Happy “Spotlight Day”! This is the first spotlight of August and has inside this week’s most inspiring success stories (and tips) from the CBQ community.
Inspiring Milestone
Today CBQ Program member Debbie Rybka from Pennsylvania, US is celebrating 4 years smoke-free! Debbie was a smoker for 50 years. She had tried hypnosis, Chantix and nicotine patches but quitting was so hard and nothing stuck. After attending the free CBQ webinar, Debbie decided to join the CBQ Program. At first, she was scared to set her quit date, but by the end of the program everything had fallen into place and Debbie could not believe how easy it was!
4 years later, Debbie is still a happy non-smoker! This is the beautiful Debbie with her CBQ Success Certificate:
Inspiring Freedom
This week, CBQ Program member Michael J. Delaney from South Carolina, US celebrated his birthday and 4 months smoke-free. Michael was such an avid smoker, that Marlboro shamelessly sent him coupons every year so he can remain loyal to them.
Not anymore.
After completing the CBQ Program, Michael took back his power and feels amazing. This is the first time in over 45 years, that Michael celebrated his birthday as a non-smoker.
This is what he said:
Tip of the Week
This week’s tip comes from CBQ Program member Tim Roberts from Queensland, Australia who celebrated 2 years smoke-free on the 10th of July! Tim also shared with our members that he used the CBQ Program to also change his relationship with food, and lost 28kg (60 pounds)!
This is Tim’s tip for those struggling with unhelpful eating habits: start by changing how you see yourself.
“it’s more about the philosophy of CBQ, like seeing myself as a non smoker rather than a deprived smoker I changed my attitude to food to see myself not as a deprived eater on a diet but a changed eater with a new approach to the food I eat. I have always yo-yoed with diets because I saw myself as deprived so as soon as I stopped dieting on the weight would go again. Now I just see myself as eating differently which really is very different to how I used to eat. I don’t see myself dieting anymore, just changed in the way and what I eat.”
In January 2025, CBQ will be launching a healthy weight loss program called “CBQ Program for Food Freedom”. If you want to receive information about it before it launches, show your interest by clicking here.
And as always, I want to say a big thank you to our amazing CBQ Program members who have given me permission to share their stories!
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