Gabriel Method

Mar 08, 2009

Oy....I'm just not ready to throw in the towel (although some days I try to forget that I actually HAD surgery).  So I did really well after my fill...until I stopped doing well  - so I lost about 8 and now I am up a pound or two.  I don't get it - well that is obvious!!!  But it is the same 10 pound span that I have lost and gained multiple times since last July.  I've not been focused on weight loss that is for sure.  Since August I've been focused on my work crises and on my frozen shoulder.  If excuses are needed, I'll take that.  But of course there is always a good reason.  

So last Saturday I downloaded the Gabriel Method to my kindle.  I downloaded the MP3 file from the website to listen to as I fall asleep and I've been listening to that for the last week too.  I finished the book yesterday.  There is a little bit of new stuff there.   And overall I like all the stuff he has thrown in.  It's all stuff I've tried in the past - eating better, omega 3s, visualization, self-hypnosis, affirmations, positive thinking, etc.  The new stuff for me is his theory that our bodies are operating from a biological/survival stance and our bodies think it is in our best interests to stay fat, and that is why we cannot lose.  His theory is that the fat programs get turned on because our bodies think it is in our best interest and so we have to turn them off.  They get turned on with chronic stress - both physical and emotional.  So it takes away that sting of failure and gives you a different approach to the same problem.  

So...I think I'm seeing some positive results as far as my thinking and my eating.  He says that when we eat we need to think of 3 things - where is the live food, where is the omega 3s, and where is the protein.    So that has been my approach for the last 2 days....and I have to say I like it!  And my appetites at least for the last 2 days has been decreased.  So I'm hopeful.  It can't hurt anyway.  Ohh....he mentions Khalia Ali and she is also on his website.  He counseled her before and after her lapband and she Incorporated some of his methods with her band.   

For me, the band and the approach I've taken with the band is not giving me results.  So this method deals more with what is behind the getting/staying fat....so let's hope this nets better results for me!

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