We’ve all heard this claim from marketers pushing their products: “Try it for 30 days. If you’re not completely satisfied, you get your money back!”

Have you ever wondered why companies offer this type of guarantee?

They offer these jewels because they are certain that after you try their product, you will like it so much that you will have no choice but to buy their product.

Their logic is simple: Who in their right mind wouldn’t try something for free?

Because I believe so strongly in the hCG program, I have made similar offers to people considering beginning it.

My reasoning is this: It takes 21 days for us to develop new habits. I am confident that if people give the protocol a chance for 21 days, they are going to see miraculous results. I know from experience that they will want to continue.

For those of us who have 100 or more pounds to lose, reaching our weight loss goal may seem daunting – even with this protocol. But, if you break it down into 20- pound increments, it seems more attainable. And when you consider that you can lose 20 percent of what you need to in just three 3 weeks … well, that’s simply miraculous.

I truly believe anyone can follow this plan for 21 days. Those of us on the protocol know those first three weeks are very simple. Getting on the scale every day and seeing losses big and small motivates us to continue with the program another day. After you commit to the first 21 days, the end of the phase quickly comes into sight. Seeing the results makes it that much easier to stay on course and maintain control.

Our minds can be tricky. We can derail ourselves by believing limiting thoughts about ourselves and our potential for success. Often, we have to play around with our thoughts to get our minds to work in the way we ultimately want to go. But after the first week on the program, when you realize you only have 14 more days to go, it becomes easier to believe success is possible.

When you commit to taking the baby steps toward the future instead of struggling to take the big strides you used to take in the past, it’s amazing how much stronger your commitment can be.

Experience has taught me that at the end of those first 21 days, you will be ready to sign up for another week. I just know it, don’t you???

After people succeed in their first 21 days on the program, they see for themselves that it is possible to live (and lose) on 500 calories. After they see their bodies begin to transform, they begin to believe.

If they follow the program, I can guarantee positive results. Miraculous results. SUCCESS!

Of course, I don’t tell them they can get their money back. MUHAHAHAHA!!!

What do you think?

I have this thing about using negative words to describe positive circumstances.

At a four-day seminar back in the mid-80s, I learned how the mind does not perceive language the way you project it to the world. Your mind’s ability to process words is based on a lot of vibrations, and when you use a negative word, you send out negative vibrations — whether you intend to or not.

How do you feel about the words lose, lost, or loser?

Sure, these are words that are associated with your adventure with weight control. When you reach a goal, you may announce your success like this: “Hey, I lost 100 pounds!”

You should be proud of your success. That’s an amazing achievement. But what does the mind perceive when you include the word lost in that announcement?

The mind does not perceive the sentence as positive because lost is negative word most of the time, plain and simple.

Humans cannot bear the thought of losing anything:

• What happens when you lose your wallet? (Oh the pain of calling and replacing credit cards and licenses!)
• Think about losing your keys. (Oh, the pain of making new ones and replacing locks)
• And consider the anxiety surrounding losing your job. (Oh, the pain of endless hours of job searching. How are you going to pay for your bills?)

When you lose something, the body goes into fear mode. If your body is full of fear, then it might slip into the hoarding mindset.

Think about it: What happens when you are afraid your child might get lost? If you are afraid you might lose your child, what do you do?

You never let that child out of sight; you keep her so close that she cannot possibly get lost. You get very possessive, and maybe a bit clingy. That is the brain’s natural way of saying: “Well, you can’t lose it if you never let go of it.”

So if you say you are losing weight, you send a signal to your body the results in a fear of losing. Then it will refuse to release its hold on that weight.

Instead of focusing on the weight you are losing, why not concentrate on the health and wellness you are gaining?

Also include the gaining of happiness, the gaining of a new wardrobe, the gaining of a new way of looking at food, the gaining of new culinary delights, and most of all, the gaining of a new you.

When the mind perceives the word gain it interprets the positive connotation of the word. Typically, gaining implies abundance.

So why not focus on all the abundance you are gaining by getting to your goal (another positive word)?

When you shift your focus to the things you can gain, rather than what’s being lost, then weight becomes a non-issue.

I, for one, will be working on changing my vocabulary to reflect this new line of thinking.

How about you?

What gains are you making by reaching your goal?

Are you ready to eradicate negative words that are heavy with fear from your vocabulary?

I’m not quite sure how many out there are aware of the latest development in the hCG community, but I felt compelled to write you today instead of waiting for my weekly visit with you on Wednesday.

On Friday afternoon, the hCG community was presented with a challenge – somehow, someway, access to hCG via some overseas pharmacies was taken away.

This might cause some to go into panic mode – and as most of you know, I do not allow panic.

One of my clients recently wrote this about me:

Bizipedia – definition – health, nutrition and mind matters researcher and purveyor of all tidbits of information!!!!!

I totally am a purveyor of all things related to health and nutrition, and that will continue, including being your one stop source of information while we traverse this latest development.

Stay tuned my Facebook page as well as my newsletter and this blog for any updates as I put my mad research skills into high gear.

Please feel free to leave comments here with your concerns.

I will not be deterred.  You can count on that.  I am on the case.