The Wake Up Call™ CD Motivational Program

Part 2: Interviews with health professionals

Doctor 1.

Q. People are wanting a quick fix to lose weight.  It is getting more popular to take a pill thinking that will solve all their problems. Can you explain this? 

When we’re looking at weight control, a lot of people would like to believe,  it’s just like your going to win the lottery.  You take your numbers and you hope that you’re going to win  that particular week. It’s the same with weight management if people believe that one particular medication is going to reverse everything.  Weight management is a complex issue and there’s not an easy road.  If you start to listen to that particular concept, that it is not easy, but it is reversible with a lot of effort, you will have a successful outcome but you have to be consistent.  You see a lot of people say, ”I’ll do this for a little while” – I’ve got a wedding to go to, I need to fit into a particular dress, I’ve got to look good for my daughter or my son and basically they’ll put in an effort and they’ll go to all of these weight-reducing programs. They’ll spend heaps of money on medications because there are medications that will help you.  But all of these particular programs, whilst you are pursuing it, the guarantee is of course you will lose weight. That’s true whilst you pursue the rules, you stick to the diet, reduce your calorie input and increase your exercise output, then you’re going to reduce your weight.  The problem is like everyone, which is a natural response, after the wedding the shackles come off, the complacency comes back in, a lot of people go to their old habits, nibble here and nibble there, suddenly that magic program that they were involved in with a lot of heart, sweat and dedication suddenly is all gone out the window and people will put on weight again.  If you consider one tablet will do all of this is, this is false.