EFT Helps Weight Loss Surgery Success

by | Oct 13, 2004 | EFT Weight Loss

If you’ve tried everything and cannot lose weight, turning to surgery may be an option.

If you first work on the emotional reasons for your eating and get some resolution to the many aspects that make up your present eating behaviors, then your chances at success are increased 100%

There’s much more to weight gain and weight loss than just what we are eating. I belive it is why we are eating. Do you eat when you are sad? How about mad? For me anxiety seems to send me off to the kitchen like the space shuttle liftoff. And once you’re propelled in motion, it’s hard to put on those brakes.

Start by learning to use EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique. You can get basic introductory materials on using EFT for weight loss here, and you can also download the entire EFT manual for free on Emofree.com. It is not difficult at all to learn, but if you have questions or want pointers, sign up for The Daily Bites where I give examples in using EFT using real-life events (some mine, some others).

Weight loss surgery usually involves a period of euphoria when you awaken a changed person. Hunger is gone (that’s because you’re still drugged), and your ability to eat is so modified, there is no question you feel full on very little. Soon enough though you begin to watch TV and see some commercials for your old familiar favorites, and then what happens? Those stomach juices start to gurgling and you’re in the throws of real hunger once again, yet, there is not a thing you can do about it. You cannot eat, especially if you recently ate, or you’ll suffer serious consequences (I won’t go into that here).

It’s enough to say, that overeating is simply no longer an option, so putting a lid on those desires before the fact makes more sense. Even if you’ve already had surgery, it’s not too late, but if you’re pre-surgery, it’s much easier to start now.

Keeping Food Diary Helps Weight Loss

by | Oct 10, 2004 | Hunger

Keep track of what you eat for the next seven days; just one short week (you can do it). Note what, when, your mood, and whether you were hungry.

This diary then becomes your window into your real eating habits. If you usually eat a pretty healthy diet for instance, then the food may not be a big problem, but what about the frequency or quantity?

Waiting for Hunger or I’m Always Hungry

Do you eat in anticipation of hunger? It can be very enlightening to play the, “Wait for Hunger” game. You do this by simply waiting for real hunger before eating anything. By real hunger I mean the, “I’m hungry, and I need something to eat,” hunger rather than a vague sensation that, “Hey, I could eat something,” or you suddenly smelled food and what a surprise, now you’re hungry. You’ll begin to recognize false hunger more often when you wait for real hunger to arrive, and once you know it’s false hunger, it’s much easier to simply ignore. Wait 10 minutes and false hunger disappears. Poof!

The odd thing while waiting for hunger is it can sometimes take a long time to arrive. People begin to worry that it won’t come at all. The same people who earlier said they are hungry all the time, now come to realize they are rarely truly hungry because they don’t wait long enough to actually get hungry. Other times you could be hungry very often throughout the day. Every day is different.

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I carry some type of food with me such as fruit or nuts, sometimes a food bar, pretty much everywhere I go. If I get hungry, I want a couple of bites of something healthy pretty soon. It helps to stave off the, “I waited too long and now I’m going to eat everything in sight,” behaviors as well.

A food diary seems like a hassle but it can be such an excellent learning tool, and I highly recommend it. Use software if you like such as the Food & Exercise Diary, or simply get a small notebook and carry it with you. In fact, even if you use software, you still need to carry a small notebook because trying to recall what you ate is nearly impossible. You’ll easily forget those little nibbles here and there, and they count too. It can easily be just the food you don’t realize you’re eating that’s adding those extra pounds to your frame.

Give it a week, you’ll discover many things. 1) you’ll discover whether you’re really motivated to make a change in your eating habits because if you can’t do this one thing, then the chances are you’re just not ready to make a change, 2) you’ll discover you won’t die if you wait for hunger, and 3) you’ll discover you really aren’t truly hungry as often as you think you are.

Amazing Weight Loss Photos

by | Oct 6, 2004 | Dumb Things

I’m trying to make a post using some new fangled gadget called “Hello” from Picasa. I’m not having much luck, so if suddenly the same post appears about six times, I apologize in advance 😉

Okay, so far so not good, so here is the photo I’ve been trying to post via Hello (Hello is a new fangled program that supposedly lets you post images easily to your blog but I’m having a wee bit of trouble getting it to work)

Amazing Weight Loss Pics

This is so friggen ridiculous I can hardly type! THREE WEEKS! Right… if you believe that, maybe you should come see a bridge I have for sale?

No friggen way! I hate this kind of thing. I also hate the before shots that look perfectly fine, like some skinny chick trying to stand with bad posture and her stomach all stuck out, or maybe it a size too small outfit, then her amazing transformation! Skinny to skinnier still. Real motivating. I wish they’d just use real people for a change. Anyway, if you see this photo out in the wild, buyer beware.

Cortislim Fined for Bogus Weight Loss Claims

by | Oct 6, 2004 | Drugs & Herbs

September 30th, 2004 the FTC brought a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against the makers of Cortislim and Cortistress for bogus claims regarding their products.

The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of money to be refunded to customers who bought the pills, so if you did purchase these pills I’d check at the FDA’s website to see what you need to do to make a claim.

The FDA sent Window Rock, the parent company, a warning in August, 2004 that unsubstantiated claims that CortiSlim “eliminates cravings” and “controls appetite” violated federal law.

Another product Window Rock marketed in the past, CortiStress, is said to have made false claims that it would cut the risk of obesity, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Sheesh. They shouldn’t be surprised they’re getting sued.

What’s sad is these companies flourish and continue to flourish, despite the illegal claims simply because they can make millions of dollars before the FDA closes in. In many cases the FDA never does catch up with them becaues there are so many products and companies cheating the public at any given time.

Remember, there is no product, pharmaceutical or otherwise that will magically make you thinner. There isn’t likely to ever be such a product either, because every time they think they have some “miracle cure for obesity” it turns out to cause some other dread disease or death. Neither of which we want.

Instead how about learning EFT and NLP techniques (such as you’ll find at my site, OneMoreBite) and at least you wont’ be one of those taken in by the false claims and promises.

Must Have Chocolate Diet

by | Sep 30, 2004 | Dumb Things

The Chocolizer!

Here’s some more marketing genius, The “Chocolizer.” Get this, they claim “each capsule provides the equivalent satisfaction of two large chocolate bars or three cups of chocolate milk.” Oh, really? That’s swell, but how’s that supposed to help when most people don’t recognize whether they are satisfied and instead eat until they are stuffed? They’d have been better off if they’d said each capsule provides the equivalent overfull feeling of an entire Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, three helpings of two kinds of pie and assorted cheese balls while waiting for the whipped cream. Now that people could relate to.

They go on to state, “Made only from cocoa beans and shells.” Um, excuse me. Shells?

OMG, this morning is ripe for ripoffs: Here’s one I just spotted: 90 Lbs 8 Sizes in 90 Days. I see this one is “As seen on TV” so maybe you’ve seen it. Maybe you’ve even ordered it. Here’s a tip: Stop falling for these absurd claims. Put logic to the test. Would an average person lose 90 pounds in 90 days if they ate nothing at all? No, they wouldn’t.

These folks are selling empty promises and you end up with nothing but a slimmer wallet. I know, it’s hard to resist the allure of easy weight loss, but this is just ridiculous.

Here’s what does work: Cut back on quantity by starting to eat one-fourth less than you usually do. That’s not so much, one-quarter of a sandwich you cut away and give to the dog, or wrap in foil for a snack later. Three-quarters of a sandwich is likely still going to satisfy you, and then a few hours later when you get a little hungry, voila! You can finish the sandwich then. Perfect. Sure you ate the same amount but spacing out what you eat makes much better sense than eating the whole sandwich now, then having something else like a candy bar or chips in a few hours when you get hungry, and you will get hungry every few hours (most people do anyway). That’s a pretty normal cycle. Think in terms of a mouthful or two, rather than a barrel full.

I eat half a sandwich now, when I once thought that was the craziest idea in the world. Try it and see what happens. You may be pleasantly surprised and find yourself letting go of a few pounds without much effort at all.