Program Yourself Thin Live 5-11-26

Everyone, welcome to today's Program Yourself Thin podcast. Today we're talking about the routines that make you thin, and before I tell you what some of them are, let me just talk about the concept first because Ultimately, the routines that make you thin are yours and yours alone. So I'll give you some ideas to kind of get you started. But those are really ideas that work for me and other people. They may or may not work for you. And so the bigger concept before I get into the specifics is the idea of routines and how important and valuable they are to your weight, because at the end of the day, your weight is really a reflection of your average calorie consumption and your average calorie consumption. Is a reflection of your eating habits, your eating routines, and your eating routines are really a reflection as well of your lifestyle routines, because how you're living is going to directly impact how you eat and which act— which routines you kind of activate. And then that's going to lead to the weight that you're going to be at. So we're kind of reverse engineering it back down to the core routines of your lifestyle and of your eating and recognizing that the lifestyle kind of sits under it. So again, if I show it to you visually, uh, you'll see it this way here that we have lifestyle, uh, underneath eating and mindsets underneath that. But when it comes to routines, we're just talking about the physical ones that we do consistently. Okay. So the reason it's so important to focus on routines is because these are your habits. These is the part of your mind that runs things on autopilot. And this is the part of your mind we're looking to influence in order to change your behaviors and in order to change your weight. But again, we don't just wanna lose weight for a little while. We wanna set it up so that you can live at your goal weight. And the way to do that is to create the routines of a thin, healthy, happy person. And so the routines that make you thin are a concept first that you're always looking for. You're always looking for better, more refined, new, uh, more optimized routines that help keep you thin, and you're gonna think in more nuanced ways. So it's not just how you're eating, it is also how you're living. And so this is where we start to break it apart and program yourself thin with a lifestyle. Let's start there. And so in Program Yourself Thin, we follow 8 core lifestyle habits or 8 core lifestyle routines, um, that really make the difference. And in order of importance, it's sleep. Uh, hydration, relaxation, breathing, nourishment, movement, meditation, gratitude, right? So these are the 8 lifestyle routines that we focus on developing. Now, you don't have to do it all at once. Okay. This is something that you approach in a comfortable way. And if you're kind of in a point of life where just focusing on sleep alone is enough, great. If you got a little bit more bandwidth, then you can focus on a couple of them. But the, the goal is the same whether you, you focus on one of them or all of them, is that we're looking to install routines that run automatically. So what is a routine that runs automatically? You can learn from it right now, is your toothbrushing habit, right? You brush your teeth on autopilot. You don't think about it. You wake up in the morning, you get up, and next thing you know, you're brushing your teeth. You didn't even think about it. You just did it, right? Um, the same thing probably happens at least when you go to bed. Um, right before you go to bed, you probably brush your teeth. Don't even think about it. Don't even remember it. You just do it. And it's pretty much just automatic. Okay. It's just a weaved into your routine. It's weaved into your patterns. And so now you don't need to think about it. You don't need to remember it. You don't need to talk yourself into it. It's just something you kind of do. It's almost like your body just does it. And in that sense, it's very similar. Um, when a routine really takes hold, it feels like a body thing, right? So make the difference, understand the difference between logically knowing something you should do and actually being able to do it. And you've all gone through this with riding a bike. At one point in your life, you didn't know how to ride a bike. You had a sense and an idea that it could be done. You saw people doing it, you saw they were moving their feet, but you didn't really understand how to do it. And you spent time interfacing with it, and now you have learned how to ride a bike. But it's really your body that learned how to ride the bike, right? Because there's a difference between someone telling you how you're going to do it, not being able to do it, and now you just know how to do it. And you probably couldn't really explain how you do it. You just Now all of a sudden you're just able to have your balance, you're able to keep up and all the rest of it. There's a lot of things like this. Reading and writing is another great example. Didn't know how to do it. Now you can't not do it. But when you do it, notice it's a body thing. It's like a muscle memory thing. You just know how to do it. So these are the types of routines we're looking to install into our body and our minds that lead us towards our goal weight. So again, we start with getting our sleep, um, the right amount, the right quality that sets us up for success. Hydrating our bodies so that we're well hydrated, so that we're able to manage our hunger, have clearer thinking, more energy, able to make better choices. Relaxation and breathing, so we're just more calm and grounded, present in the moment, connected to our goals in that state. Nourishing our body so that our cells are firing on all cylinders, they're getting what they truly need to thrive. Movement, moving our body so we're oxygenated, feeling strong, feeling flexible, feeling balanced, uh, meditation. So our mind's quiet and centered, uh, and then gratitude so that we emotionally feel good, you know, about the things we're doing, the life we're leading. So that becomes the lifestyle piece. And as we start to systematically weave, um, routines and daily and weekly habits around those things, it lifts us up. It brings us into a different version of ourself that is more energized, more clearheaded, more able to make better choices naturally. Okay? So that becomes those routines. And again, you don't have to do it all at once. And the way you achieve that's gonna be different than how I do it perhaps, right? So for me, you know, playing guitar, you know, checks a lot of those boxes off in terms of, you know, calm and relaxation and feeling good and all the rest of it. So for you, it might be doing art, it might be playing Solitaire, it could be whatever, right? Again, the goal is how can I have a routine that I can rely on daily or weekly to kind of nourish me in these subtle ways. And then we move into the eating routines, and it's the same type of mindset that we start to optimize our breakfast, our lunch, our dinners, our snacks. We start to optimize them so that our routines, the eating routines that we typically do on autopilot without thinking about it, we start to optimize, um, so that we can get to our goal weight and stay there, right? And the more you start to think in this way, I think the better, because you're going to start to realize your weight really is a reflection of your routines, your daily and weekly routines are creating your weight. And when you have tried to lose weight in the past with dieting, you haven't relied on your routines. You've relied on your willpower to just make the right choice in each and every moment. But that's not how your mind works. So again, as you start to fixate on routines and habits, um, and rituals of how you live, that's the road, um, that's the path to walk to really manage your weight. All right. And so if you want to go deeper into this way of thinking, click the link in my bio or go to programyourselfthin.com and go get the free hypnosis session I made for you. It is available and it is designed to help kickstart you on this path that I was just talking about because it talks about using the automatic parts of your mind and really being the person that you want to be starting today. Right. And go check that out. It's completely free. You can get that at programyourselfthin.com or my bio. If you are in Facebook or YouTube, I just put it in the comments. So go check that out. And, uh, yeah, if you have any questions, feel free to ask them. I am happy to see if I can answer them. I've been helping people manage their weight for over 20 years professionally. I've been obsessed with this personally for over 30 years, and, uh, this is what I do Monday through Fridays. I'm here usually around noon Eastern, a little late today, um, but here we are. Uh, Nith says, how do I keep myself motivated in losing weight? Okay, that's a great question, but we need to understand there's really two sides to that question. Because what a lot of people do is they'll say, how do I get myself to stay motivated losing weight using a diet? They never say that part because that's just assumed, right? So right off the bat, when we ask the question, how do I stay motivated to lose weight? What most people are doing is they're asking that question within their diet prison. Most of you are in a mental prison put there by the diet industry so that every time you think about weight loss, you think as a dieter. And so that question, I can almost guarantee, is how do I keep myself motivated to lose weight using diets? And then you put whatever diet you do in there, right? Whether it's keto or intermittent fasting or Weight Watchers, whatever it is you do, right? It's always some diet. And here's what the problem is, because really what you're saying— I'm just going to insert a diet here just so you can kind of get a sense of what I'm talking about, but you can apply this to any diet. So really the question of how do I keep myself motivated in losing weight Usually if we deep dive into that, is usually how do I keep myself motivated to lose weight using a really extreme diet that I have to start tomorrow doing perfectly and continue doing perfectly until I get to my goal weight. Now, all of a sudden, that question starts to take on a different tone because when we just say, how do I keep myself motivated? We really put the focus only on our willpower and this idea that we're going to be able to tap into some magical amount of willpower that's going to allow us to start a plan that's extreme to us and overwhelming. We're going to start it tomorrow perfectly, and we're going to follow it perfectly from that point on until we get to our goal weight. Well, when I say that part out loud, all of a sudden you start to get a much better sense of how much motivation it's actually going to take to do something really difficult and miserable and unpleasant, which is how most of you think about weight loss, because most of you think about weight loss as dieters. So you're not thinking, what's the easiest, most comfortable, and enjoyable way that I can manage my weight? You're asking, how can I lose weight as fast as possible? Which the answer is always the same— it's do the most extreme thing you can think of. So Nis is most likely asking that question deep down. Um, how can I— how do I keep myself motivated to do really extreme, overwhelming things that I don't like doing perfectly? I don't have an answer to that. I don't know. That's a very tall order. What I would rather do instead of just focusing on getting more motivated— and I think motivation is extremely important— but I think you're gonna get more benefit out of thinking about how it is exactly that you plan on losing weight. What exactly do you want motivation to do? If the motivation you're looking for is to never eat carbs again after tomorrow, then you're gonna need an ungodly amount of motivation that most humans are unable to generate or sustain. So I would suggest this is all of you, by the way, because every diet is extreme. Every diet's extreme in the sense that you're gonna start it tomorrow, 100% perfect, and you need to continue following it perfectly. That's where the extreme piece is, much more than the specific philosophy of the, the diet. Is that the way you approach it as a dieter is that you've got to be 100% perfect starting tomorrow. And that's terrifying. Again, think about the amount of motivation it takes to be perfect, 100% perfect. And on top of that, you've already proved to yourself from the past times you tried following these diets that it's— it never even works anyways. So now you're discouraged and don't believe in yourself on top of it. So I think it's the wrong question. And again, I think motivation is extremely important. But I think motivation's really only half the equation because the other half of the equation is what's your strategy? What's your plan? Because if you're expecting that you're just gonna be 100% on track, 100% focused, 100% in control, every choice you make from now until you get to your goal weight, I call bullshit. I don't even think that's an option. So I think we gotta start to think about how can I make my weight management system easier to follow. So that even when I'm not motivated, I'm still on track. And that's what I was just referring to a minute ago. You do that by focusing on your routines. You ritualize, you, um, I don't know if this is a word, but habitualize, should be. You habitualize your behavior so that the way that you naturally think, live, and eat becomes that of a thin, healthy person. So you're not micromanaging every little decision you make. You start to trust yourself. You know that your breakfast is locked in and that's what you're going to have. You know, for lunch, that's what you're going to do. And then you're just going to eat that way. You know, for dinner, you're going to have this and whatever. You know, this weekend you're going to go to a restaurant, eat a little more than you normally do on Monday nights. But that's okay too, because it's all balanced, right? Because again, most of you dieters make the, the plan is so extreme that the amount of motivation would take is almost supernatural. So that's my thoughts. Yeah, any questions are welcome. Kim says, it's like the life I lived as a little girl. Sure, what that was referring to a little bit ago, but, uh, what's up Jackie? How's it going? Jackie, like that. Astrid, how's it going? Astrid, as an NLP coach, I would like to compliment you on your professional work. Best regards, Astrid, a Dutch woman living in Norway. All right, well, thank you, Astrid. I appreciate that. Yes, I am an NLP trainer, so, uh, yes, I'm always using neurolinguistic programming, uh, strategies and techniques and philosophies and ideas, um, when I'm speaking. I use that in all my work. I am a certified master hypnotist, NLP trainer, yoga instructor, strategic coach, which is Tony Robbins. Um, so yeah, I'm obsessed with this stuff and I appreciate you mentioning that. Again, NLP, if you all don't know about it, I think is fascinating. Fascinating. It was, uh, kind of a— I don't even know what you would call it. It's— I think of it as my definition of NLP, Neuro Linguistic Programming, is it's the science of role modeling. It's kind of how I primarily think of it. And I think, boy, the things I've learned in NLP have been life-saving. Life-saving. So yes, keep up the good work, Astrid, out in Norway. Yeah, we get— it's funny. Yeah, we do this every day, so it's like, it's funny the people we get around the world. So Norway, we don't get a— I haven't seen a ton of Norway, although I had some great clients from Norway that I've gotten to work with. Yeah, smart, smart group out there. So yeah, I hope you're all having a nice time. Let's see, where are we even at here? All right, like, what is it, May 11th? I always like to go like see where I'm at in terms of like holidays because I've been doing this for a long time, right? I've been doing this for over 20 years and you start to notice patterns of when people seem to be most motivated and focused on their weight. And, uh, it's obviously starting to kick off now because it's now as it gets warmer, people are like, oh, beach season, bathing suit season. And then they start thinking about their weight and they usually get more motivated. You know, then in September, October actually is a big one too. A lot of people don't realize that. Um, those are some of my favorite people because a lot of times those are the people that don't follow the conventional wisdom of, you know, getting all hyped up on January 1st. They actually precede that. Um, and I like that, you know. I like my people that start on January 1st too. I, I, there's room for everyone. Um, but I especially like when people go through the holidays learning this stuff. It's one of my favorites. But yeah, so here we are again in America. We're probably about, what, 2, 3 weeks away from Memorial Day. And, you know, but again, you got to get out of that mindset because that's a trap in and of itself. Again, that's part of the diet mindset. You say, well, you know, oh, once Memorial Day gets here, oh, now I get my beach body, you know. And it's like these start-stops is what you have to get out of the mindset of. You can always start more. You can always get more focused, but you never want to stop, you know. So I say to you all, if you're, you know, because here we are on Monday, If you're, you know, in the headspace today that you're like, oh, this week's not the week, next, next Monday I'll start. You know, that's what you got to get rid of more than anything. That's like one of the main things you've got to change is do not wait until next Monday, make some changes now. And that's like, that's my favorite time for people is when they give up on the big dramatic thing they were going to do. And I'm able to kind of catch them and say, hey, well, why don't you just do something a little for the week? Right? Because people, dieters are all or nothing. And so if they're not going to do the whole crazy stressful plan, they almost see no point in doing it. Okay. But there's a huge point in doing it. If you were planning on starting your keto plan today and then you just woke up and you're like, I can't do it, do not wait a week until you try and do it again. Um, this week here, you know, focus on getting some sleep, eat a little bit more fruit. Uh, I know if you're keto, you probably don't want to eat fruit, but, uh, you know, eat some more good natural food. Uh, go for a walk, do something still. And if you can get that in your mindset, it is the real game changer. Because what dooms most dieters really is this all-or-nothing trap they find themselves in, because the nothing phases tend to way outpace the all phases. And mathematically, it doesn't really work out the way you would want it to. So it's more of a math issue than anything else. So avoid that all-or-nothing. Again, program yourself then we're all or something. And, um, it's so fundamental, but it's so beautiful because again, you'd have a week like this week and it doesn't mean— it doesn't mean you'd never— it doesn't mean you can't start even an intense plan if you want to. Go ahead. I have no problem with that. That's why in Program Yourself Thin, we're all or something. So you want to knock yourself out and do everything? Really? You're just— you got time, you got focus, you got motivation, you want to really, you know, hit it hard with certain things, you know, straight into ketosis. I'm really going to— fine, fine. That's what you want to do. Go ahead. What I'm here for is when you get tired of doing that or you feel like you can't do that, you know, that, that's what I'm talking about. Um, you know, you get 3 days into your keto plan and feel like you're about to kill someone. So, you know, you say, I'm not gonna do this. Great, don't do it, you know, but, but don't stop doing everything, you know. Take that focus and that goal of not eating any carbs and now take 30% of that energy and dedicate it to drinking some more water habitually. Get a little more sleep, eat a little more fruit, or whatever you consider to be healthy. More beef jerky. So Stars to Bright says, hello, I've been going to weight loss clinic for 2 years. They're pushing for bariatric surgery. Um, yeah, I mean, you know, uh, that's what the medical establishment does. They, they can't push these bariatric surgeries enough. Um, and that's where they make their money. I mean, it's a business. I hate to say it, you know, doctors I love doctors for what they're good at. You know, weight loss is not one of them. Unfortunately, you really have to separate weight loss from doctors. The doctors don't know much about weight loss, even the experts, because the experts— doctor— weight loss doctors know about bariatric surgery. And, you know, and listen, bariatric surgery statistically is the most effective um, you know, uh, path for managing weight in the traditional form, statistically. However, the thing that no one ever talks about the bariatric surgery is— I would say, my opinion is I think that the mental health support piece of it is woefully inadequate. And that's based on— I've worked with a lot of people that have gotten bariatric surgeries and I just think no one ever deals with the mindset, you know. And even bariatric surgery centers a lot of times don't have really very good mindset support. So, um, I don't know, the bariatric surgery— and that's the other thing too, because these, these are companies and they're going to sell you stuff, and so they make it look really good. And, um, boy, that bariatric surgery, it's, it's a, it's a sacrifice. It's, it's not an easy thing. It's not an easy thing to live with. I'm not saying don't do it, you know, because I think it's, it's the right answer for, for some people for sure. Um, but it's not like this magical cure-all. It's a lifetime commitment to live that lifestyle. And a lot of people that get bariatric surgery also put the weight back on. So again, while it is statistically one of the most effective, um, interventions, simultaneously a lot of people put the weight back on too. So it's not a guarantee, which I know a lot of people are kind of surprised by because you just assume, geez, yeah, how do you cut off two-thirds of a stomach and still overeat? Well, people figure out how to do it every day. So again, look at it with both eyes open. And I think, you know, once you get down that path, it just is a grease slide, right? Just because it's expensive and they make a lot of money off of it. It is effective in a relative way. Um, but the relative way I always think too is the bariatric surgery just— it forces you to make the changes that you're struggling to make now is a big part of it. So you still have to make changes, you know. If you get the bariatric surgery, you're going to change how you eat, right? At least for a little while. And, uh, so you're going to have to change regardless. And people do it because, again, they're committing and forcing themselves to change. But I always say, before you're going to do that, you might as well look at Program Yourself Then, because Program Yourself Then is all fixated on how to change your behavior. What makes it so different than most diets— diets without exception are always just telling you what to do. Here's your meal plan, see you later, go follow it. Here's your workout, go follow it, get out of here. You know, so you're given this thing, you're told what to do, but no one ever shows you how to get yourself to do it. And I think that's always the missing pieces with all these diets. You know, they got good ideas nutritionally. A lot of the nutritional philosophies behind them are sound. Um, but what always shows up as the missing piece in every diet out there is that there's no mindset support. How do you change your mindset? How to change how you think? How do you go from thinking like an overweight person to thinking like a thin, healthy, happy person? How do you do that? How do you change your eating behaviors so it feels comfortable? Because again, bariatric surgery doesn't guarantee that. Because I, I can't tell you the number of people I've worked with, they get the bariatric surgery and everyone pretty much without exception is going to lose weight initially because you can't eat much. But what happens to the people that put the weight back on is they learn how to overeat differently. So a lot of times what they'll do is they'll just overeat, because again, remember, right, when before you get the surgery, you can eat this much food is overeating, right? Well, you get the surgery and then this much food's overeating, but they just overeat all day long, just constantly, grazingly overeating. That's how they do it, because deep down they never dealt with the emotional eating issues. They never met with the emotional issues. They never dealt with whatever may have been part of the problem before. So again, for some people, it absolutely forces them to, to live the right way, and they're able to maintain that. But for a lot of people, they're not able to maintain it as well because, again, their mindset is so kind of broken that even with the bariatric surgery, you know, they still get to the core of the problem. So that's just something to consider, you know. Um, Jen's Journey, how's it going from Honolulu, Hawaii? Nice. Honolulu sounds nice. Had a great client from Hawaii, how she's doing. Yeah, but I wish I was in Hawaii right now. I gotta say, no, I don't. I'm like where I'm at, it's pretty good. Um, Stars Are Bright, what are your thoughts on a gastric sleeve as a tool? Um, as a tool, it's a pretty intense tool. Sleeve's different. Gastric bypass has got a lot more effectiveness than the sleeve and the— or the band, either of them. I don't know. I mean, I like it. I, you know, everything's relative. So, so again, you know, I have to understand, like, I have my program, Program Yourself Thin, right? So obviously I'm biased right off the bat. But my other bias comes from the fact that every day I'm working with people that are getting results. With this natural approach. So obviously I believe in it a lot more than the average person because every day I'm seeing the, the evidence in front of my face that people that have struggled for 60 years with their weight can change. You can change, you change how you think, you change how you live, you can change how you eat in a comfortable, sustainable way. And if you can change how you think, live, and eat comfortably, guess what? You can change your weight. So You know, I'm always operating out of that perspective. So, um, again, gastric sleeve, you're going to deal with the same problems you're dealing with now, but, you know, basically the big difference is your commitment level is going to be a lot deeper, right? Because now it's physical, but you're still going to be dealing with the same mental and emotional things. I have a bunch of people that have gotten that that are in my program because they're not two separate things. You're getting a stomach sleeve and fixing your mindset. If you get a stomach sleeve, you're still gonna have to work on your mindset. If you want the results you're really imagining, that's the important thing, because they sell you a story that you're gonna get this surgery and then that's it. Of course, that's what everyone wants, right? Just gimme an injection, gimme a surgery, and I don't wanna think about it. I just wanna change. I think if you're gonna go about it that way, then you should stop listening to me immediately because this isn't gonna help you at all. But I'm of the mind that you need a holistic, comprehensive approach to master your weight. And I think part of that approach has gotta include managing your mindset. So it's more work, I guess, you know, than getting an injection or surgery, I guess, but not really, because folks, there's a lot of work on the other side of a gastric bypass. I'll tell you that. There's a lot of work on the other side of a gastric sleeve. Please don't let anyone fool you. I, I promise you, I've talked to a lot of people with these. It's a lot of work. You have to manage your eating. You have to think about it. You're still dealing with the emotional piece. It's the same thing. You're just— your commitment's at a higher level. Okay. Um, so, you know, even if you get a gastric sleeve, you're still— I think you want to get your mindset under, under control as well. And that's where a lot of programs really fail and, and just don't cover. So again, get in my world at least to get, get the hypnosis session. I said the hypnosis will help you if you decide to go on that path because it calms you down and relaxes you. That's what I mean. Like Again, you can go get a gastric sleeve and now your stomach's small, so you're full quicker, right? So in a way, that's what the gastric bypass is different because it reroutes your stomach, so it does affect your, your kind of gut signaling, your gut hormone, and all that stuff a bit more than just the sleeve does. Um, but again, at the end of the day, you're still dealing with a lot of the same stuff, especially with a sleeve. So part of making the sleeve work is going to be managing becoming more calm and relaxed and grounded. Because if you're just anxious and tense and you get a sleeve, you can still just overeat. That's what I'm trying to say. So again, at least get My World because it'll support— if you decide to go that path, it'll support you with that, um, journey. And then you may find that you want to give this a shot first and that the gastric sleeve, you may— may be unnecessary. And wouldn't you prefer that? You know, wouldn't we rather not have invasive procedures to manage our weight. And again, at the end of the day, you got to get this mindset piece down as well. You know, what's up, Sanjita? Sanjita says, hey Jim, trying to live my best life at my goal weight. A new me, a new body, a new way of thinking. 6 kilos down at 51 years, not to forget menopause. You are, you have always been a big part of my journey. Well, thank you, Sanjita. I'm just gonna take a screenshot of that because I, I, you can't get enough evidence. Um, again, you have to understand, for me my career, the 20 years professionally I've been working with weight, 90% of those clients are women in some phase of menopause. So the idea that menopause prevents weight loss, I just— that's not my reality. That's not the reality I've watched in front of my eyes for 20 years. And again, just one more time, Sanjeeva, just reinforcing that it may happen a little slower, right? Might be a little harder for whatever reason, might be a little different. I'll give you all that. But absolutely, there's no reason why menopause is going to prevent you from losing weight. I've never seen any, any evidence of that. It may slow it down, make it a little harder, whatever, maybe a little different, but doesn't stop it. Nothing I've ever seen. And so thank you for, Sanjita, for sharing that. Uh, Lois said, I knew yesterday wasn't going to be a clean day and that was okay. I still stayed fairly on track and worked a treat into the day, enjoyed visits with my kids and grandkids instead of overeating. Yeah, great job, Lois. And again, that's the all or something mentality. I used the all or something mentality yesterday. I was in a very stressful situation, um, that I was dealing with, and I made a bunch of cookies. And, uh, yeah, but I didn't— again, I no longer— it's not, it's not all or nothing anymore. So it wasn't my cleanest day, but it also wasn't like, you know, I'm not way off track either, you know. Degrees. Yeah, I said she worked on her water intake. Yeah, Mindset P is the best thing I did for myself. Yes, again, Lois is invested in the program and, um, following that. Yeah, Lois says I've maintained my weight for the last 2 months, up and down 1 to 2 pounds. I'll slowly start losing again soon. Great attitude, Lois. Yeah, exactly. And again, weight loss is just typically runs a little different than we tend to think of it, which is why I always mention that people ought to weigh themselves more just to understand how weight works in their body. Most people don't really know. They don't really know how their body, um, changes with it. Uh, Moira said, my daughter had a gastric sleeve and still managed to gain weight after the initial loss. Yes, Moira, I'm sorry to hear that because I know again the gastric sleeve, it is still surgery and still is— it's a lot. And it's not unusual. Again, it's not unusual for people to lose weight either, okay? People do, do lose weight, um, And a percentage of them do, but a lot of people don't. And I don't think people really think about that. And it just highlights the idea that you need to have a comprehensive, holistic strategy. You can't just, um, I don't know, even with the GLP-1s, you know, it's the same thing. It's not a magic formula. There's no magic formula. So to me, it's like, just stop trying to find shortcuts and just do the work. That's the best path forward, in my opinion. But yeah, if you have any questions, feel free to ask. So everybody follows up, says losing weight doesn't feel— oh shit, I'm gonna find that comment again in a minute. Um, yeah, losing weight doesn't feel like a priority for me, but for health and society it seems to be best. Well, you know, I mean, if, if losing weight is not a priority for you Yeah, I don't know if I get the sleeve because it's going to become an instant priority for you. Do you understand? Like, if you get the sleeve or a bypass, um, it's going to instantly become a priority for you because you're going to have to instantly change how you eat. And changing how you eat is a big deal. So you might want to rethink that, you know. If you don't— if you don't really feel motivated, it doesn't really feel like a priority, then put it in its proper place and focus on other things. That's what I would say. Regina says my PCP and OG by— byn are both overweight. Ironic. Um, it's, it's really not ironic. It's not ironic. You, you all need to get that out of your head. There's a difference between like being really sick and being healthy, okay? So yeah, like your doctors, your doctors, you don't expect them to be really sick. Because they have access to acute— you would like to think, right? That's what doctors mostly are in the— they're in the business of dealing with acute, acute medical issues. Break an arm, you know, you get some disease, you know, you have an acute issue that's affecting you right now. Chronic things, you know, at best they're managing them. Typically you all have done this. I mean, you all live in the same healthcare system I do, and if you've been overweight, you know, you've walked in there and at best the doctor is going to say you should think about losing weight. And then if you ask the— if you, if you dare ask how, you have never been met with anything valuable. You've been met with, oh, you know, with eat better. And they have no— they have nothing for you. Doctors have nothing for you when it comes to weight loss, unless you get lucky and you have one that's just genuinely interested in it. Then obviously, you know, what they say could be really relevant because they have a sense of how the body works. Okay. And if they have their own interest that they brought into it, then maybe there's some value there. But I'm telling you that the average doctor doesn't know anything more about health or like health. Again, there's a difference between being acutely sick and being genuinely healthy. And a lot of doctors really are not experts on health. They're certainly not experts on managing your weight, which is just one branch of health that they ain't good at. They're not good at a lot of areas of health. They're not there to make you as healthy as you can be. They're there to make sure you're not too sick. Does that make sense? They, they manage the symptoms, they treat the symptoms, they never go to the source of it. That's just not how our medical system works. So yeah, when you get overweight doctors or doctors that aren't healthy or doctors that don't know how to help you change your weight, don't be surprised. Let that be clarifying to you that you, you yourself need to take this upon yourself. You're all alone. No one is going to help you with your weight, and your weight's the most important thing in your life in the sense that it's probably the number one thing that dictates how long you're going to live and your quality of life while you're here. So, you know, you're on your own, I'm sorry to say, but I take the no bullshit oath when I get on here, and I, I've not seen any evidence there's anyone on your side advocating for your health. In this culture on a, on a programmatic high level, certainly governmental, medical. No one. You're on your own. You got to figure out what works for you. So I don't know, what are you going to do about that though? Most people just try— I don't know, they're just not really thinking about it because what are you doing? Just kind of— because you haven't really thought about it because you've been steeped in it. You've been steeped in diet culture your entire life. So when you think about weight loss, you think like a dieter. You can't help it. But dieting ain't helping you. Dieting isn't meant to help you. Dieting is just one more scam they're pulling over on us because diets— all the diets is just a branch of the food processing industry. All the big diets are owned by big food companies. Weight Watchers was owned by, uh, Heinz. Jenny Craig was owned by Nestlé. Atkins Food Products, owned by the same company owns Onions, Pretzels, and Cinnabon. SlimFast, owned by the same company as Ben Jerry's ice cream. So you're really going to trust them to teach you how to manage your weight, huh? So where do you turn? Where do you turn? Where did you learn how to manage your weight from? And very quickly, when you ask the question that way, you say, uh, no one. No one. No one's taught you how to manage your weight, not like an adult, because dieting's for, for kids. It's, it's childlike thinking. Dieting is childlike thinking, folks. It's believing in fairy tales. I mean, shit, while you're at it, go write a letter to Santa and ask him to bring you a new body for Christmas this year. Put your eggs in that basket. If— because if you're gonna believe in diets, why, why, why just go all the way to it? Just, just write a letter to Santa and ask him for a new body this, this, uh, Christmas. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but dieting doesn't work, you know. So it's like, I'm not going to respect something that doesn't work and something that misleads people and something that potentially could keep people stuck and, um, miserable their whole lives, potentially. But again, you— I'm not— is this true or not? I don't know. It's not for me to decide. You ask yourself though, who have you learned how to manage your weight from? Who's taught you how to manage your mindset? Who you've never even— look, let me just show you something just to kind of just really reinforce what I'm talking about, make— drive the point home. And Program Yourself Thin, we follow the goal weight pyramid, right? So we have a comprehensive holistic strategy for managing our weight that starts by managing our mindset. We break it down into categories, manage that, um, create a lifestyle and an eating plan specifically that works for us. And then on top of all this, this is what to do. We also learn how to get ourselves to do it by learning how to run our mind. So you can believe what you want about it. I don't, I don't care. I'm not trying to sell you the program. I'm just trying to point out what program have you ever followed that has that kind of comprehensiveness to it? And I bet you can't even name a program. I'm not even expecting to hear a, a name of a program because like 99% of these diets are just telling you what to do with the idea that you're just gonna be able to follow it. Isn't that the missing piece, folks? When you look at your own history, when you look at the history of every single person you've ever known who's wanted to lose weight, and it's been most of the people you know, don't you find it odd that not one of them, not you, have ever been shown how to run your mind more effectively? Do you really think the only thing between you and your goal weight, all of those people you know that struggle with their weight and their goal weight, the only thing between you all in your goal weight is the— is a diet plan is the right plan? How could that be? How could your mindset not be fundamental to your weight? Like, how— I don't, I don't even know how you could think about weight. I've been doing this so long, um, I've been doing this for over 30 years personally, so it's so hard for me to even imagine how you could think about your weight without considering your mindset. I, I don't even know how that's possible. But I say this to you again, not to make you feel bad, but to make you feel better. To point out that the reason you're struggling with your weight is not because there's something wrong with you. It's not because you don't have willpower. It's not because you can't get motivated. It's because you've never learned— you've never been shown how to manage your mindset. You've never been shown how to have a comprehensive, systematic approach to managing your weight in this environment. Because this environment's brand new, folks. We live in an alien environment we've never lived in in all of history. We ain't prepared for it out the box. Our evolution was evolved in a food-scarce environment. Now we wake up and are born into an environment where we're surrounded by an abundant— an abundance of hyperpalatable foods. And we're constantly being triggered and promoted through commercials nonstop to focus on those. So what do you have in your mind to deal with that reality? And so why would you not expect that you'd be struggling with your weight if you don't learn how to change your mindset? I don't know, something to think about. Pia says, you know, study about rats whose ventromedial thalamus was cut and they ate themselves to death. Um, yeah, yeah, I mean, that, you know, just that, that's just a deeper point of that, what we're up against, you know. A lot of people don't know this, but the food processing industry is really the cigarette industry, you know. R.J.R. Reynolds and Nabisco, you know, Nabisco that makes all the, the foods you like. R.J.R. Reynolds, the cigarette company, they're merged together. They're the same company. Did you know the parent company of General Foods and Kraft, two of the biggest food companies in the world, are owned by Philip Morris? So these foods that you're struggling with, they're literally created by chemists in labs to be as addictive as possible. So, you know, again, you're up against more than just, uh, you know, butter and sugar. They're using the deepest, most advanced science to get us to overeat on top of it. And you're all trying to fight that with diets, the same diets your mom tried 40 years ago. Um, I mean, though, tell me you're not doing— tell me you're not doing the same diet your mom did 40 years ago. Or some version. Come on, any email. I don't, I don't do it. She did Atkins. I do paleo. It's the same thing, you know what I mean? Like, and by the way, it's all the same thing anyways. It's the same approach. If your approach is that you're going to start on a Monday 100% perfect and you're going to maintain that to your goal weight, you've got no chance of success practically. Like, I mean, like, it's almost guaranteed failure. And that's what I mean. That's what your mom did, right? Oh, here's Monday, time to start eating grapefruits. Now here's Monday, time to start counting my points. Oh, here's Monday, time to not eat carbs. Okay, see how long that goes. And let's be honest, how long does it go for? A couple hours most of the time, a couple days sometimes, a couple of weeks once in a real long while, and a couple months once or twice in your life. And that's that. And you think that's the best there is? There's not. There's changing your mindset. There's living a new life. There's approaching this a completely different way. Fuck dieting. Okay. Fuck dieting. I hate it. And I don't care what the nutritional philosophy is. Fuck veganism. Fuck carnivore. If you're going to approach them like diets. So it has nothing to do with even the philosophy. It's the mindset and the approach. Because even if you're going to vegan, you're going to carnivore. You say, oh my, those are totally different, Jim. No, they're not. Because you're going to start them both 100% perfect on day one, trying to be perfect the whole time. That's the dieting mindset I'm talking about. So, um, Stars to Bright says, great topic. My doctor brought up perimenopause and menopause as a reason to get surgery. Yeah, because doctors just— they read the studies and they see like, you know, oh, menopause, women's weight goes up. Yeah, in America. Well, why doesn't that doctor go look at the, um, BMI chart for women in Japan? Are women in Japan different, like, biologically? Do they not have menopause in Japan? Because their BMI stays the same their whole lives. So how do we, how do we make sense of that? If menopause prevents weight loss and makes the weight, packs the weight on, then how would Japanese women maintain the same BMI all their whole lives? Kind of interesting. Your doctor has no idea about that. Probably doctors don't know anything about weight loss out the box. Again, I mean, they could be interested in, and then they know more than I do. No, they don't. But, but they would know more than the average doctor. But, but again, there's— these doctors exist within a— listen, I love doctors, please understand, and I love medicine, I love science, I love all these things. But I also am, you know, I'm an adult and I know how the world works, and I know that the world runs on money. And so I know it's a for-profit business. And so I know that it makes a lot more money to treat the symptoms than to give you the solution that deals with the source of it. And that's what we get. That's why you get— why— that's why your answers are, uh, gastric bypass or stomach sleeves, right? Or injections. That's why— that's why your, your answers— the top 3 answers you're going to get— you ask 1,000 people in America how to lose weight, you know the top 3 answers you're going to get? You already know them. Diet, injection, surgery. That's it. You're never even going to hear— now, again, you can believe this or don't, I don't care, but you're not even going to think— you're never going to hear, oh yeah, you need a comprehensive holistic approach where you change your mindset, lifestyle, and eating, um, into that of a thin, healthy person so you can not only get your goal, but you can live the rest of your life at your goal weight on near autopilot in the most easy, enjoyable, comfortable way possible. You never ever use that language. You never even heard that language. Don't you think that's trapping you to think about this in a certain way that clearly isn't working, considering 75% of the population's overweight or obese? 74%, exactly, 74%. So yeah, doctors— I love doctors, but they don't know anything about weight loss. What's up, Karen? How's it going? Went to grandson's track meet and could breathe walking up a hill thanks to weight loss. Nice job, Karen. Proud of you. Yeah, again, Karen's in the program. So again, that's the beauty, and that's part of why we do this, is we recognize the little things on top of it. See, just looking better is not enough, folks. I know you don't believe it, but I promise you. So, you know, we got to take into account the little things, and a lot of times it's, uh, it's walking upstairs at our grandkids, uh, you know, baseball game or something, or track meet. You know, that's awesome. Good for you, Karen. And that's why you do this, right? Rep says small changes in eating less with more whole foods, surprising that getting full happens faster. Yeah, agreed. Listen to that. That's, um, again, a lot of people don't think about that, and you're not going to hear that message. You don't hear the whole food diet as that's, that's the only diet there is, the whole food diet. That's it, simple, period. And you're not going to hear that because the food companies don't make their highest profits off of whole food diets. Whole food foods. So you're not going to hear that diet being pumped out to the masses. You're going to hear high protein because they make a shit ton of money off of protein, meat, or protein powders and products. You're not going to hear whole food diet. I— you let me know when you hear that. When everyone starts eating whole natural foods, let me know. So yeah, it's amazing because yeah, you feel fuller. That's the secret. So it's not so much of a fight. Pia says, if fat people have brain damage or lesions in ventromedial hypothalamus, um, I mean, no, I mean, there's no way that, that, that's the cause. I would doubt, um, that's what I would say. Says my mom was the, the AYD diet. I'm not sure what that one is. Zach and I used to sneak a square. Um, Peter says intermittent fasting. Um, yeah, I mean, intermittent fasting, I'm not against it. I just, again, we have to stop thinking in terms of like one solution. Like, like if you get one, um, if you get like, like, oh, if I just start doing it faster, my weight's gonna be under control. Oh, if I just stop eating carbs, my weight's under control. Oh, if I just start eating more protein, my weight's under control. No, it's just never that. It's just never one thing. That's like if I play guitar, it's like, oh, if I just learn chords, I'll, you know— no, there's more to it, you know. It's just there's more to it. So I like intermittent fasting as one tactic within a whole system. It's a piece, um, but I don't think in and of itself it's gonna be the whole thing. Because again, intermittent fasting, the biggest challenge you'll all have if you try and intermittent fast is your mindset. Right around 11 o'clock, you know. So again, I'm not against it. I, I use a version of it, and I hesitate to say that because I know it depends how strictly you are thinking in that mindset, but I usually stop eating 12 to 14 hours every day, and I love it. It feels amazing, and it's comfortable for me though, and I built up to it though, and I did it with different motivations than a lot of people do. So I think it's got value to it. I think the way you approach is really the secret, um, that dictates whether it's going to be valuable and work or not. Um, Mimi says, what do you think about post-Ozempic? Um, well, I don't know what post-Ozempic means exactly. I don't know if you mean like people that like took Ozempic and now they're off it, or— so I'm not sure exactly what that means. But I think about this all the time. I think about the GLP-1s constantly in a way that I think a lot of people don't. And the way I think about that is that Listen, what these GLP-1s do is they make you feel full, right? The GLP-1s make you feel full and they activate your aversion system. So they don't want you to feel nauseous, but they want to feel kind of right underneath it. So you're kind of nauseous, but you don't really feel it. So you're kind of right there. And so again, when you're losing weight, nothing else matters, right? When a person is losing weight, they don't give a shit what they're doing or what they're feeling. They're just so excited and happy that the scale's going down. That they're not thinking of. They're not thinking normal. They're high on their own supply. They're just, they're high on the weight loss. So they're not really a valid, a good person to listen to. They're in an altered state, if you will. And, um, what I think about a lot with GLP-1s, and this is central to Program Yourself Thin, because Program Yourself Thin, the goal is to say, how can I be the best version of myself possible? How can I live the most pleasurable, enjoyable life I possibly can? And a big part of that is eating the foods that you love. So in Program Yourself Thin, the meal plan that you figure out how to create for yourself, right? So I hesitate to use the word meal plan, but when you figure out how you're going to eat, the core of that process, the very first thing you do is saying, what is my favorite food in the world? Might be ice cream, pizza, cake, milkshakes, whatever. We make that the central part of the plan so that you know you can have that. It's always just a cheat day. No, it's not a cheat day because we frame it completely different. We don't use terms like cheat because we wouldn't have an adultery day. How does that feel? It's bad programming, but we make the pleasurable thing, the food that's the most pleasurable to you in your life, we make that the center of the program so that you know you're going to have that this week. I hear you say, oh, if I have that though, I'm going to eat everything. I'm not going to lose weight. Wrong. Wrong. You'd be surprised. When you approach your favorite food with a different mindset, how differently you can eat it. And so imagine, you know, managing your weight while getting to eat the foods you love the most and enjoying them more than you ever have. Because how could you ever enjoy any food more than when you eat it moderately at your goal weight? Think about your favorite food. How could the most enjoyment possible out of that food not be achieved at your goal weight when you eat it in a moderate, controlled way? So the big problem with GLP-1s is that you all have eaten when you're full or been presented with your favorite food after you're stuffed, or when you don't feel that good, when you're a little nauseous. That's not enjoyable. You're gonna enjoy that. So once the weight loss stops with the GLP-1s, where are we left? I think we're left in a place where Now all of a sudden you live a life where food is not part of the pleasure system. Now we're talking about something that's almost inhuman. Eating is one of the most fundamental things we do as humans. It's the most important thing we do day to day that's not automated, right after breathing. So like so much of our biochemistry and our neurology and our psychology and, and all of this stuff revolves around food. And so you're at your goal weight for 6 months or a year, and you're always kind of full, always a little bit right on the edge of not feeling like hungry because you just— eh, my stomach's a little off sort of thing, right? And now here comes your birthday, here comes a big trip you're going to take, some vacation you've been looking to forever, or your typical vacation and place you go to. And you think about the food piece of it and you just— I don't care. Is that the life you're going to want to lead? I don't know. I don't know, because I have the benefit of knowing that, um, the weight loss isn't enough. You know, there's a thing called hedonic adaptation. We adapt to whatever our reality is. And so, you know, you got a new car, it was your new car for a couple months, then just became your car. So the same thing happens with your weight. You know, you go to your weight and the diets are always selling it as this like miracle cure, but you'll, you'll get to your goal weight and you'll still have relationship issues, financial stresses, work issues, health issues, whatevers. Insecurities, the other things, you know. Not every— everything doesn't just go away and everything's a magical reality. If it was like that, folks, you wouldn't— you've all been at your goal weight before. If it was just so magically amazing, then why'd you put the weight on in the first place? So I think people need— emotionally, they're not thinking about this yet because they're just so excited they're losing weight, they don't give a shit. But where I'm at is with the GLP-1s is you are accepting a lower level of pleasure in your life. Yeah, your weight's gonna go down to where you want it to be, but imagine living a life where you never get to look forward, really look forward and excited about food. That's a life I, I love food. Like I really love food and I build my life around it in a very specific engineered way so I can live at my goal weight. But the GLP-1 steal that from you. Don't tell me they don't. I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it. Don't tell me. Oh, I love food as much as I ever did. No, you don't. If you love food as much as you ever did, you'd fucking eat the same amount you always did. You don't love food as much anymore because you feel full. We've all been full. How much do you want to eat your favorite food when you're full? You might still want to eat it, right? But you don't feel that drive. You don't feel that pressure. You're full. It's not as enjoyable when you eat your favorite food when you're full. So, you know, that's a, that's a choice you're making. No one's making that choice yet because they're not thinking about it, because people are excited they're losing weight. So I'm not trying to be negative, but I mean, that, that's what, that's where I think things are going to go with it more than anything, more than any physical issues, is what, that's what I say. Uh, what's up, Jane? Instead, I just found you on here now. I wonder why it took so long. I've been on Facebook for an hour. I don't know. Yeah, it's weird. Jane said, I'm not ready to quit trying, but I feel so discouraged sometimes. I ate poorly for 3 days in a row. Um, yeah, I get it, Jane. Um, I'm not ready to quit trying. You should look at that, right? You can be discouraged. Discouraged is going to go away, Jane. Discouragement always goes away, folks. That's what I'm trying to tell you all. See, like, again, when we think all or nothing, like a diet, or you hit the discouraged days and you feel like, what's the point? Because you think you always have to be perfect. For Jane, I tell you, yeah, you're discouraged. You had a tough couple days. I get it. Okay. But I also know now enough now, because you've been talking to me more, that I know the last 2 weeks you've had more healthy days than you've had as long as I've known you. So it's been months. Last week was the healthiest week you've had in the last few months. And then you had some off days. I get it. But you can't look, we can't measure every day, can't be like its own universe. Each day is just part of the whole, and we're going to have discouraging days, but you're going to come out of the discouraging days because our nervous system is always oscillating. We never get stuck in one emotion. So we get discouraged for a little bit, and then we start feeling hopeful. Then we're hopeful for a little bit, then we start feeling discouraged. You know, it's, it's always going to flip-flop. And so, you know, what really dict— and it's always going to feel that way, Jane, for the rest of your life, I promise you. I'm at my goal weight. I'm discouraged sometimes, and some days I'm really focused and motivated and on track. So it's just that way. There's no avoiding it if you're a human being, as far as I can tell. All right, John. I like John. John's saying, why haven't you been given a Nobel Prize for giving the world the PYT solution? Well, thank you, John. That's so funny that you say that. Um, I can't say I have any, any eyes on any Nobel Prizes or anything like that, but I am absolutely obsessed with giving the world a better and better solution. I'm working on it constantly. And, uh, I, I think that— I think, I think I'm on to something here. I genuinely do. I've blazed this own path myself, and I think I genuinely have landed on some really valuable things, you know. That's why I'm here every day letting you all know about it. So again, if you're not in my world, make sure you click the link in my bio and go get the free hypnosis session I give you, um, and get in my world. Let me, let me see, let me see if I can help you, you know. Helped a lot of people, you know. If you're tired of dieting, if you're frustrated with your weight, There might be a better way. There might be. But thanks for that. It's funny. I like that. Uh, Kay Grossa says, I eat emotional. I emotionally eat. My cat is passing and I ate so much candy yesterday but stopped and went for a short walk and told myself that isn't me anymore. Wow, great job. I think that's a win. I, I gotta tell you, when I, when I hear stuff like that, I'm more inspired than if you just had a perfect week. It's the ability to absorb mistakes, you know, back to Jane. It's the ability to absorb discouraging days. You know, because the value, Jane, of those 3 days in a row where you ate poorly is because, because you're thinking, you're measuring yourself, Jane, on a scale of I need to have perfect days. And so if I have 3 perfect days, then I feel great. If I had 3 bad days and I feel terrible about myself. Okay. But you got the wrong focus because you're looking at what you did on those days and then saying I'm good or bad because of that. I would look at those days and if I ate well, I would say, how do I feel? Oh, I feel really good physically, mentally, emotionally. If I had 3 days where I felt where I was off track with my eating, how do I feel? I feel like shit physically, mentally, emotionally. So that never goes away, Jane. Get discouraged or don't, it doesn't matter to me. Because what I want you to realize is that when you eat poorly, you're going to have down days. Every time you eat poorly, you're going to be followed by discouragement. Eating poorly, like, it's— eating poorly is like putting discouragement on layaway. Every time you start eating poorly, you know it— the consequence that's, that's waiting for you is discouragement. And so whether you're motivated or not, Jane, or whether you're discouraged or not, that's always the same. It's always gonna be the same. The only way you could possibly feel better, Jane, is to start eating better again. There's no escape from that truth and that reality, and it has nothing to do with your weight. It has to do with the fact that you're very, very aware now that when you eat well, you start to feel optimistic and hopeful and happy and brighter, and you sleep better and everything's better. And when you eat poorly, everything feels the opposite. It feels shittier and stressful and tension and down and all the rest of that. It's never gonna change because that's the truth we're all dealing with, folks. This has nothing to do with your weight and how you look. This has to do with your eating and how it makes you feel 5 seconds after you take the last bite. For the next 24 hours. You eat like shit, how do you feel? You feel down, you feel discouraged, frustrated. You eat well, you feel proud, happy, light. And that's never going to change, folks. That, that's a, that's a baseline core truth. So you can beat yourself, oh my God, why'd I do this? Why'd I do that? Why'd I do that? What's wrong with me? Do all that all you want, but you're distracting yourself from the core truth that you ate poorly for 3 days, and now here you are in an eating-poor hangover. It's like if I— oh, I ate, I ate for 3 straight, or I drank, drank alcohol for 3 straight days and now I feel hungover. Yeah, I know, that's what happens. That makes sense. He's like, I don't know why I keep doing this. I don't know why I try and stop drinking because every time I, I stop, I start drinking, I start to feel like shit. Yeah, well, that's why you don't want to drink so much. This is why we don't want to eat so shitty because it always makes us feel bad. Eating bad always— I've made that video. I put up last week, I think. But eating like shit makes you feel like shit. And there's just a baseline factoid of life. It's never— it's a law. It's a scientific law. There's no escape from it. Never do you eat like shit where you feel great. So you're just reinforcing that, Jane, and that truth is always going to be there. And the more you internalize that truth, the more you're going to change your behavior. And you, KG Roses, great job. I think that, you know, again, I, I have emotional days where I overeat and choose the wrong foods. I want you to understand that being at your goal weight doesn't mean you never make mistakes anymore. It means you continue to make mistakes, but you get back on track faster. You're more aware of when you're making the mistakes, why you're making mistakes, what's going on, and you use other strategies to kind of deal with it, like going for a walk. You know, doing things like that. So yeah, Healthy Body Massage says, I love soft-boiled eggs. I love hard-boiled eggs. And I know, like, it's funny, I remember I had a client, he, he hated hard-boiled eggs because he associated with strict diets, you know. And I'm sitting there listening to him like, I love hard-boiled eggs, because I made pressure around them, you know. This is funny. But yeah, we got to find what we like. I mean, um, Rab says depending on what the food is, sometimes it doesn't taste the same after a while. Well, that's true too. Food and flavor and taste is fascinating because it's like there's so much more to it than I think we, we tend to think of. Um, um, 14 says, what are your— what are your favorite low-cal snacks? I'm about to hit the gym and need energy. I mean, my favorite low-calorie snacks are whole natural foods, so I'm, I'm really partial to fruits, you know, apples, bananas, um, grapes, um, maybe some nuts, although you gotta be really careful with nuts. I suggest raw ones. I wouldn't eat, you know, fried nuts. Um, but I like to keep carrots, celery, you know, whole natural foods are always my first line of, of, of focus, you know, that I want to get in my body. Uh, Miss Ma says, do you have any thoughts on the Gabriel Method? Um, you know, I, I don't really— I know, I know John Gabriel. Like, I, I've been in this world for a while, you know what I mean? So I've definitely seen him around and and I know he's lost a lot of weight and I like him enough. I haven't really dived into his system though. I know he talks about like the fat triggers and I can't say that I disagree with any of those. So I think outta, outta all the things in the world, I would say John Gabriel, this is from a relatively limited perspective. I don't know, I haven't really deep dived into his program, but the things I've kind of seen, I like, I think it's a more holistic approach to managing things. And so, I would certainly just, just from what my perspective, that's a way better chance of success than just like Weight Watchers or just some diet you're going to try. You know, I think he's got more deeper holistic ideas that I think are more in line with how I think about things, you know? So, but I can't say, you know, again, I think, I think the psychology and the mindset piece is the most important. And again, I think that. He kind of nods at some of these things and it's not deep enough. I think ultimately your weight is really dictated by your mindset. And I think to change your mindset is the secret to changing your weight. And so to change your mindset, you need a really, a holistic, comprehensive, robust strategy and plan to do that. And I, and I don't really think he has that necessarily, you know, but I definitely think you would, you would not be harmed by looking into his method and, um, learning from it. You know, from what I've seen. Am I Greek? Yes, I am Greek. Um, Sanjita says, how often do you indulge, Jim? Um, I indulge, uh, I mean, I would say I indulge every weekend. Uh, you know, indulge is a relative term. Uh, sometimes more than others, and sometimes I get caught up in stuff, so it's hard to, to describe that. But in Program Yourself Thin, we have clean and pleasure days, and so my, my pleasure days are typically on the weekends. My clean days are during the week. So in general, I'm indulging less during the week and more on the weekends. In general, what's up? Um, Amir says, hey Jim, how do I manage the feeling of hating my body while I break out of the diet mindset? Yeah, the feeling of hating your body— a lot of your dieters think that. Why wouldn't you? Because dieting sets you up to fight against your body, right? You're fighting against your hunger, you're fighting against your cravings, you're fighting against your behaviors. And so it becomes this very adversarial relationship that most dieters have with their body. So I think one way around that, that I like to use, and there's a number of them, but one of my favorites is to focus on the functional aspects of your body. Cause I think a lot of the hate for the body that people feel really comes from an aesthetic viewpoint, right? So you hate your body cause you don't like how your arms look. You don't like how your stomach looks. You don't like how things look. Okay. But I, and I think the idea of like, oh, just love your body. I think that sounds great, but it's very hard to do. Right? Because if you've spent the last 30 years hating your body and someone says, oh no, you should love your body, but you think you can just love your body now? Probably not. Okay. Because you hate how it looks. So I think one way to kind of get around that is to love your body for what it does. I found this to be a pretty, pretty effective bridge to loving your body because you may not like how it looks and I'm not going to convince you otherwise. Um, but I think if you really do appreciate I appreciate my hands. I appreciate my hands. There's people who have hands. I'm glad I got my hands, my dexterity. I'm glad I can see. I'm glad that my legs work. I may not like the shape of them, but I'm glad my legs work and I can walk across the street. There's people who can't walk. I'm not going to take it for granted. I'm thankful for that. I'm thankful I can breathe clearly. My lungs work well. I'm glad that I, you know, can move. You know, there's people that they can't move. So you can take it to whatever level you want. But I think if you focus on functional, um, that's a genuine love you can feel for your body quickly because you genuinely will feel that, right? Because you, you know, there's people don't have that. And if you put yourself in that position, you would love all these things you take for granted. And so now all of a sudden we've skipped past how you look and we've gone into what your body can do for you. And that seems to be a better way to get to the feeling of love for your body. And then from there, you know, maybe you can start to develop some love for how you look as well. But that takes a little bit longer because your whole life you've been conditioned to hate how you look. And it's been a very, very deep, deep, deep conditioning. So again, I'd rather sidestep, you know, how do I make it? How do I get you to love how you look? I mean, well, how do I wipe out 50 years of conditioning? I can't just do that. Okay. But again, you will love how— what your body does for you, typically, you know, if you're able to kind of lead your mind that way. Yeah. Daisy says, I like that viewpoint. Yeah. Thank you, Daisy. Again, I've used that forever because again, you've all tried it. You've all tried loving your body. And it just— you feel like you're bullshitting yourself, right? But it's because you're trying to love how you look and you're just not going to override a whole lifetime of programming, which isn't to say you can't love how you look. Please understand, I'm just saying that's a deeper process that I can't just, you know, whip off some— some— it's a deeper process that takes longer and it's a more advanced process. But loving your body for functionality is typically a pretty quick process for people because you really do. Once you consider it, you know, you realize, oh my God, there's so much I take for granted. Which again is just one more nod to how we're programmed to fail. You know, it's just one more flavor of it, one more branch of it, is that we're all taught to hate our body, but we're really taught to hate how our body looks. You all love the fact that if your legs work, you can use them, and you're thankful for that. You think we can see— if you can see, you know, all the things that you take for granted, very quickly you can feel those. Um, Stangita says, also, how much protein should one take, Jim? What's your take on protein powder if you're vegetarian? I don't consider protein at all. It's impossible to have a protein deficiency unless you're consuming less than the recommended calories. So it's really not an issue. And I think on top of that, we're just living in this moment where protein is the it girl and protein solves every problem in society at this point. And that's bullshit. There's just a lot of money being made off of protein. I never think about protein. I get enough of it, you know, I feel fine. And yeah, I think it's a It's just, it's the flavor of the day. They'll be on to the next thing, you know, in 6 more months. So not a big fan of that. Um, and I think protein is important, by the way, okay? But, but again, it's not something you really have to worry about. Um, Kim says, how do you mentally deal with sadness when clothes you like are now too big or saggy skin that makes you sad? Yeah, that's a legitimate thing too, right? The weight loss, that's the other side of it. Then all of a sudden the clothes that you really like, they don't look as good because they look big. Um, yeah, and or you start getting saggier skin. That's a real thing you got to consider. Some people do. Okay. So the question becomes, you know, like, what are you doing this for? What are the reasons you're doing this for? And I think you need to get really clear on what your motivation is, Kimberly, because if it's just how you look— well, let's just go that way, right? If it's just how you look, maybe the clothes you have now look saggy or look, look kind of big. So maybe you just need to buy new clothes. And, you know, most of the time you're going to have clothes on. So it's like maybe your clothes look better on you. Maybe you like how you look at this weight in your new clothes that you bought for this new body. And there's always transitional discomfort, right? When we— all of a sudden the clothes aren't fitting us the way that we want them to. It's a transitional thing before we get the clothes that do fit. So, you know, take a step back, Kimberly, and see like, where are you aiming at this? Because ultimately, um, that's a decision sometimes people have to make. And I'd love to say everything just turns out the way you want, but sometimes people lose weight and there's, um, saggy skin, loose skin. And so, you know, instead of just avoiding that, I say aim at it. Well, so what are you going to do? I'm sorry this is the case for you if it's something you might have to deal with, but what are you going to do? Are you going to put weight on and be overweight so that your skin's not saggy, or are you going to have a lighter, healthier weight, um, where your skin's saggier? And again, I know I'm not trying to be, um, insensitive, but I say look at it and make the decision you want to make because that's what's at play here. And I think what happens sometimes is people start to feel bad about the skin, but if you take a step back, there's always a choice to be made. Either you have saggy skin or you have this, um, you have the saggy skin and a healthier body that looks better in the clothes you want to wear, or you have a heavier body that may not be healthier but the skin's tighter on that body. And, and those might be the imperfect options you have to choose from, but look at them honestly and choose which one's going to serve you best in your life. You know, um, Sue says, I feel like it's all about addiction. I mean, I think addiction's a component to this, but I, I think it goes even beyond that. Because even if you talk about addiction, I mean, addiction solutions, um, are robust solutions. I, I talk about this all the time, that dieting is kind of like the Just Say No. Remember Just Say No to drugs back in the '80s? Dieting is kind of like Just Say No to food. It's a very superficial, one-note response to a complex problem. But now if you approach, um, you know, addiction um, in any capacity, it's usually a much more robust solution available to you. There's no just say no centers where you just keep saying no, right? That doesn't work. So I think we can learn from other addictions, um, and how they treat them. And they treat them with a much more holistic, comprehensive solution than just say no. So even if you believe that, um, Jane says, mostly I'm just worried about my health. Um, I eat out a lot. My friends are all like to visit and have a meal. Um, yeah, I get it, Jane. But again, if you're worried about your health, then again, the discouragement— you know, there's really no room for the discouragement. I mean, you ate in ways you don't want to eat, and you just dust yourself off and get back on track. Because if you're, if you're still— and again, we never want to be worried. Worried's a real unhelpful emotion, right? So I would switch that around, Jane, and I would say, um, I'm focused on my health. Mostly I'm just— mostly I'm just focused on my health. I hate the word just anyways. I don't like that sentence in any way. Mostly I'm just worried about my health, I think, is a terrible sentence. I would much rather say things like, oh, I've had 3 days of eating like shit and I really don't like it because my health is really important to me and I'm really moving towards feeling healthier. I want to have more energy, I want to have more stamina, I want to feel better. And the last 3 days eating that way, I felt less of all that. And so I want to feel better. My health is so important to me that even though I had 3 days where I got off track, I want to get right back on track because I want my health to be better. It's so important to me. So I would reframe that, Jane. Um, Sue says, trying to find alternatives to my favorite high-fat foods. Um, yeah, that's a great— that's a great— that's a smart process, right? Finding alternatives to high-fat foods is a great strategy. Again, we call that replacement. Um, the 3 Rs of weight loss and program yourself then— reduce, reduce, replace, remove. And I think replace is probably my favorite. So I think that's a great strategy. Um, oh, there we go. Well, Lois, on the discouraged days, use your adult supportive voice. Yes, absolutely, Lois. Yeah, and I just used that voice with you, Jane. I just switched it right because I'm worried. I'm worried. I'm just worried about my health. Well, what's that mean? Who's saying that? I'm just worried about my health. What's that mean? Where are you saying that from, right? The adult encouraging voice says, no, you know what, that's not how I want to eat because my health is really important to me. I really want to be healthy. I want to be happy. I want to grow old strong and vibrant. And so those 3, those 3 days don't define me. That's not what I want to do. I want to feel amazing. I didn't feel amazing those days. I want to feel amazing. Yeah, so he says, exactly, thank you. We can't just say no or only have just a little piece and move on. Um, well, and hold on, I see, I see Louise. My weight is on the way down thanks to you. All right, Louise, thank you. That's what I'm here for. That's what I live for. That's my dopamine hits every time I get to hear people succeeding. So that's awesome. Good job, Louise. Um, yeah, but just back to Sue. Um, yeah, if, um, just one thing, we can't just say no or only have just a little piece and move on. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that exactly, but I do just want to make clear that I was talking about addiction things and what to learn from them. But one thing I think is different is that food is different than substances. So substances, abstinence is a great strategy With food, I've found abstinence not be a great strategy, and I think most people are way better at moderating than they realize. They're just not very practiced at it. So I just want to make that sure. Um, Mondo Sill says, hey, you really motivated me to start this time. Your videos are so great and so different. Love it. Well, thank you. I really appreciate that. That's what they're there for. So yeah, kick ass and make sure you get my world. Go click that link and get the hypnosis session. Watch the training I put together for you. Go check it out. Um, yep, Daisy said, I got rid of my big clothes and bought new ones. Yes, yes, it made me feel better to buy new clothes for my new body. I would agree, folks. That seems to be a pretty consistent pattern, that when you start losing weight, spend that little extra money. Even if you don't have much money, go find some cheap clothes. Get clothes that are your size, okay? It's a very powerful message to your subconscious mind when you do that. You feel better, you look better, it validates the, you know, what you did. It reinforces that this is who you are now. So yeah, agree with that. Yes, Jill says, especially when you're older, go for healthy. Yes, exactly. As you get older, the health should be more important anyways. Okay, so make it. Um, Jane says, good advice, Jim. Thank you, Jane. Uh, Karen says, I just started your program and feeling a bit lost somewhere. I saw a PDF of the program overview. Can you point me to it? Yeah, Karen. Um, so welcome to the program first of all. Um, nice job taking action. I'm glad you're here. And, um, don't worry about feeling lost. That, that happens, right? Anything new, program itself, it's a, it's a big— there's a lot there, right? I get that. So just relax. The PDF you're talking about, you can go to the members area and right next to home is Get Started. Click Get Started and that's where that PDF is and it'll take you through the whole program and all the links in it and everything else. If for whatever reason you can't find that, send— open a support ticket, right? You should see that all over the place in your stuff. Open a support ticket and ask and we can send you a direct link to it. And if you can't figure out how to open a support ticket, just email me at jim@programyourselfthin.com. And, um, and then remember, Karen, as well, that Tuesday, tomorrow, at 3 PM Eastern, we have a live Q&A. And so you can get on there and ask questions. Uh, you can email me ahead of time at jim@programyourselfthin.com and ask questions. I'll answer them on that call. Um, so you got the support you need, Karen. All right. So good job. 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