Visualization for Weight Loss -The Gabriel Method

Other Forms of Starvation

long way in solving your weight problems. You’ll be less likely to eat junk food in the afternoon and late evening, you’ll be less stressed out, and you’ll be nourishing your body with the vital element of sleep. Many people call these afternoon catnaps “power naps.” I think this is a better way to refer to them because it takes the stigma out of sleeping in the afternoon. You are not being lazy; you are “power napping!” And you don’t have to go home to have a power nap. Just get in your car, drive to a parking lot where no one knows you, lean back, and close your eyes and sleep or listen to the CD. Take a portable alarm clock with you, or program your cell phone to wake you up. The later you stay up at night, the more likely it is you will start eating out of exhaustion. The best possible thing you can do for weight loss is to get to sleep before you reach that exhausted state. NOTES 1. See D. Moore, “The Health Benefits of Drinking Water,” Dr. Donnica Website (October 21, 2003): http://www.drdonnica.com/ today/00007230.htm. 2. See K. Palma, “Got Water?” The Eagle-Tribune (April 24, 2002). 3. See Neal Friedman, Etta L. Fanning. Disease Management . September 1, 2004, 7 (supplement 1): S-1-S-6. doi:10.1089/dis.2004.7.S-1. 4. See http://www.battlediabetes.com/obstructive-sleep-apnea- linked-to-type-2-diabetes/. 5. See the appendix (page 185) for the relationship between corti- sol and the FAT Programs.

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