Don't be a Pusher

On my weight loss journey, which is an every day walk from here on out, I had more than my share of "pushers".
You know those people who jump on the congratulations band wagon just so they can sell you their product.  Those people who want to look and feel good but have no desire to eat and drink good so they share their secret to having the best of both worlds in a supplement or pill.  The people who just can not accept you are happy with where you are at the moment and what you are eating and drinking without having to take some new miracle chemical concoction that swears it is all-natural.  The beautiful, muscular, tanned, well-groomed model of health on the outside who's sole job is to get you "hooked" on their product so they can take a paycheck home.
I will admit, I did cheat at first.  I took HCG to lose the 70 pounds I lost.  However, during that time I started researching what I was eating and why I was eating it and what I could have during maintenance phase 1 and why and maintenance phase 2 and why.  I was weighing every day to see how certain foods affected the scale.  I kept a blog about what I ate and how I felt and what,if any, exercises or social activities I participated in and my weight of course.
Over the course of my HCG journey of only eating very fresh, clean, food I found myself feeling squeaky clean inside and out and my attitude and overall sense of being were changing.  I was happier, healthier, more energetic and I was at peace with life.  When I completed the HCG I figured that I would go back to bad habits and bad moods if I didn't continue the eating clean.  I test that theory ever now and then and I do feel icky when I eat icky.  I have not had any HCG since October 2012 and just from eating and exercising correctly I have maintained my weight and my sense of well-being and peacefulness.
I have been approached by many people, some I don't even know about taking this supplement or that pill or this all-natural product over my journey.  I tell them all, no thank you.  I go and research what I can eat or drink that is from Mother Earth that will do the same thing as what the "pusher" is pushing.  I have told my trainers from the beginning, I am not a supplement fan.  Let's work out a program that is beneficial to me without them.  So far, so good.
When someone brags about their weight loss accomplishments, the correct response is congratulations.  It is not a time to push your product.  If we were looking for a product, we would have asked.  Instead we made a statement about an accomplishment.
If someone ask, then by all means, give it your best sales pitch.  If you are living proof your product is great, then people will definitely ask.  I get asked all the time what it is that I am doing and I share my story.
Don't be a pusher, be a walking testimony for your product, whatever that might be.