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I have been studying weight loss for over 20 years. I have studied anatomy and physiology, behavioral science, and motivational theories related to weight loss. I have read thousands of scientific journal articles and books on nutrition, exercise physiology, and medicine and based on my knowledge, I have designed personalized programs for people to lose weight and regain their health. I have researched the quick fixes and gimmicks from cabbage soup diet to liposuction, interviewed people who tried them, and analyzed these fads for any potential effects and harmful side effects. I have used my knowledge to lose weight, when my person health behaviors deteriorated and when I struggled to overcome binge eating and sugar addiction and I taught the behaviors I learned to work to all types of people in various settings. I have designed and implemented fitness programs, motivational group programs, and lecture series on health, weight loss, and fitness. I have gone to doctors ap...

If you prepare yourself for a jump thinking that you’ll probably fall and hurt yourself, where do you think your body will end up? Every muscle in your body is tensing in preparation to catch you falling, rather than to succeed in your jump. Your attention is on the ground, where you are expecting to end up, not forward where you should be landing. You are ready to fall, not to clear your jump. The same concept applies to any goal. If you assume you’re not going to make it, you begin to prepare to fail. You visualize failure and the reasons why you failed. You give yourself an out instead of pushing yourself harder when things don’t quite workout. You prepare to tell your friends about all the obstacles that kept you from making it, rather than focusing on your moments of small successes along he way. Your thoughts become your biggest obstacle. To beat them, you must identify and change the visual that you allow into your mind. You must practice this process of s...