Today’s a big day: it’s the start of registration for the Fall Food Freedom Boot Camp. It’s usually our biggest cohort of the year. It’s a wonderful time to start because it takes you through the holidays— the hardest time of year for food. Boot Camp gives you the support you need. And when January comes and you’ve lost weight and are feeling amazing in your body, you’ll be on top of the world. So many of our successful Bright Lifers started with the fall Boot Camp.

Every year, we send out a survey at this time to find out what’s challenging you. What we noticed this year was that there were a lot of people who have cursory experience with Bright Line Eating, but who haven’t done the Boot Camp, or tried it but drifted away. They haven’t gotten traction yet.

Boot Camp is the strongest foundation for a Bright life, and because registration is starting today, I want to give you my four best success tips for making sure that you start strong. So if you’ve made an effort but are floundering, or haven’t started yet, here’s what you should know:

1. Carve out time at the beginning to get started.
   Bright Line Eating takes time at the beginning. Week One is a lot—because you’re changing your whole life. I want you to carve out several evenings or a weekend at the beginning. I know, you’re busy. But this is important. For a rocket ship to get from the earth to the moon takes a tremendous amount of fuel, but 90 percent of that is burned off just getting it 100 feet off the ground. Once you’re launched, it gets SO much easier. So be aware that the beginning is time-consuming.
2. Learn how to get help.
   What happens if you get stuck, or overwhelmed? We have so much for you in the Boot Camp! There’s a green oval in the bottom right of most of our website pages. It says “Bright Line Eating Support & FAQs.” Click on that and you can do two things: First, you can search our FAQs—and I want you to practice that! Type in, “How do you measure soup?” for example, and see what you find out. There are 100s of FAQs, carefully crafted to answer your questions.
   
   Second, there’s a little word bubble that says “ask,” and if you click there, you contact our support team, who are standing by waiting to answer your questions. So click on that green bubble and give it a try.
   
   But there’s more: there’s our amazing Bright Line community, who are there 365 days of the year, 24/7, to support you and help you. Practice asking a question—like, “How long did it take you to lose your weight?”—and see what you find out.
3. Pick at least one person to share the Friends and Family Video with.
   This video explains Bright Line Eating and why some people’s brains work differently. It explains why, for some people, if they have a craving, they can indulge in that food, and that scratches the itch. But for other people, scratching the itch just makes it itchier, and a policy of “none” is way easier than “some.” The video explains the neuroscience of this so you don’t have to.
   
   Think of how helpful it will be for those in your innermost circle to understand this. The Friends and Family Video is located in Bonus Number One, which comes up at the beginning of the Boot Camp. Look for “Bonus 1: A Full, Flourishing Life—Navigating Families, Friends, and Social Situations.” One of those videos is “for friends and family” and you can send them the link so they can watch it.
4. Take baby steps.
   Focus on just the next, right action. I think we undervalue the potential in just taking baby steps. Every single step in the Bright Line journey is easy and simple. And it’s all laid out for you if you start at Module 0: the Planning & Preparation Process. There’s a worksheet right up top there; a PDF checklist download that details all your steps. The PDF is called “Module 0: Action Steps & Invitation to Reflect.” Download it. Print it out. Breathe. Ask God, the universe, your guardian angel, or your higher self for support. And take it one baby step at a time. That’s your formula for success.

It's daunting, perhaps, to start Bright Line Eating. But it doesn’t have to be. You just need to start with action. And the action you need is to get yourself into the Boot Camp. That’s where the magic is. If you’re one of the people who said in the survey that you’re struggling with the basics, with food prep, with letting go of sugar, with stringing your first few Bright Days together, with cravings, with feelings of self-doubt, let us help you. This is what we do, all day, every day—help you transform.

Here’s the link to get started with the Boot Camp: https://www.brightlineeating.com/programs Imagine it’s January 1st and you’re soaring. You will have had the best holiday possible, focused on family, the camaraderie, the joy, with the food in its right place as a supplement.

Be with us. I love you and can’t wait to see you on the inside.