THINspiration
January 2000THINspiration
January 2000
© 2000 Scott "Q" Marcus, THINspirational Speaker
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If you're open about your goals, I believe you have a much better chance of achieving them. Think about the opposite. Why keep hidden from others what you're doing? (I'm not talking about telling the jerk who always tells you that you're going to fail; I'm referring to those people who are genuinely supportive of you and your attempts.) I think the only real reason we keep our weight loss efforts a secret is so we can keep the "back door" open to change our mind later; "just in case," we decide that it's too hard, or we've slipped up. We've all been disappointed in the past (or we'd already "be there" or course) Disappointment happens. Sure, you might have been unsuccessful before but if you knew how to do this "correctly," you would have already done it, right? Know that you WILL fall down. You WILL make mistakes. It WILL be difficult at times. Those things you do well, you're already doing. The key lies NOT in doing it ALL right, but in doing more each time than you have before. True accomplishment comes in learning where you need to improve (which you only learn when you make a mistake) and moving farther along your chosen path each time you head out. If you don't tell others what you're doing, you're making it that much easier for yourself to give up. If you speak with joy about where you are going, it gives others a chance to help you when you do face discouragement. It will be embarrassing but this type of embarrassment can be overcome. How long do you wish to feel embarrassed about what you weight or what you won't do because of weight? That lasts forever. |
When I lost weight my first time, at the age of 17, I was invited to a restaurant with several of my teenage friends and the parents of one. As we sat around the table at the coffee shop, the waitress asked each of us what we wanted. Being a table full of growing, energetic teens faced with the option of a free meal, most of my friends responded with choices such as "large fries" or "chocolate shake." When it came my turn, I told the waitress I wanted a "salad, no dressing, and a diet soda." Having lost 90 pounds, I looked thin so she was confused. "Why would a skinny young man like you want a salad?" she inquired as she wrote it down in her pad. My friend Wayne, who had invited me out, and was one of my biggest "diet promoters," blurted out, "Hey Scott, stand up! Show her your belt! Show her how much you lost!" (I still wore the belt I wore my first night at Weight Watchers whenever I went out. I had lost 12 inches from my waist and it therefore wrapped around me to my back now.) Proudly (but a little shy), I stood up, pulled my belt from its loops and held it out from waist, illustrating all the weight I no longer had. As I did so, I told the waitress, "I've lost 90 pounds, see?"
If I hadn't been willing to tell what I was doing I would have never had the chance to share in the joy. Speak proudly and with enthusiasm of what you do. Never hide your light under a barrel. It helps no one - least of all you! |
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I don't usually pass on news like this but sometimes we have to pause and truly remember what life is about. So I pass along this sad, sad news. There was a great loss recently in the entertainment world. Larry LaPrise, the Detroit native who wrote the song 'Hokey Pokey" died last week at age 83. What was really horrible is that they had trouble keeping the body in the casket. They'd put his left leg in and.....well, you know the rest!!
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Those Carrots!
A few orange and green ruminations about life, death and vegetables from the Miner Institute, Chazy, New York
This is out of Boston from
the New England Journal of Medicine. They say there
is evidence that chewing gum can help lose weight.
A team of researchers calculated that chewing gum
burns up about 11 calories an hour. That may not
sound like much but the researchers figured that
someone who chews gum every waking hour for a year
and does nothing else differently will lose about
11 pounds. The calculations were made by James
Levine of the Mayo Clinic and others.
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The
waitress stared wide-mouthed. What I didn't realize is that
the rest of the restaurant was now watching me too. Upon
showing the belt, the entire clientele erupted in loud
applause and cheers!