I already talked about my weigh in today, but I want to tell you guys a story that I think each and every single one of you will appreciate.
I'm looking for a second job to help supplement my income when I'm doing my student teaching, and through craigslist.com I found a woman is is pretty deeply involved in youth sports programs. We had this meeting tonight - her, I and about 5 other folks, about different programs to run in the area. Soccer camps, football leagues - those types of things. Things that you would find in a Parks & Recs program book.
We partnered up, and I ended up talking to a guy named Kenny. He's doing his student teaching like I am, and he's a basketball coach at one of the local high schools. Long story made short, we had to come up with a program to run - something that will benefit kids.
He mentioned doing a "fit camp".
He had no idea on my background, or my weight history. This, I believe, is a calling that was given to me - an opportunity that I was blessed with. We discussed this for 3 hours - from 8:30 tonight until about 11:30 - it's 11:45pm as I write this.
The two of us are going to run a fit camp - a "Biggest Loser" meets "Shaq's Big Challenge" type of camp. It's going to be classes of approximately 20 people - geared towards families - to help them get fit, lose weight, and live a healthy lifestyle. The details aren't worked out yet - we're meeting again tomorrow night, but the goal is there. Motivational speakers (Michigan FAT members, are you listening?) - working with nutritional lessons, showing them how to eat right, make better decisions when it comes to preparing food and eating out - promoting exercise - you name it - that's the process we're going through to work out the details.
There's so much more to figure out - but we're going to have this up and running in the next few weeks. My head is spnning right now with the endless possibilities - I want this to be about helping people discover a healthy life - and this is the opportunity to pay it forward that I was given.
I'm blessed for even having this opportunity, and I'm going to make the best of it. I'm not sure the details yet - but I know this - we're GOING to be doing this. We're going to be able to show these families - these adults, kids, brothers and sisters, best friends - whoever want to do this - how to do what all FAT members know works: how to be accountable for your decisions, what those right decisions consist of - and how it will affect them in the long run. Everything from these nutritional plans to helping them with exercise to giving them the support system that they need to make a difference.
You can tell by this blog that my mind is ALL over the place.
I'm going to be able to make a difference where it counts - in my own community. We're talking tentatively classes of about 20, and probably 4-6 classes.
I can't tell you how happy I am to be given this chance. I am going to bring EVERYTHING I'VE GOT to the table. This is what it's all about.
4 comments:
Rob, what an awesome oppourtunity for you to help so many others! You are such a great role model and are perfect for the job. What a rewarding job, good for you!
wow man, that sounds like it can be a lot of fun. It will also be a great way to hold yourself accountable because if you're telling other people to do it, then you better be doing it.
Thats way cool. Hopefully you can make a healthy/positive impact on allot of people young and old. You sure already do that on these blogs.
So awesome! You're doing my dream, man :)
If you need my thesis I'll send it your way, it'll give you an interesting look into programs, health issues, and psychological stuff that you'll be dealing with. Strangely enough, I'm also working on a book right now geared toward 14-18 year old girls. Let me know if you'd like to read over that too, it'll definitely give you an inside look into the mind of a teen girl (someplace you probably do not want to go, believe me!) *grin*
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