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Hi - I know if I can slow my eating speed right down, it will help alot with weight loss. Has anyone got any ideas about how they eat slowly? I have made a couple of videos to train myself here: slow eating videos any more ideas, please chip in!

Hi I had one back in April. Slow weight loss, but it's permanent. It felt amazining initially but I really needed to take responsibility with my beahviour around food, and quickly realised it's no magic pill. For me what it did was make me see the power of my mind to control my eating, rather...

Fred is the subconscious and controls 90% of the mind. We need to get |Fred on side with any change. Many people think Fred is supporting them, but actually his main priority is to ensure your survival. If you have programmed fred to believe that being fat protects you, he will take over and...

a good way to do this sort of thing is take it a day at a time. Just dare yourself - hey, what about another day? like kids dare each other to do wheelies with their bikes. Keep posting back, especially those little victories well done

Hi and thanks for your thoughts.Boggins you are completely right - and if fact after a good night's sleep I had a much better day yesterday and feel much better about saying bye to the old me Time to get back on the bike and move forward

Hi - I don't know what to do. I have lost a stone and now i'm starting to sabotage it. The old compulsive eater in me is taking over. I have written a blog post about it here: weight loss sabotage anyone got any advice of having these feelings and overcoming them? cheers :(

Elemental you say As humans we are programmed to always want better I cannot agree with this - really our subconscious is driving the bus, and so many people have bad things happen to them as a child which programme their minds badly - bit simplistic but might go "I am bad. Now I must make...

Hi everyone seems to me that if we have enough motivation then we need no willpower, right? ...and that the motivation needs to be able to get you through all the many temptations that grab you on a daily basis. I have been trying out a slightly off the wall tactic I thought up the other week...

no idea what a syn is but i sometimes make up for eating too much by more exercise - 3 x rice pudding doesnt sound too bad?

Just had to say - the puppies!

Hi I've posted a trick I use on my blog - watch it here - www.myweightlossbyhypnosis.com/motivation/motivate-to-lose-weight.php

Cheers snakes and ladders have texted you. we can be there for each other now :)

I know, they must have laughed making the final scene with the sandwich!!

This is great - I feel better reading all your replies! Let's add some more details... I have been doing my abs exercises every morning since July and they are really making a difference

I wanted to start a thread where you write about your goals as if they are true now. This is a powerful way to tell your subconscious to start working towards that goal. Please reply with the sentence "It is ...(state date you aim to achieve goal). I am/weigh... Daydream and enjoy! I'll...

yesterday i weighed self - 4 lbs lost over 2 weeks. hurray! so then \i eat addictive food while out and dont stick to my minimum time for eating my dinner. whats going on? complacency? yes self sabotage ? yes I know the old me is trying to drag the new me back to addiction. I see everyone...

Hi clanger, i do my tummy exercises first thing, will post a link when \i get up to 50 posts. then i cycle to shops not drive etc. Bribe yourself with rewards for exercising Weigh in yesterday - lost 4 lbs over last 2 weeks. Down to my points system and giving up bread

i loved the 'you're an air marshall'...im not an air marshall' scene! hey slimstar your hubby will love it. mine is a builder and i will take him. there is loads of blokey humour in it. im surprised the things i laughed at!

PS am now half way to my ideal weight of 10 st 6. How great does it feel to be abkle to say ...I have lost a stone I have lost a stone!!

great stories here, I can also happily report that my weigh in yesterday showed a 4 lb loss over last 2 weeks, after ages plateauing. "Jesus Christ on a bicycle!" were my exact words I think - sorry if anyone is a christian but that expresses my joy! Pul McK is not enough, you are right. I...

I find it helps to sit down like glitzz did and list your excuses, not to feel bad but to realistically work out how you can tackle thhem. When my 5 yr old tantrums I often calm him down by giving him a choice - no swimming today but would you like a bike ride or the cinema instead? can you do...

I think it's best not to focus on the foods that you crave, as for me it makes me want them more. I just label them 'addictive foods' when talking about them...hey actually that isnt very helpful as i hand more power over to them

everything you say is spot on. In fact you can take prioritising your moods further and actually choose your emotions. Theres a great article and i will post the link about this when I get to 50 posts...anyway I did this yesterday with doing hubbys accounts (grrr...I mean grr no more...

I have stuck to it and lost four yes i repeat 4 pounds in the last 2 weeks. Not all down to bread but that def played its part. I am making my own spelt bread and that is a great sub. bit heavier but just fine - especially toasted. I like the feeling of my waist reducing far more than i did the...

Thanks...I did manage it, only because I posted here. Hey snakes and ladders if you want to be my text buddy we can text each other when we feel tempted. I also find this really helps. PM me if you're interested

V quick post - desperate for sugar but I am resisting. Will post back later to show I managed it. Just openly commiting like this helps. all cravings pass.

write down what has worked in the past - even small victories. now write down what has not worked. it seems that many people blame themselves for failing to lose weight when in actual fact they are just doing something ineffective. you are not your actions - its easier to see what you do in...

For years I had a sugar addiction. Diets never worked for me. However cutting it out 100% was good - but only for short periods. I always went back to the evil white stuff! However at least these proved to me I had the power to control it rather than the other way round. I am now winning with...

For me my compulsive eatingg was a way to express my low self esteem. I had hypnotherapy for the root causes before my eating problems were tackled. Now it is much easier to gain relaxed control over my food as when I feel the desire to overeat I know it is a habit with no function, and so much...

I have stomach exercises and I do them first thing when I wake up. Then they are over and done with. Also I found some that dont involve sit ups. also maybe break it down into say 3 x 15 mins over the day rather than 45 min session?

you are right about the mind - the problem with positive thinking is most people try it then are drowned in negative thoughts. Look at our media - conflict driven to sell more papers. I spend all my time retraining my brain to see where I want to be. Affirmations are not so useful for me. I...

What is your favourite book that is so good not only can you not put it down but you forget to eat!?

Small Is The New Big by seth godin...innovative business book. good to read at boooooooring sports days

I love True Blood - how do the sookie stackhouse books comapre? And can we just have a poll on who is the best looking in true blood? I must admit to feeling strangely drawn to sam. Jason stackhouse is just too funny!

Wallace and Gromit. Never fails. Also kung fu panda v good

Go and see this film. I was hungry when I went to see it and totally forgot about my stomach as I was laughing so hard. Very sharp, irreverent, rude, hilarious. Go now! It will cheer you up big time

Anyone in Shropshire want to meet up?

Hi I'm coming up to Manchester in July - I have some free time Thurs 14th in the day if anyone wants to meet up - somewhere central. anytime between 10 and 2

BeckyBex you are so right - this is not something where you are brainwashed to never feel tempted again. You need to think of it as a tool with you driving the bus. But what a tool! I will come back and post but need to turn this flippin puter off now!!

I had the hypno band op end April. V fab results initially then plateauing...this is no magic pill for me but I have 3 decades of bad subconscious programming to undo. The way I see it the hypnotherapy initially is powerful and it taught me portiion control. Then the old me started to take...

I too read FIFI and it helped me be more objective about the reasons I ate like I did. I feel terribly sad at the conclusions you draw about having to somehow not be yourself in order to avoid unpleasant experiences. In your shoes I would actively seek out decent people with whom you can be...

Make sure you keep a note of all your triumphs like this. It's too easy to forget them

Hi everyone - I had my hypno operation end of April. 6 months programme including hypnotherapy for reasons why I was a compulsive eater = £800. Def worth it. What a release for my mind about the root causes of the addiction. The op was amazing and I lost interest in food for a few weeks. I then...

I mean - after 30 years of WL efforts I am finally grasping that slow but permamanent WL is the only way. It's hard being patient sometimes!! GRRR!

Overeating is an ingrained habit - changing this requires time and 2 steps forward 1 step back constantly. The best thing I have found that no guru ever tells you is that you must embrace this success-failure cycle as normal. My hypnotherapist told me about the cycle of change which explains...

What is JUDDD?

you must have struggled at times to lose the 2 stones - that is amazing. If you struggled and overcame those challenges, think back to what you did.Imagine you are a reporter interviewing yourself - step back. If you got through the tough times, you can get through all this. Don't be scared of...

I think gyms turn activity that makes you feel good into work. As it's summer it's a good time to just get out and walk or cycle. I always used to drive to the gym which was a 10 min walk - how crap is that! nice side order of guilt there too. I cycle 4 - 5 times a week at the moment, and also...

Hi Cherrypie, you can get a free blog if you go to wordpress. I've got one and you can post videos on it, it's real therapy for me and also is a good commitment. I need to get the hang of following etc too

I heard it's a good idea to have your targets as if they are true now - so instead of 'I will be skinny' try this "It's 2012, I'm in Florida and I am skinny"...I think the idea is that if your target is phrased in the future, it's always out of reach. (Your subconscious doesn't understand logic...

I have given up normal bread and replaced with rye - 4 days doing well :) Have done it before and without fail I always lose weight Anyone else doing this? How are you finding it?

Hello last ever diet and sweetpea - thanks for your comments. It's very easy in our culture to get into negative thought patterns , but I know that focusing on where you want to be is the only way. This is not thinking positive, which is really another name for wishful thinking, but rather...

I agree that many people do find it difficult - Darien in what ways is it easy for you? There is no point posting that it's easy without being more specific. I hardly drink, but it's no use telling an alcoholic that teetotal is easy. I do believe that I can overcome how I see these obstacles -...

a good way to work out if you are making excuses is to take the reason you cant do something, then imagine someone offered you £10,000 if you could jump that hurdle. For example a blind person could never learn to drive whatever the reward But if you could lose weight for 10k in spite of...

a good way to attack clutter is tell yourself you have 5 mins and 5 mins only - now go! at the end you won't want to stop

It's greatto hear other acts of victory - well done

Thanks for your wise words Taz

Hi I feel loads better today. I just started a thread called 'access the good stuff' in put your head inside and the body will follow forum - hope that might help LMS

Hi we all have times when we've been really powerful, avoided addictive foods and felt amazing. Well yesterday I felt awful but today I started thinking about the times when I just haven't wanted food. I decided to access those powerful 'not interested' feelings at tea time tonight. I was in...

Do you think by calling these foods little demons we invest them with power and think about them more?

Make a list of what works for you - this will give you something to build on. For example if you like walking, extend the time you do that Daydream about your life when you've lost the weight - you need to give your emotions a focus. It's all about emotions

Thank you ladies - not so good a day today but you are making me feel better. My emotions yo yo all the time. Going to do some filing in the hope that a small tidy up will increase my feelings of control

That is great advice. Grazing at night is my downfall so I am tweaking the environment - having all food put away before the late night tiredness hunger kicks in You could bribe yself - as a reward for not eating AND instead of eating get onto amazon and treat yourself to a cheap book or CD or DVD

My emotions are so up and down, they really affect how I see everything. Been grazing round the kitchen, you'd think it was field!! Lil Miss sunshine something has occured to me, which is that your observations can actually create your reality. Some people say this is how the whole world is -...

I feel pants today also. I am just concentrating on the next hour. I'm going to go out on my bike now - that's 1 specific action I can take to feel better in an hour I'll work on the hour after that. Katesandsss8 you remind us that looking outward is a healthy thing to do. Thankyou

Bit of a crap day today - my son's nursery told me they are concerned re his speech, I know it's true but it still hit me a bit. So all my slow eating at lunchtime went out the window and had 2nd helpings RIGHT enough self pity. I am going out on my bike now for a bit til I pick the kids up...

Hi Taz and Chiku you are both so right. My compulsions have always been there, at last I am driving the bus! Sometimes in 1st gear, sometimes in 5th I wasn't given support materials but I realised that my hypnotherapist could not solve all my problems. Instead I used self hypnosis to build on...

Cheers - I feel better today. You've lost a lot!

I had my hypnotic gastric band fitted end April. It was preceded by some really heavy duty work on the reasons for my compulsive eating. That released me from years of low self esteem and was worth the cost alone. After the op it was amazing at first, I could actually feel the band. Then...

Hi new here but want to share my small triumph tonight. addictive food in the fridge which I WANTED Put it in the bin then for good measure poured w up liquid all over it The old compulsive me felt so resentful but I know I will feel the benefit further down the line

Bread, bread ...oh yes and bread