ABOUT JUNK FOOD…

Junk food is one of the major
contributors to our weight problem.

They are empty / useless calories!

We have to get over our obsession
with all the junk food.

What we don’t want to do though, is
to send our body into shock by
stopping it cold turkey.

Wean yourself off of it. Instead of
10 cookies at a time, try 8…then try
6…gradually.

Oh yes, and please try and give up that soda! Talk about tons of sugar
and tons of empty calories!!

If you “need” the carbonation, try a sparkling water instead.

Note with giving up soda: many people, when they cut out soda, will
have headaches for a few weeks. That is due to the fact that you are
cutting out both sugar and caffeine. The headaches should go away, but
please consult with your doctor!

CHANGING YOUR DIET (Nutrition)

How about a nice, small salad in place of that
heaping plate of spaghetti?

Yeah, right.

One way to start your change is to simply cut
down on what you eat. You can still have
that spaghetti you love, but try smaller
portions…and adding that small salad.

Fruits and vegetables should also be added to your diet.

Check with your doctor and possibly a nutritionist on creating an eating
plan that makes sense. Just simply not eating is not only dangerous but
also not realistic.

Again, remember: small steps!!

On the following few pages, are some resources for you to look over to see
if any of the information fits into your life and schedule. Remember,
there are lots of places that just want to sell you a diet program without
truly caring about YOU.

Just please be careful with any information you take from these
programs. Get your doctor’s opinion about them before you implement
any of their ideas!

SCALES … WHO NEEDS THEM?!

How many times have you stepped on the scale
and been depressed? A bunch!

JUST GET RID OF THE SCALES!

The best way to tell if you are losing weight: are
your pants falling down more?! Do you feel better?

Seriously, all the scales do is give you a number
and can be very deceptive.

Here is an example: suppose you are dieting and exercising and in your
exercise routine, you are starting to build more muscle.


You are feeling better so you step on the scale and OH NO!!! You have
gained weight! Well, guess what? Muscle weighs more than fat!!

If you didn’t know that, now you do. But what if you didn’t know that?
You would assume that all your work is wasted and you may quit.

So, LOSE THE SCALES!

DO NOT DEPRIVE YOURSELF

Many people just stop eating or they eat only one
meal a day, thinking they will just cut out all the
calories. DON’T DO THAT!

When you deprive your body of food, your body will
react and go into survival mode, taking what it
needs from wherever it can. That can lead to very
serious consequences! It can put you in the
hospital, or worse, the morgue!

One suggestion is to SLOWLY cut back on what you eat. Instead of 3
spoonfuls of food, cut back to 2.

The key is to not send a message to your brain that you are starving.
And yes, there is a difference between feeling hungry versus starving!

It will take some time to train your stomach and your brain on your new
routine. Just please do not rush it … Remember: Small Steps!

SET REALISTIC GOALS

“Lose 10 pounds in a week!”
“Lose 20 pounds in 20 days!”
“Lose 50 pounds by fairy dust!”

You have seen all the ads … all promising to help you
lose weight instantly.

While some may work, many don’t. Sure, you can lose weight quick and
many times you will, BUT…what they don’t tell you is that many times
that rapid weight loss is water weight. AND IT WILL RETURN!

So, what we have to do is set realistic and achievable goals.

Remember our “One Pound at A Time” philosophy mentioned in the
beginning?

That is our immediate goal. Start with ONE POUND! Then another, and
another, etc. Pretty soon, you will be reaching your goals and starting to
feel and see the changes happening.

Once you have been successful with your smaller, short-term goals, start
setting a little bit longer-term goal. “Today is Monday, July 9th. I will
lose 5 pounds by July 31st.” That is not only reasonable, but achievable!

Think of this: if you set a goal of 5 pounds each month, that is a total of
60 POUNDS in a year.

Stick to your goals the best you can. If you find that your goals are not
becoming a reality, scale them back. Make them achievable, because
that is a key ingredient to your successful Journey!

Why Do You Want To Lose Weight?

Because your spouse wants you to?
Because your kids want you to?
Because your doctor tells you to?
Because your friends tell you to?

While doctors, your family, and/or your friends may tell you that you
need to lose weight, the one person that is the most important in your
decision to follow through is YOU. YOU must want to lose the weight for
yourself – FIRST!

Choosing to lose weight and maintaining your weight loss is going to
require a life-change. A change that you must be 100% committed to,
because without that dedication, you are already set up to fail.

One way to help you in your Journey is to think about your Journey in
very small steps.

One of your very first few steps is making the commitment to succeeding,
truly believing you can succeed, and picturing yourself having already
succeeded. That is a key component.

So, are you committed to the Journey? Are you ready for a New You? Is
that a “YES”?

GREAT! You are well on your way to being successful!

One of the first challenges you will face is discovering how you are going
to lose weight. There are thousands upon thousands of places both
online and offline that claim to have the “magic” formula to weight loss.

Please realize that weight loss does not just happen overnight.

It will take time, commitment, and effort on your part.

The good thing is that you are off to a great start with having made that
commitment on the previous page!

On the following pages are some of the tips and techniques to start your
Journey. These are some realistic ideas to help you succeed, as well as
resources you can use to help you find or create the best plan for you.

Your plan will need to include a mixture of both diet changes and
exercise. While you can lose some weight with only doing one or the
other, to be successful you need a good combination of both!

The reason is that once you start losing weight with your diet change,
you should include exercise to help tone up your new body.

Don’t worry though … it can be done, and it doesn’t have to be painful ;-)

Ok … let’s begin with talking about setting realistic goals.

The First Step

“A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step.”
- Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher -

Think about that statement for a
minute: why is that important in
your “journey?”

Because if you think that just
eating less and exercising you will
lose 100 pounds in the next
week…I am sorry to say, you are
probably in for disappointment!

It’s just not reasonable to think that you are going to lose a bunch of
weight, and keep it off, in such a short amount of time.

Now, if you were to take the philosophy of “One Pound at a Time,” as
what is suggested within these pages, you are going to have a much
easier time adjusting to your new diet/nutrition/exercise program, and
you will be more likely to succeed AND CONTINUE TO SUCCEED!

Motivational Thinking

“Always bear in mind that YOUR OWN
RESOLUTION to succeed is more important than any
one thing.” - Abraham Lincoln

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental
attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth
can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -
Thomas Jefferson

"Anything in life worth having is worth working for." - Andrew Carnegie

"Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes
off your goal." - Henry Ford

"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."
- Napoleon Hill

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of
strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
- Vince Lombardi

"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from
something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision."
- Muhammad Ali

"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as
simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to
do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today."
- Nolan Bushnell

"Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty
hearts can do that." - Norman Vincent Peale

"It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our
destiny." - Anthony Robbins

Introduction: First and Foremost … a Warning & Words of Encouragement

Before you begin any diet
or exercise program or
regimen, ALWAYS consult
with your family doctor or
a qualified, licensed,
competent physician!! You
may also want to consult
with a qualified, licensed,
competent nutritionist

DO NOT assume that since
you are feeling OK that it
is really OK to begin a new
routine!

The information within was created for YOU. To help YOU achieve your
weight loss goals.

You can succeed! What you need to do every day is say to yourself, “I
can do this. All it will take is one step at a time!”

NOTHING on any of these pages will be of any use to you unless you
make a personal commitment to TAKING ACTION!

You have what it takes.

Believe in yourself!

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