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How many Do-Overs?

I’m writing an article for the June issue of Magnify You this week. I have the topic of Rebirth in my mind and of course along with this comes the actual birth of our new baby, Hieronymous.  I got to wondering how many Do Overs he’ll experience in his one sweet life and how important they are. Of course when it comes to the subject of re-shaping your body using mental means alone as opposed to diet and exercise, well this is my theme song, eh?

If  you’ve slipped off the track of whatever project you’re working on about the size of your body, grant yourself permission to start all over again with a renewed intention.  It doesn’t have to be January for you to start a weight loss program.  It can be today.

It is an exhilleration beyond anything I’ve ever experienced to have participated in the unassisted birthing of that precious darling baby boy last month.  And it is also an exhilleration to know that I can use my mind to consciously re-shape my body as well. Same thrilling feeling.

Chi in bed

I do a lot of my mental work first thing in the morning in bed, with my kitty Chi on my hip, waiting and praying for wet food time.  I can lay there for hours thinking my thoughts (I love to think that I am two sizes smaller for the wedding in Penna in July) and holding them.  I savor each word and I conjure up a picture of what each word means and feels like deep inside myself.  I work to achieve absolute conviction that my truth is true for me. And then, my thinking manifests.

Using the seat belt marks method, yesterday I did a re-marking on my seat belt and I’ve lost 6 inches off my hips (my visual calculation) through purely mental means!  Hooray!

If you haven’t read My Cats Have Seen Me Naked: How I Achieved Self Acceptance and Self Love While Obese yet, I’ve got an autographed copy with your name on it, ready to go.

Love,

Pat

I got to see my new grandson again this weekend and hold his wee, beautiful self.  He is a beautiful little boy and he appears to be nicely refined.  I believe all those months of his mommy and daddy talking to him in vitro and playing him music created that refinement.  And just imagine:  they did all this before they even saw him.

I got to thinking about doubting Thomas in the bible who had to see something before he would believe it. I can only imagine what he might have created (as my son Thad and his girlfriend Amy did) had he trusted enough in the process to acknowledge the reality before the appearance of their son.

Mental weight loss is like that too.  You have to be absolutely convinced that the process does work long before the appearance of the weight loss takes place.  If you don’t, there won’t be an appearance.  Last November when I began this process of mentally losing weight solely, if I hadn’t been convinced that it was going to be effective, I would still be carrying around the 35 lbs. I’ve lost since then.

This is where the “Oh ye of little faith!” saying comes from.  You have to have the courage of your convictions, the expectation of the weight loss, and the love of your Self that will nurture and guide you until you achieve the absolute conviction that it will happen.  And then it does.  I am living proof.

Stay tuned.  I have lots more weight to lose and I’m planning to do it mentally as well.  It’s painless.  I eat well.  So far, I haven’t been exercising at all.  Part of that is I live in snow country and it’s hard to get out to walk.  But it’s springtime now and my feet are feeling itchy.

If you never begin, you’ll never build the trust in this system.  I’d recommend getting my book My Cats Have Seen Me Naked: How I Achieved Self Acceptance and Self Love While Obese and then getting started on your own mental project path.  It might well become the best investment you’ve ever made.

Love,

Pat

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More Daffodil Garden

One of the most helpful things you can do as an overweight or obese woman to support yourself while you are doing mental dieting and mental exercise  is to picture what you will look like when your task has been completed.  Get a really clear picture of what your goal will look like.  Think about that picture while you are doing your mental work each day.

(You ARE doing your mental work three times each day, right? I think the mandate to “pray without ceasing” means to continuously think the goal of your mental work every time you become consciously aware of your project, and then, three times a day, sit down specifically to consciously focus on your goals.)

Some folks have called this technique “visualization.”  All it means is creating a mental image inside your mentality of what you desire.  It’s a three-step process:

1.  Visualize your desire as an image

2. Think your desire until you arrive at a place of absolute conviction inside your own mentality that what you desire is right and good for you

3.  Enjoy the likeness of the image that appears in your life.  (It should look just like your desire.)

You might recognize some of these words because they have been used elsewhere in your life.  Far be it from me to tell you this is what was meant!  You’re a bright light your own sweet self. 

Take on the day!

Love,

Pat