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🎧 Hypnosis To Feel Worthy to Lose Weight and Enjoy the Journey · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing genuine
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  issues. Brought to you by the
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  hypnotherapist, demanded by celebrities, CEOs and even
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  royalty. Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Adam's clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. This podcast features powerful
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  hypnosis, so do not listen while driving or operating machinery.
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  This recording is not suitable for those with epilepsy or
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  severe mental health issues, so get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here. And in this hypnosis recording,
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  you're going to be listening to a weight loss hypnosis session
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  that was created for a client that.
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  In their childhood. There were lots of rules and
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  restrictions and even shaming about what they should eat, have
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  to eat if they weigh too much. And they did a lot of sport when
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  they were at school, but part of those sports meant that they
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  were publicly humiliated if they were overweight when they
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  weren't overweight. So because of that, this client
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  had really intense emotional reactions to feeling like they
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  were missing out or that they should be a certain way.
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  And what this hypnosis session does is also deal with the other
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  side of that. A lot of people that grew up
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  like that have what's called a polarity response, where because
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  they were deprived something at one point in their life, they
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  want to make up for it and they've linked food.
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  And eating with. Pleasure, and there's a fallacy
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  there sometimes. I've seen that with alcohol, but
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  also with food, and that is that if a little bit is pleasurable,
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  then even more is even more pleasurable without realizing
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  that you actually get diminishing returns that
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  actually you get most of the pleasure.
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  In the first. Amount and then it reduces with
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  each and every additional in it. You know, it's the marginal.
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  Utility, they would. Call that.
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  In economics. So it also is the case from this
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  perspective, but if you've got an ingrained belief system that
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  food is pleasure and to not have food, you're depriving yourself.
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  You can see. Why someone would binge or
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  overindulge? So too much control is out of
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  control, and no restrictions at all can lead to bingeing and
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  kind of excess, and that's not good either.
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  So we want to find the Goldilocks zone of the right
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  amount. Of.
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  Boundaries and reductions without feeling like pleasure
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  and happiness is being reduced. So what this hypnosis session
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  does is it utilizes 3 different options, broad options and the
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  first option is to do exactly. What they?
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  Have been doing which really is to link pleasure with food and
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  have lots of it. But that comes at a cost and it
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  will have a cost of probably unhappiness for the future,
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  which is ironic if they are linking pleasure with food.
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  But in eating that way it could lead to.
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  Less. Happiness in the future that
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  gets even more extreme as years go by because you know, how
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  happy would someone be if they had diabetic ulcers or
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  amputations or heart disease? Like probably not that happy at
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  all. So that what's the future of the
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  status quo? The second is the future of
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  rigidity and rules and control and restrictions and not allow
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  this. You can't have that.
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  And what this client intuitively knew, and I could see it when I
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  was doing the hypnosis session, I could see it in their facial
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  reactions, is that actually they didn't like the restriction and
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  the deprivation. And that would mean that they
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  would break those good intentions, but that were
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  unsustainable. Nobody wants to be miserable so
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  that one day they're happy. You have to enjoy the journey
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  and the destination and that's really what Door 3 is.
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  Door 3. Is that they get to enjoy what
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  they're doing, they reduce the amount that they're eating, but
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  even that could give them pleasure if they feel more in
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  control of their life. So this is really about the idea
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  of reducing particularly refined carbohydrates, because refined
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  carbohydrates, quite often the body treats them more like a
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  drug than a food. There's this.
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  Element of compulsion and addiction to them, but they're
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  not really that pleasurable. You know, a lot of them it just
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  processed foods with flavourings that have the perception of
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  pleasure, but they're not that pleasurable.
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  They're more what I would call gratification, which is a a kind
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  of a. A diluted.
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  Form of pleasure Real pleasure would come from the pride of
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  accomplishing their ideal goal of feeling more in control of
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  their life and filling with more energy and sleeping well that's
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  what would actually give them happiness and that's what door 3
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  leads to so if you feel like you've struggled with weight
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  loss and this particular client definitely had that belief
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  system that they'd struggled with it then I think you're
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  going to get value from this session because.
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  It's designed for. Someone that has struggled with
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  weight, struggled with rules, struggled with diet.
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  So if you can relate to that, I think you will benefit from this
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  session. It was created for an individual
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  that had a very specific upbringing.
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  Some of these suggestions were perfect for them and may not be
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  quite right for you. So if you do like the idea of a
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  bespoke session where you're working with me directly and we
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  build the session around your specific circumstances and
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  goals, then look for the link in the description to book that
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  free consultation. Call and we'll have a chat.
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  For now, though, find a quiet, comfortable place where.
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  You won't be disturbed. Relax and enjoy the session.
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  Take a deep breath in, and as you breathe in, breathe in that
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  slow, calm, relaxing breath. And as you exhale, feel a
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  wonderful sense of letting go, of breathing in relaxation and
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  exhaling tension. And you can scan your body for
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  any clues of stress, worries, frustrations, and just allow
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  those sensations to leave your body in that outward breath.
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  So the deeper you breathe, the more relaxation you're breathing
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  in. And as you exhale, the more of
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  that tension you're releasing, taking you deeper and deeper,
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  relaxed. And I want to imagine what it
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  would be like to imagine scrolling through the photo
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  section on your phone, maybe in the favourites folder.
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  And I want you to imagine scrolling through until you see
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  a picture of a secluded beach in Thailand, maybe on a day where
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  there was clouds in the sky and the waves were slightly
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  restless, on a private secluded beach.
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  Not many people at all. And I want you to use the power
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  of your imagination to imagine how good it would be to imagine
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  jumping into the photo and finding yourself there on that
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  relaxing private beach, and imagine you're wearing whatever
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  clothing would be suitable for that beach.
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  Imagine looking down and seeing those white sandy beaches just
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  there, enabling you to feel the softness and maybe there's a
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  breeze and maybe you can hear the waves breaking on the shore.
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  And I want you to connect without feeling of pure
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  relaxation, the pleasure of the moment.
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  And I want a seed of an idea to be planted in your mind that
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  here, in this moment, surrounded by nature, the waves, the sky,
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  the sand and the beach, the pleasure can come from many
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  places. And although food it can be
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  pleasurable, more often than not pleasure can derive from
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  decisions, choices. Being mindfully present in the
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  moment and just noticing is also a wonderful source of pleasure,
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  and I want you to imagine a comfortable lounger here on this
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  beach. Imagine relaxing on the lounger
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  as I count downwards from 12:50, and with each descending number
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  you will feel like you're drifting off into a dreamlike
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  sleep. There on that lounger, on that
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  beach, that beach in your imagination, taking you deeper
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  and deeper. Relaxed.
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  That's it. Breathing in, relaxation,
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  exhaling tension, 10, just allowing your eyelids to feel
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  heavier and heavier. And then nine, your forehead
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  feeling like it's letting go and releasing any tension.
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  Just soften those muscles, enabling you to go deeper and
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  deeper, relax. That's it.
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  And then 8, just focus on your jaw, all the muscles from your
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  ear to your chin around your mouth.
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  Just feel like. Your jaw is loosening.
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  You can. Breathe in deeper from your
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  nose. That's it, Deeper and deeper,
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  relaxed and then six. Just focus now on your neck and
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  your shoulders as you imagine any stress and tension just like
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  crystals of ice there on that beach fused into your muscle
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  tissue. But allow the warmth and the
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  sunshine you melt away any tension in your neck and your
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  shoulders as six turns to five. That's it.
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  Arms feeling limp, loose and heavy.
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  That's it. So relax by your side on that
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  lounger and then five goes to four and just feel like your
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  internal organs are all relaxing.
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  Your heart relaxes, your lungs relax, and most importantly,
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  your stomach relaxes. As you imagine your stomach
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  contracting, getting smaller and smaller with each and every
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  breath, just imagine is that as you think of your stomach
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  shrinking, cravings to eat anything will also become
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  reduced. Some things are intuitive.
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  When you're in a hot climate, you wear less.
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  In a cold place, you wear more. And when your stomach is
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  smaller, you'll desire less food.
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  It's as simple as that. And then four goes to three.
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  Now focus on your gut and just feel that your gut is releasing
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  any anxiety, any worries. There is nothing you need to be
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  or do or have right now. You could just go with the flow
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  and allow words to create meanings, meanings to create
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  ideas. An idea is to build new neural
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  pathways that create change. That's it.
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  And then two down into your legs as you allow your legs to feel
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  limp, loose, and heavy. That's it.
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  And then one all the way down to your toes.
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  Release any tension in your feet and feel that ripple of
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  relaxation going all the way up to the top of your head and then
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  down to your fingertips as you imagine drifting off into a
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  dream like sleep where your physical body is still there on
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  that relaxing lounger, but you and your imagination are now
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  standing on the beach by your side.
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  And just lift up your arm to feel how relaxed your arm feels.
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  Limp, loose and heavy. Let it drop.
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  Down by your side. And then I want you to imagine
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  seeing somewhere nearby a table. And on that table is a puzzle, a
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  jigsaw puzzle, 1000 pieces. And you're not sure what it is,
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  but there is a logical, analytical part of your mind
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  that likes to solve problems. And right now this puzzle is a
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  problem. And you can tell just from the
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  different colours and shapes and styles that this is a puzzle of
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  you. One year from now, I want you to
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  get a sense that you haven't made the picture yet.
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  You just have a sense that that is what you were doing.
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  So allow that logical, analytical part to start
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  piercing the puzzle together as there is one final part, a part
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  that wants pleasure for you, a part that wants happiness for
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  you. And allow that part to continue
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  walking down the beach, looking back and seeing the logical
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  part, working on the puzzle and seeing the conscious part fast
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  asleep on a lounger. But if I'm now talking to the
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  part that wants pleasure and happiness, let me know about
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  nodding your head. That's it.
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  So carry on walking walking down that beach until you can see 3
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  doorways. These doorways aren't connected
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  to buildings, they're just there on the beach.
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  A door frame and a door portals to your future.
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  And we're going to visit three different futures, a direct
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  consequence of three different unconscious strategies.
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  So imagine standing in front of door #1 and door #1 represents
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  the status quo, your current habits, behaviours, the
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  trajectory of your life as it is.
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  I'll countdown from 5 to 1 and you'll imagine.
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  Walking. Through the door into your
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  future. But the moment you walk through,
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  you will see yourself like you or someone else.
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  You will be the observer, no longer in your body but watching
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  you in your body. 5 putting your hand on the hand or 4 turning
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  the hand or three opening the door, 2 walking through the door
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  and one closing the door behind you.
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  And this is life carrying on as it is.
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  I want you to see yourself for the next few weeks and months
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  doing what you have been doing and maybe, maybe it's craving
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  what gives you pleasure. See yourself with thoughts
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  popping into your head and see yourself acting on those
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  thoughts. See yourself eating something
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  savoury and then see yourself craving something sweet.
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  See yourself being offered or tempted with things and finding
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  it rude or impossible to say no. And I want you to see as the
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  weeks turn into months. What impact?
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  This is having on your confidence, your health and your
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  body shape. See all the things you know that
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  will happen. See yourself feeling like you
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  have to have food, not having enough time to make anything,
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  Ordering something on an app. And then when it arrives, eating
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  it, but then still feeling like you need something else.
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  And if you can see this future taking you to who you will be
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  one year from now, let me know by nodding your head.
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  And maybe you see yourself at the same weight that you
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  currently are. Or maybe you see yourself
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  heavier, but I want you to pay attention not to the weight, but
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  to the happiness. Because if this version of you
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  is happier than you are now, then this is the right strategy
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  for you. Because if you've been eating
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  for pleasure, then surely a whole year of eating for
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  pleasure should mean you're happier than ever before.
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  And I want you to evaluate how happy that version of you is one
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  year from now by prioritising gratification and pleasure and
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  deriving it from food. Now if you can see that future
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  version of you and get a sense of their happiness levels, let
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  me know by nodding your head. Let's see, just see that future
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  version of you one year from now.
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  That's in. And then it's time to go back
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  through that same door. And door #2 is all about strict
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  rules control, high standards, impossibly high standards,
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  standards. You know you will fail if you
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  can imagine yourself in front of door #2.
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  Let me know by nodding your head and I'll countdown from 5:00 to
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  1:00. And just imagine walking through
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  door #2. This is a future of control and
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  rules, discipline and willpower. Five handle on the door, 4
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  turning the handle, 3 opening the door, 2 walking through the
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  door, and one closing the door behind you.
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  And then see yourself with a mindset of rigidity and control.
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  I want you to see that perhaps for a few days, maybe even a few
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  weeks, see yourself eliminating sugar, eliminating bread, see
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  yourself being more active. But maybe you get a sense that
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  a. Struggle.
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  Is taking place. That version of you feels
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  conflicted. I want you to see in this
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  future. You take 2 steps forward and.
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  Sometimes 2 steps back, you're making progress but then feeling
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  frustrated. Highs and lows, yo yoing up and
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  down. And there's a part of you that
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  feels like in order to lose weight, it has to be a struggle.
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  It has to be painful, it has to be unpleasant.
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  And if there's a part of you that believes that, let me know
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  by nodding your head. And I want you to see a year of
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  living that way. What the likely weight, body
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  shape, and happiness is that if you had to do it by control and
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  coercion and force, maybe you lost some weight, but maybe you
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  also had other experiences that were a reaction to that control.
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  I want you to consider these doors like bowls of porridge.
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  In Goldilocks's house that she discovered, door #1 wasn't quite
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  right, and door #2 wasn't quite right either.
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  But now imagine standing in front of Door 3.
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  Door 3 is the empowered version of you, the resourceful version
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  of you. The version of you that wants to
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  get to a destination but also enjoy the journey.
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  This is a journey of balance, of moderation, of encouragement, of
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  lots of little bits of progress that build wonderful habits that
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  take your life in a positive direction.
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  But this door I want you to walk through, Remaining in your body.
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  Five. Hand on the hand or 4.
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  Turning the hand or three opening the door, 2.
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  Walking through the door and one closing the door behind you.
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  But stay in this body now. And imagine what it would.
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  Be like over the next few days. To make subtle.
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  Changes that feel like it's encouraging your stomach to get
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  smaller and releasing you from an addiction off sugar and
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  refined carbohydrates. Maybe day by day you're just
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  reducing the amount of processed food and refined carbohydrates.
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  Nothing drastic, but each choice feels like a win.
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  Feels like progress. Maybe you're drinking more
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  water, and I want you to get a sense that you're doing this one
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  day at a time, one step at a time.
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  You feel worthy to make these choices, and because they're
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  subtle, tiny changes. They also.
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  Feel familiar? Nothing scary, nothing radical,
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  nothing revolutionary. This is the doorway of
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  evolutionary change. Tiny, manageable changes.
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  Maybe you're eating more berries on this journey.
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  And maybe those foods that you don't even like, like pizza and
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  fries, they're just something you could easily say no to.
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  I want you to imagine how good it would feel where most days
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  you're making choices that gradually and steadily mean that
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  you're having less processed food and less refined carbs.
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  So much so that after a week or two it doesn't feel like you
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  have to have them. There's just less of those
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  compulsions and cravings, and even if they come back, you feel
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  like you can manage them in a different way.
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  If you're craving something sweet, you have a piece of
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  fruit, and if you're feeling with low energy, you have a
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  glass of water. Subtle, manageable changes.
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  So many things in nature happen gradually, but then create
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  incredible changes. A tree can become so tall, but
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  it grows one day at a time. And a year from now you will
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  have different habits, different tastes, different cravings
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  because you steered your mind in that direction.
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  And imagine it's a year from now and imagine there is a full
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  length mirror and you can see what one year of tiny changes,
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  incremental changes, positive changes.
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  Not about control and not about binging, just finding the
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  balance just right for you. The balance of losing weight
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  while enjoying food is you can enjoy fresh fruit, you can enjoy
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  a salad, you can enjoy the occasional treat.
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  But what if you enjoy the fact that you're making choices,
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  discerning choices? Because.
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  In this reality, what you're giving up in pleasure now gives
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  you so much pleasure in the future.
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  You're not depriving yourself of pleasure, you're simply delaying
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  it. And if this feels like a viable,
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  winnable game, what? You get to lose weight while
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  you're enjoying the journey? Let me know by nodding your
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  head. And I want you to imagine, a
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  year from now, what weight you might be.
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  Would you really? Trade that new weight in, not
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  just to have the temporary pleasure of food, because when
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  you get to this weight, you will have the confidence, you will
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  have the sense of pride and accomplishment, the feeling of
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  being in control. There will be less anxiety and
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  more happiness. Happiness that comes from
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  gratitude and pride worthiness because you will be able to look
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  at yourself in the mirror and say I did this and that will
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  make you feel good and that feeling will feel better than
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  anything that you could possibly eat.
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  It's. Time to.
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  Leave this place. So imagine going backwards
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  through that door on the beach, knowing that you have infinite
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  choices, and these are just three of them.
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  To do what you've been doing, to try and use discipline and
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  control, or to make small, manageable, consistent changes.
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  That takes your life in a wonderful direction.
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  And that part that wants pleasure knows what will really
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  give you pleasure and happiness. So allow that part to make the
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  choice. When that part has made the
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  choice, let me know by nodding your head.
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  That's it. And then just walk away and see
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  someone that looks just like you doing a puzzle, but they've
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  completed the puzzle now and you can see.
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  What the picture? Is the picture is you losing
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  weight while enjoying the journey.
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  So many people do it the other way round, put themselves
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  through misery and deprivation so that one day they'll feel
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  good. But you figured it out.
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  You solved the puzzle. To get to the destination, the
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  journey has to be enjoyable. And then step into that logical
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  part where that logical analytical part will help you
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  make logical analytical choices that help you move in that
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  wonderful positive direction. And then see that version of you
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  lying there on the lounger. Step into that version of you,
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  your conscious mind, so all parts now are integrated in one.
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  And you leave the lounger. And I want you to see that the
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  cloudy skies are now blue and the restless waters are now
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  still. And you have unlocked a
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  wonderful feeling of optimism and self belief and worthiness.
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  It isn't a case that you can do this.
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  It is now a case that you will do this, and you will do it
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  simply because you want it and you can and you deserve it.
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  It's time to leave this place. So take a deep breath in through
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  your nose and out through your nose.
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  Just wiggle your fingers, wiggle your toes, and allow yourself to
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  jump back through the photo. Find yourself there in your
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  imagination, holding an imaginary phone, realizing that
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  even that is still your imagination.
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  It's time to return to the here and the now.
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  As I count from one to 10, starting to count. 123 waking up
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  456 more alert. 7-8 open your eyes.
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  Open your eyes. 910 Wide awake, wide awake, wide awake.
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