I’ll tell you what I’ve noticed about me. Let me remind you that, I too, am overweight and out of shape. And for me, that’s a terrible thing to admit. After all, I’m Suzy Prudden – formally known as “The Fitness Guru” 30 years ago.

Since I started this blog I’ve been walking at least 5 minutes and sometimes even 15 minutes a day. I have more energy and find that it feels better to increase my walk when I have the extra time. I’m also drinking more water. My body likes it. Some of you may find that you have to get up in the night more often to go to the bathroom. This is a good thing. It means your body is dumping toxins.

Keep a glass of water by your bed and drink a little more before going back to sleep, even if it’s 3:00 am. You’ll find you’ll sleep more deeply than if you just try to go back to sleep. Your body likes water. And, 3:00 am is when your liver is dumping toxins. Help it. Drink more water.

What other changes are you willing to make? Do you belong to the clean plate club? Are you willing to relinquish your membership?

Most of us were trained as children to finish everything on our plate. And as adults, we still do this. It’s engrained in our subconscious minds. That’s why so many of us are overweight and out of shape.

Would you be willing to leave 10% of the food that you are served on your plate?

Your eating the food will not feed the children that are starving somewhere else in the world. Finishing the food on your plate “because you paid for it” will only cost you MORE when you have to take the weight off because you gained it finishing everything on your plate. Try leaving food on your plate. If you find that it is not possible, make it easier on yourself. If you serve yourself, take a little less than you normally do. If you’re at a restaurant, ask for a “doggie bag” before the meal and put half your meal in the bag before you start. You can then finish everything on your plate and still eat far less than you would have. You can eat what’s in the “doggie bag” for lunch tomorrow. Notice, you’re probably satisfied long before you finish the meal anyway. That’s when to stop.

Note: Some of you may believe you’re wasting money if you don’t finish everything (even the kid’s food, sometimes). Some of you may not like to eat leftovers for lunch and find you’ll just throw the food out and that’s wasting money.

The question I have for you is: “How much money has it cost you in the past or is costing you now to lose the weight you gained because you didn’t want to waste the food because you paid for it?”

Think of the diets you’ve done, the clothes you’ve had to buy, even the diseases you may have created for yourself by being overweight ant out of shape.

When you change that habit, you’ll notice a difference. I promise.

Change Your Mind, Change Your Life!

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Between now and my next post, write down what you are going to change that is doable for you. You don’t have to ask anyone for advice. You know exactly what you’re willing to do. Keep a notebook and copy these posts in it. These will be your guide while your program comes from you. I will make suggestions. If they work for you, do them. If they don’t wok for you, don’t. This is about you.

I am creating a five minute guided visualization processes from wanting to exercise to exercising each part of your body. These will help you continue with whatever you decide to do. They’ll be up soon, so stay tuned.

Here’s what I recommend you do today:

Did you know that overweight and out of shape people earn less money doing the same job than people who are in shape and at their ideal weight? It’s true.

Did you know that overweight and out of shape people get passed over for promotions (regardless of how good they are at their job) for people who are in shape and at their ideal weight? It’s true.

Did you know that people who are overweight and out of shape are taken less seriously than people who are in shape and at their ideal weight? That’s true, too.

And, did you know that people who are overweight and out of shape are treated more rudely in almost every situation than people who are in shape and at their ideal weight? If you’re overweight and out of shape you probably already know this, but you’re pretending it isn’t true.

The people in your world: whether you like it or not; are not going to change. You have to. If you don’t mind being overweight and out of shape, and you don’t mind earning less money, and you don’t mind being taken less seriously, and you don’t mind when people are rude to you, and you don’t mind the health risks, then stay where you are.

 And today, I’m back on track. That’s what this is about. Make a commitment you can keep. If you fall off the commitment, notice it, and get back on track. There is no make-wrong here.

It’s time to stop making excuses for being overweight and out of shape. It’s time to get your body back (or your body the way you want it to be for the first time).

The first thing I did was to stop drinking Diet Coke. Yes, Diet Coke has no calories but the chemicals in Diet Coke causes fat to adhere to the cells. Fat is in your body to protect your organs. Diet Coke is all chemicals. Diet anything is all chemicals. The fat in your body holds the chemicals (toxins) to protect the organs from the toxicity in the Diet Coke.

Do you remember TAB? It was one of the first diet drinks. I think it came out in the 60’s. I loved it. Do you know what T A B stands for? Totally Artificial Beverage! And we drank gallons of it. Well, Diet Coke (diet anything) is the same… it’s totally artificial. (I’ll get into more of that later).

The first question you have to ask is: “Am I tired of being overweight and out of shape?” For most people the answer is, “Yes.” Or, “Yes, but…” Yes, but means “No.”

So my question to you is, “What do you need to get to ‘Yes” without the “but?”

The answer is really simple. You need to change your mind. The only real way to change your mind is to talk to your subconscious mind. You can do this through guided imagery, visualization, meditation or hypnosis. I am working on a guided imagery process you will be able to use to help you change your mind so you will truly want to make the changes you need to make to get beyond being overweight and out of shape.

You’re sick and tired of trying to stay fit. It’s almost as if it’s okay to be overweight and out of shape. Trying to do all the things you have to do in your life, AND stay fit and trim is just too hard, too time consuming and too frustrating. I agree.

Leaving the field of “exercise,” I started studying the mind. It was, and still is, truly fascinating to me. I never wanted to go back to teaching fitness. I moved forward into guided imagery, spirituality, body/mind technology, nutrition and hypnosis. I wanted to leave “Suzy Prudden Fitness Guru” far behind. So far that I even allowed myself to become over weight and out of shape.

There’s no way I’ll go on television in a leotard today.

PERSONAL SUCCESS COACH

Television, Radio, Books, Columns, Videos, Albums, CDs, DVDs, audio cassettes, Infomercials – a one woman show…..she’s done them ALL!
She motivates, she inspires, she energizes and empowers. Suzy Prudden is the 21st Century’s Merlin, wizard/magician par excellence. She’s moved millions to the sound of the Pointer Sisters or the words of her own voice. She takes her audiences to new heights of achievement, beyond the glass ceiling and through the looking glass and challenges of time.

SUZY PRUDDEN, internationally acclaimed speaker and seminar leader, author and television host and personality, has been inspiring audiences and groups since 1965. Suzy has authored 11 books on physical fitness and body/mind technology, 4 videos, and dozens of DVDs and CDs. A personal success coach, master hypnotherapist, fitness and body/mind expert, Suzy lectures and presents world- wide. Suzy is a spokesperson, television host and personality, columnist and consultant. Her topics include body/mind technology, creating balance, change attitude, self-esteem, body image, empowerment, motivation, stress management and health and fitness.

With the publication of her landmark books METAFITNESS, YOUR THOUGHTS TAKING SHAPE and CHANGE YOUR MIND, CHANGE YOUR BODY the fitness and personal growth pioneer and former clinician to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, moved from focusing primarily on the body, to focusing on the body/mind connection, brain/mind technology and the newly emerging field of psychophysiology.

Always in the forefront of her field, Suzy Prudden is much in demand as a keynote speaker, seminar leader and group or one-on-one success coach or hypnotherapist. Using humor and down-to-earth common sense, Suzy takes her audiences on the ride of their lives. She is a sought after keynoter and audience warm-up specialist for conferences in the US and abroad. The New York Times says, “If Suzy is talking about it today, you can be sure the rest of the country will be talking about it tomorrow.”

What the experts say:

“In order to heal your relationship with your body you have to go inside. The answers are all in Suzy Prudden’s METAFITNESS; YOUR THOUGHTS TAKING SHAPE.”
OPRAH WINFREY

“Based on trusting your inner intelligence, Prudden’s program is logical and straightforward, and most important, it works.”
DEEPAK CHOPRA, MD
Author: Perfect Health, Quantum Healing and more

“Prudden is a pioneer. She goes beyond diet and exercise to examine the emotional and spiritual dimensions that motivate our behaviors.”
DEAN ORNISH, MD
Dir. Preventive Medicine Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco

“Prudden’s message is both new and simple. Learn to love the body you live in. It feels good and it’s fun. I have seen Suzy take a skeptical audience and within three minutes turn this same group into a happy, smiling, eager and enthusiastic gathering. Everybody loves working with Suzy, and so do I.”

LOUISE L HAY
Author: You Can Heal Your Life