Blog #12 - How Not To Be Annoying

I love the new heal thyself with food mantra that has taken hold in the health and fitness community. I think for the first time in a long time, they are really on to something. When you make the changes that we have made and are continuing to make in our lives, and you see the results of putting good things in your body and taking better care of yourself, it’s hard to not want to spread the word.

This process has exposed us to information that we might never have come across had we not sought it out. Also we are getting so much interest in what we are doing, it’s hard to stop yourself from turning into an overnight guru, from stopping people on the street and saying “hey you look unhealthy, let us help you!” (might get punched in the face). Behind it is our deep desire to help others and get them on this path to good health that is sustainable for a lifetime. But each person is at a different point in their journey and knowing when you’ve done or said too much is sometimes a hard lesson learned. You don’t want to be “that guy” who gets on some new kick and it suddenly becomes what they are all about all the time and they have nothing else to discuss but their new thing. 

I swear I’ve used the words “read blog #7” at least 10 times this week, maybe more. Finding a way to spread the word and help people who want to be helped without being obnoxious about it is difficult. 

On the one hand when something is important to you and you want to get a message out, you have to be in people’s faces about it. But the trick is getting the right message to the right people at the right time.

We are working on building a Facebook page that will hopefully allow us to do just that. We hope to attract the people who are really interested and not bore and annoy the people who aren’t. 

      

           It will also provide a venue for us to spread the word about the new lifestyle journey we are on. Last time I checked the blog numbers a few weeks ago we had over 1500 reads (and I’ve only written 11 blogs – sigh, I gotta get better about that)! It’s probably gone up since then. 

This let’s me know that people are interested, people are hungry for information and they also want to hear people’s stories. We hope to use this Facebook page to not only showcase the blog and the many ideas and suggestions we’ve gotten from it, but also as a venue to share recipes, articles, thoughts for the day, little known facts, answer questions, offer support, etc. The next blog will have a link to the new page! Please join!!! We are hoping the Facebook page will be our entre into a lot of projects we are working on. Stay tuned and stay healthy!!!