You Can Have a "Light Body" Because of How You Think

Start using these mental techniques and you’ll see faster results on your journey to losing weight.

Forgiveness as Weight-Loss Aid

Perhaps you started gaining weight from the stress of a major-or even minor-life event. If you can release the trauma and sadness from such events and forgive the people associated with them, you can often lose weight faster. To do this, use forgiveness. Forgiveness is the act of pardoning without harboring grievances. The key to success with forgiveness is persistence, tenacity, and desire.

In virtually every religion in the world, forgiveness is considered to be a highly sacred and spiritual practice. Forgiveness has great power to heal wounds and release weight. So, if you’re still carrying around the weight of past experiences, use forgivenesses.

Make a list of everyone who was involved in your weight issue. Be sure to include yourself. Then make up some forgivenesses and write them down. Use the formula, “I, (fill in your name), forgive you for (whatever the issue).” Also write forgivenesses for yourself, such as, “I, (fill in your name), forgive myself for (whatever the issue).”

For yourself, you could write the following:

• I forgive myself for overeating.
• I forgive myself for being overweight.
• I forgive myself for abusing my body with too much food.

Although it might sound somewhat shallow to forgive a person so that you can lose weight, well, if you haven’t forgiven them already, perhaps it’s time. And your weight situation presents a treasured opportunity to let go of past grievances. We figure it doesn’t matter why you forgive. It just matters that you do.

Ban Fat Thoughts

Stop telling yourself you are fat. Refuse to believe it even when the mirror says otherwise. Here's a sample story about Linda. When Linda was overweight, she cried about it a lot and constantly talked about her problems with her weight, eating, and food.

One day, as her husband once again dried her tears, he said, “I think things would get a whole lot better if you would just stop telling yourself you’re fat.” Linda, already wounded, said, “So what do you know?” Later she had to apologize when she realized he knew a whole lot.

She stopped crying about her weight issue.
She stopped talking about it.
She stopped commiserating with her fat friends.
She stopped buying diet foods.
She stopped telling herself she was fat and ugly.
She stopped seeing food as the enemy.
She gained control of her eating and lost weight down to her ideal size.

How High Is Your Desire?

Ask yourself what percentage of the time you are willing to think and act as a thin person. How often are you willing to eat 0 to 5? How often will you eat sensuously and beautifully?

If your answer is about 50 percent of the time, your odds of success are less than 50 percent, more like about 5 percent. However, if you can give it your all, or 100 percent, for as long as it takes, you will definitely get to your ideal size.

Ask yourself this question every day: “What percentage of my day was I a full participant in being a thin person?” If you had moments that were less than 100 percent, review each situation and ask yourself what you could have done better.

As long as you know deep in your heart that you are thinking and eating as a thin person every day, you absolutely know you will reach your goal.

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