A day with the family

Why do you work out?  A smaller waist?  Bigger muscles? Those are good reasons . . . but today I heard one of the best reasons.  I'm working with a client who has Multiple Sclerosis.  She is plagued with chronic fatigue.  She gets up, gets the kids ready for school and then goes back to bed.  Over the last few years, she has retreated more and more into a recluse kind of lifestyle . . . reading about life, but not living it. Yesterday, she got up, helped get the family ready, packed lunch and went to the beach . . . a day with the family.  As they were driving to the beach, her husband looked over at her and said, "Oh my God.  You are with us."  You see, before she started working out and doing the ALIVE protocol, her husband would have taken the kids to the beach by himself.  But not yesterday.  The whole family went together.  Including my client. Mom.  On a family holiday to the beach.  You see, working out means so much more than inches and pounds.  It means minutes and memories . . . a day with the family.