Visualization for Weight Loss -The Gabriel Method

Part I: The Principles

trying to make it thinner. That, to me, is the definition of strug- gle—a struggle your body will always win because of the power of this hard-wired program. The way to lose weight is not to struggle or fight against your body. The way to lose weight is to figure out what’s turning your FAT Programs on and getting your body to turn them off. If you are currently carrying extra weight, then your body believes it is not safe to lose weight; it is fighting for your life. When your body believes that it is safe to lose weight—or bet- ter, safer to be thin—your body will force you to lose weight. You will be working with your body’s natural laws instead of violating them. Weight loss will then become automatic, effort- less, and inevitable. 3 NOTES 1. See D. R. Grattan and S. R. Ladyman, “Region-Specific Reduc- tion in Leptin-Induced Phosphorylation of Signal Transducer and Acti- vator of Transcription-3 (sTAT3) in the Rat Hypothalamus Is Associated with Leptin Resistance During Pregnancy,” Endocrinology 145, no. 8 (2004): 3704–3711. 2. See A. Tups, C. Adam, C. Ellis, K. Moar, J. Mercer, M. Klingen- spor, and T. Logie, “Photoperiodic Regulation of Leptin Sensitivity in the Siberian Hamster, Phodopus sungorus , Is Reflected in Arcuate Nucleus SOCS-3 (Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling) Gene Expression,” Endocrinology 145, no. 3 (2004): 1185–1193. 3. If you are scientifically minded and want to know the specific hormones that regulate the FAT Programs, see the appendix (page 185).

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