ideal weight : Why Knowing Your Body Mass Index Number Is Crucial To Your Diet

When you are trying to lose weight, you will likely find that is a big numbers game, more so than any other factor in this society. Think about all the numbers there are to keep track of, how many pounds do you need to lose, in how many weeks do you need to lose it? How many inches is your waist and how many should it be? What is your body fat and what should it be? When you look at this is way, it is easy to see why so many people have trouble losing the weight they want to lose.

There is one very good way to determine where you sit and where you should be sitting in terms of dieting. Even though there are a variety of numbers you are to keep track of, there is only one set that doctors seem most concerned with, and that is your body mass index (BMI). BMI, is a fairly new concept in America. The reality is it has been around for quite a while. The idea was created by Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetlet. He was a Belgian mathematician and was extremely famous both then and now, because of the numbers systems he implemented in improving lives. This system has become the best measurement of determining if a patient is overweight or obese.

Many people still do not quite understand what body mass index is and often become confused by it. To them, they see it as another system of numbers that have to document and remember. The body mass index contains the ratio of a persons height and weight. Implementing the formula allows physicians to determine if he or she is overweight or obese.

While the word formula may scare you at first, determining your body mass index, is really not all that hard. First, you must determine your height in meters squared and your weight in kilograms. There are many websites available just for that reason, if you do not know how to determine those figures. After finding your metric height and weight, you divide your weight with your height. If you simply do not want to conduct this calculation, your physician should be able to provide you with a body mass index chart.

The average healthy person should have a body mass index of somewhere between 18.5 through 25, depending on their height. Those that fall between 26 and 29 are considered overweight. A body mass index between 30 and 39 is considered to be obese and 40 or more is morbidly obese. As the BMI increases, so do the risk of serious health problems.

by Gregg Hall

ideal weight : Reaching Your Ideal Weight

So it’s really important to focus your mind towards what you want, instead of what you want to lose, and this is because your subconscious mind works best with positive language. And speaking of which, how is YOUR body image? Do you continuously criticize yourself , or berate yourself for indulging in that triple choc milkshake? If so, STOP right now. If you want to reach and maintain your desired weight goals then you need to make permanent but manageable lifestyle changes, while at the same time allowing yourself the odd indulgence...without feeling guilty!

So, be realistic and work at a steady pace towards reaching and maintaining a body shape that is achievable for you. If you’ve always had a pear shaped body, then you will not be able to slim down to a straight-up-and down shape, even if you starve yourself! Don’t fall into the trap of unhealthy eating habits; depriving your body of essential nutrients is every bit as damaging as overeating.

Begin by working WITH your natural body shape, not against it. Send your subconscious mind the message that you love and respect your body. One of the ways you can help yourself along is by using daily affirmations. Start today; write down any negative beliefs you have about your body, and then replace these negative statements with positive ones. Remember:


You can achieve anything if you enlist the help of your subconscious

By Sonia Devine

ideal weight : The Secret to Reaching Your Ideal Weight

There are many books and internet articles written about weight control. However, if you already know the stuff you should be doing, you might want to skip past the next section of this article. For those of you who are starting at the beginning, here’s some useful information:

Energy is measured in units called calories or kilojoules. If you want to lose weight, then the total calories that your body absorbs through eating and drinking must be less than the calories that your body expends throughout the day. And of course, if you wish to gain weight, the opposite is true.

You can also help your weight control along by participating in regular daily exercise, because this helps your body burn more calories. It does this not only during the exercise session, but also for hours later, by raising your body's metabolic rate. When you exercise, you produce feel good chemicals in the brain which are called endorphins, and these often help to stop you from reaching for those high calorie snacks such as cakes, donuts and chocolate. Also, exercise changes the fat and muscle ratio in your body. Muscle burns more calories than fat, so make sure you enlist all the help you can get by exercising!

So if we have all this information at our fingertips, then why do so many people have such difficulty reaching their ideal weight? Well, I must tell you that a lot of it has to do with your subconscious belief systems. Do you know all the basics, but still find yourself unable to stick to a healthy eating and exercise regimen? You're definitely not alone.

At this point, I would like to say that if you want to lose weight, then I strongly suggest that you reframe the notion of “losing weight”. So instead of saying you want to lose weight, I would like you to think of your goal in terms of “gaining control of your weight”, or, as the title of my article suggests, “reaching your ideal weight”.

The reason for this, is because your subconscious mind can be a fickle beast…and when you “lose” something, what do you automatically (and subconsciously want to do?

by Sonia Devine

ideal weight : Diabeties Diets

The Diet

People with Type 2 diabetes generally are put on a 1500-1800 calorie diet per day to promote weight loss and then the maintenance of ideal body weight.

This always varies according to the person's age, sex, activity level, current weight and body type. More obese individuals will need more calories initially until their weight is less.

This is because it takes more calories to maintain a larger body and a 1600 calorie diet for them may promote weight loss that is too fast and will promote complications. Also, people whose activity level is low will have less daily caloric needs.

The diet will generally have about 50% carbohydrates of the daily calories (with an acceptable range from 40 to 60%).

As a general rule the lower the carbohydrate intake the lower the sugar levels in the blood. The benefits of the low calorie diet can be cancelled out by the problems associated with a higher fat diet substituted for the lower amount of carbohydrates. You can counter this by substituting monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats for saturated fats.

Count your carbohydrates!

You can figure that each gram of carbohydrate is about 4 calories. A diabetic on a 1600 calorie diet should get 50% of these calories from carbohydrate.

This would be a total of 800 calories or 200 gms of carbohydrate (at 4 calories per gram) spread out over the day. You will need food tables (from diet books and also read those labels in all foods you buy).

There are some foods that you are able to enjoy without counting their food values. A good example is:

Bouillon or broth
Carbonated or mineral water
Club soda
Coffee or tea
Diet soft drinks
Drink mixes, sugar-free
Tonic water, sugar free
Sugar-free hard candy
Sugar-free Jell-O
Sugar-free gum
Jam or jelly, light or low-sugar, 2 tsp.
Sugar free syrup, 2 tsp.

You can eat foods with some sugar in it, but it will use up both your calories and carbohydrate requirements with poor nutritional value. Go for fruit. People with diabetes can eat any kind of fruit, regardless of the sugar content.

Everyone is encouraged to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day. Spreading the fruit you eat through the day will avoid a sudden rise in blood glucose levels.

Although some fruits have a lower glycogenic index, which shows how foods affect blood glucose levels, the important thing is to increase the amount of fruit you eat, including a wide variety of different fruits. Eating lots of fruit will also promote good heath and weight loss.

You can also eat as many vegetables as you wish.

None are forbidden except if you classify a potato as a vegetable. It is not. The goal here is to eat only the best quality foods, have 50% of your calories from carbohydrates, and then lose weight till you achieve the ideal.

Along with these diet guidelines and your medication, you can look forward to a healthy and normal life.

By Sacha Tarkovsky

ideal weight : For Life Improvement

Basically, there are two types of diabetes, 1 and 2. Type 1 is much less common than Type 2, and occurs before the age of 40.

Type 1 is associated with a lack of insulin, and without enough insulin you cannot maintain a normal blood glucose level. This in turn causes hyperglycemia, or an overabundance of sugar in the blood. This is a dangerous condition.

Type 2 is much more common, and develops later in life, usually when someone is overweight, and with poor diet and physical condition. Heredity plays a big role as well.

In Type 2, the problem is resistance to insulin rather than the lack of insulin. The result is the same however, an elevated blood sugar level

The diets and suggestions below are generally for Type 2 sufferers. There are four basic rules to follow:

Achieving an ideal body weight

Following a diabetic diet

Regular daily exercise

Diabetic medication if needed

Your doctor will know your ideal weight. Ideal weight differs from one’s skeletal and genetic (and racial) factors. Let a doctor give you your ideal weight and then you must work to achieve it.

The diabetic diet (as guidelines) is outlined below.

Daily exercise, especially walking is very good for Type 2 diabetics.

Your doctor will have given you some medication. Take it per the prescription instructions.

By Sacha Tarkovsky

ideal weight : The "Pills, Powders, Potions and Health Food"

The marketplace is full of pills, powders, and potions that are "scientifically-formulated" or "clinically-proven" to reduce your weight and increase your energy rapidly and permanently.

These products almost always make false promises based on misleading information. Though you might lose a few pounds at first, the excess weight will naturally return, along with potentially serious health complications.

Diet pills - unnecessary and dangerous Diet pills are unnecessary, because there is nothing wrong with your hunger drive! Every creature on this planet has a hunger drive, and only humans and our pets ever over consume to the point where we make ourselves overweight and sick.

We blame our bodies, but that just does not make any sense. The problem is not our faulty hunger drive, but the unnatural food environment we have created for ourselves. The signals in our bodies that tell us when to eat and when to stop are our best friends, when we learn how to stop drowning them out with unnatural foods.

While diet pills suppress your appetite, they also drain your energy and provoke anxiety.

And they just don't pay off. Their effectiveness in suppressing your appetite is quite short-lived. So, even if you think the side effects and long-term risks are worth it, realize you will probably gain back even more weight when your hunger returns in full force.

Liquid diets and energy bars are unnatural and unhealthy If you follow one of the many popular high-protein liquid diets or rely on "energy bars" as meal replacements or weight loss aids, you'll just trick your body into unhealthy and unsustainable weight loss. The weight may come off easily at first but after you stop the "plan", you will naturally experience weight gain and health complications over time.

What you do to arrive at your ideal weight range should be what you plan to do, want to do (and enjoy!) for the rest of your life - or it will not last. And that is why this strategy does not work.

High-protein liquid diets are also far from health-promoting According to John McDougall, M.D., these diets lead to "nasty side effects, including fatigue, poor circulation, loss of appetite, nausea, and irregular heartbeat. And they increase your chances of developing heart, kidney and/or lung disease - even while they make you more vulnerable to osteoporosis." If you succumb to the advances of the pill-pushers or rely on quasi-foods like shakes or bars for weight loss, you're signing up for inevitable failure and serious health risks.

Why eating fewer calories does not work The idea behind appetite suppression and meal replacement is that you will consume fewer calories overall, which will lead to weight loss. There is a big difference between eating fewer calories, and eating foods that are naturally lower in calories and rich in nutrients.

You only have to count the calories from foods that have no healthy place in your body to begin with. When you eat less of nutrient poor food, you are actually starving yourself of essential nutrients. Pretty soon, your body will rebel, out of hunger and malnourishment, even if you buy most of your food at "health food" stores.

The truth about "health foods" Most health foods on the market are refined foods. Some should actually be classified as "junk food," because they are merely manufactured foodstuffs made from ingredients that were once organic, or were originally whole and natural.

Some refined "health foods" include health-promoting ingredients, and they are preferable to the junk food that make up most of the Standard Western Diet. But calling them healthy is a misrepresentation (again, what my mom would call a "LIE").

Lots of unhealthy people live on health food! A client once told me that she loved a popular "whole-grain" breakfast bar "because it tastes like pie, but it's good for you!" I took a look at the wrapper, and found that her "whole grain" bar was loaded with fats and refined sugar.

Sadly, I had to break the news to her that if her intention was to eat pie, she was right on target. But if her intention was to eat healthfully, she was being duped. She was eating pie - and she deserves to know that!

Whole foods are health foods. What we call "health foods" are "typically" (not always) junk foods. And what we call "junk foods" are not food... they're outright junk!

A nutrient-rich whole food diet is the ultimate pathway to your ideal weight range, maximum health and high performance!

When you make eating nutrient-rich a part of your lifestyle, you adjust to your ideal weight, normally and naturally, so that you can look, feel and perform better for the rest of your life!

Nutrient-rich eating is sustainable, because you can eat predominantly nutrient-rich all day, every day, without struggle, hunger or deprivation!

And nutrient rich foods are delicious! You simply have to discover how to eat nutrient rich. It is simple and normal - and you will love it.

Look for the Diet Trap #4 Article:

The "Get Lots of Protein/Calcium" Trap: Why Our Misguided Quest for Big Muscles and Strong Bones Compromises Our Health.

By John Allen Mollenhauer

ideal weight : More about Paraliminal Technology

There are no "questionable" subliminal messages on our CDs. You will find no short-term motivational hype. You will not hear fluffy affirmations or wishful positive statements. Rather, you will hear Paul R. Scheele, skillfully guide your mind so that you get the results you want. To improve your life, sometimes all it takes is guidance to evoke your inner wisdom.

Paraliminal recordings increase your personal power by activating your "whole mind" with a precise blend of music and words. Each session is carefully scripted by Paul, trained in neuro-linguistic programming, whole mind learning, and preconscious processing, to give you the best CD for your investment.

Special “Holosync” audio tones, developed by Centerpointe Research Institute , are embedded in the recordings so that you automatically enter the ideal weight brain state for relaxation and learning.

State-of-the-art digital recording produces a soothing 3-D sound that allows music and voices to project spatially in your head. Truly, nothing else gets results like a Paraliminal CD.

Customers say that these are the best recordings they have ever heard.

"Paraliminal" is not "subliminal"

Many of our customers had been using subliminal and relaxation tapes without getting benefits they had been promised. They asked to develop recordings using the advanced human performance technologies that have made our seminars so popular and effective.

"Subliminal" recordings hide positive statements or affirmations in music or environment sounds. The theory is that if you listen to subliminals for 30 to 60 days you will become whatever the messages say.

But, 1) most people cannot listen to subliminals as often as directed; 2) the messages may have nothing to do with your state of being; 3) the National Research Council says there is no proof that the brain can act on such messages; and 4) the messages—if they can get into the brain—may even be harmful.

One publisher has the message "if you don't quit smoking, you will get cancer." This is horrible because it is actually a command to "get cancer." Another has a message for a child's self-esteem, "I do things to please others"—this can lead to dysfunctional behaviors that harm the child.

You may be pleased to know that there are no subliminal messages on Paraliminal recordings.

Paul R. Scheele introduces each Paraliminal CD with the purpose or programming parameters for the listening session.

Then, Paul skillfully guides you to a state of relaxed alertness while original music plays in the background.

When you are relaxed, music fades and Paul's voice transforms into multiple voices. The left voice generally weaves metaphors for the creative right brain, and the right voice generally leads you through logical change processes for the analytical left brain.

The multiple voices soothe and relax. Do not try to listen to the voices—just enjoy the flow and rhythm.

To finish, Paul's voices become one and music returns as he guides you back to full alertness.

Because of the power of the Paraliminal process, you do not have to listen to Paraliminals nonstop to get results. Follow the guidelines presented in the instructions.

Each Paraliminal CD is 10-20 minutes long, and includes an instruction booklet and user's guide to help achieve the best results. Stereo Headphones suggested for optimal results.

© 1988-2006 Tools for Wellness by Tools for Exploration Inc.

ideal weight : Tips to make your weight loss permanent

Tens of thousands of people have lost weight listening to Ideal Weight. Here are the secrets for those who have lost the most:


You must consciously and subconsciously decide you want to reach and maintain your idea weight. For your conscious mind, declare "With each moment that passes, I am reaching and maintaining my ideal weight!" Repeat this personal declaration every day. Listening to Ideal Weight will handle the subconscious desire.


While the CD will help you rediscover and follow the internal signals to automatically adjust the amount and types of food you eat, you must do everything you can to support it. In other words, make a concerted effort to change your lifestyle around eating. Do a little more activity in your life such as parking further from the grocery store so you can walk a little more or use the stairs instead of an elevator when you have just one or two flights. Of course, the more you do, the better you will feel.


Accept weight loss in small doses. Ideal Weight works best when you lose one percent of your weight each week. Going for more weight loss often is the recipe for weight gain in the future. Go slow and steady and you will be able to maintain the course for your life!

That's it. The process absolutely works.

Here are inspiring stories!

A customer who is a nurse always ate dessert in the hospital cafeteria for lunch. The day after his first listening of Ideal Weight, he took the dessert as usual. After eating his meal, however, he offered it to others. He said it was the first time in his life that he didn't eat dessert that was in front of him.

It was all automatic! All he did was listen to the recording and he automatically adjusted his behavior.

Another customer always bakes a pie for Friday night dinner. A second piece is served while the family watches their favorite television show. A couple of days after first listening to Ideal Weight she baked the Friday night pie. She served her family the "television" piece and sat down with her own piece. She cut her fork into it and brought it to her mouth. She thoroughly enjoyed the moment, but thought there was something else she wanted. She went to the fridge and grabbed a bowl of broccoli leaving her pie on the counter.

She did not realize what had happened until the next day. She felt that was the biggest breakthrough of her life. Her body automatically signaled a desire for something else, and she followed it. She said it was easy and wonderful.

One session of Ideal Weight will help you lose weight while the other helps with problem areas such as lunchtime buffets or extra butter on the potato or Friday night pie.

Listen to one session each day for eight days. Then listen to it once or twice a week until you reach your ideal weight.

A small minority of our customers will not have success. But we will work with you and coach you into weight loss. If this person is you, you will be asked to reevaluate what is going on in your life. If you have guilt or self-esteem problems about yourself or your body, listen to the Self-Esteem Supercharger Paraliminal CD. If you have heavy behavioral problems around eating, get the New Behavior Generator. If there are issues from your past that need resolving, use the New History Generator.

Life is too short. Quit playing games with your body. Listen the Ideal Weight and discover what you have been searching for.

Dear Paul, You have made losing weight fun, effortless, and thoroughly energizing. I lost 50 pounds using your CDs and loved every minute of it. I have always thought losing weight should be an easier, more natural process than the torture I have experienced in the past. Your CDs have made this possible. Sure I exercise more and eat less, but the experience has been in complete harmony with my body rather than contrived and unnatural. I feel terrific and receive compliments everywhere I go. Thank you. Thank you! I appreciate the dedication and creativity you have shown your work to me.

© 1988-2006 Tools for Wellness by Tools for Exploration Inc.

ideal weight : Ideal Weight Paraliminal CD

All bodies, including yours, give natural signals that say when to start eating, when to stop eating, and which foods to eat. For some reason, people who are overweight are either unable to notice these signals or unable to respond to them.

No more. Thanks to Paul Scheele's Ideal Weight Paraliminal CD.

After the first eight days, listen to both sessions only once a week until you have reached your ideal weight. Once you are at your ideal weight, you will maintain it naturally as you enjoy a near perfect balance in your diet.

Ideal Weight even helps programs such as Weight Watchers work better! If you are on a special diet or if you are using special pills or supplements, Ideal Weight helps there too.

Absolutely say good-bye to the roller coaster of dieting forever. Begin listening for 20 minutes a day for eight days-that's right, just eight days.

You will be able to enjoy great foods without putting on weight. But let's be realistic. After all, life's stresses may tempt you to begin overeating in the future. Studies show that some people gain weight because of divorce, job loss, accidents, and other personal tragedies. Never fear: just pull the CD out and listen a few times for reinforcement.

This CD talks to your inner mind. Let your inner, subconscious mind be your ally. Let it work for you to keep your body healthy and at your ideal weight. Maybe you are now overweight, because of what is currently going on in your inner mind. Quit sabotaging yourself. Take care of it once and for all.

© 1988-2006 Tools for Wellness by Tools for Exploration Inc.

ideal weight : What's your Body Mass Index?

Do you know how to measure body mass index?

Do you even know what body mass index is?

For some, the need to lose weight is clear. Those whose body weight places them into the obese or morbidly obese categories are well aware that they are carrying too many pounds.

But what about those who are only slightly overweight? Is that ten pounds over the ideal weight raising your risk of health complications? Are you just 'big-boned'? How do you decide if you really need to lose weight - and how much weight do you really need to lose?

Doctors have a number of different ways to measure the need to lose weight. Long gone are the years when they relied on an insurance company chart of 'ideal weights'. The most commonly used measure is the Body Mass Index or BMI. The BMI measures your weight relative to your height.

Body mass index is generally an accurate representation of muscle-to-fat ratio, though there are some limitations. First of all, body mass index calculation may overestimate the BMI of an athletic person, because muscle is denser and weighs more than fat. Likewise, body mass index calculation may underestimate the BMI of an older person, or others who have low muscle mass.

It is easy to find a free bmi calculator. A free bmi calculator can be found online by simply typing in "free bmi calculator" into your favorite search engine. (Or, you could simply use the free bmi calculator located here: http://www.weight-loss-power-package.com/body_mass_index.htm.) A bmi calculator simply allows you to quickly and easily check your own BMI. The table for determining risk factors associated with obesity is:

Below 18.5 - Underweight 18.5 - 24.9 - Normal 25.0 - 29.9 - Overweight 30.0 and up - Obese

If your body mass index is above 25.0, your doctor or other medical professional can advise you on the best weight loss plan for you. You should know that there are great benefits to losing even a moderate amount of weight. Some of those include:

* Lowering your risk of diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, a weight loss of as little as 10 pounds can decrease the chances of pre-diabetes developing into diabetes by 58%.

* Lower your risk of heart disease. The American Heart Association states that coronary problems are directly correlated to weight. By losing weight to bring your BMI to within normal ranges, you significantly lower your risk of developing heart problems.

* Reduce your risk of arthritis and pain from arthritis. A number of forms of arthritis are related to weight. Losing weight substantially decreases the strain that additional weight places you your knees, hips, back and ankles.

Are you motivated to get started? Now that you know how to calculate bmi, here are three tips on how to reduce body mass index so you can start losing weight today:

1. Get active.

If you do nothing different in your life but exercise for one half hour daily, you will lose 5-7% of your body weight per year.

2. Cut out white breads and sugars.

Substitute whole grains for refined flours and sugars, and you'll automatically reduce the number of calories that you consume daily.

3. Eat more fresh vegetables.

Fresh vegetables, especially raw, are a significant source of many of the vitamins and minerals that your body needs daily. They're high in nutrition, while low in calories. By increasing the amount of fresh vegetables that you eat and reducing the amount of processed, refined foods, you'll cut calories and carbohydrates significantly.

Get started today by going to top of this page and using the free bmi calculator!

By Adam Waxler

ideal weight : Set Realistic Weight Loss Goals

How much weight do you want to lose? Are you being realistic about how long it will take to achieve your weight loss goal?

When someone has decided to lose weight, one of the first things that person should do is set a goal weight or an ideal weight.

Unfortunately, when most people decide to lose weight, they are not being realistic about how much weight to lose and how long it will take them to lose that weight. For many, their 'ideal weight' may be the wrong weight for them to be aiming for

The sad fact is, years of being overweight and jumping from one fad diet to another may have confused your mind and body about what is truly your ideal weight. One of the major problems comes from a lack of understanding about metabolism. If you've been overweight for a very long time, or if you've consistently 'yo-yoed', your body may respond to your initial weight loss by slowing down its metabolism because it believes that you are starving to death. This slowing down of your metabolism leads to discouraging plateaus that often knock people off their diets entirely, and lead to regaining all or part of the lost weight.

Many weight loss experts today recommend aiming for shorter-term, more attainable weight loss goals. Since the bulk of diet research shows that most dieters lose weight steadily for about 12 weeks, then hit a plateau, that's the number of weeks that the weight loss experts suggest you should aim for. The weight loss strategy that many have found works best for them is one of alternating periods of weight loss and maintenance, each lasting 8-12 weeks.

The strategy calls for choosing a realistic weight loss goal for an 8-12 week period. Knowing that the most reasonable and healthiest weight loss rate is 1-2 pounds per week, losing 25 pounds in three months is not unrealistic. You should be on your weight loss diet until you reach that goal, or for 12 weeks, whichever comes first, and then switch to a maintenance diet.

Why switch to a maintenance diet at that point?

Simple, you're giving yourself a break from more restrictive eating. More importantly though, you are re-educating your body and letting it establish a new starting point. Once you've maintained your new weight for 8-12 weeks, set another weight loss goal, and move back into weight loss mode. By giving your body a break from 'starvation', you'll have overcome its resistance to weight loss.

You'll also be giving yourself a chance to 'practice' maintaining your new, healthier weight. Researchers have found that more than half of the dieters who take off significant amounts of weight do not maintain that weight loss once they go 'off' their diet. By practicing weight maintenance in stages, you'll be proving to yourself that you can lose weight and maintain that weight loss over a period of time.

This weight loss plan will work with any long-term weight loss diet. You'll find dieting and reaching your weight loss goal much easier to do if you choose a diet that has concrete 'phases', such as the South Beach or the Atkins diet, since the weight loss and maintenance phases are clearly laid out for you to follow. Regardless of the diet you choose, though, by alternating between weight loss phases and maintenance phases, you'll teach yourself and your body how to maintain a healthy weight.

By Adam Waxler

ideal weight : Winter Weight Loss Magic

If winter hibernation tends to pack on the pounds, take heart. There are some simple steps you can take this winter to prevent your self from gaining weight. Even though it's a "natural" process to put on weight during the winter, it's not all that pleasant. So check out these simple steps to winter weight loss magic:

>>>> WEAR RED: The color red is pure fire energy and it will literally melt fat. Add red to your wardrobe. For great weight loss while you sleep, wear red bicycle pants to bed (if you have weight around your belly and butt) or red pajamas. If you start to get too hot or a racing pulse, just wear red during the day.


>>>> DOWSE: You can use your pendulum to get rid of fat by swinging it clockwise with the intention of removing the negative thought forms from your body that cause fat. Keep swinging until it stops.


>>>> BLESS YOUR FOOD: Before you put anything in your mouth, bless it. Thank the beings who have made your food possible, and ask that the food to be raised to its highest vibration. Ask that your body retain only what it necessary for you to stay at your ideal weight. You can even hire an angel to increase the power of your intention!


>>>> FIND OUT: Ask your self what is causing you to hold onto your fat or gain weight. You might write "What am I holding onto that is causing weight gain?" with your dominant hand, and answer with your other hand. The answers are usually quite interesting. Once you address the issues at hand, you'll have an easier time shedding weight.


When working with weight loss, just remember the law of "as above, so below." Your physical weight is usually tied to your emotional and mental baggage. Shed one and you'll lose the other. You can either start at the physical end, or at the mental and emotional end. Enjoy the journey!

by Stephanie Yeh

ideal weight : Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson ( 3 )

Whew! So how did you do on that last lesson? Have you been practicing? There was a lot of content to take in and absorb, and practicing the techniques as well. I wanted to make sure I included it all so you could see it from start to finish.

Now, this is via e-mail, and my sessions over the phone and face-to-face, are longer. I’ve seen such amazing results with Rapid Eye Technology and Emotional Freedom Techniques and it’s only over a short period of time. Everyone feels a substantial release only after one session.

We’re moving into a new reality with energy therapy. Take care of the problem in quick, easy steps. It’s very different than standard talk therapy, which some people have used for several years to overcome a problem. I was here as well. I had been to see different therapists off and on, but never released the problem until I saw an energy practitioner. I understood the part my childhood played in my life; I just didn’t know how to release the pain. Once I did, I felt pure euphoria (I love that word) and became a totally different person. It’s a very freeing experience!

So how long is a session? Sessions are one and half hours the first session to gain information on the client and one hour in subsequent sessions. Some people can actually release their pain in three sessions... a woman who suffered from sexual abuse from her father did just that. Incredible, isn’t it? Once the pain is released, then the client is able to make new, healthy choices and live the life he or she is destined to have.

It’s amazing the pain we hold in our thoughts/our bodies and that becomes the basis of our existence. We tend to live life in struggle and we believe that this is what life is supposed to be. We grew up thinking that life is hard and strife becomes our comfort.

We get stuck in our thoughts that there is no other choice. We think in terms of limits and we place those limits on ourselves with our thoughts. God has wonderful plans for you; you just will continue to peel back layers to know your wholeness.

Here's your homework. If you have't written your affirmations, then this week take some time to do so. Spend time each day on your affirmations. The more positive information you can bring into your energy space (this is the entire space around you) on a daily basis, the better. Make sure they're in the present... I am powerful, I am my ideal weight, I am beautiful!

Remember, we have to break free of the negative programming that life is a struggle. Spend time doing positive things and affirmations is one way to do this. Have fun with this process. Turn on the music and dance while you're reading them. I love butt-movin' music. Sounds fun, doesn't it?

Again, thank you for allowing me this opportunity to live my passion. I am destined to

help you clear your negative stuff so you, the glorious child of God that you are, get to truly experience life on such a deeper spiritual level.

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By Tami Close