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Feedback Of The Point Of No Return Program From A Weight Watchers Leader!

Received this from a Weight Watchers Leader today about the PEERtrainer coaching program!:

"By the way, I absolutely love your 12 week program and have found the audio tapes extremely helpful. I am a weight loss "coach" myself (I'm a Weight Watchers leader) but through you, have discovered ideas I'd never even considered.

I originally lost 50 pounds and have maintained it for 9 years,but since I'm now post menopausal, I've put on 10 lbs and it's been so tough to get it off and I've been trying for a year. I was extremely discouraged and slipping back into old habits because I wanted to give up, but your tapes have given me the boost I need.

Your program is really fantastic and helpful."

This is great feedback.  Thank you! 

If you want to get started on the program, click here to sign up.  You can pay as you go at $10 a week and stop at anytime. Former PEERtrainers and new PEERtrainers love it and we're so excited about the success!

Jackie

Simplifying Weight Loss: One Idea Help Fight The Overwhelm

We have just published a new article/guide/challenge on the site that discusses on important thought on the overall journey we are guiding people through here. We throw a lot at you in the Tip Of The Day and especially in our Point Of No Return training program. But sometimes it helps to just bring some real focus to the moment at hand. Forget the impending stuff, or the external stuff.

Take a deep breath and just shut out the outside influences. All that matters is this moment....and the next one...

How To Make Weight Loss Simple

And please make sure to give your feedback on the question posed at the end of the article.

Make Your Personal Favorite List Of Fruits And Vegetables For The Kitchen

In our PEERtrainer weight loss/mind training program (click here to bookmark it), we delve into the diet fusion kitchen and what kinds of foods really work well together. 

We ask everyone the following question:  what kinds of fruits and vegetables do you like?  When you picture the word vegetable, do you think of the high school cafeteria version of smushed, tasteless green beans?  Or do you think of freshly topped tomatoes with basil and garlic?  How about sliced mango with a few blueberries sprinkled on top?  Stuffed peppers with mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and cilantro (click here for the BEST stuffed pepper recipe!!)

Today I'd like you to make a list of every fruit and vegetable you can think of (or click here for a list of vegetables to start you off) and circle the ones you like.   (Here is a list of culinary fruits from Wikipedia, yum, yum yum!)  Then I want you to post it on your refrigerator.  I don't care if you have a sub zero beautiful see thru one:  then make your list with a Bauhaus look, no excuses! 

Every single time you go into the kitchen, get ready to grocery shop you will see this list of options and suggestions of delicious, high nutrient foods that will give you energy and confidence that you are making the best choices for you.

Suddenly, eating fruits and vegetables becomes as easy and effortless but most importantly, becomes something that you love and crave. 

Jackie

Getting Motivated To Lose Weight Over 50

We keep getting great feedback to our "Point Of No Return" weight loss coaching program. This comment was particularly interesting because we see so many people give up hope and not think they can lose weight as they get older. One of the first things we do in the program is really work to turn around those beliefs and literally get people past the point of no return- where they know they have the knowledge and skills to lose weight and keep it off:

"The coaching calls enhance my motivation as well. I appreciate every bit of information you and Joshua provide, it all works together to help me motivate myself. In the past, I would just give up because I did not know the proper way to lose weight and keep it off. Now, I know I will be successful, because I am learning these skills and they will last a lifetime. It is amazing to me that I just could not figure it out all those years, but I am glad that I am learning it now. My goal is to turn 60 and be at my most fit, healthiest, and happiest that I have ever been regardless of what the scale or mirror might show. But with that goal in mind, I am sure that the scale and mirror will show great results!"

If you are interested in PEERtrainer coaching, we have a series of programs that include both a free "Tip Of The Day" email program as well as the 12 week in depth "Point Of No Return Program."

A Great, Focused Goal As A First Step Towards Weight Loss

In the PEERtrainer Tip of The Day email (sign up here, it's free), I often ask, what is the one thing that "trips you up"?  Meaning, what is one thing you could give up for the next seven days that you KNOW will help you towards weight loss and get you on the right track? 

Two responses I've received in the last week were great examples of "bite-sized" goals that are doable and a great step in the right direction;

1.  Jackie:

There is a vending machine at work with snacks for sale. I have to walk
past it to get a coffee, tea or glass of water. Most days I will stop
and look at what is available. More often that not I will buy something
and this can be twice daily.

 It is my intention to focus beyond this machine without stopping or
purchasing.

2.   Jackie,

One of the things that has been tripping me up is eating chocolate.....buying the
dark chocolate and thinking it is healthy and allowing myself to nibble on that way
too much.? I need to realize I'm kidding myself.? I shouldn't even go there because
I can't control it.? So I am going to concentrate on saying "No" to chocolate
because it really adds up.? No to buying and No to eating chocolate!

Thanks!

These are good focused goals that are achievable without being overwhelming.  We talk more about goals and how to finally believe weight loss is possible in our coaching program as well.

Other good examples include "skip the bread basket at lunch every time I eat out this week" or "no donuts at work!"  The very first thing I did was give up my bacon egg and cheese sandwiches in the morning.  Hard but worth it;  from there I went on to habit after habit until I got back to my pre-pregnancy weight.  Let me know what you commit to this week!

Jackie