Kris Reid  BodyMakeover Jumpstart Expert

     I personally want to lose weight because I want to go to work for Body Makeover Systems.  I know that I will not be effective helping other people lose weight if I am 60 pounds overweight.  I will feel self conscious and in fact, quite silly, being overweight trying to help other overweight people do what I haven't done.  However, when I have changed my body and overcome the many obstacles that I'm sure I will encounter, I will be better equipped to help the clients who come in to see us.  If I do hit a stumbling block I will ask the people who can help me for advice, and I will pick myself up and pick up where I left off.  I have this kind of strength because losing weight will lead me to what I really want.  What I want is to work for this very helpful, successful and lucrative company.  This change will also give me the body I have always wanted.  Since sixth grade I have always been heavy yet, I've always really admired nice, rounded, defined shoulders and arms.  I am really looking forward to having that body and I will do whatever the experts tell me to do until I get that body.  They are experts; they have helped tens of thousands of people, why wouldn't it work?  I will follow their advice and instructions with all the confidence in the world. 

-That was me in December of 2000!  I am now in my 9^th year of maintaining my healthy body.

     Losing weight has its share of challenges.  There are psychological, emotional, physical, and life challenges involved with eating right and staying on a structured program.  This is why motivation plays such an important role in your success.  What motivates you?  Of course, having friends and family that support you is great.  Working with experts is nice too.  However, the best and most powerful motivation comes from inside of you.  The motivation is your PURPOSE.  By having a strong purpose and an even stronger resolve, you will fortify your will power and engage the sections of your thinking that will help guide your decisions to achieve that goal!  You will become unstoppable. 

     Some of you will remember my story. Five years into maintaining my goal, I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes.  I now have an even stronger goal yet because I know the painful and deadly consequences of not maintaining my blood sugar properly.

     Now it's your turn:  Write down what your goal is and WHY!  Try to create as many WHY reasons you can think of.  Write a new one each day and write a whole paragraph about it.  Visualize yourself at that goal and feel all of the emotions that result from it.  You need to FEEL the difference! Start this today!

     I believe this will help you as much as it helped me! And it is just the beginning.

     Yours in Good Health!