Manifesting Your Goal Weight

Hey, everyone. Welcome to today's program Yourself Thin Podcast. Today we're talking about manifesting your goal weight. Now, I am not a manifestation expert expert, but we do use manifestation principles in the program Yourself thin system. So I want to talk about manifestation in hopefully a little different way than you normally hear it. And you can take what you want from it if that's your. If you believe in law of attraction, use that a lot. I just want to add to that. Now, I. I do believe there's a time and a place for manifestation, but I don't think it's enough. There's my opinion on it. I've studied a lot of law of Attraction, I believe aspects of it. I don't believe it's a complete system, certainly not a system I would hang my hat on. And let me point to it this way, that I think first we need to understand the limitations of just manifesting in terms of thinking about what you want. Okay. And I'm going to put it in context that kind of clarifies it because I think with weight it gets a little blurry. But if you wanted to play the piano, you've never played the piano before, and you want to learn to play the piano or be able to play the piano, just sitting and manifesting it by imagining in your mind that you play the piano is not going to work. You could think all day every day for the next 10 years that you're playing the piano, and then I can sit you in front of a piano and you're not going to be able to play me a song. So there are limits to manifestation. You can't just magically learn something because you imagine you're doing it, is my opinion. Okay, so whatever. So when it comes to weight loss, I think that's still applicable because I know people say, well, I already know how to lose weight. I just need to get myself to do it. So the manifestation works because it puts me in the right state. State. I don't believe that's enough because I think you need to learn how to limit your goal weight. And in program yourself, then we follow the goal weight pyramid mindset lifestyle eating. And in that program, I take you through those specific blueprints, mindset lifestyle eating blueprints that are customized to you. So that shows you what to do. And then there's the other side of programming yourself then, which is how to get yourself to do it. And so that part is a lot more manifesting side of it, but the other side is just straight learning what to do. Now, this is where I think the sweet spot is for manifestation. Let's go back to the piano metaphor. Let's just say that you hire a teacher or a coach and you start taking lessons for the piano and you start practicing the piano, and then you also use manifestation techniques. Now, I think that is the sweet spot. I think that gives you everything you need to get you as successful as quickly and as effectively as you can be. Because again, there is that manifestation piece which allows us to connect to the goal. Imagine how it's going to be. Imagine ourselves doing the thing. Imagine ourselves playing the piano, practices that we've been working on more smoothly, more calmly, because in our mind, it's easier to do that than it is in reality. And I think then when we go and practice, we now have a reference point for how we want to feel, how we want to play, how we want it to be. And now I think that's the sweet spot of how to really integrate all those things together to get the best results possible. But again, just imagining yourself being a certain way, I don't think it's enough. I don't understand how anyone would argue with me about that. Again, if it's something you know how to do already or have a knowledge system for using manifestations, great, because again, it helps you connect to that state, be that person you want to be. But without that knowledge, what are you imagining? You know? And so I think that that's kind of the key thing to keep in mind when you think about manifesting that there also needs to be a side that's focused on strategy, on knowledge, on systems, on what you're going to do on practicing. So I think there's kind of two sides to it. So in my opinion, manifesting just imagining yourself being thinner is not going to work. I've seen. I've had a number of conversations with people that have tried that, and I've never seen it work. Okay? Now, I've seen people use that in conjunction with some other weight loss plan or something else and get results. Because again, I think it's a piece of the puzzle. I do not think it's the whole puzzle in and of itself. That's my opinion. And so program yourself. Then we absolutely use manifestation techniques, the as if frame, okay? So that as you're simultaneously figuring out what you want to do strategically, logically, you're also on the other side imagining yourself being the person you want to be doing the things that you're saying you want to do, comfortably installing them into your mind, imagining yourself doing them Being part of your life and starting to become comfortable and familiar with what it feels like to be the person you want to be. And that's why I think manifestation really shines. Because, yes, it really does matter. Your subconscious mind does not understand the difference between vivid imagination and reality. And this is why, I mean, they don't necessarily call manifestation techniques, they call it visualization. But most professional athletes are using visualization or manifestation techniques. But again, notice they're using everything. They're not just there's no professional athlete in the world who is just relying on manifestation techniques. They're using manifestation and visualization techniques with their practice, their strategies, their coaching, all these other pieces. And I think that's what really activates and brings it to life. And so in program yourself, then we use the visualization, the manifestation piece as a huge, huge piece of the puzzle. But it's not the only piece, right? So that's my big message to you. And I think now when you start to think about it this way and you start using all this together, you're going to find you get way better, better results than just trying to imagine yourself being the person you want to be. Without the logical strategical piece that a lot of manifestation teachers just overlook. Because again, the idea that you're just going to imagine yourself being who you want and then, you know, your model just fill in the gaps and reality will just, you know, form in front of you the way you want it to be. I've not seen evidence of that. And so, again, I think the sweet spot is to use all these things together. All right, So I hope this helps you out. If you do want some support though, manifestation wise, I got the perfect thing for you. It is a free hypnosis session. It is called the new Thin me and it's free. So I give this to you for free. It's probably one of the most powerful weight loss manifestation sessions you'll listen to. Okay, so it's really built to get you fired up and excited. And connected to the version of you is thin, healthy, happy, and at the weight you want to be at. So go check that out. It's free. You can click the link in my bio, click the little picture of me, whatever you're on, go, listen, go. You know, it takes two seconds to put your email in, answer a couple questions, and you instantly get access to that, plus a bunch of other cool free stuff I made for you as well. So go check that out. So, yeah, if anyone's any questions, feel free to ask them. Let's Start at a regular time here today. Schedule is kind of crazy, right? Summertime mode. But we're on a regular time here today. So what's up, Estelle? Estelle says, hey, Jim, you talk about more fiber intake. Is Metamucil an okay way to get in the fiber? Okay, so first off, I want to explain. I live in the all or something world. I'm not an all or nothing thinker. I think most diets turn you into an all or nothing thinker where you think black and white, all or nothing. So I don't. I try to resist that as much as humanly possible. Again, our brain is built to be all or nothing thinking. It conserves energy. Okay, that being said, I usually answer things on a spectrum. So if you're the average American, you're probably getting a really low amount of fiber. Just the average American gets very little fiber in their diet. And as a matter of fact, fiber is the number one thing missing from most people's American anyways diets, right? It's the number one thing that's been stripped from our processed foods, and we're not getting it. Usually if you eat the standard American diet, you're probably low in fiber content intake. So that being said, if you're the traditional American standard American diet with a low fiber intake, adding Metamucil will probably be helpful. Okay, now, that being said, notice I'm kind of put on the spectrum over here. No fiber or very little fiber. And maybe on this side of the spectrum, I'm putting lots and lots of whole natural food fibers, because that's the fiber I'm really referring to. And Metamucil I'm putting here. Okay? So yes, I think it's better than average for what most people are doing. I think it's still far and away from the best, which is adding more fiber through fruits, vegetables, greens, beans, whole grains. That's where I want you to get your fiber from. Because not only are you getting fiber, but you're getting a better quality fiber. You're getting the insoluble fiber in the natural form that it comes in. That really is giving you a lot of the benefits you're gonna get from the fiber. And then on top of the fiber, you're also getting the micronutrients from the fruits, vegetables, greens, beans, whole grains. Okay? So it is not just the fiber, it's the fiber and everything it contains within it in a natural whole form that's far superior to Metamucil. So that being said, Metamucil's probably Better than nothing. But really what you want to be aiming for is investing that money into. I would much rather buy apples every week than Metamucil. You're going to get way more benefit out of apples, bananas, you know, whatever other fruits, vegetables, greens, beans, whole grains you like. You're gonna get a lot more value out of that, those dollars than you are out of Metamucil. So hope that helps. And as I say all the time, my opinion.

Fiber is the number one thing you're lacking in your diet, and it's the number one thing making your weight loss way harder than it needs to be. Fiber is the most satiating thing you can eat. More satiating than protein, okay? Assuming you're getting at least a base level of protein that you need. Fiber is the most important thing, okay? Because again, we have been eating tons of fiber since the day we were on this earth millions of years ago in whatever form we were in, and we've been eating a lot of fiber ever since, until about, about 50 years ago when they started to strip the fiber out of the processed foods because fiber does not process well. So fiber has been stripped out of the foods. And again, fiber stripped out doesn't process well and it satiates you more. And again, the whole purpose of processed food is to get you to eat more of it. And so they do not want to pack their food with fiber because it satiates you. So again, adding more fiber into your diet and whole natural food form is, I think, the number one thing. The number one thing I think you can do dietarily to start losing weight comfortably. Because embedded within that strategy of eating more whole natural fruits, vegetables, greens, beans, whole grains is also those foods are typically a lot less calorie dense, okay? And that's the other thing you really got to understand is calorie density, folks. If you've been trying to lose weight for a long time, if you've been dieting for decades and you don't know about calorie density, you better look it up. Unless you know you're just not serious, that's fine. But calorie density is an absolute essential strategy for managing your weight because again, the holy grail of weight loss is to reduce your calories while still feeling satisfied. And that's what the lower calorie density, more fiber, more micronutrients into your body, that's what that's going to do. So I hope that helps you out.

Jody says wfpb, I don't know what that means. If you read that out for me. What's WFPB mean? Anyone knows? Any questions, feel free to ask me again. Doesn't have to be about hypnosis or anything. Any weight loss questions you got, I'm here to help you out.

Been doing this for a while. So again, my goal here is to help. I guess I'm here. Am I the diet whisperer? No, I'm the diet like deprogrammer. That's kind of what I think of myself as being here to try and.

Wake people up from the diet mindset. Or wake them out of the diet trance. Right. As a hypnotist, I always joke I thought I was going to hypnotize people to lose weight, but it turns out it's more about waking them up, you know what I mean? Taking them out of their diet trances so that they can see things more accurately, you know, because there are no good diets.

About that. How about there's no good weight loss diets? What do you think of that? Oh yeah, wfp, yeah. Whole food plant based. Yeah, makes sense. Yes, Whole plant food Plant based diet. Now I say that again. There's diet as the verb and diet is the noun, right? So when I talk about the noun, that's a normal natural thing. I mean, whatever the description you would use for the typical diet you eat day after day, month after month. That's a diet noun. Diet, the verb. I always consider the process of trying to lose weight by shifting your diet. I make that distinction and I am here arguing that I don't think there's a single diet as the verb. I don't think there's a single diet you would get and start using that is a good one for long term weight loss. Not, not a single one. I'm not arguing you can't lose weight on a diet. I know you can lose weight on a diet for a little while. What I'm saying is that a hundred years of diets and I bet you can't name one single diet that's more effective than the rest. Weight Watchers, Slimming World perhaps just simply because they have a social component to it, okay. Which they're stripping out of that because it's not profitable. But you know, take those two out and they're not even that effective. Come on, how many times you've done Slimming World and Weight Watchers, Right? So what would you say is the best diet? Right? And God, don't, please don't write keto. Don't, don't write keto. Whatever you do.

What's up Kim. Kim says I've been chunky all my life. I feel genetics play a role as well. Yeah, I mean, genetics absolutely play a role. Like, there's no question. I don't think anyone that says genetics don't play no role, I would never believe, of course, genetics play a role. They play a role in how you think. They play a role in your hunger, they play a role in your satisfaction, you know, how you process food. There's a lot, you know, and so, you know, it's not just genetics, you know, it's equally as important, I believe. And they're so closely related in a way, right? It's the nature, nurture thing, but, you know, it's the genetics.

It's just like, I don't almost think like a second level genetics. There's honestly physical, physicality of the genetics. You get your DNA right, what you're born with, right? But then there's like the next level of genetics and you call this nurture. But it's like that first 10 years of your life, you're living with the people that basically, that's usually the time you're living with the people that have the, the closest genetics to you, right? So you all have your genetic predispositions and then you're getting nurtured by those people, the same genetic predisposition. So that kind of doubles down on those genetics, you know, and then there's the nurturing piece of what your environment is now. So I absolutely believe that genetics play a part. And to that point, you know, I think, I think for some people, I genuinely think it's obvious. I think this is obvious. It's easier for some people to live at a lower weight than it is for other people for a number of reasons. And the genetics are not just metabolic factors, the genetics are also psychological factors, you know what I mean? So, yes, genetics clearly play a part. That being said, the way I look at this is that you, all you dieters have never even learned how to live at your goal weight, meaning again in program yourself. Then we follow the goal weight pyramid, mindset lifestyle blueprint. So you learn how to shift your mindset, your lifestyle and your blueprint in a very structured way. So the mindset piece, for example, it's six sections we go through. How to motivate yourself, how to shift your self image and identity, how to deal with your habits strategically, how to deal with your emotions genuinely, how to think like a thin, healthy person. The nuts and bolts, like, what do you say to yourself, what questions do you ask? And the Maintenance, how do you maintain your behavior so that you can live your goal weight for the rest of your life? And we break that down and you answer those questions based on who you are, your genetics, your personal preferences, who you are as a person. You design the plan around who you are. And then we do the same thing with lifestyle and eating. So yes, genetics definitely matter. But when you have a real system, those genetics start to matter a lot less. And I'll give you an example. I think some people, genetically, environmentally, some people are more mechanical than others. Some people are better with numbers than others. We all agree with that. That being said, if I put your, if I put you into mechanic school and you got no genetic aptitude for mechanics, you fumble around, but I put you in mechanic school and you go to the classes and you do the work and you learn how to do it, you're going to come out the other end as a mechanic. Now you may not be the best mechanic ever, but you're going to come out as a mechanic. You've got no numerical ability genetically. I put you into an accounting school. It may be harder for you, you may struggle, but if you go to classes, do the work, learn the stuff, you're going to come out the other end as an accountant. You may not be the best accountant, but you're going to come out as an accountant. So again, when you, yes, genetics matter, but dieting, you have no strategy dieting, you're just trying to follow some random plan and it's not, it's a half baked, it's not even a real plan, folks. What's it, what diet do you think is a real plan? Keto, Just stop eating carbs. That's the plan? That's it. Do you think that's all you need to do is just be told not to eat carbs and that's it. When have you ever been told what to do? And you're just able to get yourself to do it from that point forward. So you've never learned how to change your mindset, you've never learned how to change your lifestyle, and you've never learned how to create an eating plan that works for you. You've just been told what to do and you try and force yourself to do it. And it feels like you're trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. So you've never had a structured plan you'd work through. And so of course you're going to blame genetics because you have no idea what, how, why am I getting the results I want so Again, so I don't know, Kim, you know, maybe you're chunky, you got genetics that you're heavier. So maybe you learn the whole process and maybe you're a little heavier than other people, but you're probably way less than you are now. You know what I mean? So again, it's the same type of thing with the account and the mechanic thing that you can go through it and do get way better results than you're getting now because you have a real system. But again, you may not be as thin as someone else who just genetically it's easier for them for whatever various reasons. So that's my thoughts on that. And I've watched, I've just worked with way too many people that again, initially they're like, well, I've always been overweight. I've been overweight my whole life. My whole family's overweight and whatever. And my whole family's overweight. I was 50 pounds heavier. My dad died of 54 of a heart attack. So, you know, I, I had the same thing. And again, that's why I say it wasn't just the genetics I had, it was also the environment I was in. I was conditioned to eat a lot of food. I mean, on top of being American, I was Greek. On top of that, my diet. My dad was literally, people would describe him, he was a great guy. He was described as an eater. Like he loved to eat. He was a hard working guy, just an awesome, generous, great dude. And he just loved eating. That was just what he loved doing. And we would drive all up down the east coast. He knew like every Greek restaurant owner, I swear, and we would just always. That was his thing, you know? And so growing up, it's like, I want to be like dad, you know what I mean? So a lot of times, again, the genetic piece of it, it's, it's a, it's layered. Okay. And yes, I do think it's a factor, but I also think it's not as much of a factor as people make it out to be. So that's my thoughts. What's up, Karen? How's it going? Yeah, I've been here in a while. I've seen you. Glad you're here. I'll be down in your neck of the woods in another week or two. Can't wait. Can I wait to go on vacation? I'm really looking forward to this week's, this year's vacation.

Let's see, where are we at here?

What's up, Julia? Julie says start a new job and Been in training for two weeks, so I couldn't tune in. So nice to hear your voice. Yeah. Glad you're actually. Good luck with a new job. Right. And understand too, give yourself a little bit of grace when there's big things in life like new jobs, moving, relationship situations, health situation, just the bullshit of life, right? Whatever the good and the bad, you know. But when big things come into life, give yourself a little bit of grace. Because again, most of our behaviors are kind of running on autopilot based on the reality we live in. And when we change a big piece of it.

We got to kind of re. Acclimate to it. And it's so funny, I was talking about this yesterday with my coaching group and it's like, I don't think dieters ever think this because dieters are able, at best, they're able to kind of lock in, in a certain moment of their life. And then if something changes, they just completely fall apart because they have no ability to adapt. And I always say, like, living at your goal weight, I always think of metaphorically, it's kind of like surfing, you know, in the sense that if you're surfing, and I've never been surfing, but I have snowboarded. But if, if you're surfing, like, you always have to be engaged, right? Because the waves always transforming, you know, it's always changing, right? So you got to be adapting and in this, this kind of active stance, athletic stance is what we used to call it in sports, right? So with your weight, you have to kind of be in this athletic stance where you can respond to different changes. And so you change a job, it's a big difference because you changes your routine, you know what I mean? You're going to a different place, you know, you're eating in a different place. Just that the timing might be different, your commute might be different. Like, things are just different, you know? So again, recognize that and give yourself some grace. Try and relax a bit, you know, get some extra sleep when you can, because again, it's taking extra cognitive load. When you start a new job, you have to think more because you don't have your automatic, you know, process. You don't have your relationships, your. Your routines kind of figured out. So you have to think about that. So it's going to use more cognitive energy than normal at your old job. So understand that, leave some space for that. Leave a little extra recovery time for yourself and a little bit extra grace. If you're eating and behaviors aren't as great as they were, okay? Recognize all that and then just kind of build up with the new. Your new routines. Now look at you. Julie, she's been in the program for a while, so she's a smarty. So she said she found the salad place nearby right away. The chopped one. Yeah. That's perfect. That's perfect. That's so smart, you know, and, but now recognize that and especially really re use like the redo rehearsal technique, especially now when you have this new situation because again, you know, installing new things because it's all new. So imagine installing like, you know, your, your whatever snacks you want to have, whatever food you want to eat, whatever routines, water habits, walking habits, whatever things you want to kind of install into your new job, you know, use the rehearsal technique to install those in. All right, but good luck with that. Right? And glad you're glad you're able to back on these.

Lars says, what are your thoughts on skipping breakfast? I'm never hungry in the morning. I mean, my thoughts on skipping breakfast are that the golden rule of program yourself then is that there's no right or wrong. There's only what works for you. And I truly believe this because I've seen. Thanks, Rebecca. I've seen everything work. I mean, I've seen the craziest shit work for people, you know, so to me, it's like what works for you. So what I would say, Lara, is I would, I would experiment with it. Okay? Now, that being said, I also want you to recognize that I've also worked with a lot of people that as we've shifted their eating structures. So for example, I have a client and she just. She flip flopped the quantity dinner and lunch. She made lunch the bigger meal than dinner. Okay. And after a couple weeks of that, she goes, now I wake up actually, and now I'm hungrier in the morning. So understand that you feel the way you feel now, but if you shift your eating in different ways, it's possible that you may change that and that may or may not matter. You know, again, ultimately living at your goal weight comes down to reducing your average calorie consumption. And so program yourself then is all about figuring out how to reduce your average calorie consumption in the easiest, most comfortable and enjoyable way possible. And so again, that's why I can't come in here and just say, oh, here's your eating plan, because that would assume that every. Everyone's the same or everyone would thrive with the same plan. That can't be, you know, and so again, Laura here might, she might really thrive by not eating breakfast tonight until 11 o'. Clock. And someone else, like me personally, I like to eat. I wake up usually around 7 and I'm eating within a half hour. Typically that's where I feel best, you know, and so which one of us is right? I mean, it's not right or wrong, it's just whichever feels, you know, the best. But also understand you do have more flexibility. Just because you're not hungry at breakfast now doesn't mean you can't get hungry at breakfast if you change and manipulate your eating a bit, you know, and I think it's a great strategy. I don't do it. My dinners are more calories than lunch by a little, by a bit. But I, I eat early though, too, because I do believe for a lot of people cutting down on their dinner eating or certainly working on reducing the snacking is a good thing because it's most likely that's going to help you sleep better and better sleep is absolutely going to help you with your weight. All right.

So Rebecca, Rebecca says I struggle wanting to eat extra salty, spicy food at night. How can I combat it? Yeah, I get that. Right, of course, of course. You know, salty, spicy stuff, it's big dopamine release. It's very addictive. So, yeah, that's always going to be the more challenging foods. And everyone's different too. So for someone else, it might be ice cream, you know, or cookies. It doesn't matter what. The thing is, we all kind of have our own unique challenges, right? And nighttime eating is typically one of the biggest ones. It certainly was mine. That was my biggest habit I had to get a handle on before I could get my weight under control. So what are my strategies? The first thing is this, Rebecca. I wouldn't look at nighttime eating in a vacuum. Okay, so nighttime eating is a lot of times a consequence of what you ate during the day. So one of the things I did. Now let me back up a little more. For me, my goal here, folks, is not for you to lose weight. It's to live at your goal weight for the rest of your life. So I'm not so obsessed with just losing weight. I really want to keep it off for good. So I want to. When I take a challenge on. So for me, the first thing I focused on was my nighttime snacking. That, that I looked at as that was my highest calorie habit, that's what I focused on for a while. And because I wanted to create a real genuine strategy for me to use to deal with that, and so I worked with it. For months and months, just try different stuff, focus on it, think about it, reflect on it. And one of the things I first started doing though is I started eating more at dinner, so I felt fuller. And then I would go into the night and I wouldn't eat because that was the first thing I want to do is I just like, I just want to get through a night where I don't snack at night. So it wasn't about weight loss first. It was first about, let me just get what it's like to not eat at night. And so I ate more during dinner. So it wasn't about weight loss. I probably ate the same amount of calories, but I went into the night feeling really full. And then it was a lot easier not to eat at night. So that was the first step, just to see what that's like. The second step is that you start finding alternative things to do at night. Okay. So most likely. And again, there's a lot of ways to go at this, but extra salty spicy foods. You know, at first I want to play around with myself. So I'm not just going to do the diet thing. I'm just going to stop doing it. You know, I'm not, I'm never doing that. I want to experiment with it and I want to transform it so that doing something different at night feels like the new normal, natural thing. Okay. And so another thing you could do for yourself just as experiment, it's eye opening, is let yourself have salty and spicy foods, but you can only eat them at the kitchen table. And what that does is that starts to break the association of snacking on that stuff while you watch TV or scroll on your phone. You. So, so it's like you're, it's. Yeah, it's still, you're gonna still feel some deprivation, but not as much as, you know, completely wiping out the snack and the routine. Right. So again, we could really go in depth with this. And that's what you have to do, folks. Again, I always suggest dieters always want to change everything. 100 on day one, right? So on day one, okay, today's my diet. I'm not gonna snack at night anymore. I'm not. I'm gonna, you know, eat breakfast. Make sure I eat. Thanks. Those are funny. We've got all this stuff we're gonna do. We're do everything perfect starting tomorrow. So. And I think it's overwhelming. I don't think you could change everything in your eating all, all of a sudden just because you chose to, you know, and so I think Strategically, the much better strategy is to focus on your highest calorie habit. And maybe if you want to focus on adding a good habit into that, that's fine, but it's more than enough for you. You know what I mean? This idea that you're not already, like, up to here with life's responsibilities, like you're not already kind of stressed and drained. I know you are. And so the idea that you're going to take on completely changing how you eat starting tomorrow, it's just so ridiculous. So to me, it's like I want. I'm really focused on the long term, you know, And I say it took me six months to get a hold, get a handle on my nighttime snacking. I know you're all freaking out when I say six months, but how about this? I spent six months on it, and I came up with real, genuine strategies that really felt good for me. And it was really easy and comfortable for me not to snack at night anymore. And now it's been 30 years, and I've been at the same weight, you know, one blip 13 years ago. But a big reason I'm at the same weight is because I don't snack at night anymore, and it's been 30 years. So again, to me, it's like I'd rather dive deep into the habit and genuinely resolve it. So it's gone for good now. Again, it's never actually gone for good. You still got to manage a little bit, but it's pretty much gone for good. And so it's the idea of, like, going deep and genuinely resolving it rather than just trying to fight against it for a little while. So hopefully that helps you. Rose says PCOS and pre menopausal women and lost motivation and overweight. Please help.

Yeah, okay, Rose again. Most of my clients are 95 of my clients have been in some phase of menopause. I've worked with plenty of people. With pcos, you can still lose weight. It may be a little bit slower. You know, you got some other things you're dealing with. But what I would suggest for you is go to my bio, click the little picture of me on the top left corner if you're on Tick Tock. And I don't know where it's at if you're on any other things, but go click that and go get the free hypnosis session I give you and watch the training video I made for you. Okay? And I give you a bunch of free stuff and I got a lot of cool stuff coming for you folks. I promise you. I know I say this a lot, but I got really cool stuff coming, and go check that out, because again, that's going to help you. So if you're serious, that will absolutely help you. Kim says, great analogy. I've been dieting all my life to not get as big as my grandmother. My family members are all thin, but me, if I don't diet, I would be much bigger. I keep trying. I had a physical, and all my labs were beautiful. My doc told me it's genetics.

Doctors don't know anything about weight loss, just so you know. They. They don't unless they're personally interested in it. You know, you're the. The average doctor knows nothing more than you do about weight loss. Folks. You know this. They're not keeping it a secret from you. You know what I mean? How many times, you know, I mean, good Lord, how many times you go to the doctors and they said you should probably think about losing weight, and then they tell you, what, Eat better and exercise. I mean, they got nothing for you. Folks just hate to tell you. So I love doctors. They know a bunch of. But they don't know much about weight loss. I remember I. I always talk about this, right? So I've kept the weight off for over 30 years, but 13 years ago, I put 25 pounds. I was kind of a crazy moment in life, but I remember going to the doctors, and that's when I finally faced the weight gain, you know, And I was like, holy, 25 pounds. Three months. Oh, my God. It was a little bit more than three months, but so I put £25 on and whatever. And so then I. I was like, okay. And. And So I took 15 pounds off. I actually raised my goal weight by 10 pounds during that period of time, but I. So I took £15 off. And I remember I went back to the doctors in the fall, and he's like, oh, my God. He's like, how'd you do it? You know? I was like, I can't believe you're got no idea. You know what I mean? Like, they have no idea how to lose weight. So, again, I hope y' all don't believe that. Kim, your weight primarily has to do with your eating. You know what I mean? And then your eating has to do with your lifestyle and your mindset. And again, I know you've probably dieted a ton, but you've never used a strategic system to transform your mindset, lifestyle, and eating. And, you know, so what you're doing is you're trying to use A dieting is like get rich. Well, I always say, like, like dieting is kind of like remember, just say no to drugs. Remember like Nancy REAGAN in the 80s, she did a big just say no to drugs campaign. Dieting is basically just say no to food and it's just as effective. It doesn't work. And so there's no real strategy. I mean, again, there's no just say no to drug centers around now, are there? Right. That's not how people get sober, you know, and so it's a much more integrated process. If you want to approach sobriety nowadays, it's usually a much more integrated thing. And so clearly that's a better approach. And so, you know, again, if all you've tried is dieting your whole life and it hasn't worked. Well, yeah, no, I mean, that's basically just trying. Just say no your whole life and it hasn't worked. It doesn't mean you can't do it. It just means it's not a good strategy. You know.

That'S how I think of it anyways.

But yeah. Any weight loss questions, feel free to ask them. Apologize if I missed any questions on Tick Tock. It's acting a little weird. Oh, what's up, Vicki? At home. Nice. It's always nice to work from home. What's up, Hope? Hope says, hey, what are your thoughts on alternate day fasting? Oh, I don't like alternate day fasting very much at all. I think for. For most people, that's going to be very overwhelming. Now, again we go back to rule number one, the golden rule. If there's no right or wrong, it's only what works for you. So, Hope, if you absolutely love alternate day fasting, if every night before the fast you're fired up and excited and you're thinking about the day after tomorrow, so you get to fast again then, then alternate today fast. Okay, great. But. But if you dread tomorrow's fasting day, if you're freaking yourself out because of the next day after tomorrow's fasting day and you're worried about how you're going to do this forever, then I would say it's not a very good strategy. And I think that's what most people experience. I think it's very, very stressful, personally. But again, everyone's different. So if it's stressful to you, I would not suggest doing it. You know, folks, you're never going to do anything that's stressful and miserable and depriving for long. You're never going to do anything you Hate for very long, even if you lose weight. Do you understand that? You know the stats. 84 to 98% of people of dieters that lose weight on a diet put the weight back on. So again, even if you lose weight, you're not willing to do shitty things you don't like doing for long. You got to get that through your head because that's what you. You resist that. You know, you're. Humans are so funny. And I always joke, like, dieting is like. Like running. It's like sprinting a marathon. I always use that example that it's like you're in a marathon but you're going to sprint it. You know, you're like, I'm just going to run as fast as I can in the first eighth of a mile. You're way out ahead of everyone. You'll see. Look, I'm way ahead. I can't believe this. And the next eighth of a mile, you pass out and collapse because you can't go any further. But then it's like the next day you're like, oh, man, if I could just sprint more, if I just wanted it more, I'd sprint further. You know what I mean? And it's like when we're not in the diet, when we're not in the marathon, sprinting, when we're not actually doing the thing, our brain really is a funny thing, isn't it? Because it makes you think you can just do anything. So you dieters are really tricked by the fact that you think someday is going to show up, probably a Monday, and you're going to jump into whatever plan it is you're going to do. Keto's the ridiculous one. But whatever you're going to jump into, whatever diet you're going to do, 100% perfect, right? That's the goal. Like some magical Monday, you're going to wake up and all of a sudden you're just going to be able to sprint the whole marathon. That's how you're thinking. That's what all your weight loss is based on. All your weight loss is built based on. It's b. Based on the idea that you think you're gonna be able to sprint a marathon. You're just gonna diet perfectly until you get to your goal weight and then beyond. And there's no evidence of that. Why would you think that? How long have you ever been. What's the longest you've been able to force yourself to stick to a plan? This isn't bad news. I don't want you to feel Discouraged by this, I want you to recognize that dieting doesn't work. Dieting is not built for you to live at your goal weight, folks. Diet is a branch of the food industry. Weight Watchers was owned by Heinz. Jenny Craig was owned by Nestle Atkins. Food Products is owned by the same company as An's Pretzels and Cinnabon Slim Fest on. My same company owns Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. These companies do not want you to lose weight for good and not eat their foods forever. They want to take your money. When you want to lose weight, fill your head with rocks so you end up ultimately going back to eating the same way you always did.

Prove me wrong. What diet is built for the long term? What diet's built for the long term? Give me one. I ask this every day. I never get an answer. Someone said Slimming World yesterday, and God bless them. I mean, fine, it's a little bit of a different thing. And I'll put Slimming World and Weight Watchers above them just simply because of the personal connection piece of it. But there's not a diet in a hundred years that's more effective than any other. They're all that. None of them work. And none of them work because they're a bandit and a gunshot wound. I promise you folks that the last. You think the only thing you need to lose weight is to be told what to eat in some form or fashion. Do you really think that that's the only thing between you and your goal weight is having some macronutrient manipulation plan?

Oh, don't eat carbs. Oh, I didn't know that. Oh, I never, never knew that. I'm not gonna eat carbs anymore. This is the magic plan. It doesn't matter what the plan is. You know, I always say this, that it doesn't even matter. Like, you know, you could take every single diet, right? Because. Because I. Maybe this will be helpful for you all, but it doesn't matter. You could take Keto, Weight Watchers, Mediterranean, Slim, Fast, Veganism, Carnivore, Paleo, all of them. Literally any diet you can ever think of. And as different as they seem on the surface, what unites them all is the exact same thing, is the mindset you approach them with. Because no matter which of those diets you pick, you're going to approach them the exact same way. Day number one, you're going to do all of them 100% perfect. And you expect that you're going to do it 100 perfect until you get to your goal weight and then, I guess beyond.

This is why all diets have the exact same failure rate of 84 to 98%.

Because they're not built for the long term. You never learn how to shift your mindset. You never learn how to genuinely transform your lifestyle. You never learn how to come up with a customized eating blueprint that works for you.

So how the hell are you ever going to live at your goal weight? How are you ever going to maintain your behavior when you don't know all the key pieces?

So I don't know. That's my thoughts on alternate day basting. Five Wonder says how to stop nighttime snacking. Again. I mean, nighttime snack, it's a process, so you got to be willing to commit to it. There's no trick, you know what I mean? Like, there's no, like, oh, just drink a glass of water at 8 o' clock and you'll be fine. You know, like, there's no. Because everyone's so unique. I don't know why you're nighttime snacking. I don't know if you're nighttime snacking because you're lonely, because you're bored, because it's just a routine, because you're starving, because you didn't eat all day. I don't know why you're nighttime snacking. You probably don't either. You probably just think, oh, I like it. You know, we got to go deeper. We've got to understand if nighttime snacking is your highest calorie habit, meaning if nighttime snacking is the habit that is bringing the most calories into your body weekly. Right. If you're doing it five, six, seven nights a week, that's probably the number one source of extra calories coming into your body. I would dedicate to the next 10 years to that if I had to, to resolving that. That's my mindset. That's not a dieter's mindset. A dieter's mind says, I'm gonna stop snacking from now on. I'm just gonna cold turkey it. And then you go, you know, then you start dreading as I get closer and closer and you get to. And you're freaking out and you get through one night and I look, oh, my God, I gotta do it all over again tomorrow night. And that just becomes an endurance test, you know? So again, the nighttime snacking, you got to look at it holistically. You got to dive into it. What's. What are the triggers for this nighttime snacking? What time does it usually fire off? Where am I? What am I doing? Am I Sitting on the sofa in front of the tv? Am I in my recliner on my phone? Am I alone? Am I with other people? What's my mood, right? Am I, am I happy? Am I stressed? Am I lonely? Am I, you know, feeling loved? What am I feeling? You know, So I want to, I want to dive into it and understand it, because the more you understand the habit, the more you can come up with a strategic solution. And that's kind of how I approach it. And if you approach it that way, though, you're going to end up with a strategic solution that fits you perfectly, and then it's going to be easy for you forever to, to just do, live your night, do something else at night, you know? Hope that makes sense. What's up? JJ says, how do you figure out your calorie intake and deficit? I'm gonna say something that is a little unusual and I, I believe in it a thousand percent because I think most people are gonna look at calorie calculators and. Which are just guesstimates. Folks, please understand, everybody's different. Those calorie calculators are not accurate. You know, you understand that. Think about it. There's just so many factors that dictate your weight. Those calorie calculators, I think, are just, they can be so discouraging. I know they're motivating when you're putting the numbers in because you keep putting the lowest calorie numbers in, so you get the fastest results and it just reinforces the core problems. So anyways, what most people do, right, that you're overweight because you're consuming an average amount of calories that are commencement with your weight. You eat exactly what you weigh. Just so you know. I know. I get people on every day say, I don't know, Jim, I'm eating great, my weight's really high. No, you're not eating great. Your calories are right. You weigh exactly what you eat. There's no alternative to that. You may not realize what you're eating, you may not see it, but it doesn't mean it's not there. It is. Your weight reflects your average calorie consumption. Okay? And so what people typically do when they want to lose weight is they create an enormous calorie deficit. The average dieter is going to create a 40 to 70% calorie deficit on day one.

Right? On day one, we go from here normal, everything feels fine to 40 to 70% less day one. And that's. We're going to stay here until we lose the weight. Right. So that's very overwhelming. And so you get a day into it, a week into it, you're ready to kill someone. It's very stressful to do this. And then the idea is that once you get to your goal weight, you're going to bring your calorie deficit up to some level where you're going to live. Your goal weight, I guess. Okay, so what I want to do with. Program yourself then. And by the way, that process requires calorie calculating. Okay. Which again, is just a guesstimate. What I'd rather do is I would rather start with my weight, my average calorie consumption, and I would rather slowly and strategically start to cut calories out through habits. So I'd focus on my snacking habit, let's say, and I'd work on resolving that. And once I got a handle on that, I'd see more of my weight come down because my calories are coming down from that. My weight's going to come down, and then I'll see where I'm at. Then I'll say, okay, what's the next thing I want to work on? Maybe I work on.

What's the word? Making my dinner portion smaller. Let's ask the other. I overeat at dinner. Okay, let's work on that. Okay, I got a handle on that. Calories go down because I eat less at dinner now. Now my weight goes down. Okay? So this is how I want to get to my goal weight. Slowly, easily, comfortably, with real data from my body. Not a fucking calorie calculator. I think that calorie calculator. I know, I know you think it's great. It's not. It's not accurate. Of course it's not accurate. How could it be accurate for everyone? It's. Take into account your genetics. You know what I mean? Like, like your specific, you know, body. You know what I mean? Like, come on. Like, like, again, you. You got a unique body going on. There's a lot of unique stuff going on. So the calorie calculator is just an estimate, guesstimate, whatever. And I think it leads to a lot of discouragement, ultimately. But, okay, so this here, I'm not doing any of that shit. I'm basically saying, okay, what do I think is my worst. My highest calorie habit? Snacking at night. Let me really work on that. And I work on it for three, four months, and I completely get rid of the habit. I completely stop eating at night. Well, my calories go down, my weight's gonna go Down. You see what I mean? So I'm looking at the behavior piece of it that I actually do, and I'm working on reducing that. And then I'm watching what happens with the weight and I'm doing that until I get to my goal weight. And now I'm think of the difference. I'm not doing this, this diet stuff where I go way down and then try and figure out the maintenance. Figure out the maintenance, by the way.

Figure out the maintenance.

84 to 98% of dieters that lose weight on a diet put the weight back on. So who exactly is figuring out the maintenance with that process, by the way? Did you, when you lost weight, did you put it back on or did you figure out the maintenance? Because I look around and I don't see anyone figuring out the maintenance.

So to me, I don't even like the word calorie deficit. I'll tell you that, too. I think of it as average calorie consumption, and I want to reduce my average calorie consumption to my goal. Weight deficit is not a word you want to live in. Typically, it doesn't have a positive association. Subconsciously, most people don't want to live in deficits. So again, I don't even like that word. I like to reduce my average calorie consumption until I get to my goal weight. I don't know how that's not superior. It is. I don't know. Like, I don't know. It just makes so much sense to me.

Nice. Ricky says, lovely. So many great insights and ideas to plan for it. Yes.

Eli says I can't stop eating. Like, ved literally controls me. Help.

I, I want to make clear I, I am not an eating disorder specialist. I want to make that crystal clear. I work with people that typically, they don't have eating disorders, not to that level. So I just want to make that clear. That being said, I will just talk about it a little bit. Might be some things that can help you, but this is not my specialty. With that being said.

I typically look at binge eating as there's kind of three main causes of it. The first one is over restricting, Right. That you get yourself so hungry that you can't control your eating. Right. That's the first one I look for. Because again, if I look at. So again, I don't go to the level of disordered binge eating, but I certainly work with people that binge eat. Okay? So when I work with them, we're looking at three main things because we need to understand it first. We can't just stop binge eating, right? We're not going to stop it, we're going to resolve it. I hope that makes sense because one, to me I think of like when we're just trying to stop binge eating, we're just dealing with a symptom and not the core problem. So I think a lot of times the eating behaviors are a symptom of a deeper problem. And I want to go to the root and pull the root out. That's what I want to do. So three key routes I start with when it comes to binge eating. Number one is that people get themselves way too hungry. And I think this is so common, right? There's a diet thing where people won't eat breakfast and lunch and then the afternoon they're starving, tired, and now they eat too much all night long or they over restrict or don't eat anything for two, three days and then they binge eat. Okay, so over restricting and getting too hungry is number one. Number two is emotions. What emotions are you feeling? What emotions trigger the binge? Right. Typically there's going to be certain emotions that trigger. Now there might be, you might have different patterns. You might have a stress binge eating pattern, you might have a loneliness binge eating pattern, you might have a celebration binge eating pattern. You know what I mean? But we want to start to diagnose it because you'll start to notice patterns that there's probably certain emotions that kind of lead to that. So I'd want to know that. And then third is kind of just habitual. Like it might have just become a routine. Like, oh, every Friday night when I finish work, I. That night I binge eat, you know, so that's the first kind of layer. I want to start to understand the binge eating in more detail. And then once you understand in more detail, you can come up with a much more strategic solution to it. Right? Because the idea that I'm just gonna use willpower and stop, stop binge eating. Well, what's going on there? You know what I mean? Like I, I don't see that working very well. So again, I'd rather understand it and resolve it. So hopefully that helps.

Samantha said there are. It's called rehab. Yeah, well, Samantha, when you go to rehab, you don't learn how to say no to drugs. Do you know what I mean? Like, like they're not, there's not a class where, you know, just.

Like a group of people sitting around. No, no, no, no. You know, I mean, like, like it just that doesn't work. So, yeah, I know there's places called rehab, but they're not learning how to just say no. They're learning again. They're diagnosing what's going on. They're trying to understand themselves. Right. They're looking to resolve it at a core level, you know?

Are you cmg? Beware blood sugar with CMG.

Tops Club. This is probably some dumb. Let me see. CMG blood sugar.

Oh, I see. Blood, blood monitor, continuous glucose monitoring. Okay. Beware blood sugar. Yeah, for sure.

A second. How'd that go? Yeah, yeah. Beware blood sugar. For sure. Yeah, you, you, you. Yeah, I think that's a great idea, wearing the modern. Your. Your thing. Even if it's a tele. It's like. Even if you just wear a monitor for a week, I think it's just shockingly eye opening for you because a lot of people are visual, you know, so when you start seeing what's actually happening inside your body, I think, you know, dieting trains you to just think of your body aesthetically, visually. And I think when you start to pay attention to what's going on inside your body systemically, I think it's very eye opening. So, yeah, agree that. That wearing a monitor can really, be really, really eye opening when you see what certain foods do to it. And again, I think most people are glucose addicts, and I think most people are addicted to glucose spikes. And so I think when you start to see it with your eyeballs, that connection becomes very clear and it starts to change the way you approach it. What's up, Bramley? Bramley says my highest calorie habit is wanting a sweet treat from the biscuit tin at work after lunch. Any tips? Yeah, for sure. So it's like, first of all, you identify it and you focus on it and you say, I'm gonna. I wanna resolve this habit. I wanna. I wanna transform it into something better. So what I like to do again, and program yourself, then we use reduce, replace, remove, right? We give ourselves options. It's not just remove. There's a dieter. I'll just remove it. I'll just remove it, right? The answer to everything, just stop it. I think you give yourself options. Some things are easy to stop and you can stop, but some things aren't, and we need alternatives. Okay. And so what I would try. Here's how I would approach it. And again, I'm just giving you examples. So it's not this. Don't pay attention to the specifics. I say. Pay attention to the process. I use to get to the specifics, okay? Because you can use the process to figure out your own specifics if they don't. If they're not an exact fit. But what I would do, typically, let's just say I go to work, and every day after lunch, I know that my desk partner has a tin with cookies in it. And four days out of five, I'm going to get a cookie out of there. And it's become a habit. I've been doing this for a year now, okay? So I want to change this. So what I do is first, I want to understand the habit. I want to understand when it happens. Now get. It's pretty quick after lunch, okay? So I got the time down. I got the situation down. I know where I'm at. I know how I feel. I know what I think. Typically, I know the whole routine. So now I started asking myself, what do I want to do here? I got remove, replace. Again, I look at as reduce, replace, remove. Those are my options. And so part of me says, well, I just want to get rid of them, right? And then I start feeling a little freaked out, and so I don't have to get rid of all of them. What if I go from four days to two days? Okay, let's try that. And the other two days, what I want to do, I want to eat anything. I'm not getting anything at all. Why don't we try apples? So let's replace. Let's try replacing two of those days with an apple, and let's get used to that. And the other days, we can still eat cookies. And then one day we won't eat any cookies. We'll continue that. And I would start with that right now. Again, you may or may not like apples. I think you like apples, Bramley, because that's in your name. But pick whatever you know. And so the replacement could be, you know, an apple, banana, some fruit, something really healthy. It could be.

I don't know, it could be anything. You know what I mean? Anything that's better than cookies, in your opinion? Reducing, you know, if you eat two cookies, you could try, you know, go. Go eat one cookie, you know. But again, removing is. Is a lot of work to do right off the bat. So I prefer to approach things with choices, options that I find to be the most comfortable moving forward. So that's kind of how I'd approach it.

Jay says, tell me about your program. Program yourself, then. Yes. Okay, so program yourself. Thin is because I see you say it's a lifelong thing, Monthly or annual? I Mean, it's a lifelong process. So, so what you do, there's three aspects to program yourself then. So it's lifetime access to the, the core program. Okay? So I want to make that clear. So the core program, it's basically knowing what to do. That's the first thing you need to know to live at your goal weight. What do I need to do? So we follow the goal weight pyramid and we use the goal weight blueprints to follow that pyramid, meaning that the goal weight pyramid is mindset, lifestyle needing. And so the blueprints just take you through that. So you go through how to create a thin healthy mindset, thin healthy lifestyle, thin healthy eating plan for you. All of it's customized to you. So you go through that and you, you answer those questions in the blueprint and this becomes your roadmap. This becomes your roadmap customized to you to get to your goal weight and live the rest of your life there on your autopilot. So knowing what to do is first step. The second step is knowing how to get yourself to do it. And that's the program yourself then technique I teach you. This is a 30 second hypnosis exercise you use at night to reprogram your mind. And this part's crucial because again, I can tell you I could literally, I could give you the most magical weight loss plan in the world and give it to you, but you don't know how to run your mind. Most likely, you've never learned how to run your mind. This is the core problem with diets. Beyond the fact that they're not really customized for you, the bigger issue is that you don't know how to get yourself to do it. You don't know how to change your behavior, you don't know how to deal with your emotions, you don't know how to change your thinking. I mean, you've never learned this. And so you just try and force yourself to follow a plan and you keep getting the exact same results because you don't know how to transform yourself at the core level. And that's your mindset. And so learning how to run your own mind through this simple technique gives you the power to start installing your blueprints, to start following and doing them, and to do it in a way that's really easy and comfortable. Okay, and then the final piece of the program is the support piece, because I believe you need a support system to encourage and support you during this process. And so there's a bunch of support in the program, but the core support of the Program is you get an eight week hypnosis program. And this is the number one hypnosis program on the planet for weight loss. Every morning for the next eight weeks, you get a five minute hypnosis session sent to you. Each one's different, so you listen to it, you relax yourself, you calm down, and you get all these positive suggestions and ideas put into your mind. At night you listen to a 10 minute session. Each week you get one session with a core weight loss mantra in it. You listen to that all week repeatedly to really install that message. And you listen at night. So you're bookending your day. Five minute in the morning, ten minute at night. And what's happening is beyond just getting great stuff put in your mind is each and every day you're taking some time to relax, to center, to ground yourself.

And to inhabit this space. And I think this is the foundational piece to really create change because most people are chronically stressed. And so bringing that down and grounding yourself and calming yourself down from that perspective, you tend to make better decisions naturally anyways. And then we put all the good stuff in your head as well. It just really reinforces it. Then you start following your blueprints and then you start programming your mind to do it. It becomes this magical system. And even beyond that, you know, like there's so many cool things now, like Jim AI, I have cloned myself. I literally have an AI clone of myself cloned on over 5 million words. And it's been, it's. I've just completely reprogrammed it and it's so cool. So that's there as well. You have 24 access to gym AI all the time. It's like talking to me. And so you can use gym AI to help you fill out the blueprints. You know, if you have any issues or struggles or challenge you're dealing with. There's also live Q A calls we have every Tuesday where I get on a call and talk about something for 15 minutes and then if you have any questions, I, I talk and I answer with you just like here. But it's just a small group of people in the program. And there's a lot more too. But, but that's basically the whole idea of the program. And no, that that core program is a one time payment. You know, you pay one time, you have lifetime access to it forever. So you can go through the daily sessions as much as you want. You can listen, there's a hypnosis library, you can go through the trainings, the blueprint all of these things and all the updates you get forever, you know Sherry. Yep, Sherry's in it. Sherry says program yourself then's the best program I participated in. It is truly like changing my life and will keep improving for the rest of my life. Jim's the best. Well, thank you. And Sherry's a superstar. She really, boy, talk about getting things quick. Sherry really gets these ideas very quickly. And it's fun to watch. I mean, it's fun to watch. I, I say this all the time, but I'm probably the luckiest person that you all have ever seen. I, I do not take this for granted. And I'm just lucky in my life, period. But my professional life is probably where I, I'm as lucky as any other area. I'm most likely with my personal life, I'm very lucky, the family I have, but my professional life, I'm just as lucky. To be able to watch people transform before my eyes is the most amazing. I, I can't even tell you how amazing it is. I, I love it and yeah, it really is fun. So.

Bramley says for your pleasure days, do you have set meals? This pizza from this restaurant? Yeah, my pleasure days are pretty structured too. So in program yourself, then the eating piece of it with the eating blueprint, we have clean and pleasure days. And.

I don't want to get too into it because it's a little bit of a complex topic. And when I talk about, I think people misunderstand it. I don't, I don't want to misrepresent it. But on the pleasure days, they're not binge days, you know, they're not cheat days where I just go in and eat everything I can.

They're very specifically structured to how can I get the most pleasure possible out of food? Meaning which foods do I enjoy the most and how do I eat them to get the most pleasure out of it? And that magical question is really powerful because, you know, honestly folks, I know, like your knee jerk reaction is that the most pleasure you can get out of food is to eat as much as possible. But when you really think about it, like stuffing yourself silly of any food is not the most pleasure you can get because then you feel like shit. So really, if you think about it, the most pleasure you can get out of your favorite foods is when you eat just the right amount of it so you get to eat it and enjoy it and then when you're done, you don't feel like shit. And so that's kind of how we, the pleasure meals are like, very strategic. And so, yes, on my pleasure meals, I have a good sense of what I'm going to eat, where I'm going to eat. So I'm not going into it blind. I have a very good idea of it, which is a key part of the process because the pleasure days are really. I don't get too deep into this, but it really is built around dopamine. And so one of the key parts of the pleasure days, that you're looking forward to it, you know, you dieters, you're doing the opposite. You're trying to see how long you can go with no pleasure, you know, and so program yourself then. We never do that. So we never have to go more than a week that we have to go without our favorite foods. And this strategy works really, really well. You know, complete opposite of dieting.

What's up, Larita? Larita says, very true. I gained the weight back because I wasn't eating at my maintenance. Yeah, again, you know, I, I had this break for yesterday and I was like, you know, maintaining your weight, you're not maintaining your weight. You're maintaining your behaviors. And that, that's why I always say was program yourself. Then with the mindset P. You start with mindset. I. I want you to start mindset. Everyone jumps to eating. That's fine, whatever, but. But eventually you're gonna get back to the mindset piece. And when you do that, there's a maintenance piece, because you've got to practice maintenance and learn about maintenance right from day one. Why? Because dieters are crazy. Like, you just. You just almost assume that you're just going to get to your goal weight and I'll think about maintenance then. No, you need to learn how to maintain right now. You got to learn how to maintain from day one to day two, week one to week two, month one to month two. You can't take that for granted. You all don't know how to maintain. Specifically, you don't know how to get back on track if you make a mistake. You don't know how to deal with times of stress. You don't know what to say to yourself to keep going, to think long term. You've never learned this stuff. There's a whole section where we go through that stuff. You've never learned this in your life. And this is the first thing we do. You need to start learning about maintenance right now. Because maintenance, it's not about maintaining your weight. Remember weight? You never. You don't even lose weight. Technically, you don't lose weight. It's Cause and effect. Weight loss is an effect. It's a reflection. The cause is what you're eating and how you're living. So you can change how you're eating and living. You can't lose weight, right? If I tell you to lose weight today, what are you going to do? You can't lose weight today unless you chop a limb off. That's literally it. What you can do is you can start making different food choices, lifestyle choices, and over time, through some magical process you have no control over, your weight goes down. So it's very important that we focus on the piece of the equation that we can control the cause, the eating, the lifestyle, and that turns into the effect you want the weight loss. You want to. So it's really, again, it's not about maintaining our weight. It's about maintaining our behaviors. And we start working on that from day one. The whole program is built around that. Because my promise to you is that I want you to live at your goal weight for the rest of your life on near autopilot, by the way, you've never even had that goal. You've been trying to lose weight for 50 years. You've never even thought of that as your goal. That's your goal, though. You don't want to lose weight. You all have lost weight and then put it back on. You won't want to lose weight. You want to live at your goal weight for the rest of your life on your autopilot. And that's what we do in program yourself, then that's the promise. Does it sound like a bold promise? I. I don't. I might go. My customers. I'm not like crazy person. Like, this is what I do all day long. You don't understand. So it's like, I know it's a crazy. It sounds like a crazy claim, but it's not that hard. It's easier to master your weight than it is to lose weight. Losing weight is the get rich quick schemes of the weight loss world. You know, like. Like get rich quick schemes are actually harder than just doing the work and just doing a traditional path to create value and earn money. You know, I mean, I was trying to find a shortcut. You know what I mean? You spend 30 years trying to find a shortcut and you're just in the same spot. That's what diets are. Again, most of my clients are people that are just apathetic now because they're thinking about weight loss 24 hours a day, but they can't get themselves to actually do Anything you know, and that's because you know diets don't work subconsciously. You know the diets don't work and you can't get yourself to do anything because all you know to lose weight is dieting, injections and surgery. You never hear about mindset. I ask this every day. Give me one person tell. This is crazy. To me, the weight loss industry is a 65 billion dollar a year industry, okay? And you all been in this industry for a long time. Paying attention. You listen to the pot. I know, I know my people. I. I know if you're listening to this, I know you're an overthinker. I know you're a type Aish person. I know you're an action taker. I know. I know who you are. Because no one that's not like that listens to me. I talk too fast. I'm all over the place. I know. Okay? So I want you to reflect. You know yourself and you know how much you research and think about this, okay? And I'm gonna ask you the magic question. Give me one name. Just one. All I want is one name. I don't care if they're good or bad.

Give me one name of a person or program you would study to learn how to create the mindset of a thin, healthy person.

I'm not expecting any answers, by the way. Okay? But my point to you is this, that you either feel that mindset doesn't matter and so that's not necessary, or it's just so easy to learn that it's just common sense and I don't need anyone to teach it to me. I don't know what you think about mindset, but how could it not be the cornerstone? How could it not be the cornerstone of your results? I don't know, you know? And I think it's crazy. As big of an industry is that, I bet. I don't know. And I'm not saying I. I know. I know the names I could possibly get and it's fine. But. But I think I find most people can't even come up with one single name, and I think that's crazy.

So.

Nim says down, three day cheat meals ruined progress. Oh, does three day. Does three day cheat meals ruin progress?

I mean, it all just depends. You know what I mean? Like, it's just. It's all so contextual. It depends how. I hate the word cheat meals, by the way. I suggest instead of calling cheat meals, call them adultery meals. You know what I mean? Does that feel good? You like that you like calling adultery meals. It's so weird. Cheat meals. God. It's just. That's why I call them pleasure meals. God damn it. Cheat meals. That's a. How do you not feel guilty having a cheat meal? You can sit there and you're just going to feel fine eating your adultery meal. Oh, it's my adultery meal. There's just. It carries a weight to it. Does it not.

Sit there and have adultery meals. It feels weird. So I hate the word cheat meal so much. I love the word pleasure meal because we want to get as much pleasure possible out of it. Physically, mentally, emotionally. Just a pleasurable, wonderful experience. No guilt, no shame, no cheating, no adultery.

Anyways, does a three day cheat meal ruin progress? Again, that's just. There's no context to that question really. Right. So it's like if you have been eating perfectly for six months and you have a three days of 100 extra calorie cheat meals, then no, that's not going to ruin any progress. You know what I mean? Like, so that's probably not what you mean. I get it. But I, I just would, would. I don't think anything ruins. I mean, when I first started this, I had one clean day, six pleasure days. That's how it started. I just want to have one clean day. So I didn't lose progress, you know what I mean? I kept moving forward, I kept improving. One day turned into two, to three, to four, to five now, four and a half, five now. You know, Emi, pleasure days improved too. So I don't know how to answer that. What's MJ? MJ says actively listening to Jim and Pyt the last 10 months. My world has changed after decades of dieting. That's awesome, mj. I'll screenshot that that's what happens again when you get the right information, folks. And again, especially I know my peeps here. So it's like you're an overthinker. Overthinking is not the problem. Overthinking is the solution. The problem is not the overthinking. The problem is what you're overthinking. And what you're overthinking is diet bullshit. You're overthinking problems. You're overthinking trying to diagnose what's wrong with you, which is leading to more problems. And as soon as I show you what to think right now, all of a sudden your supercomputer brain starts churning out the opposite effect very quickly. So again, I believe your results are really a result of what you're constantly thinking in your mind is what I believe. That's awesome, mj. Thank you for sharing that. What's up, Don? Don says, I was thinking about asking my doctor about wearing one for a couple of weeks. Yeah, I think it's great. I. I think the. The. The monitors for a little while.

I think it's very eye opening. I was gonna do it just to be curious. I'm curious to see. I have a sense of it, but I just think it's so great when you can. Anytime you can get more awareness of what's going on in your body, I just think better, you know.

Top sue says I have a love hate with food. Yeah. And I get it. Of course, we all, you know, if you're struggling with your weight, of course you have a love hate with it. You know, I think we want to change that. You know, I. I think loving food is so easy. When you start eating real natural food again, I think the main food distinction you want to make is food and food stuff, and food is whole natural foods that comes with the ground, you know, not in a package. In the produce section. Whole natural foods and then processed foods. You know, boxes, bags, manipulated bullshit, and I'm all the rest of it. And I think that distinction is really good. And I think the more whole natural, real foods you put in your body, I think that's. It's like, you know, I'm saying, like. Like. Like love is the emotion between people. You're not creating it. It's just. It's there. Right. And it's like that with real food. You put real food in your body. I don't. It's a feeling of love. I. I can't even put words to. It's just. It feels right, you know? So I think that does help resolve that a bit.

Outsize me.

Tops, clubs. What's tops? Clubs.

Tops. And what's no bs Weight loss.

See what that one is?

Oh, no bs. Yeah, I like her, actually. I've seen her on.

I've seen her YouTube channel, and I. I do like her, actually. I think she's really good.

So. Yeah. Corn Crabtree. Right? Right. Yeah, I think she's great. So from what I've heard, you know, again, I don't know her whole system very well, but.

I think that I like what she says. So without really knowing.

A whole. I don't really. I'm gonna look into. I'll keep it up here and I'll kind of look into it. But again, hey, I'm here to build people up too. I, I, you know, I know maybe sound like, oh, there's no one else out there. I, I don't believe that. And I really, you know, because even, even corn crafter, I mean, you know, we're kind of the ballpark, you know what I mean? So it's like, you know, we're not national names and you know what I mean? So again, I know there are people, I could name some of them, but hey, I'll check her thing out. But she is good. I do like her half size me.

See, let's see.

I like that. Half size me. I like that a lot.

Yeah, it's another, I've never heard of half size me.

So I'll check that out. I like the name of it a lot.

Yeah, I don't know enough to look at it now. I don't know what Tops Clubs is. What's that? Let's look that up. Tops Clubs.

Tops clubs. Oh boy.

Weekly meetings.

Yeah.

Yeah. I guess that first, first glance, it looks, it looks, I get mixed messages, but I, but it does look like it could be, it could be. Okay, it's meetings, so I like meetings. I think meetings are good. I wish Weight Watchers did more of that, you know. So I think just, just literally just being around people and talking about weight is proven to be helpful and effective. And if you bring a good strategy to it, that can be helpful too. So I'll have to look into these. I, I really appreciate this, actually. I never get answers. So I'll check those out.

Yeah, I'll look into them more, Jen. But I appreciate you sharing those with me. But I will look into them too and I will let you know both sides of it because again, I'll let you know the good and the bad of it. And I think the main thing really to me, and I'm not even, you know, it's so funny, I mean to me it's such an easy bar to cross because like, well, obviously I think I get to, I think my program's great, obviously. But to me it's like, geez, if they just, if they have a focus on long term sustainability, right? That's kind of number one, a mindset based approach about how to deal with your thoughts. I mean that's the whole game really at the end of the day. So if there's a part about how to deal with your mind and then if there's a way about how to genuinely transform your reading that's not built around just crazy right away, it's not just about weight loss. About becoming the best version of yourself. I like all those things, so I will look deeper into those and I will know more about them next time we talk. Rebecca says, indulgent in pleasure meal sounds so much better. Yes, I agree. Right. Rebecca says, I struggle with not having desire to cook. Brand new unused wok instapot air fryer. Oh, I know. Yeah, the instapot. That, that thing. I was mad. They call it instant pox. It's not instant. It is faster. It's good, but it's like. It's not instant, but. Yeah, but Rebecca, I think that's a key point too. You know, I think that in program yourself then our goal with the eating blueprint is to figure out how to eat at your goal weight in the easiest, most enjoyable way possible. And the idea of like a walk instant pot air fryer.

Is to break it down, you know, so instead of thinking, you start cooking all the time, maybe like one day a week you choose that you'll work on, you know, using the wok, or one day a week you'll try the instant pot or try a recipe in there. One day a week you do an air fryer. And I think the secret is kind of reduce the ridiculous. Break it down so it's relatively comfortable because a lot of people get the water. Now I gotta cook with all this shit every day and it's overwhelming. So if you start breaking it down, make a goal of once a week or once every other week, I'm going to use one of these things and cook something, you know, it might feel more comfortable. And as you start getting experience with it, it'll start to feel easier for you, you know, so that might be a way to approach it, that and to make the cooking easier. I'm like that too. I. I enjoy cooking, but most of the time I don't enjoy spending the time cooking. And so I really do spend a lot of time thinking about how I can make things as efficient and easy as possible. And so, you know, there's nothing wrong with that as well. All right, everyone, I'm gonna get out of here. If you're not my world, please click the link in my bio, go get the hypnosis session, watch the video, read the emails, become again, that community is coming very quickly here. Thank you, Rebecca. I am testing out a couple more things with Jim AI and I want to give everyone access to that, at least for a little bit. I'm still working on that, but again, get on my email list. I got a bunch of free stuff for you and I'm here every day, Monday through Friday, usually around noon Eastern. If you want to pop on here and ask any questions, I'm happy to help you. Again, this is my mission in life, is to help you all lose weight and live at your goal weight. And if you missed the live, I'm also this is also a podcast, so you can look up, program yourself then and any of the podcast platforms and listen to that. All right, everyone, have a super duper day and we'll talk soon. Bye.