"The Blunt Truth
About Losing Weight"
2005 Dr. Frank B. Smoot, MA, DD
www.CoachFrankSmoot.com
Here are the cold, hard facts – whether we
like them
or not. The
findings of 47 separate clinical weight loss
research studies
involving more than 14,700 people
boil down to these
12 statements:
1. The reason we are overweight has virtually nothing to do with
diet or exercise, and everything to do with our own unconscious
motivations – which are created by our own unique beliefs and
attitudes.
2. You are, by definition, not aware of your unconscious
motivations. But even so, they greatly influence everything you do,
and are much more powerful than your unconscious motivations.
3. So everything in your life that's working (and everything that
isn't) has its origins in your own unconscious mind. This is not
theory. It has been known and accepted for more than 100 years.
4. What does this mean to you in terms of weight loss? It means that
no matter how strong your conscious desire to be fit and healthy may
be, if this desire isn't supported by your own unconscious beliefs
and attitudes, you are destined to struggle and fail.
5. Trying to overpower your own unconscious motivations with your
conscious desires is called "will power." Will power is not only
ineffective, it's actually counterproductive. Here's why.
6. Trying to overpower your own unconscious motivations with your
conscious desires puts you into a battle against your own deepest
motivations. It's like declaring war on yourself.
7. And as you may already have discovered, it's a war you can't win.
It's like having your own personal Vietnam conflict going on inside
you.
8. So if you have a history of struggling and failing at weight
loss, you can be sure that you have some beliefs and attitudes that
are silently, invisibly, and powerfully sabotaging your success.
9. Unfortunately, as long as your self-sabotaging beliefs and
attitudes remain intact and unchanged, there is no way you can
achieve lasting weight loss success – or perhaps any success at all.
10. Obviously, since the root cause of your weight problem is not
physical, no amount of trying to lose weight through physical means
such as diet, exercise, or even surgery will bring you success.
11. Instead, your constant inner war will only create more stress,
struggle, and failure until your unconscious and conscious beliefs
are both aligned toward success. No other outcome is possible.
12. Bottom Line: If your present self-sabotaging but unconscious
beliefs and attitudes remain unchanged, your chances of enjoying
real and lasting weight loss success are essentially zero.
We may not like it, but this is the reality we need to know about
and deal with. If you've every wondered why your past weight loss
efforts failed, or why it all felt like such a struggle, now you
know.
You can try every diet plan on the planet, count carbs and calories
until your eyes are bloodshot, and buy every ab flattener and butt
trimmer on the planet.
But if you don't do something about fixing your own self-sabotaging
beliefs and attitudes, your future will be just endless reruns of
your past.
I would much rather my clients know the truth – whether they like it
or not – because life is simply too short to waste precious time
doing things than can't possibly get you where you want to be.
Wouldn't your time be much better invested in doing what actually
works, even is it means learning a new skill or two?
I certainly think so. And you know what? So do my success stories!
Yours in total health,
Dr. Frank
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or decades off the time it takes to
reach your personal goals,
or just get the truth for a change,
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when you are! Yours in total
health, Dr. Frank B. Smoot, MA, DD
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Dr. Frank B. Smoot, MA, DD, is a professional weight loss
success coach and the creator of the "Get
Motivated For Life! /
7 Weeks To Lifelong Weight Loss"
and "Weight Loss God's Way"
success program (www.WeightLossGodsWay.com)