Friday, April 18th, 2008...5:00 am
You’ve Got to Believe…
If you followed The Biggest Loser Couples on NBC then you were privileged to get an inside glimpse at the power of belief.
The Biggest Loser this year was Ali Vincent but her path to Biggest Loser fame was far from predictable. Ali paired up with her mom for their chance at becoming the first Biggest Loser Couple but despite some early promise they were voted off the show in week 4. What was Ali’s reaction to being voted off? She came back with the comment, “I am going to be the next biggest loser.” At the time it seemed like she had a better chance of winning the lottery without buying a ticket. But Ali believed it could happen.
This type of deep, emotional belief is nearly impossible to defeat. Through an unexpected twist Ali won a spot back on the show and won every weigh in after returning, including the last one which earned her $250,000 and a new life.
You might not have your sights set on winning the Biggest Loser but if you do want to lose weight I hope you find inspiration in Ali’s journey. Reaching a goal means pushing doubt out of your mind. Ali was finished, she was voted off the show, yet because she believed without doubt that she could be the next Biggest Loser she not only reached her goal but became an inspiration to millions of viewers.
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
1 Comment
April 18th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I wanted to tell you how much your website has helped me.
I hadn’t made the connection to my thinking and my failure at losing and/or maintaining losses weight wise.
Reading your input helped me to understand how to reframe my belief. Weight Watchers teaches that too, but did not fully explain it.
In the past I would find myself thinking “why bother, it won’t work for the long term”, etc. That was a core belief and it ultimately undermined all my efforts.
So when I understood that negative thinking was my problem, I knew I had to change that but deep down I did not believe that I could succeed.
But little by little I came to believe that “well, maybe I could”–that I just needed to find a different way. I began to examine my thoughts.
Now when I’m struggling instead of thinking “I can’t” or “why bother?” or etc, I use the positive approach and think “what can I do differently to achieve my desired results” and then I look for ways to do that.
And amazingly it works…it seems to remove the emotional intense dynamic that fuels frustration and ends up in defeat and anger and replaces it with an approach that results in affirmation and harmony of spirit and one is empowered and one’s will works with one instead of against one.
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