| Have you struggled to lose weight in the past and | | | | you consistent, energized, always discussing, most |
| given up because you thought you just didn't | | | | interested in and absolutely love more than |
| have 'it' in you to succeed? | | | | others? |
| Have you heard stories about the problems some | | | | Now take your fitness or weight loss goal and |
| young people face - physical obstacles, abuse, | | | | ask yourself: 'How will achieving this goal enhance |
| social rejection, academic failure, medical crises, | | | | or support those areas of life I love most?' |
| drug addiction or life on the streets, yet | | | | Start with the areas you love most and come up |
| somehow, they managed to overcome these | | | | with at least 20 reasons why your goal will |
| challenges and create a successful and fulfilling life? | | | | enhance that area of your life. Then go through all |
| Maybe you have a co-worker that always gets | | | | the other areas. The more reasons you come up |
| their workout in, brings food with them to work | | | | with, the more value you will perceive. When you |
| every day despite a hectic schedule. Does it | | | | make these connections, weight loss becomes |
| impress you that some people make no excuses | | | | more important and rises up in your hierarchy of |
| and see no distractions? | | | | values. As soon as you do this, the more |
| Would you love to know, or better yet - possess, | | | | consistent and inspired you will be and the sooner |
| the same focus, drive, discipline, willpower, | | | | you will achieve your goal. |
| dedication and reliability that these people have? | | | | Saying 'I want to lose weight' simply is not |
| You can and the solution has nothing to do with | | | | valuable enough and does not drive any person to |
| luck, hard work, genetics, special powers or any | | | | succeed. You must create more value with your |
| gimmick that's being sold on TV. | | | | goal and this is a guaranteed way to do it. Don't |
| The truth is you already have everything you | | | | just think about it, you must write your reasons |
| need to be successful in health, permanent weight | | | | down. |
| loss, toning your arms, having a flat belly, an | | | | When someone has a heart attack or is faced |
| abundance of energy and feeling amazing. The | | | | with some other life threatening disease, often |
| only difference between you and them is your | | | | times they quickly see the value in getting healthy |
| values. | | | | and make necessary changes. They see how |
| Every person sees this world and lives according | | | | being healthy and alive enhances what they love |
| to a hierarchy of values. Whatever is highest on | | | | most (their relationships with their kids, their |
| your values is where you are disciplined, inspired, | | | | business, etc). The fear of death has forced them |
| consistent, reliable and successful. Whatever is | | | | to re-evaluate their priorities and shift their values. |
| lowest on your values is where you are | | | | All of a sudden they make diet & lifestyle |
| inconsistent, unreliable, disorganized and disordered. | | | | changes that their kids or doctors have been |
| The people in the above examples have their | | | | telling them to do for years. |
| health, well-being or success as their highest value. | | | | Instead of waiting for a health disaster like this to |
| They value health more so than people who are | | | | force you to rearrange your values, you can |
| overweight or those that struggled and gave up. | | | | easily use this method now and avoid the weight |
| Anyone who is overweight has willpower, | | | | gain, fatigue, illness and disease that are plaguing |
| discipline, consistency and is organized somewhere | | | | the vast majority of Americans. |
| in their life, just not with their health and well | | | | Take the time and do this mental exercise. Simply |
| being. | | | | write down your answers and continue this every |
| The more value you place on your health and well | | | | morning and evening just before going to bed for |
| being, the sooner it rises to the top of your | | | | at least one month. Losing weight will quickly |
| values and becomes a priority. When your health | | | | become much more valuable to you and the |
| and wellness become more valuable to you, the | | | | drive, discipline and willpower to 'do what it takes' |
| sooner you will stick to your weight loss goals and | | | | automatically shows up in your life. |
| get results that last. This is how exercise and | | | | You still have to exercise, eat right, go grocery |
| eating right become 'second nature' or 'automatic'. | | | | shopping and do a little bit of cooking, but the |
| If you want to 'flip the switch' and lose weight | | | | more value you perceive with your fat loss or |
| without drugs, diets or surgery and never diet | | | | fitness goal, the easier and more enjoyable these |
| again, you simply have to shift your values. | | | | things become. |
| An easy way to shift your values is to go | | | | If you want to change your body, start by |
| through all areas of life: spiritual, physical, personal, | | | | changing your mind. As soon as you do this, |
| vocational, financial, social, relationships and see | | | | results are much easier to achieve and before |
| which areas you love the most. Which areas are | | | | you know it, you have changed your life. |