Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach: The Workbook

By Gregory Groves

This workbook is meant to be a companion to my book, Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach as all the exercises that you will find in this workbook are from there, with a few extras as added bonuses.

So this workbook is strictly those exercises only. Although it is a companion book, you can absolutely use the exercises on their own without it, however I do recommend reading Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach first as the exercises in this workbook will make much more sense.

All the exercises in this workbook are in the same order as found in Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach, so you can refer back and forth between the two books.

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Gregory Groves is a noted and respected Weight Loss Transformation Expert - fitness trainer, life purpose coach, award-winning author and entrepreneur.

Using the tried and trusted SMART (Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, Time-Related) system for defining objectives, 'Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach: The Workbook' will lift the lid on how to achieve significant weight loss by tackling problems from the 'inside out'.

Gregory draws upon his expertise as a life purpose coach in the book, helping readers address the mental side of their weight loss struggle. He also brings his own positive weight loss experiences into play: the author lost 98.5 pounds on his weight loss program, so he is able to relate to readers on a level that most trainers and coaches are not.

In helping readers break through the barriers of failure that often bar the way to successful completion of weight loss programs, Gregory holds the key to a combination of personal training techniques and life coaching elements that make 'Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach' one of the most convincing fitness tomes of the year. Readers are left equipped with the tools that can make a difference when it comes to both setting, and working towards specific weight loss goals.

Starting with a mission to increase awareness of 'stressors' and define expectations, Gregory describes eloquently how desires and motivation can be found within. The book then takes a practical turn, covering accountability and how to choose relevant goals, while delving into the subject of negative habits and patterns. There are many mistakes and myths, which readers may have heard in previous self proclaimed 'fitness bibles' that 'Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach' does away with, including those related to time management.

'Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach: The Workbook' does not forget to provide usable tips for readers to put into action, including a 'Calories per Day Calculator.'

Author Gregory Groves said: "This book, along with Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach, 5 Steps on Setting “SMART Goals” helps to motivate you from the inside-out, by dealing with the internal issues that most other books and programs do not. This is not just another typical exercise book based on yet another new exercise program that promises more of the same. This is more about finding your internal motivational triggers, so you will actually start to enjoy all forms of physical activity."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gregory Groves
• Release date: Jan 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9781775200611

Gregory Groves

Gregory Groves is a Life Transformation Expert and Weight Loss Transformation Expert, Certified Life Purpose Coach, Certified Personal Trainer and Professional Speaker & Workshop Facilitator with nearly 2 decades of training experience.Gregory is also the award winning author of the book: Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach: 5 Steps on Setting “SMART Goals”Gregory’s mission is to help those people who KNOW that weight loss coaching, traditional dieting, and traditional personal training absolutely won’t work for them, because the truth is . . . they don’t need a weight loss coach or trainer – and that’s not what Gregory does. Gregory brings top quality proven life purpose coaching techniques to his clients and students. Gregory’s philosophy is that through hard work, determination, and a proper mindset, you can go about fixing the issues of being overweight from the inside out, not from the outside in. Gregory helps his clients work towards their goals by helping them deal with their emotional state including: suffering from anxiety, anger, severe stress, depression and low self-esteem due to their weight. He also helps his clients deal with the internal pain caused by it as those are issues Gregory himself can relate to. Gregory himself lost 98.5 pounds, so he is able to relate to his clients on a level that most trainers and coaches are not. He understands the pain and internal struggles associated with weight loss.Through Gregory’s unique style, you will meet all of your fitness and health goals, and deal with the emotional struggles that are associated with being overweight.Gregory also works with organizations to deliver workshops, seminars and professional speeches that help inspire people to go after all of their dreams.If you are interested in booking Gregory for a speech, seminar, workshop, or want to know more about his Weight Loss Transformation Program, you can visit him at www.beyourownweightlosscoach.com

Book preview

I am a Weight Loss Transformation Expert - certified life purpose coach, certified personal trainer, professional speaker and award winning author. But FYI, I didn’t just wind up doing this. I had to go through my own struggles first in regards to weight loss. I had to deal with my own emotional battles.

So, here’s my story in a nut shell (I’ll try not to bore you TOO much!)

I became a trainer initially because I lost 45 lbs, and wanted to help people to do the same.

I lost the weight because I wound up in the hospital with internal bleeding caused by years of poor eating and obesity. I kid you not when I say that I ate fast food every single day, 3 times a day, 7 days a week, and I did this for YEARS! (ICK!!!) So after my little hospital scare, I told my wife that I needed to make a change. I needed to lose weight, and take CONTROL of my life! So yeah, I lost the 45 lbs. On a side note, I once asked my wife why she would marry a fat guy . . . Ouch, right? Wonderful attitude to have!

But yeah, I was happy with this weight loss, and then my wife got pregnant with our son Brendan.

Ain’t he adorable? Did the published author just use the word ain’t? umm . . . So yeah, I decided to continue my weight loss journey; I wanted to be in even better shape, and lost another 56 lbs. Yep, that would be 98.5 lbs in total. Didn’t quite hit that 100 lbs mark! Damn!

UPDATE! Since originally writing this, I broke that 100 lbs mark! I have now officially lost 101 lbs!

After several years, I realized that being a personal trainer alone just wasn’t enough anymore. Sure, I was helping my clients lose weight, and a lot of it. But more often than not, they would gain most of it, if not ALL of it back . . . and then some! So, I had a nagging voice in my head there has to be more! There has to be a way of helping people with the emotional struggles that YOU faced! A way to help them get it off and KEEP it off, but I shut that voice out for a long time. Denial maybe?

I finally found my calling though, and after a decade of hard work, study and practice, I created my OWN program: The Weight Loss Transformation Program – a program I wish I had when I was dealing with the emotional struggles I was facing daily (binge eating, severe anxiety, severe stress and stress eating, depression, extremely low self-esteem and self-worth, out of control anger. Just to name a few . . .). I have dedicated my professional life to helping people deal with their emotional struggles; struggles associated with their own weight loss journeys.

Another key component: I’ve also cut out all negative and toxic people from my life, and replaced them with powerful, positive, driven, goal-oriented people, and I’ve never looked back. And here I am. Healthy and happier in my life. So yep, that’s me! Thank you again for buying this companion book, and I wish you the best on your journey.

What is this workbook anyways?

This workbook is meant to be a companion to my book, Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach as all the exercises that you will find in this workbook are from there, with a few extras as added bonuses.

So this workbook is strictly those exercises only. Although it is a companion book, you can absolutely use the exercises on their own without it, however I do recommend reading Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach first as the exercises in this workbook will make much more sense.

All the exercises in this workbook are in the same order as found in Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach, so you can refer back and forth between the two books.

You will also find some new exercises that you will not find in Be Your Own Weight Loss Coach.

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So with that, let’s get to the exercises!

Feeling overwhelmed

I’ve always had to deal with anxiety – the feeling of being overwhelmed in my life. This is something we all have to