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Hitting Rock Bottom
By Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC
www.UnstoppableFatLoss.com
What you are about to read is an excerpt from an interview that I did with John Bartlett from the MP3 audio program, Unstoppable Fat Loss. If you adopt the mindset that we cover below and apply it to your workouts and nutrition plan, you can expect success and amazing results.
Scott: So do you want to start getting into what really was your turning point, what really drove you to make the change?
John: Well, the first that happened was: my father passed away from his second heart attack at age 65. Now, he was pretty heavy most of his life. When he got into his early 60s, he started using the treadmill, and he dropped a lot of weight. He was actually thin by the time he passed away, but it was a little too little, a little too late.
He died at 65 suddenly. Although, not that suddenly‑‑he was fairly sick. When I say "suddenly," he had retired at 50, he was on a cruise in St. Thomas, and he died on the cruise. So that's what I mean by "suddenly."
Scott: Right.
John: That really woke me up a little bit. That's when I started to break into physical fitness. Now, over the next year, what I would do is I would start a diet every Monday morning, because by Wednesday, I was done.
Scott: [laughs loudly]
John: I would go to the gym every Monday morning, and I might even get there on Wednesday, but I certainly wouldn't be getting there Friday, Saturday, or Sunday...
Scott: [laughs] Right.
John: So I would start my routine again.
Scott: Right.
John: And it just never stuck. I knew I needed to make a change, but it never stuck. And then, my wife and I decided to adopt a baby from overseas, which was another motivator, that I did not want to be the guy that was obese, bringing up the child. I couldn't run around with him. I couldn't go bicycling with him. I couldn't do things that little boys want to do, because I was just so obese.
Scott: Right.
John: I didn't want to bring him up with bad eating habits. I didn't want any of that stuff. So that was another motivator. It wasn't enough for me to really make major changes, but it was another thing burning inside, kind of more of the stick, I guess you would say.
And then, about a year after my dad passed away, I went to see my doctor, and my blood pressure was 180 over something. My pulse was, I don't know what‑‑it was like 100‑something. And he said I was in trouble. I was having major, major problems, and I was very sick. I didn't have any definite disease yet, but a stroke in the next few years was possible. A heart attack was possible. I was on medication for blood pressure; wasn't working.
Between that, my dad passing away, and the fact that we were adopting a son, everything just came together, and I kind of felt that that was my rock bottom, as far as health goes...
Scott: Yeah, yeah. When you get that wakeup call from the doctor... And it's one thing to be told this. But it seems to be the experience of seeing your father go through it as well, and it almost becomes like a reality for you, and if you don't start doing something now, you could very well end up like that yourself.
John: Yeah. My wife broke down in tears. Just so many emotional things happened right at that time...
Scott: Wow.
John: It all just came together. That was the wakeup.
Scott: Wow. So what were the kinds of things that you started doing at that point? Did you get out of the "go to the gym Monday morning and stop by Wednesday" kind of routine?
John: Yes. I broke out of that routine. And it just happened: there was no progression. I've got an all‑or‑nothing mentality, and I basically went all‑out. I told my wife to take some photos of me. She did, and those are my "before" photos on the website.
Scott: Mm‑hmm.
John: And I started going to the gym. I went to the gym for an hour a day, every day. I bought two mountain bikes: one for my wife, one for myself. I mountain biked every day. I live in a mountainous community with hundreds of miles of mountain bike trails, so I took advantage of that. I biked, usually two hours a day, sometimes three or four. It just became my obsession.
Scott: Right...
John: I read anything and everything I could find on health, fitness, nutrition...you name it.
Scott: Was it helping out? Did you learn stuff from what you were reading? Were you applying it? What you were reading?
John: Without a doubt... I would spend probably four hours an evening reading. I probably would go through a book a day.
Scott: So you were intense *laughs*.
John: Yeah, very intense and you know I came up with a lot of my own ideas at that point on how to get in shape and I ended up following through.
I also had a deadline. My wife and I were planning to travel overseas to Kazakzstan for the adoption in August of that year so my deadline was August 1st to lose the weight, to get in some sort of decent shape before I met my son and we brought him back.
Scott: Aha!
John: Granted, he's a one‑year‑old baby but it was my deadline. So I had a deadline so I created a deadline. The next thing I did was I created a website and became accountable. I put everyday...I would log in my journal...what I did, how I ate, what I did for exercise I even talked about. A lot of personal stuff back then.
Scott: Right..
John: And I put it out there for everybody there in the world to see. I.
Made claims, statements, this is what I'm going to do and you better believe, that made me accountable.
Scott: Yes, it puts a bit of fear in you I guess. I highly recommend it. It's one thing to set goals and a lot of people don't even write them down or even tell their spouse. [laughs] But you told the entire world, basically, this is what I'm going to do and the steps I'm taking. You had a plan to get there and you were documenting the whole thing. I think that's a very important key factor when it comes to driving towards your goal. Tell people. Let as many people know as you can because the accountability is such a huge factor. It's not just you should have accountability within yourself but when you've got other people kind of rooting for you or just even having them know what your doing you want to make sure you achieve it so you look like this successful person that you are.
John: And then there was one more thing that really helped light my fire. It kept me going. And that is that my wife is bit of a pessimist.
Scott: [laughs]
John: And I feed off negativity.
Scott: Yeah?
John: So by me telling her I was going to be in shape, she would say, "Well you will never do it." I can't wait to prove her wrong.
I just couldn't wait. So after she saw me getting in shape, that stopped. So I had to make the claims much more sensational so I would say something like, "I'm going to be a fitness model" and she would laugh at me. And then I worked harder and harder and harder and harder.
Scott: Right.
John: The next thing you know, I'm contacted by somebody who wanted me to do ads for them. And the next thing you know I'm in magazines. Then I told her I'm going to be a professional bodybuilder.
Scott: [laughing]
John: No way. OK, so that was my next thing. I got a little nudge from a friend who told me, "Hey, you know you really got to get on stage. You've got to try it. You're either going to love it or your going to hate it but, if you love it, it's really wonderful."
Scott: Right. This really touches on an interesting point because a lot of people are really trying to avoid negativity with this whole love attraction out there which I firmly believe in and I apply myself. I've attracted a lot of great things but I don't necessarily block out any negativity. Here you thrive off of it. So if it can come in here, you're not going to let it sink into you. You know what, you're right. I'm not going to do this. I'm going to prove you wrong. So that's a real important point and something that not enough people are talking about right now. So I'm really glad you brought that up.
John: Well, I think it's a personality trait. I think some people don't feed off of the negativity.
Scott: Right...
John: So I think it depends on the person. But, for me, it was the fire.
Scott: Right...
John: I mean that's what pushed me further and further. Granted, I lost the weight. Granted, I got in shape. But to push myself to the other extremes, fitness model, to winning bodybuilding contests, to becoming a natural pro, all that had to do with the negativity I was able to get from my wife.
Scott: Wow.
John: And now, you know what she does? She tells people. She sends pictures to her friends when I'm in a magazine or I have a photo shoot.
Scott: [laughs]
John: She's all proud of me so now to fuel myself, to get fuel from her again, I kind of have to think of something else very sensational. So it's kind of a fun little game. But I know I'll find something.
This interview was an excerpt from the MP3 audio interview program, Unstoppable Fat Loss
About The Author:
Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC is a personal trainer and motivation coach from Ontario, Canada. After graduating from the University of Windsor’s Human Kinetics Program with honors in movement science, Scott began his career with an intense interest in physiology and biomechanics, but quickly developed a love for sport psychology.
His interest in the power of the mind led him to create Unstoppable Fat loss, (UFL) an audio interview MP3 interview series. UFL is different because it’s not about what to eat or how to train. It’s about goals, mind, motivation, vision, persistence, emotions, passion, overcoming obstacles and even how fitness and health fit into your life purpose. The interviews include fitness professionals and “regular folks” who have overcome some very big problems.
You can visit Scott’s website at:
www.Unstoppablefatloss.com
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