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Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson#5

Lesson #5

Wow! You must be on fire by now burning and churning up those calories on your way to your ideal weight. I know that taking steps to better your life is not always easy. It takes courage to do this. Sometimes it’s easier just to keep in the mind set of surviving and do what you’ve always done. When you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. Is this what you desire? Or do you want something different, something that is absolutely amazing?

You know what I believe? I believe you’re ready to burst out of your shell and manifest everything that is yours by Divine right. You are so ready to soar above the clouds that nothing can stop you from achieving success. God has these plans for you, and he wants you thriving, not surviving. You’re now recognizing what you need to do in order to obey His commands. To thrive means paying attention to yourself so that you can be all that God intends for you. If sometimes you feel that you’re not living God’s plan, He forgives you even when you’re not connected to Him. Now, if God can forgive you, then let’s work on forgiving yourself.

I want you to take out a mirror and look into it while reading the following statements. If you don’t have a hand-held one, then go stand by a mirror.

________________ (Fill in your name), I forgive you for _____________________ (fill in the blank with whatever it is you need to forgive yourself for). I know that you were doing the best you could.

________________ , I forgive you for _________________________.

________________ , I forgive you for _________________________.

________________ , I forgive you for _________________________.

There might be several things you want to forgive yourself for or you might just have a few things. The important thing is to focus on forgiving so you can release it.

Last week I worked with a client who had an amazing break through. Her core issue was not forgiving herself for making mistakes in her second marriage, which led to divorce. She has been very hard on herself for seven years because she thought she asked all the right questions and should have known better. I did chakra work with her and the message was loud and clear…..FORGIVE YOURSELF. (Incidentally, I will explain chakra work in another lesson).

Now, while looking into the mirror, take your right hand and form a fist and rub over the heart and repeat out loud:

Even though I have had the issue of not forgiving myself, I deeply love and accept myself and this issue is healed. Divine Love floods my whole body with light and every cell is filled with love. Say this ten times.

In addition, while the mirror is in front you, tell yourself, “You look marvelous, baby!!”

How do you feel? Stupendous! Awesome! Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious! (Okay, I am a fan of Mary Poppins and I love that word).

Practice! Practice! Practice! (Affirmations, Rapid Eye, Emotional Freedom Techniques, gratitude, forgiveness). The more you do it, the more it just becomes natural to bring in all the positives and surround yourself with them. Your ideal weight is already there. Believe it! Know it! Expect it!

I appreciate you and your efforts and am so grateful that you’re part of my life. I am sending you pink light energy. Hug yourself with this light and be surrounded in love.

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A Quick Look at Some of Today’s Most Effective Diets

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

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The Idiot-Proof Diet

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

The ‘calorie shifting’ model takes place because you eat every two and half hours. The theory is that because your body is consuming calories (energy) constantly throughout the day, it’s always in ‘burning calories’ mode instead of the ‘saving calories’ mode.

When you sign up for the diet, you get access to a diet handbook, an 11-day diet-plan and a diet calculator. You get to pick what foods you like to eat so don’t think that you’ll be tarving in this diet!

NutriSystem

The NutriSystem way of dieting is all about proper meal planning. People love this diet because it takes away the burden of trying to figure out what to eat during their dieting phase. You see, a lot of people actually get confused as to what they can eat when they want to lose weight. That’s not really surprising because there’s so much information out there and for every yay sayer, there is a nay sayer so it’s really tough to know what to eat.

However, with NurtiSystem, they do all the meal planning and portion controlling for you. You just need to sign up to any of their diet programs (e.g., Women’s Program, Men’s Program, Vegetarian Program, etc.) and order a multi-day (usually for 28 days) diet program.

After you choose your diet program, a menu is presented to you and you simply choose what you want to eat. The meals are then delivered to your doorstep at various intervals during your diet program.

The South Beach Diet

The South Beach Diet is popular because the name alone conjures bikini-clad bodies! Add to that the fact that it was founded by a cardiologist, Dr. Arthur Agatston, then you have a sort of ‘doctor recommended, doctor approved’ seal on the diet as well.

At first glance, the South Beach Diet looks a lot like the Atkins Diet in the sense that it restricts carbohydrates during the initial phase of the program (there are 3 phases). The first phase (14 days) encourages ‘normal eating’ in the sense that you can pretty much eat whatever you want but you must NOT eat bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, or baked goods. Fruit is also not allowed. No sugar. No alcohol.

The second phase allows you to SLOWLY introduce these items back into your diet but at lesser levels that you consumed them before of course. The third phase is more about general maintenance.

Weight Watchers

Probably one of the longest running diet programs out there is Weight Watchers. It believes in the overall approach where food, exercise, behavior and support are addressed.

Weight Watchers is known for advocating a point system for foods. Using this system, one calculates the calorie intake of the foods he or she eats. The number of points you can have in a day varies depending on your weight. The beauty of the program is that there are no gut-wrenching food restrictions so you never feel deprived of anything. However, the point system teaches you how to balance your meals so that even if you indulge on one food item, you don’t go overboard and consume too much in a day.

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Guaranteeing Success by Knowing Your Customer

The success that comes to any business is a direct result of finding people that want to buy from you. If this sounds simple, it’s just the “Know your customer” rule and nothing more.

Finding your ideal customer may take a little research but the fact is the foundation of your success is going to be built off of a research process that defines and locates your potential customers. If you’re running an online business it’s also going to help them find you on search engines like Google Yahoo, and Bing. Defining your customer will in turn define your ultimate niche, the sales copy you use, and how you market your wares.

Staying with the online business example, let’s use weight loss as the generic topic for where you’ll be starting an online business. Within that topic there exists a wide variety of sub and micro niches where plenty of demand exists without the heavy competition that typically comes with the broader niches in weight loss like “lose weight”.

Having a sense of urgency is a great way to find people who are ready to buy. It seems that there is always a theme in weight loss that carries some kind of urgency that will make people feel that they need to buy a product now, including:

Lose that weight before bikini season
Lose the holiday weight
Lose weight before a wedding/reunion/vacation

There is also an element of vanity in this niche so appealing to that can enhance your sales copy as well. By knowing your client you could select keywords that serve as hot button issues which will attract them to your product. If you, for example, were to focus on losing some weight before going on spring break you could set your marketing to push the buttons of exactly those people that are heading to a tropical locale for their vacation. Does that define everyone that wants to lose weight? It absolutely doesn’t, but it narrows your message to the point where your message can be seen by a motivated audience.

With these definitions, you could further refine your ideal client and their hot button issues so that you can position your product as the perfect solution for their problem. You’re not going to sell a weight loss product to everyone, but if you don’t know who your customer is, chances are you’ll be marketing to the wrong audience. Starting any business with a clear definition of your ideal customer will allow you to focus only on them. The reward is that you’ll make more money and make it faster.

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