Does this sound familiar?

I want to lose weight quickly? I have an inability to lose weight. What is the fastest way to lose weight? What foods can help me to lose weight? Why can't I lose weight?

I have been overweight for too long and now I am frustrated because I keep talking about losing weight and do not actually do anything about it. When I have tried to do something about it I have always ended up as a failure. Let’s look at some of the reasons why it is unhealthy to be overweight and why you should lose weight.

I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT BECAUSE...

I want to lose weight because...It is easier for me to have a stroke or a heart attack while I am overweight. I am more prone to become a diabetic as an overweight person. I have high blood pressure because I am overweight. My cholesterol is high because of my obesity. I am more prone for cancer while I am obese. I am more prone for arthritis because of the stress obesity places on my body. I want to be able to sit at the booths again in restaurants that my overweight body is now too large to enter. I want all of the old clothes in my closet to fit me again. I want to be able to wrap a standard towel around my waist again. I want to be able to shop at "normal" clothing stores. I hate to see my naked body in the mirror. I am embarrassed to say my weight aloud. Having sex will be more enjoyable again. I dread the scales during the doctor’s visit. Not having to ask for a seat belt extension. To ride all the rides at Disney. I hate the clothing I am forced to wear. I want to go to the beach and not be ashamed. I want to regain my self worth. To not be afraid of small cars. I am too easily winded. I want to sleep through the night. Be comfortable in a movie theater. Not feel guilty eating a dessert in a restaurant.....I do not want to die young!!

The world keeps spinning and people continue to live and die. Ships still sail and planes still fly. Dogs still bark and cats will purr. Trees will bloom and grass will grow. You have only one shot at this thing called life. Good, bad or indifferent the time you have is yours. What you do with it is your choice. If you elect to fret about your weight and do nothing about it, then you are wasting emotions on a subject of your choosing. Why would you allow yourself to be torn apart emotionally on a subject that only you have the ability to change? Your friends can not help you and your enemies will not force you. What is the hold up? You are doing something to your body and then getting upset with what you have done. You did not gain those pounds overnight or in a week or in a year or maybe even in few years. It took time to gain the weight and it will take time to lose the weight.

SO WHY CAN YOU NOT LOSE THE WEIGHT?

All too often you have heard that a fad diet will not work. All too often you have been part of a fad diet that was a failure. Atkins did not work for you. Slim fast did not work either. So what does it take? What do you have to do to start a diet that will allow you to be the person you desire and long to become?

The answer is within you and some people may think it is a secret. I do not think it is a secret because it needs to be shouted from the roof tops and echoed in the canyons of the mountains. This secret is that you and you alone are the creator of your destiny. You and you alone are the only one who can take the energy of thought and manifest it into reality. You are the only one who can turn your dream into reality.

What needs to be done is that you need to take your thought to a higher level. You need to manifest your thoughts into a vivid awakening experience. You need to take your dreams out of the fantasy realm and bring them into the daylight of your conscious thought process. Your mind is so much more powerful than your mouth. You need to be able to take your thoughts and manifest them into your reality. The only person qualified to do this is you. Some people may need help as on the television show The Biggest Loser. The winners of those shows had a trainer, but remember that the people who failed and gave up also had a trainer. They chose to fail.

What type of person are you? Are you the type of person that cries and whines or are you a doer? Only you can make the change. Only you can take control of your life. As far as weight loss is concerned, you are the commander of your destiny.

I do not know about you, but I choose thin. What do you choose?

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