Keri McKibbin Personal Training

A “victim mentality” and a champion mentality live with us every day in our minds.

When unfortunate things happen to us, it’s natural for us to want some care and attention, some sympathy, love and reassurance that things will get better.

When that runs it’s course, it’s natural as humans for us to fight back, get back on our feet, feel better and get back to our former selves. We want to get back to feeling like a champion, taking charge of our own affairs and slowly but surely doing great things we can be proud of too.

I see both mentalities daily. People on the comeback trail, people who have overcome great odds and became champions again simply by taking daily action, not feeling sorry for themselves anymore and saying “enough is enough, let’s do it!!!!”.

A big problem when the victim mentality continues and no action is taken. Everyone knows that exercising makes them feel better, healthy food is good for your mind and body, but unless a start is made on both, the victim mentality is a much more comfortable place to be.

Also, you will have lots of company with the victim mentality, “the world is against me, why me?, I’m too told, too overweight, I have too many aches and pains, I can’t exercise anymore” are all common statements I hear many times a week in the community, but it has to be said NONE ARE REALLY TRUE.

Everyone can do something about carrying too much weight (and the often dire health consequences that brings), everyone can do a little bit of exercise and build up slow at their OWN level, everyone can ditch most of the ultra processed food that is slowly killing them, everyone can drink a little less alcohol that they may do multiple times a week that is often creating misery for those around them.

The facts are that when people say “enough is enough, I’m not taking this anymore feeling like this”, and escape the victim mentality and build momentum OUT OF IT, and start taking daily action to feel better, they DO start to feel proud of themselves because they are taking action, they DO reclaim that pride in self-esteem they used to have in themselves, and physically and mentally, they feel in a much better place ready to take on the world again, instead of trying to avoid it.

Winning the battle and fighting wisdom that actually will help you.

Getting monday right is always hard because it’s traditionally when discipline needs to kick in-immediately, You need 5 good days of eating, monday to friday, 5 good days of drinking more water, 5 good days of sleep and 5 good days of workouts (3 minimum).

You KNOW this, but it’s a human trait to see if we can “cheat” this system, somehow get away with it, and do it “our way”, I’ve never seen anyone cheat and win the long game.

The problem is as we get older, however much we fight it, we can’t escape the fact that we need to look after ourselves as much as we can, have some fun or plenty of fun yes, but if we don’t eat right, if we don’t workout most days, if we don’t get enough fresh air, we won’t build our immune system up enough to avoid serious illness, we won’t have the options in life if we are constantly sick, if we constantly have pain in our bodies, we will be turning down far more opportunities in life than we will be likely taking.

I can give you endless stories on people who didn’t look after themselves, people who wished they stayed on another path, people who would do things differently if they had their time back again, but I won’t.

What I can do is condense the wisdom of people who wished they lived a healthier lifestyle before sickness came into their life, combine the training wisdom of people who have done amazing things at the gym with their physical performances, I can give you the condensed wisdom of people at the gym who have reversed diabetes, got off blood pressure tablets by living healthier, there’s plenty of recovery stories and many truly flat out inspirational legendary stories happening daily with us.

See everyday as an opportunity, see everyday as a chance to get stronger, to feel better, to heal your body and to have a better future as well as living and feeling so much better right now.