The 500-lb. Lawyer Who Was Buried in a Piano Crate

I ran into a buddy recently who reminded me of theright now. And I will succeed. I have succeeded. I have
lawyer I helped bury a couple of years ago. My buddyjust succeeded in creating my own click, instead of
is just like that lawyer, forever fat. He is into what I callwaiting for it to happen. And I will be just as successful
"wait loss," waiting to lose weight. It will never happen.on my fat loss program. It is as good as done."
He knows my business and he mentioned that heSnap your fingers each time you say the word click if
needs to get on my program. But he has not, and is stillyou like; the more emotion you put into affirming your
waiting around to finally lose weight. He has been thatintention, the better. And you have indeed just created
way for years.your own click.
One of my fat loss tactics for people like him is calledOr you can choose to continue practicing wait loss,
Create Your Own Click. Otherwise you can be waitingand maybe end up like Ed (not his real name), the
forever for something to click to make you finally lose500-pound lawyer who is no longer with us. He
the weight you need to lose. Creating your own click issuffered a massive coronary infarction, a heart attack,
a proactive approach and easy to do. You createand died in his early 30s.
your own click instead of waiting for it to magicallyHis early death was a tragedy. He was a smart guy
appear. You make it happen. Anyone can do thisand could have put all his intellectual powers to work
immediately.and lost all the weight he needed to lose. Anyone can.
Here is a powerful way to create your own click. SetBut he did not, and now it is too late for Ed. He paid
aside 10 minutes of absolute quiet time, when you arethe ultimate price for practicing wait loss.
alone and will not be disturbed. Unplug the phone orAs sad as his death was, another friend of mine who
turn it off. You are doing all this for the single purposenever lets anything get in his way of seeing the humor
of creating your own click to lose weight.in things, said before the funeral, "My God, they are
You are doing it because you know you can and havegoing to need a piano crate to bury Ed in."
decided that you are not going to wait for somethingAnd indeed the casket that held Ed was a biggie,
to click. Get the mindset of you are going towhich are being made more commonly these days,
proactively create your own click. That is your intentionalong with oversize furniture, hospital beds, clothes, etc.
and you cannot fail. It is, in fact, easy. Get in aI will never forget the cemetery scene, where we
comfortable chair or whatever position you findpallbearers actually had to walk uphill hefting Ed in that
relaxing, be it sitting, lying down, in a recliner chair. Relax.piano crate-sized casket. I thought we were going to
Breathe deeply, let yourself settle down.have heart attacks.
When you are fully relaxed, affirm to yourself or outIf you are like most people, you probably think that
loud these words, or words you choose: "I have had itsomething like the heart attack Ed suffered cannot
with being fat. I am done. I am putting being fat behindhappen to you. Maybe, maybe not. A heart attack is
me forever. I am creating my own click right now,just one of many risks of overweight. Recent findings
instead of waiting for it to happen sometime in theshow overweight is connected to many more forms
vague future. I am taking control right now. From thisof cancer than previously known. Along with stroke,
day forward I am going to focus on losing fat anddiabetes and all the other unsavory scenarios being
getting fit, one day at a time. I am creating that clickoverweight invites into your life.