The Secret Sauce

Psst….Hey You… Yes you behind the computer screen. Pay attention and listen up because I am going to give you the secret to all this fitness stuff, right now. I’ll tell you how to lose 30 pounds in 3 days and add muscle on top of muscle in no time at all. Are you ready for the secret sauce?

My friend, Kevin Williams coined a phrase he calls the “secret sauce” from the movie “Kung Fu Panda”. In the movie, Po the panda works in a restaurant where his father makes noodles. Po loves the noodles and wonders what makes the noodles taste so good. His father tells him, ” the secret sauce”. He begs his father to tell him what the secret sauce is because he really wants to know the ingredient that makes the noodles so tasty. His father won’t tell him and Po is left to wonder and imagine what the ingredient could be. Po never finds out what the “secret sauce” is until the end of the movie when he fights the villian and sees himself in the mirror and realizes that the “secret sauce” is him. He simply had to believe in himself.

I don’t watch alot of tv but when I do, I always see commercials for the latest, greatest fitness gadget promising to shrink inches or help lose pounds. I can imagine people dialing the number on the screen in hopes that the gadget or supplement would finally get them over the hump to transforming their body. In my quest to becoming fit, I must have tried every gadget or supplement and none of them worked. It wasn’t until I took a look at myself did I realize the key to fitness was me! I had to make changes and I had to believe that those changes would ultimately get me to my goal. Now… that is the real secret sauce! In addition to “Me,” I have provided you with the ingredients to ” the secret sauce”:

2 Cups Discipline– get to the gym… do your workout.. no excuses!

1 Cup of Change— if you’ve done what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you always got!

1/2 Cup of Control— Push back from the table and eat things that are good for you.

By the way, I love cartoons.. think I am going to watch Kung Fu Panda again tonight!!!! lol

I always welcome your comments! See you on the other side…Dee

Darren McDuffie

Certified Fitness Testing Specialist

Ceritifed Exercise Foundations Specialist

Certified Nutrition Education and Weight Management Specialist