's motd Monday February 21, 2011

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THE TWO D'S

Monday, 21 February 2011

I'm sitting here this morning with

a couple of E-mails in front of me from yesterday.

After reading each of them several times, I couldn't

help but notice the perfect contrast between the two

of them. See, a "D" word applies to both of

them.

One lady wrote and told me about her DESPERATION

to lose weight. She'd suffered with a weight

problem since she was 8 years-old. She began dieting

in earnest in high school and, sadly, she's been

dieting ever since with very little success.

She'd tried everything from diet pills to weight-loss

shakes. She'd even had weight-loss surgery in her

efforts to lose weight. She did lose some

weight following the surgery but, do you know what?

She gained every bit of it back. Today, she's in her

50's so, as you can see, she's been trying to lose

weight, for a very, very long time. The last line of

her E-mail read: ", I am so desperate to

lose this weight. I've tried everything. What

should I do now?"

Whew! That was the first E-mail. Now let

me tell you about the second one. It was from another

lady, also in her 50's and she began gaining

weight after becoming pregnant for the first time.

And by the time she'd had her third child, her weight

had increased by 100 pounds! But one day, she took a

good look in the mirror, got really angry with herself

and declared..."This has got to change. I am

going to lose this weight!"

She began her mission by first visiting her doctor and

getting a complete physical to see where she stood

with her health. She also began seeing a nutritionist

and joined a gym. So far on her weight-loss journey,

she's dropped 61 pounds! And this lady ended her

letter by saying, ", I now have the

DETERMINATION I'll need to get my body and my health

back. I have 31 pounds to go before reaching my

goal and I'm determined to get there. These last 31

pounds...will go!"

Now, the lady I told you about in the first E-mail

qualifies as a desperate woman. (Hey, she

even admitted it!) She'd been on so many diets

and, like I said, even had surgery to lose weight.

But to this day, she's still very overweight. Now

she's angry with herself for allowing her weight to

get so out of control. As she admitted, she was

desperate. But may I tell you something? Good things

rarely come out of desperation and that's especially

true when it comes to losing weight.

Oh, you get yourself into such a tizzy that you're

ready to take desperate measures to lose weight,

That's right, you're ready to try

anything! In fact, some of those desperate

people often do take desperate measures to

lose weight and, sadly, they may end up very sick as a

result. Or even worse, they may end up losing their

lives!

The second lady had been through a lot trying to lose

weight before, too. But the difference on her last

try was that she was determined to take her

health back. And you know what determination is,

right? It's about having belief in yourself and

applying that belief to doing what you know you can

do! Determined people get up in the morning,

plan their meals, plan their workouts and do them

every day! Determined people stick to their plans,

believe in themselves and keep fighting...all the way to their goals.

So, which "D" applies to your life? If

you're desperate, please, you need to calm yourself

down and begin thinking more logically about what you

need to do to lose weight. Look inside yourself and

find the determination we all have inside

us. Pick yourself back up and begin again. And

always remind yourself that yes, you can win

this fight.

Today is Monday, the beginning of

a new week. It's time to turn that desperation into

the DETERMINATION you need to lose this

weight and reach your goal, once and for all!

Love,