I know I am not a personal trainer and this book is mainly on the emotional part of losing weight, but I would feel as if I was leaving out a secret if I didn’t tell you that you MUST LIFT WEIGHTS. The results are slow and sometimes a little painful, but the strength you gain emotionally and physically is more than worth it. If there were a pill that could promise all these things, it would be worth millions of dollars. Yet, we can have it for FREE! We can have all these benefits for no money, just a little time and personal effort. Exercise: • Go to a gym or buy a book and learn about the main muscle groups and the exercises that you can do to strengthen them. Practice the form until you have it perfectly. Then, complete each of the exercises at the heaviest weight you can tolerate for ten reps. Write down what that weight is in your journal. Set a one-month goal for increasing that weight by a few pounds, then see how much progress you can make. 73 • If IAm So Smart, Why Can’t I Lose Weight?