Interesting that you should make that point, Jessie because I just started evaluating my eating; inspired to follow a more clean eating lifestyle and the one thing I keep saying is that it will take time to reprogram my brain, it will take time to see the number go down on the scale. In the meantime I am absorbing all the wisdom of Tosca Reno and learning to appreciate the wonderful taste of fresh food and the pleasure of creating my own culinary creations.

Welcome, Pete!!
you've found a very cool site! have you introduced yourself in the intro section??  we'd love to hear more about you and where you are in your journey as of now!
and i liked your comment- a lot! personally, when i read JP's challenge i got the impression that he meant for us to "give ourselves a realistic amount of time to achieve our goals. and that by not doing so, premature discouragement might prove distructive to our efforts."  i never really felt as though he wanted us to simply "think" it into fruition. but that being said, some of the previous posts do appear to have heard it as you have, so who knows. but regardless, you do make a great point. we still need to remain PRO-ACTIVE in the pursuit of our goals. i have never read The Secret but have heard A LOT about it, and its kind of disconcerting to know that peeps may be adopting the "if you simply think it, it will happen" mentality. thanks so much for bringing your perspective and concerns into our little think tank!  the more insight, the merrier, true?? LOL!!