's motd Friday June 6, 2008

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WANT IT SO BAD!

Friday, 06 June 2008

I remember those old shopping with my parents when I was a kid. While out with them, if I saw something I really wanted, I'd go to my mother and tell her, "Oh Mom, I want this so bad!"Or we'd be sitting watching television and there'd be a commercial for a new breakfast cereal! Oh, (gotta have it), so I'd say to my father, "Dad, I want it so bad!"

And the more I told my parents I wanted it, the fact that I wanted it so bad would finally seep into their minds and they would get it for me!I sort of played that "I want it so bad" game all of my life. I'd say I wanted something and then work hard to get it. You see, what it boils down to is that I had hope in my heart that would help me achieve my goal of getting what I wanted. Wanting something so badly is the same as hoping for something in your life. Now, for much of my life I wanted to lose weight so bad or...so I thought. I would say to myself, "I want to lose 75 pounds and I'm gonna do it. I'm going to get this weight off. And when I do, I'll be able to walk better, breath better and live better."With this kind of newfound hope, many of you go on a plan but, sadly, it doesn't last long. And why? Well, it's usually because you didn't hope enough. You didn't want it bad enough. You gave in to the smallest of temptations and those lapses took you off track.

And every time you go on a program to lose weight feeling hopeful but then don't make it, some of your hope deteriorates. And as you keep bouncing off and on weight-loss programs, more and more of your hope is depleted until...there is no hope left. And that's when you have reached the very depths of hopelessness.Hopelessness is when you don't believe in yourself or don't believe you will ever get the weight off. Your feeling of hopelessness tells you that if you failed last time, then you will only continue to fail.And from all of the E-mails I receive, I know that many of you have this feeling of hopelessness about yourselves. So, how do you change that feeling? Well, there really is only one way.

You have to start planting the seeds of hope in your mind. Each day, you have to start that day wanting something good for you. Tell yourself how much you deserve it and with your hard work, you hope, in fact you know that you will achieve a healthier you. For everyday that you plant these seeds, your hope will only grow. And you will be become more and more hopeful, with each passing day. So, do you really want it so bad? Well...Plant a seed today.Love,