| Standing 5' 6" the doctor tells me I'm obese at 190 | | | | loss courses, they told me the same experience. I did a |
| pounds. It could have been no big deal if my health is | | | | small research and wasn't very much surprised to find |
| perfect, but it's not. I'm hypertensive and was advised | | | | that roughly 80% of those who tried to lose weight |
| to take that small pill every single day, to manage my | | | | gained back the pounds a few week or months after. |
| hypertension, for life. | | | | "Back to normal," was the joke around. |
| "You must be kidding doc," I said. "I do martial arts and | | | | In my study of the human mind, I learned that it is |
| I'll show you that it will be back to normal in a few | | | | basically divided into two regions; the conscious which |
| weeks' time." The doctor's reply caused my blood | | | | is generally dominating during our waking stage, and |
| pressure to rise and my ego to crumble; "Sir, martial | | | | the subconscious which is largely unexplored and still a |
| arts has no fight in this arena. Unless you lose weight, | | | | mystery to many. |
| you're on pills forever." | | | | The conscious mind is the critical, analytical and |
| That was 10 years ago, and I was taking the pill like the | | | | questioning aspect and in control of most of our |
| doctor said. I joined all weight loss programs that came | | | | day-to-day activities, from preparing to go to work up |
| my way, just to get rid of that pill which is straining my | | | | to the time we decide when to go home. The |
| nerves and my pockets as well. Every time I do, my | | | | subconscious, which can be compared to the unseen |
| weight drops for a few weeks but invariably returns | | | | part of an iceberg, directs our automatic and |
| even if I'm consistent with my training. I cannot | | | | non-voluntary actions like driving the car while listening |
| understand why, but my body seems to adapt after a | | | | to the news of the day. |
| while. | | | | While it appears that the subconscious operates at the |
| Eventually, I decided to try subliminal programming and | | | | background, it greatly influences how a person acts |
| acquired one of the best technologies in the market | | | | and reacts. It is the part which tells the mind, "You can |
| today which enables me to create my own subliminal | | | | never do it any other way except this." If we do not |
| recordings. My main objective really is to bring my | | | | understand how this part of the mind works, we will |
| weight, which has caused my hypertension, down. | | | | find that our ability to improve is somewhat |
| Wanting to see results in as short a time as possible, I | | | | constrained. |
| listened to my special recording "on loop" while | | | | I heard the story of a very fat lady who was |
| sleeping. | | | | unsuccessful in her attempts to trim down. She tried |
| I couldn't seem to notice significant improvement a | | | | everything to no avail, and finally decided to try |
| week after and began to doubt whether this "subliminal | | | | hypnosis. During the session, she discovered that she |
| thing" works. However, I was determined to finish the | | | | unconsciously didn't want to lose fat because she was |
| program and continued listening to the recording in my | | | | "punishing" her unfaithful husband. It was her way of |
| sleep until one day I woke up in the middle of the night. | | | | "getting even" knowing the social embarrassment her |
| Suddenly I realized why I just couldn't lose weight! It | | | | husband experiences every time he is asked about his |
| was an "AHA" moment for me... | | | | wife. |
| When I was small, I used to be very skinny until I | | | | Sounds silly, but psychologists know this phenomenon |
| entered college. Because of that my self-confidence | | | | as a matter of fact. In many instances, such as the |
| was low and I'm overly self-conscious. Nothing so | | | | story stated above, the goals of the unconscious |
| occupied my mind but my bony figure, and decided I | | | | contradict with the goals of the conscious mind. This is |
| would do my best to become big. Eating became my | | | | what happened to me for ten years, until I began using |
| favorite past time, and for a good reason. In less than | | | | subliminal recording to lose weight. Funny, but I was |
| a year, I have gained pounds and was so happy with | | | | able to lose ten pounds after 28 days, with no extra |
| the results. Then I remembered making a promise to | | | | effort. |
| myself; "I will never be small again." | | | | Subliminal messaging works in the premise of |
| That promise was deeply rooted in my subconscious, | | | | producing results from the inside-out. It goes deep into |
| and it was only that night that I realized it was blocking | | | | the issue, and brings it out in the open for proper |
| my progress in any weight loss program I joined. It was | | | | resolution. It's simply realigning goals of the conscious |
| a form of self-sabotage I wasn't even consciously | | | | with the unconscious to bring about the desired |
| aware of. | | | | outcome. When that happens, success can be yours. |
| When I talked to some friends who are into weight | | | | |