| No one wants to believe that the reason they weigh so much is that because they have been trying to satisfy their emotional needs by putting food in their mouths. It makes people feel really uncomfortable. It makes them feel that they have emotional problems that they can’t control and that they are doomed to remain overweight. It makes them feel helpless. Instead, people want a magic pill or magic diet that will solve their “weight problem” permanently. As you should know, there is no such thing. That is why virtually everyone who “loses weight” on diets eventually regains it. However, once you face and accept the reality of your situation you will find that your “weight problem” is easily solved and that you can weigh whatever you want to weigh. If you still question what we are saying, ask yourself why you became overweight in the first place and what is really stopping you from weighing less. It is so simple. All you are doing is putting too much food or certain kinds of foods in your mouth. That’s it. I told you it was simple. You know you are making yourself miserable by putting all that food in your mouth, so why are you doing it? You know you aren’t doing it for rational, logical reasons. When you spend a little time thinking about it you will find that you are doing it for emotional reasons. That is why in our book we have a series of emotional experiences for you to undergo. That is really the only way you can feel the emotional needs that are compelling you to do something that will make you unhappy and probably adversely affect your health. Remember, this is not about intellectual choices. If you could stop putting all that food in your mouth by just rational thinking you wouldn’t be overweight. Since it is an emotional issue it is critical that you go through the actual emotional experiences and feel the emotional needs that are causing you to be so unhappy. Once you intellectually understand and actually experience your emotional needs you can make them disappear. Actually, they will disappear because you will no longer have to try to satisfy them with food. Then you can weigh whatever you want to weigh. |
