's motd Thurs June 28, 2012

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DOUBTING THOMAS

Thursday, 28 June 2012

If you remember your Sunday school lessons,

then you should remember Doubting

. He

was the skeptical Apostle who didn't believe Jesus was

really himself after being crucified and miraculously

coming back to life. That Bible story gave birth

to the dictionary term...Doubting .

Here's the definition: a person

who insists on proof before he or she will believe

anything.

I pointed out

to my Clubhouse members that some of them had become

just like Doubting .

I was talking with some of my Clubhouse members in one of our

weekly chat and I pointed out that some of them had

become like Doubting . But I kind of let them

off the hook for being doubters because, truth is,

their tendency to doubt themselves had actually been

kind of built into them. How? Well, see if any of

these stories sound familiar to you.

How many times were you told by someone close to you,

(maybe even a parent), that you would never amount to

anything? Or you were constantly told how lazy you

were. You never clean your room. You don't apply

yourself hard enough in school. You're doing this or

that wrong. Why can't you be more like your big

sister or your athletic cousin, . Oh, my!

Okay, your parents were probably trying to be helpful

with their criticisms and coax you to try harder.

But, truth is, their constant reminders of all the

things "you couldn't do right" have stuck with you all

of these years. You may have even had so-called

"friends" or family members who didn't make things any

better by reminding you, day-in-and-day-out, that you

just didn't have what it takes to become a success at

anything. Boy, who needs friends like that, huh?

After hearing

so many negative things about yourself when you were

younger, you've turned into a Doubting about...yourself.

But the real tragedy is that all of those negative

comments have turned you against yourself. I mean,

here in your adult life, after hearing so many

negative things about yourself when you were younger,

you've turned into a doubting about...yourself. And now, there

you are, wanting so much to lose weight and you're

filled with self-doubt. Well, may I tell you

something? Self-doubts

leads to pouts. And

the two combined only make it that much harder for you

to BELIEVE

in yourself!

If you're reading this message and find yourself

wondering WHY you

can't lose weight, then I can guarantee you that self-doubt is at least

part of the reason why. You've had all of those

negative ideas piled into your mind over the years

that you doubt you can accomplish anything in your

life. Oh,

ye of little faith!

Those negative words you grew up hearing were just

that...words! The original Doubting

wanted proof and now I've got a

little proof for you. Everyday, I meet and

talk to people who started out just like you,

convinced they could never reach their goals by losing

the weight they needed to lose. But guess what?

After ridding themselves of the doubt, by taking that

all important first step toward believing in

themselves and in what they COULD DO,

they begin to chip away at the walls of self-doubt

they'd allowed others to build around them.

I say it's time to rid yourself of that

self-doubt. It's time to tear down those walls! You are

not a failure. You can do anything you set your

heart to doing if you'll only get started, work hard

and believe in yourself...everyday!

Don't be a

Doubting !

Hey, I used to doubt myself, too. 50 years ago, if

you had said to me that one day, I'd lose over 100

pounds and make a career out of helping others lose

the weight they needed to lose, I would've laughed at

you first then told you...I doubt it! But

look at me today. My own life is proof and, the good

news is there are thousands of

other success stories I can

tell you about to offer you even more proof. So don't

be a Doubting ! Stop the

doubts. Stop the pouts. And START the

adventure. It's time to...PROVE yourself TO yourself.

No doubt about it!

Love,