Jim Katsoulis says the main thing stopping you from losing weight is your internal dialogue. Negative self-talk about failure makes success nearly impossible. He suggests self-hypnosis to reprogram your inner voice and replace criticism with encouragement.
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The number one thing stopping your weight loss is your internal dialogue. You talk to yourself day and night, and what you're saying and how you're saying it is the number one thing that is controlling your weight. Let me give you an example. Have you ever had the experience that you want to lose weight, but then you get this voice coming and say, "Why even try? You keep failing. You're never going to be able to do it. You can't stick to anything." If you've got a voice like that, your chances of success are almost zero. This is why self-hypnosis is so important. You are your own best or worst hypnotist, and if you have this negative voice constantly in your head, you can't even get started. So what you want to do is replace replace that voice with an encouraging, supportive voice that helps you along the path. And once you do this, everything changes and you realize that you can do this. You do have the ability to create the weight you want. You just need to change the way that you're thinking about it.