Is your health on the line?

Photos/reflections and health scares. Those are the most common reasons people get serious enough about their weight and health to take action.

Take a look at these comments from just a handful of Code Red’s clients, and you’ll see what I mean.

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My turning point was when I seen my dr recently and she said my cholesterol was significantly worse then the last time I was there and I was at a high risk for stroke, my blood pressure was high and my sleep apnea was super bad I was told there was no promising me that I wouldn’t die in my sleep even with my mouth piece! I finally broke! I’m scared! I don’t want what I chose to do to my body kill me, I have 4 kids and a husband and family and friends who love me and want me around as long as God allows. I will not go back!!!

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What really hit the nail on the head was a picture. But not any ordinary picture. It was a picture of me with a celebrity. This person came into town for a concert and offered VIP. I could afford it so I bought tickets for myself, wife and daughter, and we went. I knew we were getting a picture and I really don’t like my picture taken but I wanted this picture until I saw it. I look horrible. And I don’t share it, and that’s the whole point of that picture. To share it. And I can’t. That really bothered me that I got that big. Later that year, I also had that talk with the doctor, so I would say the combination of those two things (and some other deep things that linger over the past few year) did it. Here I am. I’m hoping that I can fix myself and get another chance at redoing that picture with that celebrity but that might be highly unlikely.

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My turning point consists of many failed attempts at losing weight, a horrible experience with GLP1’s and finally seeing a naturopath to get my hormones straightened out. Well my hormones are in line and the weight didn’t magically disappear as I had hoped – shocking! Lol I honestly just ran out of excuses so I am here now to do the hard work.

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Not believing that the person on my Blink doorbell cam was me!! I thought maybe it was just the way I was standing. No more excuses!

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Caught a glimpse of myself in a window reflection. Total wakeup call. The mirrors in my bathroom seriously must be designed to not make me look as fat as I really am.

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After losing my weight in 2017, I kept it off for that first year completely. For the next three years I’d lose and gain ten of those pounds, but then the virus hit, my husband retired, and our daughter’s caregiver quit, all within a year. I knew I was gaining, but I was already so stressed, taking care of everyone else, I ignored “me’.

And then it all just seemed to hit at once. I could feel the brain fog, my hands and hips hurt, I noticed my eyes felt blurry, blood pressure was dangerously high, but that didn’t quite kick my rear. It wasn’t until I started to feel itchy all over from eczema rashes, and to top it off, my reflection caught my eye. My face was puffy, I didn’t look like the pictures from even a year ago. That was my moment. The itchiness, the rashes, my face looking so sick. I’m tired of my own bull crap, tired of giving in to others who don’t understand.

I’ve tried Code Red in my own before, but I was ready to have others who know what this is like, I need the support too.

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A lot of people don’t like wakeup calls. They see them as punishment, something bad, something to feel ashamed of.

I see wakeup calls as a GIFT. They’re a bucket of cold water to the face, letting you know that hey, things are bad, and they’re only gonna get worse unless you get off your butt and do something now.

The reason we need wakeup calls is because most of the time, people won’t make changes unless the thought of staying the same is more unbearable than the thought of changing. Most humans resist change unless it’s their idea. Plus, we lie to ourselves about how bad things are (and not just in weight loss). If we didn’t do these things, wakeup calls wouldn’t be as necessary.

If you’ve gotten a wakeup call recently, and you’re not acting on it, I guarantee you that an even worse wakeup call is on the way UNLESS you act.

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