Bryan Ganey Speaks To City of Charleston Employees

On 2/11/2014, I spoke at the Charleston Maritime Center.  It was to kick off the City of Charleston Employee yearly weight loss challenge. Check out the video below!

Successful Weight Loss is a Mind Game

Successful weight loss is a mind game…to reshape your body, first reshape your mind.

50 Motivational Fitness Quotes - Click and Drag To See Which One You Get

50 quotes…Click and Drag. The one you get might be just what you needed to see.

Believe You Can Do It

When you believe you can you're half way there. The voice in your head that says you can't do it is a liar.

Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Hmm…what do I mean by that? Many things. Firstly, doing things that make you uncomfortable yields change. And guess what? The more you experience that discomfort, the more comfortable it will become. But unless you try you’ll never know, will you? You’ll never get to the other side. So until you decide to push yourself harder at the gym; try new foods; confront a family member or a co-worker about something that’s bothering you; learn how to face and manage your anxiety or depression; make conscious efforts to break bad habits…you will stay right where you are in this moment. Are you OK with that? Do you want to settle for good enough? Or continuously feel like you are just hanging on? I hope not. And  I believe it was Einstein who said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.” Albert was a smart cookie. So change. evolve. get uncomfortable. You will be OK. Source

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Bryan Ganey on the Dave Ramsey Show

Tomorrow at 3:30 EST, I will be on the Dave Ramsey Show to talk about losing almost 400 pounds and paying off $60,000 in debt.  Check out the video I made for the show, which is on Dave Ramsey's YouTube Channel.

The show airs at different times in different cities, so check your local listings. You can also listen with the Dave Ramsey Show App on your iPhone or through the iHeartRadio app on the Dave Ramsey Channel.

If you are interested in reading more about my journey and how I did it, check out my book Impossible: How I Lost Nearly 400 Pounds Without Surgery, available as a paperback or e-book from Amazon.com.

Debt and Diet: Both Four-Letter Words

Recently, I created a video for the Dave Ramsey Show where I talk about how my weight loss journey was closely related to getting out of debt.

I did both at the same time.  It took 3 1/2 years to lose almost 400 pounds. It took 4 years to "lose" $60,000 in debt (most of it credit cards.)

I ran across an article today on Time.com that is filled with so many myths, I had to write about it.  The article is about how half of America lives paycheck-to-paycheck.

I used to live paycheck-to-paycheck.  I don't anymore.  I made a choice.

So what changed?

Just like with the weight, I decided I had enough.  NO MORE.  No more being broke on payday.  No more blowing through thousands of dollars and having nothing to show for it.  No more being subservient to the credit card companies and banks.

No more calling and begging for a credit line increase because I had an emergency.  No more.

No more.

Here is what I figured out:  being broke and in debt is a choice.  It was a choice I was making on a daily basis. It was a choice I made for the first 37 years of my life.

 No more.

So back to this ridiculous article in Time.  I take issue with the following statement:

"The plight of these folks is compounded by the fact that the recession ravaged many Americans’ credit scores to the point that now 56% percent of us have subprime credit. That means that if emergencies arise, many Americans are forced to resort to high-interest debt from credit cards or payday loans."

Pardon me if my head explodes. Replace "are forced" with "choose" and I'm OK with the above statement. What you need in an emergency is CASH.  Real MONEY.  Money you have consciously and intentionally set aside for actual emergencies. The absolute last thing any of us need in an financial emergency is more debt.

In other words, we choose to be broke.  We choose to live from paycheck-to-paycheck.  Just like I chose to be in debt for years.  Just like I chose to weigh almost 600 pounds.

It's our choice to make.  Let's make a better one! 

Check Out My Latest Interview

I did an interview with Jenn McDonough for her "Iron Jen" podcast. Jenn is an author and motivational speaker. Click below to listen, or use the iTunes link.

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