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Achieve Fat Loss Success And Become An Inspiration To Others
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 Riccio 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: Right, right. I mean, it sounds like at a young age you had purpose in life, even though people were telling you all these things. You wanted to impact people and help them become.
John: Yeah, that's always been my goal and my desire, because when you grow up in a hospital, and there's other little children around you who are suffering with, you know. My particular thing was cerebral palsy, there was MS, there was spine abifida.
There were just horrific things, amputations, you know horrible accidents, brain trauma. And, you know, you either become callous to those things, or you become tremendously empathetic, towards people's suffering.
And I think I made a decision then that, if I have to go through all this, I'm going to make it count for something. So, I think that's the thing, you know? I've always said that pride and pity, are on the opposite end of the same dirty stick, because the focus is always on us. And I think that will handicap you right away.
Because if you're not giving out to others, if you're not reaching down to help someone up, it just becomes so unfruitful, it's almost like the dead sea. The Dead Sea only takes in water, it has no outlets. But there's no life, where as the sea of Tiberius, which is known, or people remember that as the Sea of Galilee, has the most outlets.
But it's the most fertile fishing ground, that exists. So I think even in nature there's an example there that it's not so much what you take, it's what you give back. And I think that's the most important thing. One thing that I've learned is that I've been there for others, God takes my problems and my issues and he deals with them, you know?
And the key is not to focus on the problem, but to focus on the promise. Cause, you know, you can take your mess and turn it into a message. You can take your test and turn it into a testimony, and so I'm never moved by the circumstances, because the minute I do that I stop going forward. And I can't be living water, and the minute water stops it becomes stagnant. And there's no life in it, there's death.
And I think a lot of people, what they do is they look at their past, they look at what people say. And instead of using it as a guide post, they use it as a hitching post. And so, once again here's an exit where I can sail. Here's another area where I can drop the ball. Instead of saying, look I'm going to make each day count. You know?
So we stop having that I'm just here to exist, but each day should be lived with a purpose. You know, to be a blessing and encouragement. And if you can't edify and lift and encourage, then I think you really need to assess why you're here. But like I said, we're never put here to complete with each other, but to only complete each other. And that's the most important thing.
Scott: Right, I love it.
John: And that's why it's so important that I share things, because, you know, I have crutches and a wheelchair, but we all have handicaps. And if I can help that person, if I can give them a key to unlock the chain that's holding them back, then I've done my job.
If I can use those things to find a way out of the maze for you, then that's where the blessing is because at that point it's up to every individual to say, 'Hey that guy believes in me and look what he's accomplished.' The key is to not stop trying. Everybody fails.
If you look at Abraham Lincoln and his history, he failed so many times before he was elected president, but he didn't give up and he maintained character and integrity throughout and I think that's the important thing.
My desire to be good in bodybuilding came from Jack LaLanne. I used to sit there on the couch‑‑I couldn't sit up, so I can't technically say that; I was kind of slouched over, with my arms twisted from spasticity and my legs‑‑and I would watch Jack LaLanne and say, "You know, some day, I'm going to have a body like that, no matter what anybody said." And at the time, I had braces up to my waist.
Scott: Wow.
John: You know, the metal braces and everything?
Scott: Yeah.
John: Well, I held on to that, and I didn't let that dream evaporate. I watched over it, and every day, I said, "This is what's going to happen, " despite all the surgeries, despite everything they said...
Scott: Right.
John: Because doctors were pretty cruel. And doctors, we have a tendency to put them on a pedestal.
Scott: Right.
John: And unfortunately, we do that with a lot of people in our life‑‑our loved ones, friends that we care about‑‑but we have to realize that this is the only body we have, and we have to do everything in our power to do what's best for it, to enhance our quality of life, because everything you do one season will affect the next.
Scott: Mm‑hmm. Exactly, exactly. How old would you say you were when you first saw Jack LaLanne and were really inspired to do something?
John: I'd have to say that that was about four, I think. Age four.
Scott: Wow! You were really young.
John: Yeah, Jack LaLanne and then Captain Kangaroo. But I got a heck of a lot more out of Jack LaLanne.
Scott: [laughs]
John: It was something about him. He was so positive and so encouraging, when he was saying that he was happy to spend the time with you, and it just made you feel like part of the family. It was just a great inspiration. Down the line, years and years and years later, I got to share my story with him and his wife, Elaine. And it was really neat.
They were actually in tears, because they were on one of my buddy's television shows, and they called me from Florida after he had told them what I had told my buddy, and my buddy Clark said, "Do you know that he's the top handicapped bodybuilder in the world right now?"
I think that seed had planted itself, but I continually watered that seed, I gave it food, I gave it sunlight, and it flourished into something that people could take shade under. And I think that's important. If you out here, any of you, have a desire to do something: number one, have the right motive. I think that's the most important thing.
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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