Our very own Colton P. gave his testimony today at The Healthy Weigh. He told us a bit about his relationship with food past and present and then shared his experience having gotten REAL CLOSE to being chosen to be on the TV show, "The Biggest Loser!" We were motivated by not only his story but his 95 pound weight loss as well.
It was great to get some "behind the scenes" scoop! Their loss, our gain! So glad Colton is part of The Healthy Weigh family.
We are in the action stage of CHANGE and we're taking action. So you’d think OK…now it’s the
easy part! We’ve finally admitted we’ve got a problem, we’ve
decided to do something about it, we’ve prepped…OK…now we just need to take
action!
So why is
the action stage so hard? Why can’t we just do it! What keeps us from keeping
on, reaching our goal weight and keeping it off for life!?
He tells a
story of a man down on his luck, David
Ponder, who goes on a journey through time and meets historical figures who
inspire the best of him and taught him 7 decision that changed his life!. We've spent weeks on the story in the past, but this week I focused on just the 7th and final decision that David Ponder received.
David ponder
is getting weary. He’s been traveling a while and learning huge lessons.
He sat down
in his weariness and fell asleep…when he woke he had landed in a building…a
room…. a warehouse….he wasn’t quite sure where he was, but what he noticed first were stacks
of photos every where he looked. He stood to look around and saw massive racks
of clothing, thousands of coats, wheelchairs…beds, bicycles. automobile titles,
shoes, millions of shoes…where was he?
He was sure he had never seen anything like
this before. Blue jeans, and marriage licenses, and
food. He even saw stacks of money.
Finally
after walking around, looking at the stacks of things that seem to never end…he
saw a man walking towards him. He had blonde hair, he had a pleasant smile on
his face and all of the sudden David noticed…he had wings.
He said “Hello David, I’m Gabriel.” David was talking to an angel.
David walked
and talked with Gabriel for a while…still walking by bricks and bags of rice and
rocking chairs and computers and vast amounts of items that at this point David
could see no connection between.
David didn’t
understand.
They kept
walking…David kept asking, "Where Am I?" "What is all of this?" "Have I seen it all?"
Gabriel said “Oh no, you have only seen a
fraction of what is here…and sadly, it keeps growing every day.”
With great frustration David asked one more
time looking around at everything…the photos of children, the important
discoveries, the room upon room of things…what is this place???
Gabriel said
“This my friend, is the place that never was.”
“This is the
place where we keep all the things that were about to be delivered just as a
person stopped working and praying for them. The contents of this warehouse are
filled with dreams and goals of the less courageous.”
Gabriel went
on to say, as David fell to the ground overwhelmed by what he had just heard.
“You must know, that in the game of life, nothing is less important that the score at
halftime.”
“The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but
that he almost wins.”
Are you all
like me…Do you wonder why we do that? Why do we detour?
Why do we
ease off when we’ve wanted something so bad?
For one
thing, we don’t understand that constant detours do not bring us into the
presence of greatness. Detours don’t
build muscle. Easing off
does not make the going easier or guide us to our desired destination. We think
we need a break to refresh…but that doesn’t make us stronger.
Do you know
how many stories I could tell you about the clients at The Healthy Weigh who have chosen to
ease off a bit. Take a break,
try it on their own? The saddest part is that they were clients who were down 20, 30 ,40 , 50 , 60 , 70
100 pounds!!!
Easing
up did not make them stronger…didn’t get them to their goals… easing up
derailed them.
Most of them
eased up when the road got treacherous. Those are the EXACT times when you must
feel the weight of your future upon your shoulders…the unstoppable strength of
destiny coursing through your veins.
I’ve been
thinking this week…just what is in that “place that never was” just from The Healthy Weigh alone? I shutter to think about that.
The goal
weights that were never achieved, which led to the relationships that were
never right, that lead to children not living healthy lives because of the
choices of the parents.
The place
that never was has “after” photos that never happened.
The place
that never was is filled with dreams and goals of former Healthy Weigh clients
who didn’t hang on, who never finished, who didn’t push through the fire.
The place
that never was has swimsuits that were never worn. Zip lines that were never
zipped on!
Medals from races that were never run, smaller jeans that were never bought,
David got a
rare opportunity to look at all the things that never happened because people
quit.
Gabriale
handed David Ponder the final decision of 7. "I WILL PERSIST WITHOUT EXCEPTION"
It’s funny
about the statement I will persist without exception, we all say. Yea, yea, I’ve
heard talks about being persistent before, I know we need to persist, but the
part we need to pay attention to today is …without exception.
Without
exception is where dreams are met, and miracles occur…where rewards are great!
Without exception
means you’ll find a way where there seems to be no way.
Without
exception means you don’t stop until you reach your goal…and then, not then
either!
It’s that
time on the journey with David ponder and on the journey at THW that you make a
DECISION…and decision that will determine your future. A decision that will
assure no more items, photos, dreams are added to that place that is filled
with the things that never were.
The one
thing that I see repeated is that clients come and start out strong…with vision
and excitement and commitment…and some where along the way, get weaker, lose
focus and somehow think that they don’t
have the willpower to keep going. To keep making the right decisions, the willpower to follow through, the willpower
to say yes when they need to say yes, and no when they need to say no.
We talked
just a bit last week about willpower. As we sit in the action stage, I want to
remind you again about our ability to grow our willpower, our ability to stay motivated
and go the distance! We’ve got what it takes…its just doesn’t feel like it
sometimes!
Most people
when you mention willpower say…yea, that’s what I need more of, and of course
not just for weight loss, but for finances, relationships, work habits,
emotions…
We all know
that we are supposed to be in control of these areas, but we have willpower
failures. According the American Psychological Association, Americans name lack of willpower
as the number one reason they
struggle to meet their goals.
ALL OF US struggle
is some way with temptation, addiction, distraction, procrastination. These are
not individual weaknesses…they are universal!
Today is
about staying in the action stage and choosing
to persist without exception. Today is about making sure that you don’t add to
that place that never was, but that you choose to keep moving forward making a DECISION
that will not only change your life forever, but change the lives of
generations to come!
For some of
you…it’s half time. You CAN win this game…but you must persist without
exception!!
OUR WINNERS OF THE WEEK!
Noon: Team "Perfect Ten" Jo and Jill with a 2.28% of weight loss!
6 PM: Team "Losin It" Beuhla and Kyla with a 1.74% of weight loss!
Our HEART winner of the week was Reuben D. with a 3.49% of weight loss for the week!
We had a great week of weight loss and TONS of people in the 2 pound weight loss drawing! Congratulations to our four $50 winners!
Noon: Team "Perfect Ten" Jo and Jill with a 2.28% of weight loss!
6 PM: Team "Losin It" Beuhla and Kyla with a 1.74% of weight loss!
Our HEART winner of the week was Reuben D. with a 3.49% of weight loss for the week!
We had a great week of weight loss and TONS of people in the 2 pound weight loss drawing! Congratulations to our four $50 winners!
Your
challenges for the week:
- Read the 7th decision "I will Persist With our Exception" every day this week!
- Do a willpower booster (maybe one you haven't done yet)
- Download week # 3 What’s in Your Back Pack~ Controlling What You Can! And do the homework provided!
We are in the action stage and we are changing...press on my friends! Great things are going to happen in the next 4 weeks!!
Always encouraging you,
Letha
