than” or “not enough.” These lies poisoned us, and led to our running to food for comfort.
The good news is that lies are just lies. They have no power over us, and when brought to the light of awareness, they cannot survive.
It’s time for you to take back your power by seeing yourself for who you truly are, a bright light who is worthy of the greatest respect and love, able to do and be anything as you follow your heart.
Take a moment to review the following limiting beliefs to see where you may have given your power away in the past. Put a check next to the beliefs that feel familiar to you:
| I can’t lose weight. | |
| I’m not worth it. | |
| I don’t deserve it. | |
| My metabolism is slow. | |
| Healthy food doesn’t taste good. | |
| Healthy food doesn’t fill me up or satisfy me. | |
| I always gain the weight back. | |
| I can’t do food programs because I don’t like to/ have time to cook. | |
| Thin people are all stuck up anyway. | |
| I hate exercise. | |
| If I release weight, I’ll just sabotage myself. | |
| If I lose weight I’ll be vulnerable. | |
| I can’t afford to buy new clothes. | |
| Sweets are an important part of our family traditions. | |
| If I lost weight my spouse would want sex all the time. | |
| Programs like this take too much time. | |
| I don’t like eating breakfast. | |
| It is too much effort to cook separate meals for my family and me. | |
| Eating healthy is too expensive. | |
| I won’t be able to enjoy going out with my friends on the program. | |
| My work schedule is too crazy right now. |
Now write out a response to counter each of the above statements you selected. Write down the truth you know about each limiting lie. For example:
LIE: Programs like this take too much time.
A Possible Counter: If I added up how much time I spend looking online for the next diet, complaining about my weight, shopping for clothes that look decent on me at this weight, going to the doctor, getting my pain meds filled, taking naps because I’m exhausted, etc., it would be obvious that it takes more time to stay at this weight than being healthy ever would.
The truth doesn’t cost you anything, but a lie could cost you everything.
The Power of Commitment - Your Personal Agreement:
We Don’t “Find” the Time, We Make It
Mary Beth Helgens and I have known each other since high school. I had followed her career as a health and wellness coach with great admiration. She is someone I look up to for her loving heart, her strong faith, and her incredible courage.
The day she contacted me about going through the program, I was amazed and delighted. I knew how busy and full her life was already, and the fact that she wanted to make time to participate meant a lot. Today, she is one of the program’s brightest coaching stars. She made time to be her best self.
“Once I followed these 8 simple steps and stopped craving sweets, I have enjoyed more successes on and off the scale. I couldn’t wait to tell my daughter! Since then she also became an Ideal, achieved her IdealWeight, and became an IdealWeight Coach! Transformed by this process, we are empowering others to do the same.”
- Mary Beth Helgens,
Certified Health and Wellness Coach and IdealWeight Coach
We have had Moms of four young children who had full time jobs successfully complete this program. If they could do it, so can you.
When your Why is big enough, you will find your How.
Your Personal Agreement
It’s time to be really clear on what it is you want and why. Take a few minutes to complete this Personal Agreement.
On a separate sheet of paper or in your journal, write out the answers to the blanks below. The answers will help you get started and stay motivated.
1) I resolve to commit to this 8-week 8 to Your IdealWeight Course so that…
2)My extra weight has been challenging in many ways, including…
3) These challenges have resulted in more problems and issues such as…
4) I am ready and willing to be coached because I have found that the old ways have not worked. This has resulted in feeling…
5) Without help, a year from now I will still…
6) I am ready to reach and maintain my IdealWeight with this program, which will result in my feeling…
7) This will benefit me in so many areas of my life, including…
8) To summarize my Why for choosing this new lifestyle in just a few words, it would be…
9) To do this I am willing to…
10) I deserve and welcome abundant happiness and health because…
I am making this 8-week commitment to myself to Get Real, Get Healthy and Get Empowered in order to live my best life, to release my sugar addiction and guilt about food forever, and to learn to truly love my body and myself.
This is the first day of the best of my life.
| ___________ | ___________ |
| DATE | SIGNATURE LINE |
Congratulations!
