July 16th:
I went to my first private hypnosis session with Linda on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009, and I must say, I am truly a believer in what Linda is doing for me. I have to confess, the first night, July 9th, at Linda’s, I Can Make You Slim NOW! Hypnosis Seminar, where the six lucky lady participants of the Louisiana Weight Off NOW Challenge were chosen, which was in a group setting, I was NOT hypnotized…I felt relaxed, but I was totally unable to “Let Go…” The first several times I worked on it at home, I was still not “letting go,” but felt I was getting a little better at it each time. And, even though I was not where I wanted to be in learning to practice self-hypnosis, I did see changes in my eating behavior, and I did feel like I was more relaxed. I just kept telling myself to keep practicing “letting go,” and believed that I would eventually get there. I’ve been feeling for most of my adult life that I was supposed to always be operating at full speed.
This is how I sum it up – I love to have facials. I get a facial once a month (or at least try to), and look so forward to it. When I lie on the table, and the lady comes in to get started, I always say to myself, “Okay, go ahead and relax me.” I do enjoy the session, but am never really relaxed. Starting Linda’s Weight Off NOW Self-Hypnosis Home Study System has made me RECOGNIZE that it’s not her job to relax me, and even if she tried, she could not relax me. That state is for me only to achieve, and her role, in my opinion, is to help me enjoy even more the state of relaxation I am in. I CANNOT WAIT TO GO BACK and experience it with this mentality. I’ll keep you posted on that.
Anyway, by the time I got to Linda’s for my private hypnosis session, I felt I was really making progress, but still not completely where I wanted to be. In THAT session, for the first time, I REALLY struggled to “open my eyes” when she told me I couldn’t open them. In the self-hypnosis sessions I have had since, I feel closer and closer to achieving that deep relaxed state that I have been working towards, and I really feel more relaxed overall. Yesterday afternoon, I even hypnotized myself without listening to Linda, and told myself that I could not open my eyes, and guess what! I could not!!
I had the Juice Plus+ Complete, chocolate peanut butter smoothie, at Linda’s and it was really delicious. I’ve already placed my order for some of the Juice Plus+ products – my plan is to have it for my kids’ breakfast when school starts. Can’t wait!!
By the way, I have three boys – Jacob (10), Micah (7) and Adam (5). Last night, I had all of them practice slowing down when they ate and chewing their food slowly a bunch of times, and moving it around in their mouth – it was quite funny. I also gave them all a small glass of vanilla soy milk and they did not puke. I think they may have even enjoyed it a little.
8/17:
I am still working on Chapter Three. I like the idea of making a list, or a success plan, for the day. When I was younger, I was really a list maker, and as I’ve gotten older, and busier, I have gotten away from making list, and am enjoying getting back into that.
I have had a really bad week…While I do make healthier choices, I found this week that I just wanted to eat, eat, eat. I hate to admit. I strayed off of my program, missed several days of listening to my affirmations, etc., and found that I really got off track. But, today is Monday, and it is another week, so I’m getting back on board! I can tell by the feel of my cloths that I have lost some ground in my weight loss goals. I know that I have a GOOD program at my fingertips, and I am going to take advantage of it.
8/24:
You will recall that last week I really needed to get back on track. I am still on Chapter Three as I spent the majority of last week focusing on my self hypnosis CD’s and positive affirmation CDs. I am looking forward to finishing up Chapter Three this week. I found that going back to listening to my affirmations and self hypnosis CDs has helped to curve my appetite. The weekends are generally very hard because I tend to have the urge to snack a lot. This past weekend however, I found I was able to overcome that temptation and stay on task, even over the weekend. From the feel of my clothes, I lost weight this week. The scale says 1.5 pounds.
I find that exercise still seems to be my biggest challenge. The obstacle is simply finding the time to fit it in. Despite my best intentions, the days go by without having accomplished it. I did however manage to get a 20 minute workout in over the weekend, and tried listening to the exercise affirmation CD immediately afterwards, while I was still feeling the “high” from the exercise….
School is back in full swing, therefore things have settled down (as much as they settle around here!), so I will have a better opportunity to stay on task and remain focused. I am looking forward to a VERY good week.
9/17:
GOOD JOB, GOOD JOB Charnel on your two month update. I know I speak for all of us when I tell you how proud I am of you. Your success story is motivation for me, which is why I think participating in the Louisiana Weight Loss NOW Challenge with these other wonderful ladies is such a fortunate experience for me. All of you are helping me as well. Thank you Linda for that also.
I am also happy to report that I have gotten out of my slump and have gotten back to the good eating habits I had BEGUN to form using Linda’s Weight off NOW Self-Hypnosis Home Study System. I am happy to report that during my SCREW UP I did not do but 1 pound of damage, so my weight loss so far is 11 pounds. I have finished Chapter Three of Eight, which was a very difficult chapter for me because it required lots of time (which is a rare commodity in my world), and I am looking forward to Chapter Four – and now Chapter 8 since Charnel has just finished the Weight Off NOW Self-Hypnosis Home Study System and commented on how much she liked Chapter 8, my curiosity has been peaked!
Love to you all, and Proud to be one of Linda’s Chosen Five.
