I am writing this newsletter real quick Monday evening because I finally got my daughter to take a decent nap.  She has been home with me today because she has a slight fever, which we think and hope is due to teething.

You see our daughter is 13 months old and doesn’t have any teeth yet.  We do know that she can get a low grade fever, become irritablle, uncomfortable and have diarrhea. 

Well, guess what.  She has all of that and then some.  The frustrating thing is she can’t tell us what is wrong.  All she can do is lay her head on my lap and cry or moan and be held. 

I drove her around for 1.5 hours today just so she could take a decent nap.  I will make sure she knows how expensive that nap was at $3.75 for a gallon of gas. 

So what does this have to do with you losing weight.

Well, like I mentioned she can’t communicate her frustrations, pain and problems that she is having.  She can only cry.

You as an adult can communicate, but most of you don’t. 

Why is that?

I sometimes think that when you are losing weight you want to keep it a secret because you are embarrased or if you fail then no one has to know about it and make you feel guilty for failing. 

Well, if those are your reasons for not telling anyone you couldn’t be more wrong.

Enlisting the help of others allows you to vent, ask for help, get ideas from others and learn. 

We all know that there isn’t a magic pill or solution.  Weight loss takes hard work and effort.

There will be frustrations along the way.  Instead of keeping them a secret let someone know about them and let them help.  If they could help you solve the frustration in one day wouldn’t that be worth it rather then getting more frustrated day after day and eventually giving up?

Don’t be afraid to ask for help and guidance.

That is one of the reasons why I have this blog.

It is for you to learn as well as communicate with others so that you can help each other.  Group weight loss programs are successful because of the power of the group.  Take advantage of this and communicate.

Also, communicate your successes and help motivate others that may need to read that it can be done and they can succeed.

Yours in health!

Jayson Hunter RD, CSCS
http://getridofmygutdiet.com

PS:  Read below to understand the power of telling others.  This grandmother told her family and now the entire family is eating better and helping each other.  Not only has the program helped 1 grandmother, but also her 5 daughters and 16 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.  Make sure you read this sentence from below.  "We are now more connected to being healthy with each other thanks to you".  This is the power of a group. 

"I have lost 14 inches and 21 lbs. overall and two complete dress sizes!!!

I am not so winded after climbing stairs, I sleep better at night, my old age aches and pains are not so noticable to me, and I smile much more often now. I wish I had met you years ago. Yours is the only diet program I have ever read that included food that I actually like. Which is why I tried yours in the first place. Other diets are basically the same; cardboard for breakfast, plastic for lunch and a few shrubs and weeds for dinner (only kidding). But yours included foods I like to eat and if I want to eat the same breakfast every day for a week, I do, but you give me more choices and I am not limited to fish and vegetables that I don’t like.

I am a 61 year old great grandmother who has 5 daughters and 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and my only motivation was to get out of bed and go back to bed every day until I was introduced to you. You have become family to myself and my family. We are now more connected to being healthy with each other thanks to you

Thanks so much for your encouragement, your interest in helping us, and your concern about how we are doing. I never expected that. I am very pleased I started all of this with you and I am talking others into joining as well.

God Bless you, Jayson, for your caring and concern."

Barbara A. Kimball
Candia, New Hampshire

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