Just wanted to share that with you all. He lost over 236 lbs and he has some really motivational things to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9XJM...B3BA6A&index=8

I keep repeating to myself what he says later in the video about how if we don't quit we can't fail.

I haven't worked out in two weeks and I know I am not trying my best and my weight has been fluctuating. So I'm trying to get my motivation back to the level that it used to be. It takes sooooo much to not just go back to life as it was before. I am finally in the 190's for the first time since I was a kid and I want so badly to get past this invisible barrier that I have never passed (getting to the 180s seems like a dream) but I know its so close.

Hugs to all of you on your journeys. We can do this! I am trying to stay hopeful and motivated: I can break barriers. I can be who I deserve to be. I am not quitting and setting new goals.

That video was just MADE OF WIN. Totally.

You can't fail... if you don't quit.

Love it.

LOVE IT!!!!!

Thanks for that link.. VERY inspirational video! He should be a motivational speaker ;-)

I love this video. It made me tear up! lol.

"The surest way not to fail, is to DETERMINE to succeed

"Failure can never overtake me as long as my determination to succeed is strong enough"


It seems so simple when you think about it. Simple and logical and DOABLE.

Go us!!!!

The term 'fail', when used in the context of weight loss or fitness goals, is something that has always bothered me.

What I struggle with is wording and fear of being offensive. Because, if you are still lving, how can you have failed yet? Unless you die fat ... and even then you may have made some progress ...

Oh my gosh that looks so cruel in writing ...

I firmly believe that you are made up of everything you've ever done, seen, heard, read ...

Let's say that Mrs Smith decides at 200 lbs that enough is enough and she's going to lose 50 lbs. She buys books, reads 3FC, walks, dances, measures, nibbles baby carrots instead of chocolate etc. She gets part way to goal and stuff happens. One year later she finds herself at 200 lbs again.

1. She wasn't a failure at 200 lbs the first time. She's not now either.
2. She can never forget the things she learned losing weight the first time.
3. Chances are very good that she is in better shape than she was at 200 lbs the first time. Better resting heart rate and so on.

Mrs Smith is not a failure! She has the foundation to do it again and do it better.

Let's say that Mrs Jones wants to (once again) enjoy the body she had at 145 lbs. At the end of six months of whole foods and triweekly gym visits, she is 152 lbs and looks great in every size 6 she tries on.

She is not a failure either. Goals are merely mental pictures we set which can be redefined over time.

Even Mrs Johnson, who at 312 lbs reads 3FC any time she thinks about it while she is online. She hasn't done a thing about her weight. In fact she had fried food for breakfast. However ... the seeds are planted. She knows that a walk would be good. She knows that lunch could be lean chicken and a luscious salad. She knows that other folks can do it. She knows that other folks just like her can do it.

She is not a failure either. There's still time.

Yes! I agree with you. I've always felt that way as well.

In fact, for that matter, I've felt the same way about the word success, in regards to weight loss.

Okay. Ones lost weight. Success? Ummm, not yet. We'll talk in 40, 50 years...

thanks for posting this. i REALLY need some encouragement right now in the face of a major plateau. it reminded me that if i quit now, ill be right back where i started within a year, but if i keep pushing, i will eventually break through!

I love his videos, I agree they are very motivational!

Susan -- I love your post and agree about all of those non-failures!!!

I love and agree with Susan's post too. Thanks Susan!

ah, i agree with you! if you don't quit-you can't fail! i gotta post that on my wall some where lol