Circus or Weight Loss
Over the last twenty-two years I have interviewed thousands
and thousands of clients… The reason
potential clients give for wanting to meet are as different as the east is from
the west… However, this week I heard
something, which made me almost fall off my chair… When I asked, “what would you like me to help you
accomplish”? The woman’s response was
something I had never heard before…
She said, “I need to make a decision”… I asked, “What do you need to decide”? She
responded, “I need to join your program or join the circus”… Those of you who know me know how serious I
am when it comes to giving counseling, but I had a hard time holding back my
smile…
So I encouraged her, she would not have to pack her bag and
hop the next freight train headed for Barnum and Bailey, but she would have to
stop… Stop what you might ask? Stop turning to diets and quick fix weight
loss solutions to solve her weight problem…
Her history was like most I meet, her diets only worked for a short
while or not at all…
You see, what she was really saying to me is I either have
to lose this weight or accept it…
Accepting it would be an option, if it just determine what size she
was… However her weight problem would
determine both, quality of her physical and mental health…
No one wants to be over-weight and have health issues, which
accompany it… They lack the skills and
confidence they can change it… I have
helped a multitude of clients and I knew if she would let me I could help her
as well…
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