The Big BLOB Weight Loss Blog

Here’s an interesting article by Dr. Andrew Weil, who is an expert on Alternative Medicine. He talks about a study that examined whether using hypnosis and acupuncture together was an effective treatment. In a nutshell? Yes!

Read the article

When I was in Mexico, I did some acupuncture treatments for weight loss. Even though I am a certified hypnotherapist, it didn’t occur to me to augment the acupuncture with hypnosis. Next time I will know better!

Did the acupuncture work? I’d say it definitely helped … along with walking huge distances on cobblestone streets and keeping to an eating plan of fresh fruits and veggies.
I came back three sizes smaller!!

Melanie

I’m not convinced that walking on a cobblestone mat would do the trick … but you never know!

Cobblestone Mat

I found a great little utility that helps you visulize yourself 20 pounds thinnner.
Here’s the process:

1. Create Your Virtual Model
Enter your height, weight, and body shape. Then tell us your goal weight.

2. Customize Your Virtual Features
Pick out the hair style, hair color, eyes, lips and other features that make you unique.

3. Get Motivated
Print out your side-by-side pictures and tape it to your fridge so you can visualize (and achieve) your weight loss goal. You can do it!

Pretty nifty!

You’ll find it at the Ladies’ Home Journal Website

The Missing Link to Successful Weight Loss (Book and hypnosis cd)

The final episode of this season’s Fat March has come and gone. After walking a total of 575 miles SIX contestants walked over the finish line in Washington. They each won $40,000 in prize month … and will be going home with a new body and a new “can do” attitude.

The final four women on average lost about 50 pounds each … the two men lost 80 pounds. The march was an grueling exercise in determination and team work.

Six people either quite or were voted off the team as the march progressed. Many of the dropouts were no surpize because of their whinney attitudes and de-motivating self-talk. The only person that didn’t deserve to go was Matt. I’m sure that if he wasn’t forced to drop out because of his bad knee, he would have been in the final group.

I have actually been motivated to walk more because of the Fat March. It was an interesting program because we got to see the contrast between those that stayed the course and those that dropped out. Of course there were probably factors we didn’t get to see … but if I were to summarize, I would say that THE most important factor for success was a positive attitude.

The marchers that dropped out (Matt being the exception) were whiners and complainers who totally focused on how hard it was, how miserable they were, and how awful the food was. Those that finished the march concentrated on helping their team mates and were determined to complete the march because they wanted to or needed to. Thought they had to endure the same conditions (heat, exhaustion, fatigue) they focused on what was good and positive.

Have YOU started your walking program yet?

Melanie

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