{"id":284,"date":"2009-01-07T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T10:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/01\/bob-greene-i-have-5-fat-burnin.html"},"modified":"2009-01-07T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T10:22:05","slug":"bob-greene-i-have-5-fat-burnin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/01\/bob-greene-i-have-5-fat-burnin.html","title":{"rendered":"Bob Greene, I Have 5 FAT-Burning Questions for YOU!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bob greene.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/import\/bob%20greene.jpg\" width=\"241\" height=\"216\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;ve been following the &#8220;<strong>Oprah Weight Gain, 200 Pounds of Pure Love Series,&#8221;<\/strong> then you know that Bob Greene, Oprah&#8217;s personal weight loss guru <em>(who &#8211; to my knowledge &#8211; has not personally experienced the battle of the bulge)<\/em> is leading a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/dated\/oprahshow\/oprahshow_20081030_bobgreene\">&#8216;weight loss\/best life<\/a>&#8216; webinar on Monday night.  He has put forth his five &#8216;deep-thinking&#8217; <em>(NOT)<\/em> questions for all who struggle with weight loss to ask themselves.  (See below.)<br \/>\nHere follows what I have to say to Bob &#8230; and to you, too!<br \/>\n<em><strong>Dear Bob<\/strong><\/em>, Your 5 questions are pretty good.  BUT, if I were to be perfectly honest, which I have a tendency to be, they&#8217;re not extraordinary.  They are milk-toasty simple.  In other words, while your questions are sound bitable, they do not ensure deep-get-to-the-core-of-the-issue thinking.<br \/>\nI, Bob &#8230; on the other hand&#8230; have come up with <strong>five fat-burning questions<\/strong> that will not only <strong>blow-the-fat-cells-out-of-your-mind<\/strong>, present an <strong>entirely new perspective<\/strong>, but they will also bring a <strong>smile to your face<\/strong> <em>(giving a-HA moments a new meaning)<\/em>!<br \/>\nIt is my mission, you know, to <strong>MAKE WEIGHT LOSS FUN<\/strong>!  Truly, does it have to be so heart-breaking, heavy? If you can&#8217;t laugh at your fat &#8230; and Oprah, Bob &#8230; I do not see you laughing &#8211; then you are sunk!  Aren&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Five a-HA! Questions <\/strong>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\">Janice Taylor, 50 Pound BIG-TIME-Loser<\/a><br \/>\n(who has kept the weight off for over 7 years!)<br \/>\ndesigned to <strong>BLOW the FAT CELLS Out of YOUR MIND<\/strong>, Bring a <strong>SMILE<\/strong> to Your Face, Energize, Empower, Motivate, Inspire and More! (WOWZER!!!)<\/div>\n<p>1. <strong>What is your <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/04\/what-is-your-stay-fat-strategy.html\">STAY FAT STRATEGY<\/a>?<\/strong>  Yes, you have one.  You are very successful at staying fat, aren&#8217;t you? (You will laugh hard when you read this one!)<br \/>\n2. What are you <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/06\/what-are-you-tolerating-puttin.html\">TOLERATING<\/a>?  What are you <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/06\/what-are-you-tolerating-puttin.html\">STOMACHING, PUTTING UP WITH<\/a><\/strong>? Here, we explore, discover and investigate the various things that are in our lives that are WEIGHING us down. Things from dust behind the refrigerator to people in our lives; from bad hair days to our own thoughts and beliefs.<br \/>\nI promise you that as you take the time to be honest, be brave, look deep and write down at least <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/06\/what-are-you-tolerating-puttin.html\">50 things<\/a> that you are STOMACHING, you will be brought to a place where you can see, feel, experience and even taste your &#8216;lite.&#8217;<br \/>\n3. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/06\/frozen-paralyzed-and-swol-with.html\">What&#8217;s FEAR got to do with it<\/a><\/strong>?  Hmmmm &#8230; everything! DUH!! Truth be told, there&#8217;s no way around fear &#8230; you can only move through it!<br \/>\n4. How will you <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/11\/i-was-recently-talking-to.html\">FILL UP on HAPPINESS<\/a><\/strong> (Video included!!!)! Watch before breakfast! I was recently talking to one of my star coaching clients<em> (each and everyone of you a star in your own way)<\/em>. Betty <em>(the names have been changed to protect the innocent)<\/em> said, &#8220;I know I should fill up on happiness instead of food.&#8221; Now, you can fill up on happiness &#8230; get your gluesticks ready!!!<br \/>\n5. Are you <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/06\/drowning-in-drama.html\">DROWNING in DRAMA<\/a>?<\/strong>  (I&#8217;ll say YOU ARE!)  Let go of &#8216;the WHY of it&#8217;. Asking WHY questions &#8230; &#8220;Why am I doing this?&#8221; &#8220;Why me?&#8221; may well yield an answer, but not necessarily a strategy to effect change.   (Bob, three of your five questions are &#8216;why&#8217; questions.  Why is a dead-end.)  When  you hear yourself saying &#8220;The problem is &#8230;&#8221; watch out! Your drama is fast approaching.<br \/>\nHere are Bob&#8217;s questions:<br \/>\n<em>1.  What are you hungry for?<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;The weight is always representative of something other than what it looks like,&#8221; Oprah says. &#8220;You don&#8217;t have a weight problem; you have a self-care, self-love problem.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>2. Why are you overweight?<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s not because you like a certain food,&#8221; Bob says. &#8220;Get deep into it.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>3. Why have you been unable to maintain weight loss in the past?<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;This one is really more about &#8216;Why have you failed?'&#8221; Bob says.  (PS from JANICE: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/01\/celebrate-failure.html\">Celebrate Failure!<\/a> You really need a new perspective on this one.)<br \/>\n<em>4. What in your life is not working?<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;You&#8217;re going to find the answers in those areas that you say are really important to you,&#8221; Bob says. &#8220;But they&#8217;re not doing well.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>5. Why do you want to lose weight?<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;If any part of your answer hints that you&#8217;ll be happy at a certain size or weight, you&#8217;re setting yourself for failure because [there are] two outcomes,&#8221; Bob says. &#8220;You never reach that size or weight and you&#8217;re never happy. And even worse, you reach that size and weight and realize it has nothing to do with your happiness.&#8221;<br \/>\nBob, feel free to <a href=\"mailto:janice@ourladyofweightloss.com\">write me<\/a>.  You guys can, too.   FYI Bob &#8230; you and I (I&#8217;m sure you don&#8217;t remember) appeared on the same bill in Seattle, at the National Northwest Women&#8217;s Show.  I spoke before you and we signed books together.  I gave you one of my books.  If you misplaced it or need a new copy, let me know!  \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nRespectfully, with love and humor!<br \/>\n<em>Spread the word &#8230; NOT the icing!<br \/>\nJanice<\/em><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\">Janice Taylor is a Life &amp; Wellness Coach<\/a>, author, seminar leader and 50-pound-BIG-Time-LOSER!  <a href=\"mailto:janice@ourladyofweightloss.com\">Write Janice<\/a> for an Introductory Coaching Session.<br \/>\nFor more motivation and inspiration, join the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/kickinthetushclub\">Kick in the Tush Club: Beliefnet Chapter.  <\/a><br \/>\nPick up a copy of Janice&#8217;s latest: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Forgiven-Move-Fat-Burning-Sveltesville\/dp\/014200524X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1197052667&amp;sr=1-1\">All Is Forgiven, Move ON ~ Our Lady of Weight Loss&#8217;s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville<\/a>!<br \/>\n<em>&#8221; . . . . kooky genius ~ see if her idiosyncratic diet plan will work for you.&#8221; ~ O, The Oprah Magazine<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ART heart.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/import\/ART%20heart.jpg\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" class=\"mt-image-left\" \/><\/span> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\"> about Janice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following the &#8220;Oprah Weight Gain, 200 Pounds of Pure Love Series,&#8221; then you know that Bob Greene, Oprah&#8217;s personal weight loss guru (who &#8211; to my knowledge &#8211; has not personally experienced the battle of the bulge) is leading a &#8216;weight loss\/best life&#8216; webinar on Monday night. 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