Heart of the Mind by Connirae Andreas & Steve Andreas

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.Iencountered a woman who wanted to know her strategy for deciding whenand what to eat.Clara was more than 100 pounds overweight and wasinterested in having some control over her weight.Her thought sequencewas very short and simple, and made it obvious why she was so overweight:See food > Eat.I was a little doubtful that anyone would always eat whenthey saw food, so I decided to test her.There was some food in the seminarroom, and indeed when Clara could see the food, she was compelled to eatit She did not consider whether she was hungry or full, whether the foodtasted good, how it would affect her if she ate it, or anything else.I began to design an alternative strategy for Clara to give her a betterway to select when and what to eat.My goal was to provide her with away for her to be naturally slender.When I thought about it later, I realizedit was my own strategy! It is what has worked for me for years.Over theten years since then, we have taught many people this strategy for selectingThe Naturally Slender Eating Strategy 123food, and received many reports back that they also lost weight naturally,without effort.Most research studies people who have trouble losing weight, findingout how they respond to a variety of diet plans and therapy methods forweight loss.In contrast, many NLP patterns have been developed by findingout how people who have easily achieved a desirable result are able to dowhat they do.By studying people who are naturally thin and finding outhow they do it, it's possible to teach their ability to others.People who are naturally slender don't feel forced to be thin.Theydon't feel bad about "missing out on good food," and they don't restrict theirdiet.Dieters do all those things.Rather than waging a constant battle withfood, it is much easier to learn to think and respond the way naturallyslender people do.Our investigations since then have verified that mostother naturally slender people do almost exactly the same thing that I do,and people with weight problems typically do not Here's the method I use.The Naturally Slender Eating Strategy1.First, something makes me think of food.This might be seeing thatit's time for lunch, hearing someone mention lunch, feeling hunger, or seeingfood.2.I check how my stomach feels now.3.I ask myself, "What would feel good in my stomach?"4.I visualize a possible portion of a food: a sandwich, a bowl of soup,a dinner salad, etc.5.I imagine eating this food.I think of the taste of this food, and thenfeel the food slipping into my stomach, and get a feeling of how this amountof this food will feel in my stomach over time if I eat it now.6.If I like this feeling better than how I will feel if I eat no food atall, I keep this food item as one possibility.If not, I discard it.7.Next I visualize another food I might eat8.I imagine tasting this second item, and feel how it feels as it goesinto my stomach, and stays in my system for some hours to come.9.I notice how I like this feeling.Do I like it more than my best choiceso far? I keep in mind the food item that makes me feel best, to compareto my next choice.10.Now I repeat steps 7, 8, and 9 as often as I want to, alwayskeeping in mind the kind of food that I imagine would make me feel thebest over time if I eat it.I compare each new possibility to that.11.When I'm satisfied that I have considered enough options, I eat124 HEART OF THE MINDthe food that I imagined would make me feel best over time, so that I'llget to feel that good.If you are a naturally slender person, you're probably thinking, "Ofcourse.How else would anyone select food?" However, if you have hadtrouble losing weight, you're probably having other thoughts.You may bewondering, "But what keeps you from eating chocolate, ice cream, andother fattening things!?"The answer is "Nothing." Occasionally I do eat fattening things,usually in small portions.Absolutely nothing keeps me from eating fatteningfoods.However, I usually don't want to, because when you think about it,most fattening things make people feel worse over time, if they eat them.If I imagine eating an entire basket of greasy onion rings, and imaginefeeling them in my stomach, slowly digesting throughout the afternoon, Iget a heavy, "yucky" feeling that is not appealing.If I imagine eating severalbowls of ice cream for lunch, feeling that ice cream in my stomachthroughout the afternoon gives me a similarly unappealing, tired, unalertfeeling.In contrast, if I imagine eating a nice large bowl of hot vegetable soup,and imagine feeling that in my stomach and in my system throughout theafternoon, it makes me feel much better.For me, this experience is far moreattractive, so I usually choose it.Of course, each of us will respond differently to different kinds of food.You may find that for you a turkey sandwich or a shrimp salad are whatmake you feel really good over time.Remember that what makes you feelgood one day will be different from what makes you feel good another day,because your body changes over time as you respond to events: what youate yesterday, your activities, how much sleep you got recently, how hotor cold you are, etc.Any food will probably be much more appealing ifyou haven't just eaten it three days in a row.What Do You Do if You Overeat?Another difference between naturally slender people and dieters is inwhat they do when they do overeat, gorging on some kind of fattening food.Everyone overeats sometimes.When dieters overeat, they often think tothemselves, "See, I knew I couldn't do it.I guess I'm just a glutton.I'mdoomed to be overweight for life, so I may as well get used to it.Since Ican't stick to diets anyway, I might as well eat and enjoy food." A strongfeeling of depression or worthlessness often helps keep this pattern going.In contrast, here's an example of what naturally slender people doThe Naturally Slender Eating Strategy 125when they overeat.Recently we had a house party with a full dinner anda variety of desserts.I stuffed myself, eating far more than I usually do [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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