's motd Fri Aug 20, 2010

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"SAFE"

POUNDS

Friday, 20 August 2010

I received an

E-mail from a sweet lady named Kathleen. She told

me that she was using my FoodMover program and was

off to a good start. (I was so excited to hear

that!) Kathleen had 150 pounds to lose but she

was so ready to take on the job of

losing the weight. She set her FoodMover up and

began measuring all of her foods. (Something

she'd never done before.)

She'd also started a

walking program which wasn't easy,

considering she suffered from a bad back. But,

undaunted...walk she did!

For fourteen days in a

row, Kathleen was faithful and stuck with the

program, eating and exercise-wise. In her E-mail,

she told me how proud she was of herself.

Kathleen had lost 14 pounds in those first two

weeks. Hooray for her!

Now get this. As she should have been, Kathleen

was so proud of her accomplishment. But when she

ran to tell her husband how good she was doing,

get a load of the response he had for her...

"Oh, you've lost 14

pounds? That's nice, Kathleen. But you really

should be losing weight faster than that!"

Well! It was as if someone had picked

her up and tossed Kathleen across the room! (I'll

bet her husband ended up sleeping on the couch

that night after his thoughtless little comment!

LOL.)

As you all know, back in my old days, I lost

weight many times...the fast way! And

when one way wasn't working fast enough

for me, I'd try another way. And let me tell you,

that was a very dark period in my life.

When the diet pills weren't doing the job fast

enough, I tried throwing up my food. Later, I

began starving myself to lose weight.

And after each day of starvation, I'd weigh myself

and yes, I was indeed losing weight following

every single day of my starving regime. Oh how I

rejoiced when I saw those numbers on my scale as

they kept going...down.

Now you know my story,

you know what happened to me. I got sick.

Well actually, worse than sick. I was

suffering from malnutrition and my body was

totally dehydrated. Because of the foolish ways

I'd tried to lose weight, I landed in the

hospital, scared to death that I was going to end

up dead!

So trying to lose weight fast got me

nowhere...except into a hospital bed. I was down

and just about as low as I could get, both

physically and mentally. I had to pick myself up,

really take control of my eating habits and

workout regularly, if I wanted to lose

those pounds...the safe way.

If you have 100-300 pounds to lose, during the

first couple of months of your healthy weight-loss

program, you'll lose a lot of pounds. Now

remember, a lot of those pounds will be water

weight. But it'll still feel like and be a

good head start for you. So in those first few

weeks, you may see yourself losing 4-5 pounds a

week or even more, depending on your starting

weight. But as you stay on program, your rate

of weight loss will begin to level off and you

won't lose at the same rate. But do

keep up the good work!

As I've always said, if you lose a pound-or-two a

week, you should put on your dancing shoes and do

a little number! See, when you're losing 1-2

pounds a week, you're losing weight at a safe

and healthy rate.

And I want you to remember this, too. Even when

you stay on program, there may be some weeks where

you see no change in your weight. If that

happens, don't panic! Remember, your

body is just "doing its thing." Maybe those weeks

where you didn't see a numeric loss, you were

actually losing inches from your body

instead of pounds.

I know that some of you

have gotten sick doing some of the things I tried

to lose weight in the past. And I hope you're not

thinking of trying any of those dangerous ways to

lose weight ever again. Here's what you

need to know:

Your body wants you to eat...lean proteins, smart

carbs, fruits & vegetables, dairy & fats

in the right size portions. And your body

wants to move. It wants to do The

Monkey, The Jerk, The Watusi and The Twist! And

when you're doing the right thing at both ends and

I mean, with how you eat and the with the

exercise, you will reach your

weight-loss goal. I've seen hundreds of thousands

of people shed their cocoons and become beautiful

butterflies by losing the weight. I want to

see the same thing happen for you.

And oh yeah, there's one more thing I need to tell

you before you get started on your busy Friday.

Don't ever let anyone close to you put

down your hard work with their thoughtless words.

If they start talking negative about your weight,

just remember what I told you today. Because,

believe me, this sweatin' buddy of yours knows

what he's talking about!

Love,