Your health & wellness is serious business. This is your one and only life we’re talking about. So I have to ask you a few “personal” questions without seeming insensitive, rude, judgmental, or disrespectful.

• What’s preventing you from accomplishing your weight-loss goal?
• Is something stopping you from getting started?
• Are you nervous, intimidated, embarrassed, or afraid to walk into your local gym or fitness center?
• Maybe you want to start at home, but you’re not sure where to begin or you’re unclear about what to actually do.
• Are previous “failed attempts” clouding your future outlook in a negative way?
• Perhaps you’re depressed with your current situation because you can’t see a way out.
• Has chronic pain sidelined your exercise efforts?
• Does complacent describe you?
• Or is lazy a better description?
• Do you like being over-weight, or do you hate it?

I hope I have your attention.

Although I may not know you and your story, I do want to try to help you. I can’t speak for your past experience, but I can tell you that your past is not an indicator of your future potential or ability to succeed.

But I need to ask a few more questions:

• How long do you want to live?
• How healthy do you want to be in your later years?
• Do you want to remain mobile, or confined to a wheelchair?
• How much of your mind do you want to preserve as you get older?

I want you to really think about these questions. So find a quiet, distraction-free place to sit and think for a few minutes. Grab a pen and paper so you can jot down your thoughts. Daydream about the possibilities and what it would be like to be thin. Try to identify when or why things went off-track. Not to wallow in self pity but so you can get mad and fix it moving forward.

Next week we’ll continue this discussion. We’ll unpack why it’s more difficult to lose weight now than ever before, and what you can do to make it easier.

Until then, thanks for sharing your time with me. I’d love for you to let me know what you think by leaving a comment. Is the content valuable and helpful? Did anything resonate? What would you like to see in future posts?

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