's MOTD 4/5/06

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's Daily Message

Wednesday

April 05, 2006

DON`T BE AFRAID

I talked with a lot of people yesterday on the phone who felt like throwing

in the towel and quitting their journey to health. I listened to all their

woes and sad stories. One of the ladies named really tugged at my

heart. She told me she`d been up and down the scale so many times, that she

felt totally defeated. With each child, gained 50-70 pounds, and

after each delivery – 3 of them – she promised herself she would lose that

baby fat, and well, she did! told me she had joined a weight loss

group 8 different times. Several times she invested in weight loss pills and

other products filled with false hopes.

I also talked with , who was considering just accepting herself as she

was. She also told me about the gyms she had memberships to and never went.

said that she`s been losing the same 15-20 pounds for 30 years, and

she has 110 pounds to lose.

Are you feeling this way right now? Have you been trying to get slimmer for

a long time and have never gotten there? Hey, I feel the same way, too. Do

you know how many diets I had been on before I figured out the right formula

for me? Do you know how much money I spent to try to get those extra pounds

off, and I got to tell you, there are many hundreds of times I quit! Many

times I would try to convince myself that my weight really didn`t bother me;

it just bothered everyone else. If I would have quit, I wouldn`t be writing

this message to you today! But something deep inside of me told me to forge

ahead just one more time, and I did. I forgave myself for all the times I

tried before, and I just picked myself up and here I am.

I don`t want you to be afraid to go for the weight loss gold. Don`t look

back; only look forward! Think about how much better you will feel once you

get the weight off once and for all. Stand up to your fears and know I`ll

always be here… for you!

Love,