Why Do You Want to Lose Weight?
Today we are 2 days in the second month of Zcut Power Cardio Program and I just wanted to remind your of what we decided the first month already. Instead of having a day off, we are doing the Ab bonus workout, so no slacking ![]()
I also wanted to talk to you about low self-esteem which is something that many girls and women have to deal with due to an unbalanced relationship or a mind set that creates negative thoughts about themselves. We all want to be attractive for our boyfriends or husbands and we all want to do everything to make ourselves pretty for them, which I think is normal and it’s great to have that motivation, however where do you draw the line? You still have to make sure that everything that you do to your body is what makes YOU happy, confident, and comfortable and not somebody else.
What separates couples from friends is the attraction that we call physical, however true love and attraction is in my opinion a special chemistry between two people, that has not much to do with the physical appearance. It’s hard to explain, you just love their scent, you love the way they walk, talk, laugh, smile, you love their personality so much, that nothing they do to their body or their face can ever change the way you feel. It’s just the most natural feeling you have, and that’s how you can tell it’s right.
Sometimes you may just think or assume that your boyfriend or husband is not happy with the way you look, just because he is not the type that gives a lot of compliments. That requires you to be more self-confident in who you are and what you stand for. Just remember, chemistry is not determined by your looks, it’s about your personality and confidence.
If your boyfriend or husband is asking you to change a lot of things about your looks including losing a lot of weight, you may ask yourself honestly if it’s worth it to you to change for someone who doesn’t really love you. He may like just the idea of you but not you as you are. Even if you do everything to make the person happy and change as much as they want you to, you won’t make him ever happy, because in reality he is just doing his best to fell in love with you by trying to change who you are. That will never happen. You are who you are and you deserve someone who will love you just as unconditionally as you love him. I am not saying that there is a perfect relationship and that you will find someone who will never drive you crazy. The person you love the most will usually drive you nuts the most, however if you are the right match with the right chemistry you will love each other no matter what will hit your path and you will push through it side by side.
Bottom line, the person that really loves you will be always concerned only about your health and not your looks, because the connection that you have is not about your looks. You do your exercise and watch your diet for your own reasons and values. Focus on your mental and emotional health instead of obsessing about your looks and you will see that your self esteem will improve in no time.
Love you girls, stay strong!

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I just got my ZCUT in the mail today! I can't wait to start it tomorrow! Also, I think you're my favorite person ever haha. You make me smile, Zuzka! Been following you for over a year and you have changed my life. Thank you so much for everything! -Cambri
I did LOL! I farted....good thing no one was around.
You rock girl!! This weight loss is for me & my health.... my husband loves me just the way I am! :)
You are fantastic Zuzka! Thank you for all the motivation and wisdom you provide for us! :))
Just what I needed to read today. Thank you! I got my DVDs last week and I started month #1 on Sunday. Oh boy, I'm way more out of shape than I thought but this time I'm determined to do it. I already feel better, just for knowing "I at least started. Small steps but I did it!" I love watching your videos.
I had a lot of problems with my weight and my boyfriend wanted me to lose it and be skinny - or so I thought. He has trained and ate well for years before I even met him, and he saw that I was living an unhealthy lifestyle and wanted me to be fit and healthy like him. I just took it the wrong way because I hadn't made the mind, body & soul connection in my life at that time. I remember being under so much stress to be "skinny". Now, my life has truly changed because I saw that being fit and strong gave me lessons like discipline, self control, self respect and confidence. I began to make that mind, body & soul connection and realised what my boyfriend (now husband) wanted for me all along: that feeling that he has when he knows he is healthy, fit and happy. He is my biggest supporter He has seen what kind of person I am when I'm on the path to be fit and strong and not caring about being 'skinny', just being healthy. Sometimes us ladies can take it the wrong way if our partners want us to lose weight but in my case, my husband was just trying to help me live a healthy life because he loved me. It was my own insecurities that almost cost me this relationship. Maybe that is a rare thing, I don't know... Thank you for this post, Zuzka. You're truly amazing. xxx
This could NOT have come at a better time for me Zuzana. With this post, you have saved my life again. I really will never be able to repay you for all that you have taught me and for your inspiration. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!
What brand pants are those? They're cute!
I appreciate you every day. You are so encouraging and thoughtful-thank you so much. You are a fantastic motivator and great role model.
Thank you so much Zuzka! You speak the truth with compassion and it is a very good reminder for me to be healthy and fit for myself first! Love and aloha to you :)
So very true :) my wonderful man has always loved me for me through thick and thin ( literally!) and now that I am in the best shape of my life he still loves me for me and is proud of me for the healthy changes I've made.. Make changes you want for yourself- the confidence that shines through is a beautiful thing :)
Zuzka you are such a great friend to us all. You give us all so much strength and confidence in ourselves, and you have the right perspective. Thank you for being such a great role model and friend!
oh and your cute fart picture with the dog paw is soooo funny & Cute!! hehehe
Thank you for an inspirational talk!!
Hi Zuzka, Generally I find that personality trumps a nice looking body, but the first thing we see is the outsides of anyone. :-) Some men want to look good for there mate, but often guys get into a relationship and stop working out or watching what they eat and gain weight. Often quite a lot of weight. I did that and I found myself not liking the body I had created. So for health and personally not wanting to keep on track to gain more weight I stopped and started eating for calories and not to comfort myself with foods. --Chris PS you have a wicked sense of humor!
Vypadas vyborne, Zuzko :-) Jsi pro me velkou inspiraci :-) A souhlasim s tvymi nazory... Dulezite je, aby se clovek citil sam se sebou dobre, ne pro nekoho jineho... Protoze to pak neni "true love". Tesim se na dalsi workout :-) Mej hezky den, M.
"who farted?"...that's the question that ensures I avoid certain foods before workouts at the gym! Thank you for all your hard work and for this article about self-esteem.
Great post Zuzi!!! And so true. I have insecurities that I tend to hang on my husband when in reality he has been nothing but supportive!!
You are the most inspiring person. Thank you for sharing your light and uplifting so many women. I am starting my Z cut dvd workout TODAY! Im so excited!!
I don't know you in person but you are definitely a woman who speaks life into others . May God always bless you and continue to pour favor to your hearts desire. Get it Girl !!!!!!
Ok, so Im trying to lose weight, so when Im going somewhere with my hubby, people will think that he must be rich to have a girl like that ;) :D
I cannot tell you how much this post means to me. This could not have come at a better time. I am so worried about how I look, but to be honest, my fiancee doesn't care about how I look as long as I am healthy. I needed to read this to realize that. Thank you!!
I was on a relationship like that before for long time i feelt not good enought, my body never like him, so he try to change me, change my hair color, the close, everything and i thought that was for my own good, because he want me to be better person, bullshit!!!, He was just trying to make me be somebody else that he wont find in me. i get pregnated and that was the end of my relationship he didnt like me fat, with a huge belly my baby girl was 4 kilos when she born so i get 25 kilos more in me, and he let me know when i was on my 7th month of pregnant that he was with a somebody else a "striper", imagine how i felt, Any way i was so worry for my baby that i didn´t gave him the importance that i should so now that my girl is 4 years old gorgeous beautiful, I realize that all this things he told me, and he make me do, and i did because i love him make me bad, i took some terrible decisions and know i`m trying to save my family because of that. I learned my lesson but with a tremendous cost, please understand like ZUZ say is true if somebody love U it will for who you are not for the way you look or the capacity to do what they say. Don´t change because other people say that is better for U, change because U want it to be better each day, but U have to understand that God make Us beautiful inside and outside and always will be somebody outhere waiting to love U. Some words fro Vanessa
Hi Zuzka! I already lost the weight that I needed to...Thanks to your ZWOW's & your diet tips! Now, I'm going for getting fitter & stronger! You're part of my life now ;-)! Thank you so much!!! xoxo
Thanx girl - luv how real you are - keep it coming I'm right here -< 3
Wow, you're so right Zuzana. :) Your significant other should love you for your heart and soul, not your hot body. I used to have a lot more fat on my body and my boyfriend always thought I was beautiful. When I found you years ago I started really working out and one day he was so blown away by the progress I had made and thought I was even more beautiful!
Zuz you hit it right on! From the experiences I've had and still going through self confidence really needs to be on the inside it makes it a little easier when your not over weight but still after losing 30lbs I'm still not confident you will still have issues . Love your body and be greatful for it it's extremely hard when your over weight and if other things are going on in your relationship. There were times I wanted to break my mirror because I didn't want to see myself , there were times I was in the shower and I had to say out loud I love my body, my arms etc. or I was greatful. Zuz you are so insuring and I love you!!
Suppose to say inspiring :)
Hey Zuz, I just received my ZCut DVDs this morning! Yay, great post today and you are such a great inspiration for so many. I have been following you since body rock tv days and your workouts are always the best out of any workouts I've tried. You also have a very down to earth personality with genuine intentions on helping others feel and look their best. All your efforts in sharing your thoughts and workouts mean so much to so many Thank for all you have done and continue to do
When are the DVD's going to be available in the UK, i just placed an order with Amazon,Com only to get an e-mail cancelling it! Really want to buy the DVD's and get started! HELP Lisa x
love the girl talks Zuz
Wow thank you Zuzka, so nice to hear this.
Love this post; thank you so much for writing it!!! We love you too, Zuzana!!! ❤
Thank you guys for the comments. The pants are from Lululemon and the DVDs will be available in Europe on March 21st. Best, Z.
Hi Vanessa Lledó, That is sad. A woman when pregnant is radiant. That he couldn't appreciate you with child says a lot about him. --Chris
It wasn't me! Broccoli always smells fartylicious! I focus on the happy things of life, here's one:Yesterday I found 2 coupons for a free coffee from a local gas station (any size !) so yesterday & today i drank free coffee! you know I had to go for the largest size cause it was free, & who doesn't love free? Dontcha know I was makin' love to that coffee!
Hi Zuska!!first of all thank you soooo much for shipping your dvd's in canada!!i can wait to start :) I was wondering if you take any days off of training sometime like once a week or every two week???? and if so..Do you eat the same kind of food and the same quantite????Thank you sooo much again for beeing who you are!!!:)
Ordered zcut last week as soon as shipping to Canada became available, can't wait to receive it and start kicking ass. In the meantime I will continue doing the workouts on this site. Thanks Zuzka, you have changed my life.
Hi Z, thank-you for your advice. Sometimes we get TOO carried away with our looks in a relationship and try to change the other person. It has happened to me previously and is going at the moment. I knew at one point I was becoming obese and getting concerned about my health and relationship. It sucked all round, so I decided to change that! Since August 2012, I've lost overall 40-50cm (still loosing cm's atm - measurements on Thursday) that is: 15.74 inches from bust to bottom and I feel amazing. I am fitter. I am healthier. I am stronger and I look amazing in the mirror. My thighs and calf muscles are 95% muscle from running 5 months straight! You know, I started doing this for my health and my husband, but further into the training, I began to realise that I was really doing this for me and me only. My husband began to see changes and really enjoys me being active and confident in my appearance. However, he still prefers my toned size 10 (AUS) body and blonde hair. Well, I guess we can't have everything. So, every day I get up early to workout and burn those calories. I really am looking forward to seeing myself looking similar to you (Zuzka) in December 2013. I know now, that this is about me and seeing my smile (and my husbands) when I look in the mirror and hearing wonderful comments about my health and fitness. It's worth it! I hope I have encouraged some of us, ZWarriors and BodyRockers to keep pushing through the pain and see the light at the end of the tunnel. Training every day is a plus to you, your health and fitness. P.S - I want to look good naked! That's my goal. Ciao! xx
Love this post, you are awesome :)
This post is truly amazing!
Hey guys, can anyone who has been doing these dvd's answer my question please... or if you can spare a min zuz to answer this yourself :) I am used to doing an hour of exercise from monday to friday... intense cardio and strength HIIT type of exercise for 30-40 min of this hour and the other 20 min is pilates to balance with streching. Now, I love how I look and how much I weigh, I dont want that to change!!! However, I am starting to feel very weak, so I think I am doign too much, especially for the amount i eat...so i have the dvd's and would love love love to start them and cut down on workout time (i was thinking doing 2 workouts daily) but i am scared i will gain weight. So can anyone let me know their experience...have you guys really lost weight and gotten fit and toned with doing one workout everyday?? Thanks anyone
Is there any chance the DVD's are available to Australia? Dee
Z, these are great words of encouragement [again], thank you. There's a part of me that loves being 'awesome' for my husband, and that's the fun side of me. Another part of me is 'resolute' for him and my children (19, 21 and 23 + their girlfriends and boyfriends), and that helps them know I have boundaries and that I'm trustworthy. But the core of me is happy because I value life and our life-giver, Jehovah God. Without His making us to enjoy life, why worry about whether we're awesome or resolute? What makes me get up and care each day to do my best for anyone is that, first of all, I am thankful I am alive. Further, the biggest thing that makes me care for me is that God went so far as to ask of, allow and encourage his only-begotten Son, Jesus, to buy back the perfect life Adam lost for us - through Jesus' willing, obedient sacrifice, the giving of his own life. When I think of how he didn't have to to do that, but DID, I value my capacities all the more. What parent would enjoy watching their family, friends or neighbors run down their bodies if that parent had lost their son/daughter in saving the lives of their family, friends and neighbors? NONE. It is more important for us to care for our bodies than we really take time to think about - especially if we've been blinded to think that we're not accountable to our Creator for how we treat our bodies, and those of our family, friends, neighbors and all else in this earth. jw.org offers a boundless array of bible articles, with the bible, to help us see we DO matter and that we ARE accountable. Love your encouragement very much and I hope this is of encouragement to you as well.
You are such a role model to me
This is so true. Even though I'm not in this kind of situation, I can totally feel you. I sincerely hope that all girls in the world can love themselves a little bit more so that they can do things that is good for themselves. Loves.
I totally appreciate this video! However my situation is a little different. I am training myself for optimal leanness and form and hope to eliminate most of my remaining cellulite. I have not yet started your program (my current one involves much more time commitment at the gym doing weight training and cardio). Yet I would still love to hear your thoughts on what could constitute over-training and if there's a *safe* way to train and reduce body fat percentage without compromising fertility. Per a previous post, I have made the mistake of overtraining and dieting incorrectly in the past and lost my menses for a time in college. Would love to avoid this phenomenon but achieve similar lean results. Question is, where do you draw the line on 'too much' working out? I think I'm somewhere around 18-19% body fat now (with very noticeable abs). I only want to go a tiny bit lower to tackle some more of the cellulite. Have you ever had problems in terms of keeping a regular menstrual cycle because of your intense workouts or lower body fat percentage? Would love your perspective!
This week, my boyfriend joined in on a couple of workouts. It's great to be part of a team working towards better health together. It's so much harder when only 1/2 the pair is working towards being healthy.
I'm a little jealous of your weather. I live in Edmonton and right now as we speak it is snowing. It has been since Thursday and will continue until Friday. 2 feet so far. I think I am going to run away to LA. LOL
great inspiration! thanks for all your little chats! :)
I can't wait to try the workouts! Just a heads up that I'm from Canada... the dvds just started shipping to Canada March 7th. I ordered on March 8th and they were shipped out the same day. They arrived today (March 19th). So great turn around time. No problems at all ordering from amazon.com. Thanks!
Inspiring comments, your talking from experience. I'm sure your proud of your acheivements and you should be. You are a great inspiration to everyone. Thanks xxx
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