes first and then a limited income is merely a result of ever decreasing life performance. The low paying job comes after the person is intellectually and physically compromised by an unhealthy lifestyle. If someone is poor and closes the door on good food, due to the myth that good food is too expensive, they will be poor forever. (and diseased as well because that always comes as a package)

Was Bill to blame for the habits that kept him losing ground with his health and life performance? I would have to say no, not entirely.

Our government run education system places eating, health, organic farming and healthy meal preparation as a bottom priority. Those very important (and easy to learn) life skills are really not given their proper place and in a capitalistic society you would really think educators would understand that unhealthy people will always have low incomes.

Only 10% of our population actually think they "can" make a living without relying on others. (people who own their own businesses) Why such a low number of our population willing to think they "can" do things on their own?

Every grade I was in school, the whole system groomed me to rely on others for a salary, retirement, holiday pay etc. Working for someone else was always the focus of my entire education progression. As students we were all basically taught to wrap up the responsibility for our income, future, retirement and deliver that responsibility to a third party. Rely on others, never on yourself. Fear self-reliance. Even business courses at University primed the graduates to run other people's businesses. Well, unfortunately one could highlight that system as the birth place of the "can't society".

Could the public education system, we expose our children to, aid in our children developing the habit of continually relying on others and may that habit become exactly that.........a habit of giving responsibility for important things to other parties. Could this habit be why Canadians just keep going back to a health care system that never makes them healthy? Is our education system designed to set us up for success or is it actually designed to just set us up? Relying on ourselves gives us the power, relying on others simply means the power lies elsewhere.

The "can't" society "can't" get anything positive going with their health because they have been coerced into believe they "can't". They were taught they "can't" and that is the true injustice because they are all capable of the best life has to offer.

They can't make extra money because that is the responsibility of the person they work for. They can't get healthy because that is the responsibility of their doctor. They can't reverse disease because that is the responsibility of drugs. They can't pick good foods because that is the responsibility of the food guide. The can't worry about the immune system of their children because that is the responsibility of vaccinations. They can't invest money in curing their own disease because that is the responsibility of charities. They can't have a garden because that is the responsbility of the grocery store. Along with giving responsibility to others also goes the placing of blame to others, when things do not workout.

Regardless of what the truth is regarding this issue I do find the "can't" society are consistently standing with their mouths wide open for medications, their sleeves rolled up for vaccinations, their windows rolled down at the drive thru's and their doors open to give out Halloween candy. When someone can't think for themselves they have no choice but to get their ideas from other sources and big business/government (hard to tell the difference anymore) are always all too willing to let you know that an unhealthy lifestyle (using their products) is the right way to go.

I use the video above to let me know what CAN be done in life. As for the Bill, we are now working together to move him into the "can" society. You can do it to. You can stop the bad food/disease cycle anytime. YOU CAN. YOU WILL. YOU ARE READY. Call us at 613 932 4766 at ask about one of our amazing programs for weight loss and optimal health.