Physical MOT
So I was in my car yesterday driving to the gym when once again that annoying notification light showed up on my dashboard. And this wasn’t the first time it had happened either. It has been showing up for a few weeks now.
So a little while back I called the dealership and asked them what to do. They told me to bring it in. However, the next day after speaking to them, the light didn’t show up again.
Then, as my car continued to sit out in the cold snowy winter weather that damn notification light started up again. Since I’m heading to Toronto today to see my accountant, I’ll probably kill 2 birds with one stone and take the car in to the dealership see what the fuss is all about.
Now I know I’m not an auto-mechanic and you’re not reading my article for advice on cars but there is a point to my story…
My car was telling me that something was wrong.
I simply ignored it because I thought it was a faulty “bug” since my car continued to drive fine.
But how often have YOU done this in your life?
Not with your car but with your health?
Have you ever looked in the mirror and said… “Damn, I’m fat! Where did all the extra weight come from. I need to do something about this now!”
OR…
“Why is my energy so low? Why am I so tired in the morning?”
And that spurred you into initial action. You may have seen some initial weight loss and then took your foot off your gas pedal as that “pain” was a little less. You were now more comfortable with your body than you were before.
But then you slipped back into your old routine.
And then after a few more weeks of (again) feeling unsatisfied with yourself you kicked yourself in the butt and got yourself back in gear.
Does this sound familiar?
The point I’m trying to make is that your body is communicating with you all the time. Disease is simply your body’s WARNING (notification light) that something is not right inside. And medication or quick-fix miracles are not going to solve your problems.
You need to get to the root of the problem, deal with it, and move on.
That’s why I’ll be taking my car in to get serviced today and…
If you’re not performing as well as you know you can, then I’d recommend you do the same.
Well, not take your car in but…
Take yourself into the gym, to the nutritionist or naturopath, or get started with any of our fitness and nutrition programs to help you live your healthiest and fittest life ever.
Remember, your body works perfectly fine even when it doesn’t seem to. It’s simply telling you something.
You just have to listen and find out what it’s trying to tell you.
So this week, try to tune into your body a little more and see if everything’s cool.
If not, promise yourself (and me) that you’ll take the appropriate action.
It might be scary, it might uncomfortable, but if you deal with it NOW it won’t have a chance to snowball out-of-control down the road!
