motd Tuesday Nov 1, 2011

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FIRE THE EMBERS

IN NOVEMBER!

Tuesday, 01 November 2011

Yes, I want you fired up this month, my dear

friends! I want you to make the coals of your life glow

brightly! Hey,

this is gonna be a very tough month for staying on

program...and I do mean very tough. Oh, there will be so many food temptations

headed your way.

November kicks off the time

of year when we begin celebrating the two biggest

holidays of the year.

November kicks off the time of year when

friends & families begin getting together

celebrating the two biggest holidays of the year. And

these two holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas are

when we all get together, spend time with each other

and eat. I mean really eat!

Now I wonder, have you been staying on program since

the beginning of this year? I know, you really don't

like that question, do you? And that's because too

many of you really don't like to answer it honestly

and because the answer might be... NO, , I

have not been

faithful to my weight-loss program all year.

The majority of Americans with weight to lose go on

and off program up to hundreds of times during the 365

days of the year. (Add a couple more times for leap

years!) It goes like this:

You eat a healthy breakfast of fresh fruit

and yogurt. After finishing your smart breakfast, you

feel so good having begun your day on program that morning.

I ate so well for

breakfast, how much damage could a couple of glazed

donuts do?

But on the way to work, you pass a Krispy Kreme and

say to yourself,I ate so well for breakfast, how

much damage could a couple of glazed donuts do? Well, after

you finish that last bite of your second donut, (while

driving, no less), you feel, well...terrible! You went off

program by indulging in those couple of "they won't

hurt me" donuts. So you went off pogram first

thing that morning.

But you promised yourself that you'd have a healthy

salad for lunch and...you do. So now you're back on

program. But oh-oh, someone at work is celebrating a

birthday and one of your coworkers has brought in this

fabulous-looking birthday cake! That little voice

inside your head goes off again and this time says to

you, Oh,

you can have just a small little piece.

And after having that "small little piece," once

again, you've gone off program.

In your car, on the way home from work, you decide

that for dinner, you'll have a baked chicken breast,

some green beans and a small baked potato. So you're

back on program, right? But you know what, the damage

is already done. Days like the one I just described

got me thinking.

If you stayed on programfaithfully during these

first ten months of the year, you could have easily

lost 50

pounds or more by now.

I wonder how much weight you've lost so far this

year. I mean, if you stayed on program faithfully during the

first ten months of this year, you could have easily

lost 50

pounds or more by now. And WOW! That's

a lot of weight!

Now look everybody, today is the first day of November

and there are 30 days in this month. First of all, I

want you to weigh yourself today and...I mean it. Get on that

scale, look at the number and record it in your

journal. Then take a good look at yourself in the

mirror and I mean look

deep into your eyes. Now, I want you to say

these words out loud to yourself...

I am going to try harder this month because I do

not want to gain even one more pound during the

month of November.

Your workouts will be

more important than ever this month.

Seriously, this is the month where you really need to

plan your meals. If I told you how many pounds of

mashed potatoes and gravy will be consumed in the

U.S.A. this month, you'd probably faint! And of

course, your

workouts will

be more important than ever this month. So I want you

to get your sweatin' in...even on Thanksgiving

Day!

If you're a Clubhouse member, (talk about firing up

the embers), I'll see you every Monday night for our

live Chat. I'll also give you big doses of motivation

in our Clubhouse. And if you're not a member yet,

maybe now is the time to give yourself an early Christmas

present by joining my Clubhouse today! I

promise to help you stay on program all month, and the

next month and the...well, you get the picture.

It's November so...fire up those I can do

it embers! And remember,

in November and, in every

month, I will always be here for you!

Love,