Weight Loss Guru

Pete Cohen speaks to Georgina Burnett about life coaching and his weight loss motivation program.

Here's some excerpts from the first of a series of pieces in The Daily Telegraph: 

...Through this specially designed programme I’m going to personally coach you, support you and guide you every step of the way so that you learn how to take on the habits necessary to not only lose weight but keep it off FOREVER! Through a simple four-step process and a unique set of daily coaching videos I’m going to give you all of the support, encouragement and motivation you’ll need to reach your goal.... Access free trial or sign up at a £10 discount for a unique video and e-mail based weight loss program. No meetings, no weigh-ins, no dietary analysis, no exercise routines.. Just a simple, easy-to-follow, 28 day weight-loss programme where you'll learn to apply habit changing tools for a healthier lifestyle.

Read more at telegraph.co.uk/health... 

This week sees the start of The Daily Telegraph newspaper's feature on my weight loss website petecohen.tv. There will be some interesting editorial that I know you will enjoy reading.  The feature starts this Tuesday (tomorrow) and runs through till Thursday. Pick up a Telegraph if you can...

From one of my weight-loss program members:

Journal Entry:
Title: "Queen of negative thinking"
Entry: "I have done both day 4 and day 5 today (will do day 5 again tomorrow as it is very good and I want to keep in sequence) as last night all the negative thoughts I could muster were swirling round in my head.... I have not had an alcoholic drink since 31/12/07 and if there had been any in the house last night, I probably would have succumbed. It was all I could think of. I busied myself with other things and had some herbal tea AND I DID NOT EAT but I was talking to myself very negatively and harshly all the time, which didn't help. I did day 4 this morning and noticed day 5 was about dealing with negativity - so I did that as well! I am doing fine apart from that, it just makes me realise how much of this is in my head and I would not have got this far without this programme. After years of yoyo dieting my thoughts are very negative, that this will be just like all the other attempts to lose weight, that I can't keep it up, that I am useless and crap. However, I am now going to tell that voice to "shut the duck up", give myself priase for my achievements and see how that goes. And Pete is right about the MP3 - it does relax me and makes me feel more positive. And writing this is cathartic, like dumping all this stuff out of me to somewhere (or someone!) else."

 So, if you haven't clicked on it already, Day 5 is available on the Free Trial - it's about dealing with the negative voices in your head... 'The Duck' as I call it.

Today the Daily Express features a piece about Carol Stephenson who tried petecohen.tv. Carol  says "I feel very motivated and I'm determined to continue the good work." Good for you Carol and Well Done! Click the image below to see a get a bigger size that you can read.

Don't you just love the way newspapers refer to the web? It's always 'logged on to the net' or 'clicked into cyberspace'  or somesuch oddity :)

Happy New Year everyone!

Well, it's the last day of 07... so it's a great moment to spend some time thinking about how you want to spend 2008.
Here's a few websites for Inspiration...

My 50 things to do in my lifetime
UK site, similar to 43 Things. Has a good list of suggestions and ideas for goals.

43 Things
Another great site where users can share goals, discover what's important, and make it happen.

We Are What We Do
A new movement inspiring people to use their everyday actions to change the world.

My Weight Loss Program (petecohen.tv)
Last chance to join-up for £49.95. Price increases tomorrow to £59.95

Hi there to you all and I hope you have had a good Christmas and are looking forward to 2008.

This is the time of year when many of us think about New Year resolutions. The common-most being to lose weight and get fit.

If this is one of your goals and if you haven't already checked out www.petecohen.tv, then have a look. It's a unique 21 day programme designed to help you develop the powerful and positive habits that will not only help you lose weight, but give you the tools you need to keep the weight off.

It's a great time to take a free trial and join up as the price is going up on Jan 1st.

Have a look at what some of the people who have been following the programme for the past few months have said:

"In 21 days I've lost a couple of pounds and a some inches, but, more importantly, I've learnt more about myself, particularly that I can do things differently. New habits are forming and I am nurturing them..."

"...I am relaxed and discovering new pleasures. I deeply dislike diets. I like to eat. I have never ate with such pleasure. I learnt to eat slowly and this made all the difference. I also love freedom. In this sense, I am much more free. I decide what I will eat instead of eating without choice.."

New Year's Goals

I recommend that if you do want to break a habit this year or achieve a goal or goals then your first port of call would be to write down anything you want to achieve.

"Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."
Fitzhugh Dodson

When we truly focus on something, we are much more likely to achieve it  - whether it's gaining a job, buying a house, acquiring a qualification or having a harmonious relationship. By sending a message of desire to our brain, we start to make pictures of what we want and, in turn, we begin to take action in order to make it happen. Similar to a builder having an idea of what a project will look like when it's complete or a hairdresser knowing what style they want to create before they start cutting, we can all design the future we want - and then set out to obtain it.

If your goals are about things that you need in your life and will benefit you and others, you'll feel happy when you achieve them. But if you set goals just because you think you should, or to please other people, you may not feel that special even when you do achieve what you set out to do. It's important to ask yourself "What's in it for me?" and "What will happen if I don't manage to do this?"

I really hope you have a good New Year's and and even better 2008!

Hi there and how goes it? I've been a busy bee again as I've been involved in the auditioning of our new recruits for GMTV's Inch Loss Island that will be hitting your screens in January.   We saw people from all over the country who desperately want to lose weight and get fit.  We whittled it down to four of the best who will be joining us on the island for a fun-packed, action-filled and emotional week.  As yet, they still do not know the location of the island.

Check out the photo of our new Inch Loss Island team. Kate Garaway will be presenting with experts Dr. Hilary, Amanda, Mark and myself. Here's a bigger one.

Now, I've been thinking a bit since the fire... so, let me start off by asking you a question, (I do this a lot)

Do you believe that every cloud has a silver lining?

Well I do. And, I think it's possible to find a way of taking something positive from difficult or challenging experiences.  Take my house burning down for example. I'm now living in a flat at a golf club, and guess what? I love golf! I only have to walk downstairs and I can play. I think it's important to realise that we can choose how we feel and it's also possible to make the most out of most situations in life.

A while back I asked you to imagine stepping out of your front door without having a clue where you wanted to go... (don't forget to turn the cooker off if you actually do this :) !) Anyway, if you'll recall it was about The Importance Of Setting Goals.

When you do set goals, you have to be careful not to become too obsessed. Not many of us have a 100% hit rate so there may be times when you set a goal and you end up making a mistake, or your goal doesn't really work. It's not The End Of The World. At this point you have a choice: you can get all flustered, beat yourself up and go back to wandering about without direction - or you can learn from the experience and move on.

The key thing to consider when you set goals is to clarify why you want something. Chances are, if you set goals about things that you need in your life or, things that will benefit you and others, you'll feel happy when you achieve them. But if you set goals just because you think you should or to please other people, you may not feel that great - even when you've achieved what you set out to do. Think about this especially if you're prone to New Year's resolutions.

You have to ask yourself 'What's in it for me?' and 'What will happen if I don't manage to do this?' Whatever goals you set, you have to demand more of yourself to push your performance, and you have to realise that we are all more capable than we think we are. Your ability to achieve is immeasurable - and it can be easier to get what you want than you think.

Take good care. Pete.

P.S this is great: http://www.humancalendar.com/ 

This is an excerpt from the online weight-loss diary of one of our members. I just wanted to 'put this out there' as i think it's so inspiring and may help someone. She agreed to me putting her comments here on the blog and she'll be popping in to read and respond, so please, if you want to congratulate her, or otherwise - go for it. Thanx

"Weight loss program after three months - comments: So far, despite my not doing perfectly each day, I think I changed my way of eating and moving. Even if I fail in two or three tools, I recover it in the following days. Most important, I recover the enthusiasm and the well being that this program gave me.I had an excess of 10 kilos. I lost 4 kilos. Now, I am using my clothes confortably. My intention is to use this method till the end of my life. Since its beginning, I said to myself I can eat whatever I wish, provide I eat when I am hunger and eat slowly. Additionaly, I should remember that I want to feel good, and that means in good shape and good humour.I have a friend who is on a diet. He is sometimes a little bit angry with restrictions. I have no restrictions. I am relaxed and discovering new pleasures. I deeply dislike diets. I like to eat. I have never ate with such pleasure. I learnt to eat slowly and this made all the difference. I also love freedom. In this sense, I am much more free. I decide what I will eat instead of eating without choice. Now, I am learning to chose other things. I am learning to use the web. I am learning to use it slowly and making choices. Another important change is that whatever emotion or feeling I had in the past, I use to thought about food. Or, if I would meet or visit someone, my mind was always thinking of food. This is not happening. And curiously, most times I realise I just need a glass of water! While food isn't anymore my number one worry, I insist, I've never ate with such pleasure!" - woman from Brazil

The Imperial Ministry for Anti-Health has plans to increase it's reach by creating more 'Educational Moving Pictures'. Response to the initial outline of the Ministry's policies on food and exercise has resulted in substantial weight-gain worldwide. Brilliant! The Ministry plans to further elaborate it's stance with New Policies on topics such as: 

• Bicycles (Ban them! Use motor vehicles to save energy)
• Dogs (No more Dogs. Free cat-for-dog-exchange = less exercise)
• Fruit (What is this ridiculous fascination with fruit? Let's get back to basics - like cake!)
  
• and so on...

The Ministry - as ever - aims to provide Free Fast Food and Heavily Processed Foods for All, and strongly recommends a Total Ban On All Unnecessary Exercise.

We'd love to receive any suggestions you have for Anti-Health Policies before we start planning the filming, so please add a comment below to make a suggestion or two 

If you have no idea what I'm talking about then you'll probably need to see The Ultimate Anti-Health Plan on Youtube first. Things will become clearer. Trust me :)