CHAPTER 1. DAY ONE
- Hello there! We are live on the air again!
My name is Ovechkin Artyom Andreyevich.
I am a psychologist, lecturer at the Institute of Practical Psychology "Imaton", author of several books and TV show consultant.
I provide weight loss counseling and all kinds of mindset training.
Occasionally I conduct seminars all over the world but mainly provide personal, family, and group counseling in Saint-Petersburg.
I am 43.
I hope I will be able to work as a counselor for a long time.
Do you think it's easy?
- Probably not.
- You are right. Have you already tried to fight against overweight?
- I do it every day of my life! ☺
— You are experienced fighters then.
Great!
Let's wait a few minutes for Victor.
He will come soon.
We are going to have a man in our group.
Lucky you!
They say it's easier to succeed with weight loss if there is at least one man in the group.
Our plan for success is like that: we will swap places every day to ensure that each of you will have been sitting by the man for a while.
It will contribute to weight loss.
— ☺
— Have you ever heard about people who studied the mindset of a slim person at my group sessions?
— My daughter attended the group and took personal consultations.
— How is she doing?
— Fine. Her weight is one hundred forty-three pounds now.
— What was her weight before?
— Two hundred nine.
— So, she lost over sixty pounds.
How much time did it take?
— Let me see... Ten months!
— Great!
Perhaps someone else has friends or relatives who passed my seminars?
Did they succeed?
— My colleague attended your group session.
She has lost forty pounds.
— Thousands of people attended my training on practical psychology of being slim.
They succeed in weight loss and stay slim.
Who can't get slim?
Only the one who does nothing or starts to distort recommendations saying: "Why shouldn't I try something else?"
Actually, everything is easy.
During our session, I'll tell you what to do.
You'll try the technique and start to change your habits.
It's impossible to learn how to drive or ride a bicycle in one day, right?
— Right!
WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING OF NEVER-ENDING JOURNEY OF SELF-IMPROVEMENT
— One stage of this journey is to drop excess weight and stay slim.
It's a long-term process.
During our course, we will build a relationship that is similar to the one that is established between a coach and an athlete.
Athletes keep on training.
They need to take many efforts to win the competition.
But the coach makes his contribution to success either.
He trains the team, corrects mistakes, encourages, and provides moral support to the athletes.
Sometimes he even gives them, you know, a swift kick in the pants.
As you can guess, it makes athletes redouble efforts, and they achieve success faster.
— ☺
— If you have any questions during our course, you can schedule an appointment for personal counseling on-site or via Skype.
Does anyone else have friends, relatives, or acquaintances who attended our weight loss training course?
— My girlfriend.
— When?
— In 2008.
— Has she lost some weight?
— Yes.
— How much?
— About thirty pounds.
— Does she maintain the weight?
— Yes.
— Any other people?
— My acquaintance attended a group session in May.
— Was she in my group?
— Yes.
— What is her result?
— She told me that she had lost sixty pounds.
She definitely looks slim and fit. She is my fellow-student.
—I remember her. She attended another training recently.
So, here is the thing.
If you follow our recommendations, you succeed.
If you ignore them, you get nothing.
Let's write down a few things.
Olga Vladimirovna Tsyganova, 30, economist, lost 110 lbs
"Everyone, even the strongest people, has concerns that it won't work for them.
But you have to find the strength to make the very first small step to your dream, and then another one, and another one.
Anyway, you lose nothing.
Yes, it won't be easy.
But believe me, it's worth every effort.
I took the first step.
I came up for a sort of swift kick in the pants.
It was so powerful that my whole world flipped upside down.
My counselor inspired me.
He gave me hope and demonstrated how attractive my life could be if I were slim".
Тo be continued!)
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Artyom Ovechkin, the author of "Easy Way to Get And Stay Slim: Mindset For Weight Loss"