Edward J. Jackowski - Escape Your Weight

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Its good for you.

Youll live longer.

Youll live a more productive life while living longer.

Youll be healthier.

Youll possess a stronger immune system.

Youll lower your chances of catching the common cold.

Youll lower your chances of developing various forms of cancer.

Youll recover faster from injuries or surgery.

Youll be stronger as you become older, and if you fall you wont fracture your hips or legs as easily.

Youll combat diabetes, osteoporosis, and many other ailments that would nor-mally debilitate you.

Youll have a better sex life.

Youll have more confidence.

Youll possess better self-esteem and a more positive body image.

Youll be more comfortable naked.

Youll get naked.

Youll be more active.

Youll choose more activity-type hobbies.

Youll better perform your favorite sport or leisure activity.

Youll enjoy your favorite sport or leisure activity more.

Youll pick more active and healthier friends.

Youll no longer be lazy.

Youll be more disciplined in every facet of your life.

Youll manage your stress more effectively.

Youll be able to play more with both your children and grandchildren.

Youll live long enough to have grandchildren.

Youll feel better in public.

Youll actually be more social and go out in public.

Youll no longer hear people snickering behind your back, aghast about how big you are.

Youll have more job opportunities.

Youll make more money.

Youll have more control in every aspect of your life.

Youll greatly increase your chances of meeting a lifetime partner.

Youll be able to share things with your partner (such as working out together).

Youll possess more mental focus.

Youll accomplish more with your life.

Youll overcome obstacles and hurdles and all the curveballs that life throws at you.

Youll spend less time sitting on your butt.

Youll earn and appreciate it when you do relax and choose to do nothing.

Youll have less guilt when you have a bad eating day.

Youll have far fewer bad eating days.

Youll be able to eat and drink whatever you desirewithin moderation of course.

Youll never have to worry about gaining weight if you have a glass of fine wine or your favorite food or an occasional dessert.

Youll be happier and smile more often.

Youll spend less time and money on a therapist and be less depressed.

Youll be able to put away that extra money saved.

Youll have more energy and experience fewer mood swings.

Youll have more focus and be able to persevere through any dilemma.

Youll be more ambitious.

Youll be much better at golf, tennis, or any other sport you enjoy.

Youll love life.

Youll love yourself.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT LOSING AND MAINTAINING WEIGHT LOSS, I MUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT IT CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY EATING SENSIBLY AND EXERCISING REGULARLY; OTHERWISE, I WILL NEVER REALIZE MY GOAL OF LOOKING, FEELING, AND FUNCTIONING AT MY BEST.

How smart would your child be if you only read to him/her once a week for a short while? How about studying a new language a few times a month? What if you baked a cake and didnt have all the ingredients; would it come out edible? To be good at fitness, like anything else in life, requires regularity and an exact process; otherwise you will fall way short of realizing your goals.

Escape Route #1: In short, you have to earn the right to look and feel great just as you have earned the right to be good at your job!

Wait a minute; I thought this book was about weight loss? It is; relax; I am just alerting you as to the process necessary to lose and maintain weight loss. The first thing you must realize and accept is that success at losing and keeping weight off your body can only be achieved by exercising regularly and properly plus eating sensibly. There is no other way. There is no negotiating. Oh, and by the way, you will have to do these two things: work out and eat properly, for the rest of your life, not just for a month or two or until you shed some excess weight.

Throughout this book and beyond, you will read things that are completely opposite what you have read or have heard elsewhere. Therefore, when I explain a certain point or emphasize a particular subject I will always try to support it with scientific or medical data and/or logic, so that you, the reader, can intelligently challenge all the fallacies out there circulating, cluttering your mind and confusing you no end. I am simply the messenger, more precisely, your messenger, whose function is to educate and motivate you and make you aware of what is necessary to master permanent weight loss. You might not like or agree with some of the things youll see and learn in this book, but too bad. I need to tell you and expose you to the pitfalls and the dos and donts that either you have already encountered or are silly attempts you are contemplating in order to lose weight. Everything that is depicted in this book is medically and scientifically proven. I do not speak or write on what I think is accurate or what Im emotionally tied to. I speak the truth, and thats important for you, the reader, to know and understand so that you have a certain comfort factor when you judge the validity and source of information as you start your quest to lose weight.

One of the first things I will teach you is that fitness, weight management, nutrition, health, energy, being productive, and being active are all synonymous and one and the same. So when I use such phrases as becoming more fit or the importance of being active or eating sensibly, I always mean all of the above. To better understand this point, there are certain elements, protocol, and a process vital to your physically being the best you can be.

And one of the biggest mistakes a lot of people make toward becoming more fit is actually thinking that they can become fit by being more active.

Escape Route #2: You cannot become fit by being more active; you can only be more active by becoming fit.

What is the function and purpose of being fit? Well, aside from good health, its to enjoy all the wonderful things that life has to offer: hiking, walking, golf, tennis, skiing, gardening, canoeing, yard work, or however you wish to move your body, occupy your mind, and enjoy yourself.

Over the last twenty years of teaching lifestyle management, I have heard and seen practically every excuse as to why someone cannot lose weight. The reality of the situation is that it boils down to two main reasons that 99 percent of these people have failed at weight loss: (1) the process or methods selected were flawed, or (2) it wasnt important enough or a big enough priority for them to take the necessary steps in order to be successful. The other 1 percent failed because of truly medical-related and valid reasons. That being said, I have always maintained that its easier to go to work five days a week for eight hours than it is to work out five days a week for one hour. Think about how ridiculous yet true this is. In fact, only 10 percent of the entire population exercise only two or three times per week 40/52 weeks. Now you can clearly see why nearly 75 percent of our population are either clinically obese and/or overweight and out of shape. Actually, I should put you at ease here. The exercise part is really quite simple and not difficult at all. Its the planning, organization, and fitting proper fitness into your everyday lifestyle coupled with performing the correct exercises to reach your goals that presents the challenge for most.