WELCOME
Dear Friend,
I am excited you are here. Just by picking up this book and reading the words on this page, you’ve shifted into a receptive frame of mind, and in just that flash of openness, your brain’s neural pathways have lit up. Your brain is now taking notes, in a manner of speaking, by releasing chemicals and sending electrical signals to represent the information you are digesting. If you pause right now and close your eyes, you’ll feel the electricity flowing through your body. Keep reading and following the suggestions in this book, and those signals will become stronger, more empowering, and more permanent. This is just a peek at what I’ve learned about the powerhouse in your head, and how emotions, thoughts, ideas, and intentions affect your whole being, brain and body.
Whether you are looking to lose ten pounds and feel more energetic or envisioning a deeper and fuller transformation into a whole new you, the path to success begins with clearing away outdated messages and embracing the truth you deserve and the success you desire. To do this, you must understand how to harness and change your thoughts. This requires you to be fully awake, aware, and present in your life. The Deserve Level Test will help you master these skills. You’ll have the key to your fitness and weight loss goals, as well as all your other life aspirations.
By completing the same test and series of questions that I use with my private clients, you will have the opportunity to intimately explore your unique needs. At this very moment, you are in the right place, and it is the right time for change to begin. If you want it, you can achieve it. You might think you already know where you are, but I guarantee you, you don’t. By exploring the ten categories that make up the Deserve Level Test, you’ll learn how to truly understand the undercurrents that determine your actions and present situation. You’re going to learn how to chisel away unnecessary thoughts, emotions, and actions that hold you back. With renewed clarity, you’ll be able to use your mind as the awesome difference maker it is, and your life will break wide open.
The 3-Step Whole-istic Approach
The following triad gives a general idea of how the Mind Your Body method flows and maintains balance to quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly yield successful weight loss, a leaner and firmer body, reduced stress, improved health, increased happiness, and enhanced energy.
You’re going to learn how mindset, meals, and moves—which make up my Whole-istic approach—lead to true success. My program works because it consistently and dynamically addresses all the factors involved in sustainable weight loss and behavior change. More than 97 percent of diets, fitness plans, and weight loss programs fail because they only address parts of the problem instead of addressing the needs of your entire being. I’m going to teach you how to trust your gut and never give up, and I will show you exactly what steps to take to become precisely who you want to be—one day at a time.
Thanks to the publicity I’ve received from being Dr. Oz’s longtime trainer and fitness consultant, as well as through the popularity of my DVDs and word-of-mouth recommendations, I’m fortunate to have worked with thousands of people and to have seen what drives them to success—and what doesn’t. A personal trainer is like a therapist or a hair stylist—people trust you from the start, and while they are doing sit-ups or push-ups, you get to see how they are wired. I hear about their dreams, fears, and doubts, and I have seen some shocking patterns and themes emerge, some to avoid and some worth emulating. I’ve spent nearly a decade developing this book, extracting the elements that make people successful, because I wanted to perfect every detail before I shared it with you.
I care deeply about helping you reach your full potential, and my goal is to show you how to tilt your experience and shift your perspective, training your mind and body to see yourself with a new love and appreciation—the sort of love and appreciation that will allow you to look at yourself in the mirror and say, “Damn, I look and feel good,” and mean it.
—Your trainer,
Joel
Fear says . . .
no you can’t.
Determination says . . .
yes you can.
Results say . . .
I told you so.