How Do I Know Your Book Is Going To Be The Answer This Time?

June 26, 2010 ↓ Comments (0)

DK’s Question: I have a serious sugar addiction. I just can’t seem to stop. I buy vegetables all the time and end up letting them go stale while I continue to eat lots of sweets. I have spent a lot of money on programs and books and end up doing the same thing over and over. How do I know your book is going to be the answer this time?

Answer: It’s not. You are the answer. As long as you continue to put power in books, diets, programs and gurus you’ll never get off sweets.

If you want to stop, I mean you really want to stop, then STOP. That’s the only way to do it. You have to do it. I didn’t read any book. I just did it. Then I wrote a book to tell people about the path I took.

The reason I sell the Stop Being Sweet eBook is because people ask me how I did it. The reason I don’t just give it away is because people would not value it if I did and they’d blame me if it didn’t “work”. What’s in my book are things to expect when you do get off sweets, how to cope with those things, and suggestions for ways to do it sustainably. Does my book “work”? Yes, it gives you information. Does it make you stop eating sugar? No! You have to do that for yourself. Buying books and blaming them for your failure is addiction behavior.

Just stop eating sweets. Stop buying the stuff. Make a simple rule for yourself and make yourself accountable for it. Become a non-sweeter. It doesn’t happen overnight, but you have to change your identity from someone who is out of control and “riddled” with this powerless condition to someone who is in control and making choices. You decide what foods you eat and you will continue to eat sweets until you know, see, feel, and agree that your life is being negatively impacted by your chronic sugar consumption. Even then, many people continue to eat junk because they get something out of doing so. What are you getting out of it? Eventually what you get out of it is minuscule compared to what it takes out of you, and that’s when you start to seek a way out.

Healthy eating (and specifically avoiding sugar) is a skill—like brushing teeth. Imagine buying books, watching videos and going to seminars about tooth brushing but all the while never brushing your teeth every day. You have to do it everyday. You have to OWN IT!

“OWN” is “WON” rearranged. Want to win it? Own it! Make it yours. Become an unsweet person. Identify as a person who is avoiding sugar. See how it feels and what troubles you have. Become that person first. Then, when you go to seminars, get books and watch videos, you’ll be surprised at how much faster you grow and your investment in those products will pay off in the form of skills and knowledge.

PS - I don’t eat sugar and when Gwenn (who is extremely adept at vegetable management) is away I end up with old veggies in the fridge.