Having been in the business of helping people lose weight since 1982, I have watched
so many get excited about the numbers on the scale going down. In 1986 I had my
first encounter with helping people gain rather than lose. I stood in front of a
group of about 300 people and realized I knew how to help others gain confidence.
It wasn't in weight loss, though; it was in business and in life and it was
EXHILERATING! I had found my passion!
It wasn't until a few years ago, unfortunately, that I figured out this building
confidence thing was the key to permanent weight loss. Confidence GAIN was the answer---
not weight LOSS! I knew it and I was excited about sharing it! But the road that
lay before me was full of challenges because I was still faced with people who believed
all they wanted was for the numbers on the scale to drop. Little by little, though,
we've watched members receive the message of Never Ending Motivation and The
Life Success Program, and the results are incredible!
Now don't worry; I'm not saying you won't lose the weight. You
will. I'm just saying you'll no longer be a slave to the scale, and
everything else about your life will improve too!!! I am so excited I can barely
contain myself!
In my article, soon to be a book, Thinking is Thin-king, I describe how focusing
on what you want is far more positive-result-producing than focusing on what we
don't want. I shared how too often - with regard to losing weight or achieving
any other goal at all - we need to focus on the benefits. It's long been one
of my personal goals to see folks who didn't even like to exercise (especially
those who didn't like to exercise) fall in love with the benefits. Too often,
when someone has weight to lose, exercise is seen as the punishment for being overweight.
The irony is that those who maintain a healthy weight see controlling their weight
as only one of the benefits. More often, the reason a person exercises is to defeat
stress, feel better overall, organize the time in their day, shape their legs, reduce
cellulite, live longer, reduce blood pressure, get off prescription drugs, build
confidence, clear their minds, gain mental clarity to solve a problem they're
facing---- oh yes, and to keep weight off. Do you see the difference?