Visualization for Weight Loss -The Gabriel Method

Part II: Nonphysical Stresses that Activate the FAT Programs

After a full day, the evenings are often unproductive, passive hours. In the evenings, we are usually exhausted, and when we are exhausted, the only thing we can do is eat and be enter- tained. It’s the exhausted, stressed-out evening hours where the majority of bingeing occurs. If you don’t have the visualization / SMART Mode session first thing in the morning, remember that whatever time of the day you do practice should be the same time of the day every day and preferably in the same location . • Go to the room where you’ll be practicing. • Get into SMART Mode (five minutes—see chapter 5). • Practice visualizing your ideal body (thirty seconds—see chapter 7). • Practice one or two of the techniques found in chapter 6 for developing the ability to generate positive emotions auto- matically (two minutes). • Visualize the rest of your day and how you would like it to unfold (thirty seconds). • Then visualize the coming weeks, months, and even years, and see yourself living a happy, successful, and fulfilling life—and being in your ideal shape (thirty seconds). • Finally, if appropriate, spend a moment asking for help and guidance with weight loss and life from a higher power, according to your beliefs (thirty seconds). You will be amazed at how different you’ll feel after ten short minutes. You’ll feel calmer, and more centered and focused. You will experience a newfound sense of enthusiasm for life. Daily events that used to bother you will simply slide off you like water off a duck’s back, and you’ll have the energy to take on the world. Just like strengthening a muscle, you’ll get better at going into SMART Mode with practice. As a result, you’ll get into SMART Mode more quickly, you’ll go deeper, and the techniques will be much more effective. A Sample Ten-Minute SMART Mode Session

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