Four Ways To Quiet Food Noise Naturally

about living looking a certain way, right? And that's a lot of the motivations, to look a certain way and all the things that come with that. But one of the biggest goals that I want to really point out to you, they may not think about a lot but can ultimately be one of the most powerful motivating things that there is, is the sense of peace that you experience living at your goal weight. And yes, part of that is that when you're at your goal weight, you like how you look and you feel good in your clothes and all that, and there's a peace that comes with that. That's obviously part of it. But the other piece I'm talking about is the piece that comes from kind of living in balance. And balance is a relative term. So what I mean is when you're able to live the way you think, the way you live, the way you eat keeps you at your goal weight. So there's this natural kind of equilibrium that's going on and you're existing within. And I think that's the sweet spot. And that's where that peace is, where it's so much more than just what you look like. Again, what you look like shows up sometimes. You see yourself in a picture, you're happy with your clothes and how you look and all the rest of it. That's always fun. But I'm talking about the peace of living at the weight you want to live at in a way that really works for you. And that's that both pieces of it. Yes, the, the weight side of it, but also the way that we're doing it resonates. It's the right fit for us. And that's the piece I really want you to consider When you think about being at your goal weight. So it's not just a visual thing. It's not just about clothes. It's so much more. It's about your day-to-day reality of kind of living in the flow in a way that really works for you. To take it a step further, it's almost like a life of mindfulness in a sense, to be able to live in a way where you're able to experience your goal all the time. And the goal itself and acquiring that's fun, but it's the way of living that's also fun. There's a a sense of mastery to it. There's a sense of knowing. And this is what I find a lot of my focus is now. Now, I've lost 50 pounds 30 years ago, but I've maintained that weight loss for over 30 years. And it's really because I find a lot of meaning and a lot of validation in living the life that allows me to be at my goal weight, right? So it's a bigger thing than just a number on a scale. It's the person I want to be. And the way that I'm living creates that. So the way I'm living has a lot more meaning to it than just looking a certain way. It's me being a certain way. And that is where the deepest sense of peace comes for me, is that I know I'm living the way that I want to live. I'm being the person I want to be. My weight's a piece of that, but just a piece. And there's a sense of peacefulness at this. And the more you start to think about your weight and your goals in terms of this mindset, the more motivation you unleash. Because again, the more meaning something has for you— so it's beyond just looking good and also about feeling and being the person you want to be in the best way possible. There's a sense of mastery to it. There's a flow to it. There's knowledge, success. All of these things are there boosting you up, and you're living them every day. And you do it that way, the whole process has a lot more meaning. And when things have more meaning, they have more motivation. So take some time and really think about what it would feel like to not only look the way you want, but to be the person you want to be in a way that really truly resonated with you. And if you want to go deeper into this way of thinking, uh, click the link in my bio or go to programyourselfthin.com and go get the free hypnosis session that I made for you. It's called The New Thin Me, and it's the first step in doing this. 'Cause it'll very clearly connect you to what your goal is, what you wanna look like, what you wanna feel like, who you wanna be like. So you can connect to that and you're gonna feel yourself being pulled towards it the more clear and vivid it becomes in your mind. So go check that out. Again, if you're in TikTok, you can click the link in my bio. If you're on Facebook, you can just type mind, M-I-N-D, into the chat and it'll send you a link automatically. But yeah, if you have any questions, feel free to ask 'em. We're here every Monday through Friday talking about weight loss. Um, and how to do it. I guess technically we're talking about how to live at your goal weight, which is actually different than weight loss, because weight loss is really about the process of losing weight and getting to your goal weight, and the process of living there is actually different. It's a much different process. So, and program yourself. Then one of the things we build around— flip this around for you, TikTok. Uh, here you go, the goal weight pyramid. So we got mindset, lifestyle, and eating. And by focusing on those three areas, you know we create a plan, a customized plan for us to live at our goal weight. So yeah, any questions are welcome. Whatever you may be trying to lose weight, we are on Monday. Oh, and this is a tough one, right? Because it's like, do you start? Do you start this week? Because what is Columbus Day next week? That's always a tough one, right? It's a new month, kind of, but it's not exactly. I don't know if people are thinking about weight loss. It is funny. What's up, Pat? Pat says, please feel free to edit what I submitted this weekend. Yes, Pat, thank you so much. I appreciate you filling that out. Um, and anyone else who's in the program that is planning on filling out, uh, that testimonial, please do it. I would appreciate it. And, um, that'll go to help other people as well. But no, I won't be editing it. I'll probably just be showing it in some places. I appreciate you sharing your story, Pat. Um, it was really fun reading all the stories actually this week. Uh, that's something I have absolutely not been good at. Um, Is is getting my clients' testimonials and their stories from them. So that's something I was working on fixing this weekend, and started by sending out sending out that form. So yeah, if you're in the program and you've got a good story to share, go check that out and fill that out, please. But yeah, if you have any questions, feel free to ask them. The hell? Interesting, but I hope y'all had a nice weekend. The hell? All right, there we go. Yeah, user eight six three says, "How do I get rid of belly fat? I lose everywhere besides the belly." Um, yeah, I mean, you know, spot reduction is kind of a myth to some degree. I mean, people just are genetically different, right? We just store our fat in different parts of our body. It just is what it is. Um, I'm not saying to throw in the towel. What I am saying is that sometimes, uh, when we have a body like that, it's a little bit of action and a little bit of acceptance seems to be the path forward. Um, and the action is keep going, you know, keep doing it. Uh, sometimes when you lose that weight, it doesn't lose where you want it to right away. Um, but as you stick following forward with your plan, you know, eventually you get to the point where it fundamentally lowers down and you start to notice the difference where you want to see it. The acceptance piece is that we all got our bodies, you know, so that's a piece of it too. And that I say this story all the time, but I'll say it once more, that I had worked with a, um, uh, because she was a competitive bodybuilder. And I asked her, I said, what's it like right before you go on stage? What's that like for you? And, uh, she goes, I'm just noticing flaws, just smaller flaws, but flaws, you know. So that's the acceptance piece, that at some point, you know, you accept your body for what it is. And if your body stores more fat in your legs or your stomach or your face or wherever, So be it. You know that that's an aspect as well, and I think both of them deserve your focus because both of them are necessary for you to get to the place you want to probably get to. You know, because again, I don't know. There's there's I think a lot of times we think like, oh, I'm gonna lose belly fat, and so we're really fixated on that part. But if your body just kind of releases belly fat last, it's not that it's not working; it's just that it's just not its time yet. You know, and so you got to stick with things, and sticking with things is crucial. So, um, acceptance is part of that process of sticking with it. And then sometimes when you stick with things— I've done this in my own body, um, where I lost a bunch of weight and I still had love handles, and I said, oh, I guess that's all I got. But then I continued on that path for years, and then the love handles started to go down too. So, um, and then some things never changed, you know. So again, I'm not— I wish I had one simple answer for you, but I think it's probably going to be a combination of both those a little bit. Oh yeah. But anyway, those questions are welcome. Geez, a lot of GLP-1s in the news. I've been doing a lot of study of GLP-1s. It's so fascinating. And it's fascinating every day because it's so new. You know what I mean? Like, it's like we're learning more and more every day. And it's just fascinating to me. But it makes me feel better with what I do every time I study GLP-1s, because unfortunately, you know, the same problem with GLP-1s basically are there that with diets in the sense that a lot of times people just don't want to continue that. They don't want to continue the GLP-1s. And that is one of the scarier things with the GLP-1s is the muscle loss and then the fat gain if you come off of them. You know, that is something to keep in mind. So at the end of the day, You know, just reinforces my belief that there's no shortcuts. You know, if you want to change your weight, it's got to be a full, full-on process. Hold on a second. All right, testing out a new light setup and that light felt too bright. That looks better. We'll have to see later, see which one looks right, which one doesn't. But yeah, any weight loss questions, welcome. Um, people are doing— it's almost October. It's so rainy here. I'm feeling fired up though. I don't know, I think a lot of people do. You know, it's not unnatural if you feel kind of fired up right around fall. Um, I think a lot of that has to do with this whole school the old school process that, you know, school for your whole life always started in September. So I think sometimes we kind of get that, that energy and that motivation, and the weather's kind of nice, nice and cool. But I find personally September a lot of times is a much better time to start, uh, your plan than waiting till January is what I would suggest. Um, so, and plus, you know, again, I always say like if you start now, you You know, even if you're not perfect through the holidays, if you're doing better, that can make a huge improvement over time. And I think a lot of people don't think about that. So keep that in mind. But yeah, whatever questions you may be thinking, I know the big thing Program Yourself Thin does is it helps with the mindset. And the mindset's kind of the biggest piece that's missing from dieting. And so what dieting does, dieting kind of gives you, it gives you strategies, but it never shows you how to actually live them. You know, so most people are kind of walking around with a sense that they know what they should do, but they just can't get themselves to do it. And that is most dieters that I've met and worked with. And so I believe that the real answer to mastering your weight is mastering your mindset, how you think, you know, specifically how you think. Now we break mindset down in Program Yourself. Then we break mindset down into motivation, self-image, habits, emotions, thinking, and maintenance. You know, we break it down to those 4— those 6 areas, um, because those are the 6 areas I noticed from people that had lost weight and kept it off. They almost always focused on those 6 areas in some way or another, intentionally or not. And so again, one of the things with Program Yourself Then is we're looking at the, um, the mindset piece of it. To the point— I'm going to take it to an extreme here and you're going to think I'm crazy— but we really want to get to the point we're able to live at our goal weight in the easiest, most comfortable, natural way possible, if that makes sense, you know. But that's a question no one ever asks. No one ever asks that question, right? Can I lose fat if I eat whatever I want but in small portions? Instead of a full burger, I eat half. Um, yeah, I mean, your weight ultimately is a reflection of your average calorie consumption. So, if you reduce your calorie consumption, your weight's gonna go down. I don't know how long it takes to do that. That, you know, that's a different question. But, um, at the end of the day, ultimately, that's the main thing. So, yeah, if you eat half a burger instead of a full burger, uh, yeah, you're gonna lose weight. Mm-hmm. You know? And I think that's a smart way to go about it. Portion control is absolutely an essential part of the process of changing your weight, managing it. But yeah, you can absolutely still eat the burger, and that speaks to something else too. I'm not a fan of completely eliminating foods at all. I do not like that at all. I think that that creates all kinds of problems. The second you say no, I can't have that anymore, your brain starts to kind of obsess on it to some degree, and that's not a good strategy for long-term success. So again, I mean, ultimately, there's no foods I have. I mean, I'm vegetarian, so I stopped eating meat, but that was different. And actually, that was very valuable too. See, there's a good reference point if you have any dietary restrictions, um, for whatever reason, right? What are the main reasons? You know, it might be a religious or philosophical reason. Um, there may be an allergic reaction to it. You know, it just doesn't agree with your body. But if you think about any food restrictions you live with, you just live with them. That's a good reference point for what it can feel like to make changes in your diet. Right? Because if, um, you know, like I'm a vegetarian, so I just don't consider— and I eat fish, but I don't eat land animals. Don't ask me why. I don't want to get into it. But it's like I have this kind of general category. I don't eat land animals, so I never consider them. And so that was actually very helpful for me in internalizing how I think about food. And I think that, um, I think that's a key thing, you know, how you think about food. Because I do the same thing to some degree with ultra-processed food. Now I eat ultra-processed food sometimes But not very often. And I think of that the same way. It's its own category of food. And so there's times while I will eat it, but it's rare and I see it as its own thing. So I'm not being tempted by ultra-processed foods all the time. I've kind of walled them off and I'll eat them in certain situations potentially, but they're not really part of my choices most of the time. And that is a big part. But no, I think smaller portions is a great way to go about things. In Program Yourself, then we talk about the 3 Rs of weight loss: reduce, replace, remove. And so, you know, having a portion is reducing, and I think that has a lot of benefits to it. You know, replacing is another good one too. Removing is the hardest, right? To completely remove the burgers—that's the hardest one to stick with. And unfortunately, that's what dieting mostly teaches you—is just completely remove the problem food. But then it ends up causing the other problem where it kind of gets you obsessed on it, or you think about it all the time. You know, again though, it goes back to the question I was just talking about that. It's really the question is not how can I lose weight as fast as possible? The question really needs to be how can I live at my goal weight in the easiest, most enjoyable, most comfortable way possible? That's the magic question. And the more you start asking that, and the more you start answering it, that's how you get yourself to live at your goal weight. Does that make sense? I mean, people make this way too hard because now again, we've been taught by the industry, the diet industry. that we've got to cut drastic amounts of calories down. So typically when we think about weight loss, just kind of naturally, we tend to come up with really extreme plans, rapid reductions, you know, really wild cuts. Um, and so that's not a good strategy, you know. Um, User863 says, how can I reduce calorie intake without feeling constantly hungry? Now that's the magic question. It's the right question. You know, but I'd switch the question up a little bit more even. I would say, how can I reduce calorie intake in the most comfortable way possible? It's just the positive flip side of that question. And what would you do? I mean, if you all take a second and think about it, right? If I said, okay, now hold on though. So when I say, how can I reduce calorie intake? A lot of you are thinking cutting 30, 40, 50% of your calories though. 60, 70% of your calories. So we have to acknowledge that part because again, that's what dieting does. Dieting trains us. I'm going to go on a diet, I'm going to cut calories, I'm going to cut half of them, I'm going to cut 70% of my calories starting tomorrow. That's it, that's it. One meal a day starting tomorrow. I only eat for, for 8 hours during the day tomorrow, starting tomorrow. Yeah, it's a drastic cut in calories. So yeah, that's not gonna be comfortable. So yeah, to cut calories comfortably, you cut small amounts of calories. Jesus, what's your rush? Why do you have to cut all the calories all at once to get your goal as fast as possible? You've chased your goal away for decades. It's still going to be there. Just relax. Let's do this one time the right way comfortably. So cut 10-15% of your calories. Guess what? Ain't that hard. Guess what? You're not that hungry. You know what makes you hungry? When you try not eat till noon. When you try and eat just one meal a day. When you try and eat as little calories as you possibly can. That's what makes you really hungry. This is not rocket science. When you start asking the question, how can I comfortably reduce calories in a way that's sustainable? The answers, the answers that start popping up are the same, same shit I'm thinking right now. You got those answers in your head. You're just not accessing them because you're not asking the right questions. So yeah, how can I reduce calorie intake without feeling constantly hungry? Now, when most of you hear that question, you're thinking, how can I cut drastic amounts of calories and deal with being starving? See how your brain has already filled in the details of the worst-case scenario. So we need to start from even before that. How can I comfortably dial the calories down? Again, most people are gonna be able to comfortably cut 10-15% of the calories they normally eat comfortably. Another way you can do it though is replacement. I think the best way to deal with hunger and reduce calories is replace the foods you're eating, especially the high-calorie dense foods. The high calorie dense foods you eat are the primary cause of your weight issue, and if you replace some of those with lower quality, lower calorie dense foods, that's the easiest way to lose weight without even being hungry at all. So Pat said before I had TKR surgery. What's TKR? Let's look that up. I don't know what TKR is. TKR surgery. Oh, total knee replacement. Yeah, I should have known that. Um, yeah, before I had a knee replacement, my husband would walk on a treadmill, and some days he didn't want to, but I'd say walk because, because you can. I had bone on bone and too painful to walk far. Now after surgery, I get at least 7,000 steps a day, and I'm so thankful. I hear you, Pat. That's such a great story. I love that story so much. Because that's really a lesson on gratitude too. I, I went through something a little bit similar with my shoulder. For 4 years my shoulder hurt and it was kind of getting increasingly worse, although not really. It kind of burst on the scene. What I had, I had a thing called, um, cal— oh my God, calcific tendonitis or something. Anyways, long story short, in my tendon, um, there was a bone that stuck out and it was causing irritation and all the little bone irritations were causing in my tendon and it would create a little pebble almost. I'm metaphoring it up. But, um, so any— every time I move my shoulder in certain ways, it really hurt a lot. And it showed up just like that. It popped just right on the scene. And then I had that for 4 years. But for 4 years I'm like, oh, my shoulder. Oh, oh, it's this and this. I was thinking what it was. Finally I went to the doctor and they're like, now your bone's sticking out a certain way. And they did surgery on it. But, um, I give thanks every day because now I'm a year and a half— oh my God, I might be 2 years out. Like to the day I got, I got my surgery October 4th, 2 years ago. Holy shit, 2 years to the day. Um, I give thanks every day for this. I'm so thankful I can play basketball again. I'm so, oh, so wonderful. But you know what they say, right? The absence makes the heart grow fonder. So true. So yes, Pat, right? Um, be thankful for what you got, folks. And you know, there's always things in our body that aren't great, and there's always things in our body that someone would kill for. Remember that, and it might be your knees may not feel great, but they work, so you can do some things with them. You know, your shoulders, your arms, you know, on and on, your eyes. That this is that's a great actually that that is something um it's a great strategy to love your body. I talk about that a lot. A lot of people they know they should love their body, but they can't really generate that feeling. They want to love their body. They know they should, but they can't really get themselves to actually do it. So, uh, it is interesting, uh, that one of the best ways to actually feel genuine love for your body is to appreciate what it can do for you, you know. And, um, no quicker way to figure that out than when you— yeah, bone on bone, or you might have a shoulder thing, or just a million other things. But if you're able to get some of that back, yeah, really appreciate it. If you don't get that specific thing back, appreciate that you got other things in your body you can do. I think that's really important. So that's awesome, Pat. I'm really happy for you because I know you appreciate those 7,000 steps. I did the same thing too, because the year before I broke my shoulder, I broke my foot. Or I didn't break my shoulder, but I got the shoulder surgery. But I broke my foot and I was walking a ton of steps, and all of a sudden I, you know, stopped walking. I'm still working to get myself back up, and that's 3 years. But, um, yeah, once you lose something, you get it back, you really can appreciate it for sure. And I think that's a good part of the process, just to practice gratitude while you're going through this. Yeah. Says advice for night hunger and cravings. Yeah, I mean, I, I think that's the biggest challenge for most people. It certainly was mine. That was my first kind of behavior pattern I really focused on. I used to snack every night, every night, you know, pretty much until I went to bed. So getting that out of my life took a while. And I'm talking like, like, like almost a year. You know, you still work it after that, but it took a, you know, 6 months to a year to really get a handle on it. And so I think the very first thing I would do is I'd start to eat, make sure I'm eating enough during the day, and maybe even eat a little extra dinner. Set yourself up for success in the evening. And you can think of this in phases. That's what I did. You know, the very first thing I did, I knew I was snacking every night, and I knew that was a huge part of my weight issue at the time. And so I wanted to stop eating at night. But the first thing I did to stop eating at night is I started eating more at dinner. I know they say, say, yeah, but how are you gonna lose weight? Well, I thought in phases. So the first thing I wanted to do is eat more at dinner. I just wanted to get through the night without eating. That was my first big win. I wasn't trying to like just start losing weight right away. I was trying to get a handle on that behavior pattern. So I would eat more at dinner so I felt fuller, and that supported me not eating at night. And then I started to get familiar with what it's like, you know, at night when you don't eat. Because that's the other, other side of what we have to realize. A lot of times our brain is focused on what we have to stop doing. I have to stop snacking at night. But what we don't realize is that to your brain, your brain only does things. So not snacking at night is doing something else, and that something else could be something as simple as I just sit and watch TV and drink my water. That's kind of what I do now. But it's so that's the behavior you're going to do, you know. And so that that's my advice: that at first you realize the pattern, the the night the nighttime snacking pattern, because there's actually a couple of them. But that's a different story. But make sure that you're setting yourself up for success at night. And that's the first step. And then the second step is to have some alternatives. So it's not just that I can't eat at night, but that if I get hungry at night and I want to eat something, I got to eat something healthy and good for me. If I'm really hungry at night, fine, you can eat, but it's going to be an apple, a banana, you know, carrots and whatevers. And by doing that, you start to separate what's real genuine hunger and need for nourishment and what is just entertainment eating. or boredom eating or emotional eating of some, some sorts. And that helps you kind of separate them, which is valuable to do the deeper work on them. What's up, Pamela? How's it going? Hope you're having a nice day. It's awesome here. It's been raining for 3 days straight, but I kind of like it. I don't know, it's just kind of nice. Some rains hit good. This is one of them. So Teresa says, I eat oatmeal and it helps me stay comfortable and not hungry. It works for me at only half a cup. That's beautiful. That's a great strategy. Yeah. Again, when you get whole natural foods, oatmeals, um, ancient grains, uh, you know, whole grain, these types of things, certainly fruits, vegetables— thanks, Digital. Um, all of these things support you in feeling fuller and more satisfied. So, managing your hunger, I know GLP-1 will make it sound like it's the only thing in the world that'll reduce food noise. That is not true. If you start eating more whole natural foods, I can almost guarantee you the food noise will start to go down. If you start to add a more relaxed, calm, grounded lifestyle on top of that, it's gonna go down even more. You start to add a mindset that's set up for success underneath all that, it goes down even more. So, you know, learning how to run your, um, how to quiet food noise is, is not only possible with an injection. I promise you. Promise you. So, Mandana says, hello and thank you for your teachings. You're welcome. Thanks for being here. Appreciate you listening. Pamela says breaking a goal down between your current reality and your goal reality is beginning to make sense, less overwhelming. Yes, Pamela. Yes, yes, yes. And remember, the bridge between you now and you in the future that you want to be is your habits and your patterns and your behaviors and your thought processes. If we break it down into 3 simple steps, it's mindset, lifestyle, and eating. Those are the 3 things, right? We're gonna change up these automatic behaviors of thinking, living, and eating that allow you to be the person you want to be. That's the bridge, that's the path you walk to get to where you want to go. You know, Ashok says cannot stop eating junk. You can't stop eating junk, you just haven't stopped eating junk because you're not motivated enough is the primary problem. That's always the first primary problem. And it's important for all of you to realize that you absolutely all can stop eating junk. If I said, Ashok, I'll give you a million dollars, I got a briefcase here with $1 million, I already paid the taxes, it's just yours, I'm just going to give it to you. I'll give you a million dollars if you don't eat junk this month. Would you eat junk or would you not eat junk? Right, so we have to be careful with cannot. Cannot stop eating junk, um, is almost always more accurately, I don't really want to stop eating junk, you know. And that's just a different problem. It's a different problem. Now there's other things you can do to stop eating junk for sure, but it all starts with motivation. And if you're not truly motivated, you know, that's the first thing we got to fix. And most people aren't truly motivated, just to be honest. You kind of weigh what you want to weigh. I know that can sound like a stinging comment, but it's really not meant to be. It really is true. I mean, we're very powerful beings, we are humans. And you, I believe, weigh what you want to weigh, which isn't to say that you don't want to weigh less. I know you do. You probably want to weigh less. But you want to keep eating and living the way you're living more than you want to eat less, right? I mean, that's just— that's fair to say, isn't it? And that's kind of the starting point for most people that are struggling with their weight, is to realize that your motivation to drop the weight is lower than your motivation to keep eating and living the way you're living. And we got to fix that, right? If I say I'll give you a million dollars, that fixes it real quick, right? If I say to any of you, I got a briefcase with a million dollars, you know, tax-free money for you if you can lose some weight this month, would you be more motivated than you were last month? Of course. Right? You said, well, of course, Jim. No shit. Well, yeah, but that's— don't just bypass. That's really important because what that reveals is that you've got the ability in you. You can stop eating junk. You can lose weight. The big problem initially is that you don't really want it that much. You'd want it. You think about it all the time. And don't confuse those two either, by the way. You think about losing weight all the time does not mean you're motivated to lose weight. Please understand the difference. It's a very important distinction to make. Sometimes people get mad when I say that, but— Says, I've been so overweight I was not even sure how I could walk physics-wise. My goal, extreme gratitude. Yeah, good for you, Digital. And I've worked with a lot of people like that. That's what I mean. And I didn't really get into that either, like things you lose Um, from the weight, you know, you may not lose the ability to walk from the weight, but you may have lost the ability to walk comfortably. I almost— I literally almost did a lesson on this today, and I just, I didn't have the time to set up, and I didn't want to be too negative. But it was basically using pain to motivate yourself. And a lot of times along the way, never mind what you look like in a picture, there's a real list of things you're losing out on because of the weight. Comfortable walking. Comfortable going the stairs, comfortable going to the store, comfortable getting out of the car, comfortable you know going for a walk down a path. I have found that it doesn't take much to make me feel really proud of myself and happy. Taking my dog for a walk around the street because I've had I had my broken foot. You know my knees have been sore and they're getting stronger and I'm so happy about it now like. I don't know. You can really again. I was saying program yourself then. One of the lifestyle things we really focus in on is gratitude, right? So gratitude is really something that I am such a big believer in. I think it's such a fundamental part of the process because when you go through this process, see most dieters are going to wait till they get to their goal weight and then say, then I can feel happy. Then I can be grateful. Most dieters are going to hold their good emotions hostage until they get to their goal weight. You dangle them in front of you, you know, and I think that's completely the wrong approach. I think you should feel grateful now, happy now, good about your body now as best you can, and use all those good feelings to move you forward to the goals you want to achieve. But, um, yeah, for me, I find it interesting that as I do kind of knee-developing exercises, strengthen my knees, little things make me feel so happy, like climbing up and down the stairs more comfortably. Walking my dog more comfortably, playing some basketball, and then coming and sitting down because my knees feel good. You know, it's it's I think that's important part. So it's awesome, Digital. Yeah. And keep setting goals for it, right? For Love and Peace says don't make it sound like the proper mindset is such an easy thing to attain. Oh yeah. Well, I hope I'm not doing that. Thank you. I I if I was doing that, I apologize. I think. Developing the right mindset to me is a—it's my ultimate hobby. I mean, it's as I'm as focused on developing the right mindset as I am my taking care of my kids or being married or running a business. I mean, it's fundamental to who I am is keeping my mindset right. So again, when I go back to program yourself, then we look at it—the goal way pyramid: mindset, lifestyle, eating. I'm constantly optimizing all of these. Constantly. So yeah, apologies if I was making it sound like developing the right mindset is just easy. It's not. It takes effort. And I say that all the time. That's why Program Yourself Thin is not for most people, honestly. Most people don't want to do the work. Most people just want a shortcut. Just give me a shortcut, tell me what I got to do, and I'll just do it. They don't want to put the work in. That's just kind of true. That's what I've seen. I've been doing this professionally for over 21 years, so that's my experience. Um, but Yeah, I think to me, me, I think a program yourself then is like a college for learning how to master your weight. And just like a college, it's going to take effort and energy for you to do the work to get the results you want. So yeah, I don't think anything that's really worthwhile in life is very easy. And I like that it's hard. I like putting in the effort. To me, it's a lot easier to manage my mindset, lifestyle, and eating than it was for me to get myself to go to the gym all the time and work out hard. Or to manage my mindset, lifestyle, and eating in a way that works for me—that's a lot easier than forcing myself to try and eat some way. You know, I find those things to be infinitely more difficult. But yeah, managing my mindset is also work though. But it's fun work. I think it's no different to me than playing guitar. I think of it as the more I put effort I put into it, the more I get out of it. You know? Yeah, Digital says indeed so many costs of obesity. I'm so grateful to have hope and see light ahead. I'm so happy for Digital. And that's what you got to do is you kind of have to keep. Looking towards that light, I think that's the excitement of being a human—is we need to have some sense of progress. We need to have some sense that next month's going to be better than this month. Next year is going to be better than this year, and that's why, as in program yourself thin, we really build the whole program about getting better—one percent better every day, a little bit better every day—and we focus on that because we know that if we get one percent better every day, holy shit! After a year. Because after a year of that, you're not 365% better, you're 3,650% better because of the laws of compounding interest, compounding effect. So when 1% gets better on the 1% better yesterday and so forth, you get better at a rate that's hard to even like comprehend. And that's what I'm addicted to. So I work my day-to-day reality, you know, but I do it with the excitement and anticipation of what next year is going to bring. And I've been doing this for over 30 years now, but that allows me to have a much deeper motivation than someone who just wants to get a certain number on a scale. I hope that makes sense. So nice job, Digital. That's wonderful. Um, Offer Love and Peace says, in many ways, the mindset's the hardest part. Agreed. I think that 1,000%. I agree with that 1,000%. I think the mindset piece is the hardest for a number of reasons. I think the biggest reason though is that we've never been taught it. You know, we're really starting from scratch when it comes— you know, even, even in my opinion, mindset's this whole bottom level, right? So it's like if I ask 100 people how to define mindset, I'll probably get 100 different answers. I wish that it would, would focus there. But I broke down mindset into 6 categories. Now again, I don't think anyone else in the world has these 6 categories. I, I came up with these. I think the most important— so I think mindset starts being hard right from the beginning because most people don't have a A sense. What exactly is mindset? It's a word that feels like it means something, but what exactly does it mean? And once you start to pinpoint it, you start to realize that I don't know. There's not really any unified definition that's practical and useful. So my swing at it is again motivation, self-image, habits, emotions, thinking, and maintenance. And I know for a fact there may be more than that, but I know for a fact if you get a handle on those six things. That becomes literally the foundational piece of all of your success. The lifestyle, what you do, the eating goes on top of that. So absolutely, I believe mindset's the hardest part, um, but simultaneously the most rewarding, the most important part. And so whether it's hard or not, really to me is irrelevant. And it goes back to the Tony Robbins question. He used to always ask this: how long would you give your kid to learn how to walk? Right? How long would you let your kid practice and struggle and try and walk before you finally snatched them and say, ah, you know what, you're done, you're never gonna walk? Right now, it's a funny question because when we think about a kid walking, we have no time frame in it, right? It's just, I mean, they're gonna do it until they walk. And so I approach this with the same mindset. Yeah, mindset's harder work. There's definitely— it's definitely easier for me to say, here's your reading plan, just do this. That seems like it's easier. Right? Because there's just something that paid. Okay, I'm gonna do this. But the reality is that that's hard too. But mindset is harder because again, we're not dealing with behavior. We're dealing with all this shit floating through our head, spinning around that we can't see. You know, and so agreed. Mindset is I would say the hardest work for sure, but most important too. Simultaneously both of them. Yep. Pamela says get control of your junk. My pretzels no longer make me a prisoner to it. That's awesome, Pamela. Yeah, and that feels good. See, that's a perfect example too that you get a hand. on your— let's just say pretzels are a problem for you, right? Everyone's got their own thing, it doesn't matter. Um, for Pamela, it was pretzels. So, you know, the pretzels, it feels like you're out of control, right? Once you start, I can't stop them. And so it's not just the weight impact of the pretzels and the eating them, right? We already know that part. But to me, it's like the more valuable thing is to realize when I eat the pretzels, while I'm doing it, to be honest, but certainly 5 seconds after I take the last bite, Well, now I feel discouraged. Now I feel less than. Now I feel like, oh, there you go again. Oh, you can't control it. I feel powerless. I feel all these negative things. And so when Pamela gets control of the pretzels, you know, the weight may not show up right away, but the emotional, mental benefit of getting control of the pretzel shows up immediately. Because you get through a night and you either eat a few pretzels or you don't eat any. All of a sudden you feel, you feel stronger, you feel more powerful. feel more successful, you feel more optimistic, more hopeful. Everything gets better, you know, and goes in that direction. So yeah, agreed. Uh, Lydia says, use good feelings to help you forward. Love it. Yes, I'm glad you like that. That's one of my favorites. Um, I think most dieters, they restrict all the good feelings. As a dieter, you don't get to feel anything good, do you? Do you ever feel good when you're dieting? Short of when you step on the scale and the weight goes down, you feel good there. But the actual day-to-day reality of dieting, does it Fill you with hope and happiness and calm and peace and excitement? No, of course not, right? Dieting is associated with pain. It's bad, right? And and so part of that philosophy—you probably never thought of it this way—but part of the dieting philosophy is you're you're subconsciously withholding all the good feelings because you're saying once we get to our goal weight, then then we can feel confident, then we can feel attractive, then we can feel successful, then we can feel love for our body. Not now. If we feel it now, we might we might get distracted and just stop losing weight. You dieters are scared to feel good because you use the bad feelings and the absence of good feelings as motivation to keep yourself moving forward. All right, so I think that um I think it's really important that instead we let ourselves feel good now. Holy shit! Feel attractive now. How about that? How can I feel attractive? I'm overweight. Well. Listen, you're not just automatically going to feel attractive when you're at your goal weight, just so you know. So you know the things you want to feel at your goal weight, you should start practicing feeling them now. You can feel attractive now and then feel more attractive when you get your goal weight. Why not go that way? Why not feel a little bit confidence now and then feel more confidence when you get your goal weight? I'm not arguing the fact that you'll feel more of it, but why restrict it and not let yourself feel anything good now? That's a weird thing that dieting's done to you. And so you're trying to lose weight in this miserable state of being, and I'd rather do the opposite. I'd rather feel all the good feelings and have them propel me forward. Which gets us to another point, that when you look at your life, do you tend to make better food decisions naturally when you're in a good mood where you feel good, or do you make better food decisions when you're in a bad mood, you don't feel anything good? You know what I mean? There's a natural There's a natural outflow of behavior depending on your state. So the other idea of dieting— what's it— what do you— what's your state when you're dieting? You're stressed, you're miserable, you're bored, you're frustrated, you're annoyed. All bad stuff. So is there any wonder why you can't stick with it? You're just in the wrong state. Wrong state, part of it. Yes, Pat. Pat says anything worth having is worth the work. I agree with that, and I think it's the work that makes it so enjoyable a lot of times. The things I'm most proud of in my life are the things that have been the hardest and I've stuck with and I've worked with a long time. Isn't that true for you? Right? So let your weight be another one of those things. See, dieting is always teaching you to fight against yourself. Program yourself. Then we're talking about developing your skills and your ability to live at your goal weight in the easiest, most comfortable way possible. Am I bullshitting you? I don't know. Find out. Go get the free hypnosis session I give you. Go watch the free training Reprogrammed I made for you. Go read the free emails I send you every day. They're part of a program. I just give all this stuff to you. Maybe everything I'm saying is bullshit. Look into it and unsubscribe if it is. But if it isn't, if it really resonates with you, you're going to be shocked. It's life-changing potentially. So yeah, put the work in. Yeah, Tana likes that. Yes, good analogy with the child walking. Yeah, that's one of my favorites. That's one of my favorite Tony Robbins things. I love Tony Robbins so much. Um, he really is one of the fundamental people that, that Single-handedly shifted my whole path. So always a big fan of Tony Robbins. Even got certified in his whole coaching modality. I'm a strategic coach, even. Big fan. But that's one of my favorite questions he asked, for sure. What's up, Kent? Kent says, sometimes I wish I could start PYT over again. The first year brought me so much satisfaction. Yeah, I use the PYT strategies to improve other areas of my life. Thanks, Jim. Thanks, Ken. I appreciate that. But Kent, hold on a second. Kent, one thing. Did you? Did I not see? I don't remember seeing your testimonial this weekend. Did you put it in there? I might have missed it. But did I see? Did you get that? There's some people I was expecting to see their testimonials. I didn't see them. I'm gonna be in contact. But you're one of them, Kent. You've got to share your story for sure. So if you didn't get that link, I'm gonna send it out. I gotta double check. I think some people didn't get the link, but. I'm gonna go check that out. But yes, yes, Pamela says yes, love yourself now. Of course, of course. Oh, Ken says I didn't receive anything to submit a testimonial. Well, there it is. I, I think it stopped sent. I think certain people didn't get, get it. They should have. So yeah, we'll keep an eye on your inbox. I got something for you because I'd love to get your story. Um, and anyone else, you know, well, keep it on your inbox. If you're in the program, you're gonna get that. All right, I gotta get out of here. If you're not in my world, please click the link in my bio or go to programyourselfthin.com and go get the free hypnosis session. Watch the video I made for it. It's a training, it's 20 minutes, Reprogrammed: How to Live at Your Goal Weight Without the Fight. Um, and then read the emails I send you every day. I got you— I got a free program I set up. Every Sunday we have a focus and there's a lesson, and every day I give you a little training, a little bite-sized training. Like it or don't, just take a look at it though. It's different. It's different than what you've heard. So, uh, my, my promise to you is that There's a better way to manage your weight than dieting, GLP, or surgery, and I show all of it to you. Okay, so go check it out. It takes a little bit of time, and it might be the thing that changes everything for you. That's that's the point. And if you like this, I'm here every Monday through Friday at noon Eastern. Pop on here, ask whatever questions you got. I'm happy to talk to you. And if you if you miss the live and you and you want to listen to it, it's also a podcast. So go and you can go on Facebook and and watch.