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Have you ever seen cats playing? Have you noticed that when playing turns into fighting a cat will “puff up” when threatened? My two bundles of fur decided to have a major cat fight in my office. As I watched them I had one of those A-HA! moments.

I suddenly realized that like cats, some people make themselves bigger, gain weight, when they feel vulnerable, threatened or consumed with anger. No matter how many diets, boot camps, exercise regimens, or sweat spas they try, the unwanted pounds remain. Like an armored shield excess poundage protects the vulnerable from threatening painful circumstances. It is too scary to shed those pounds!

The truth is, you don’t do anything unless you get something out of it. You don’t stay heavy unless carrying the excess weight gives you something in return. Do you know anyone who hides behind their weight to avoid dating or other social activities? If you don’t have any love or friendship relationships you can’t be rejected. If you don’t lose weight you won’t have to go out and buy new clothes. There are any number of hidden benefits of keeping the weight on.

The biggest one is you get to stay right where you are, in your current comfort zone. So, you hold yourself back by making sure you don’t lose weight, or keep it off once you shed the extra poundage. At first you wear the fat suit like a costume to hide your real exposed self. Soon you forget the weight is robe to cover you up, protect you from any potential emotional storm – a perfect storm where self-esteem, desire, and fear collide. You — the real you — gets swept away with the torrential wind.

The good news is you are not your body. You are you. You are worthy, intuitive, zealous, authentic, responsible for your outcomes and decisive – when you are tapped into who you really are and what you really want to experience in your life, career and relationships. Push the mute button in your head, on the thoughts that keep you clinging to your weight. Reach for a new perspective by having a conversation with your heart. Rediscover that part of you that loves you unconditionally and knows that you will always be safe. This part of you has the confident courage to let go of what drags you down, holds you back, from achieving your most profound desires.

When you tap into your truth, the weight will begin to melt away. You will no longer be stuck frozen under the layers upon layers of protective tissue. Step out of your hiding place and share your magnificent self with the rest of the world. This is what you are here on this earth to do. Unwrap the gift of you to shine light upon yourself as you shine your light upon others. It is time to come out of the dark heavy cave of misguided cover.

There isn’t a diet in the world that can make you let go of your inauthentic costume. That freedom comes from within. Begin today. Look in the mirror and see, really see, the extraordinarily beautiful person you are.

Valery is a Moxie Master, Author, Mentor and Coach who will teach you how to have the confident courage to go after what you REALLY want with unrelenting drive and passion. That’s Moxie! Claim your truth, own your power & command your stage with her unique fast Moxie Up! process. Get going. Get it done. Moxie Up! today! Get free tips at http://www.MoxieTherapy.com

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Two weeks is really not a lot of time, but it is adequate time to get your weight loss program off to a strong start. You may already know what you are supposed to eat, when you will eat it, and how to prepare each meal. Perhaps you have planned out exactly when you will workout and your preferred forms of exercise. You are eager to get going and excited to see results as quickly as possible. The picture seems complete in your head: you are going to lose weight! Two weeks from now you will be an entirely different person.

All of this excitement and planning ahead is a great thing! It will carry you through the first couple of weeks and hopefully even longer. Yet there is one more thing you can do while making all these plans, which will help the weight to come off a little faster and keep you mentally and physically stimulated to keep going even when the excitement fades and you want to give up.

This one tip is simply to get out of your comfort zone and make your goals a bit of a challenge. It is a fact that if you do the same exercise routine every day or week, your body will get so efficient at performing that routine that it will not burn as many calories doing it anymore. Basically, your routine becomes too easy for your body as it gets into better shape.

For you starting out, this means you need to set your exercise goals so that they will challenge your body at least a little. If you have not exercised for a long time and are very out of shape, then simply walking for an extended period of time may be a challenge. That is fine, get out there and do it! But if you get out there and are still walking along easily after a half hour, then it is time to challenge your body so it is forced to kick up the metabolism and burn more calories.

You will also need to increase intensity the further you get into your program. How fast your body adjusts to an exercise and needs more will depend on many factors. It is different for everyone, so you will have to monitor yourself and judge when it is getting too comfortable for your own good.

Turning up the intensity is easy, once you realize it is time. If you have found a form of exercise that you enjoy, or at least can tolerate, then look for ways to make that same exercise harder. For example, if you start out taking a walk around the block after dinner there are several ways to start making it harder:

1. Walk for a longer period of time, or distance.
2. Look up the proper form for power walking and start that instead of leisurely strolling.
3. Add ankle weights, wrist weights, or walk with small dumbbells.
4. Add short bursts of jogging at regular frequencies (also known as interval training, look it up).

You get the idea! Step out of your comfort zone and keep upping the demands on your body to decrease your chances of hitting the dreaded weight loss plateau. Two weeks is enough time to do some serious damage to your fat stores, if you get your body pumped up enough to do the work!

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