Your Diet And Exercise Plan

What do you really know about weight loss?

You know what I mean--the things that work for sure. That work every time. That you can count on.

See, you've tried to lose weight before, and sometimes you lost weight, but it came back. Other times you didn't lose weight at all.

Now, you have something you always do when you want to lose weight, right? You've got a diet that worked one time. And when you decide it's time to lose some weight you do it again.

Maybe it's the grapefruit diet. Or Atkins. Or whatever. It worked one time before. So you try it again.

But take a look at this--take a hard look here: If what you think works really does work, if it really takes off the weight, then why are you still overweight?

Why are you still overweight?

I had a woman in my office the other day. She had recently developed diabetes. And she was concerned about her high blood pressure. And her cholesterol. And her weight. And now she weighs 265 pounds, and she is only 5 feet 2 inches tall.

And do you know what she told me? She said, "I don't have any trouble losing weight."

She told me that she can always lose weight. She doesn't have any trouble losing weight. She can take weight off very fast.

This poor woman:

• is twice her ideal weight,
• and now has diabetes
• and high blood pressure
• and high cholesterol.

She is falling apart and she is probably going to get much worse if something doesn't change and she is convinced that she can lose weight easily.

She is convinced that she knows what works. She thinks she knows what diet and exercise plan she needs.

She thinks all she needs to do is do the same diet she used last time, the same diet that she used to take off 45 pounds last year, and the year before that, and the year before that too.

The solution becomes the problem

If you didn't know anything else, you could probably guess this and you would probably be right: whatever she is doing to lose weight is making her gain weight. Right? Do you see that?

You could just make a list--whatever she does to lose weight is making her fatter and fatter all the time. And you would almost certainly be right, wouldn't you?

What would it take to show you that something didn't work?

• If you gained weight after you went on a diet, would you think it still worked?
• If you got diabetes from being overweight, would you think your diet was effective?
• If you got high blood pressure because you were too heavy, would you think that your diet and exercise plan was working?
• If your cholesterol shot through the roof, would you think you were eating the right things?

Have you ever done something like that--gone on a diet, a year later weigh 25 pounds more than before, and then gone back to the same diet again? The same one that didn't work the first time? Have you done that?

Make a list of things that work

What are the things that you can count on? The things that you know right now, that if you do it, it works. The weight comes off and stays off.

And not what you've just been told would work. Or what should work. You know, "It ought to work." I don't mean that.

I mean what do you know so well that you are sure it is true? True without a doubt?

• Are there foods that you must eat on a diet? Foods that you have to eat or you can't lose weight? What are they?
• Are there foods that you cannot eat on a diet? Foods that make you gain weight no matter what? Which foods?
• How about cutting down? Do you always lose weight if you eat less? And is that the best way to lose weight? Are you sure?
• Does exercise matter? Can you lose weight without exercise? And can you lose weight with exercise only, without dieting?
• Are there negative calorie foods--the more you eat the more you lose? Is there such a thing? What are they?
• Diets don't work for some people. Is that right?
• Calories don't count, do they?

What you need are simple answers

Most of what you hear and read about weight loss, about diet and exercise plans, is a confused mess. One book or magazine article says one thing. But the next one says something else. It can make your head spin.

What are you to think?

You need some simple answers. Well, you know what? Most of the time the truth is simple when you get right down to it.

There are answers to your problems with weight loss. It really breaks down into building blocks for a new program for your life.

You need a diet and exercise plan that builds your metabolism back to where it should be. It needs to be a program that you can follow, that you will follow, and that you want to follow, that will bring your body back to life.

I want you to be able to answer these questions for yourself so you know:

• what you can count on,
• what does work,
• what does take off weight,
• and what will keep it off.

When you can answer these questions, when you know the answers well, then no one will be able to fool you again.

And then you will be able to reach your goal, your dream can come true, and you can have the body you want.

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