Brad Lamm: Just 10 Pounds

Introduction: Say Good-bye to Just 10 Pounds in 30 Days

You’re cleaning out your attic and you find a dusty lamp with a lid on the top. Although it looks to be about 1,000 years old, there’s a magical glow around it, an aura. You immediately recognize it for what it is: a genie’s lamp. You look around for a clean place to sit down—you, your lamp, and your future that just became brighter than a bucket of sunshine. Your heart pounds as you remove the lid, rub the lamp, and wait for something magical to occur. For a few seconds, nothing happens and you start peeking around from side to side, hoping no one has noticed the biggest fool in the world.

Just then, a huge cloud of smoke spews from the lamp, spitting out your own personal genie. He’s about 9 feet tall, smells like mothballs, and looks a lot like Mr. Clean. He is about to grant you three wishes.

A recent poll of genies revealed that everyone who is granted three wishes uses one for becoming thin. Wanting to be thinner is one of those givens, like the fact that we all want to win the lottery, look like Halle Berry, Cindy Crawford or George Clooney, and get a television set so enormous the neighbors can see what we’re watching. People who don’t want to better their bodies a tiny bit simply don’t exist. Rub. Poof. Wish. Voilà? If only.

I’m not your personal genie. I’m someone just like you. I used to have a food problem that sent my weight up and down so many times I could have passed for a seesaw. I can’t grant you three wishes, but making your dreams a reality is what I’m all about. I can help you discover how to weigh what you want, stop hating yourself every time a piece of candy or a chunk of chocolate crosses your lips, and be at peace with your body. Welcome to Just 10 Lbs.

The goals of this book are simple:

• Lose 10 pounds in 30 days by following the 10 steps in this book. Each step tackles a different aspect of weight loss, from nutrition to spiritual support. Do the steps and losing weight will feel almost effortless, because it’s a way of living, not a way of losing (weight).
• Reclaim the power and emotions you’ve handed over to the food and renounce your food fight.
• Open up the emotional blockages that the clutter your path to living your life to its glorious potential.
• Learn to eat normally and live at a healthy weight.
• Create a lifestyle that emphasizes the mind, body, emotions, relationships, and, most important, your spirit.