Program Yourself Thin Live 5-6-26

Hey everyone, welcome to today's program, Yourself Thin podcast. Today we're talking about starting your weight loss with your maintenance, focusing on your maintenance, because this is not as strange of an idea as it may sound, because I know a lot of dieters kind of expect that I'm going to lose the weight first and then I'm going to focus on maintaining it. And they put maintenance off into some distant future. But I think this is the wrong way to go about it, almost completely in reverse. And so in Program Yourself Thin, we really focus on maintenance right starting on day 1, because if you can't maintain, then what's the point of any of this? What's the point of killing yourself to lose a bunch of weight if you can't keep it off? There's almost nothing more devastating than when you lose the weight and then put it back on. So what I'm talking about here really is a philosophical concept that makes so much sense and really explains why you've gotten the results you've gotten, because you treat maintenance as an afterthought. And the truth is you almost never get to your goal weight when you attempt to anyways. So this idea of treating maintenance as something you'll deal with once you get to your goal weight, I think, is a crucial problem for a lot of people. So the alternative is to start with your maintenance plan. Well, what does that look like? Again, it starts philosophically first with this idea that I'm not going to do anything to lose weight that I'm not able to maintain. If it's something that's really extreme and difficult for me that I'm struggling with, that I'm white-knuckling, that's overwhelming to me, I'm not going to do it because I can't maintain it. And if I'm struggling to maintain it on day 1, week 1, how am I going to feel week 4, week 8, week 12? You're not just magically going to be able to handle it. I mean, sure, you know, you get used to handling some new things a little better, but if you're completely overwhelmed, that's not something you're going to adjust to. So again, we take this philosophically right from the beginning that I'm not going to do anything that I can't continue into the future. Now, again, sometimes you're going to start something that's going to feel a little challenging. It's going to get easier. But what we're looking to do is to manage it. Now, you already do this with most things. Most things that you were going to take on, what you do is you break them into smaller chunks so you don't overwhelm yourself. And in essence, that's the same kind of approach. So this isn't some crazy thing. This is how you approach almost everything in your life. You break it into smaller parts and work on what you can handle. It's really almost only one of the few things in life, weight loss, where you think you're just going to change absolutely everything because it's Monday. And that is overwhelming. To change everything all at once is overwhelming. To try and learn something all at once is overwhelming. So again, we break it into smaller pieces so you don't get overwhelmed. And so this goes right into the concept, though, of maintaining. See, most people think they're going to maintain once they get to their goal weight, but they don't consider how do I maintain from day 1 to day 2? How dare you go right to the goal weight piece? We've got to get past the first day, the first week, the first month first. And you never reflect on this. You never consider this. You wonder why you can't stick to a plan and you never wonder how you can create a plan that's easier to stick to. Because I would suggest that the plan you're trying to follow is about as extreme and overwhelming as it can possibly be. Your weight loss plans have been about as difficult as they can possibly be. They are a level 10 of difficulty and expect perfection, and any little slip-up feels catastrophic. So that way of approaching it, I think, is the opposite of having a maintenance-first focus. So when you start to reflect on this approach in your past, I think you'll start to be able to point to it and say that, yeah, you know, that makes a lot of sense. What I've tried to do to lose weight has been overwhelming to me. No wonder I haven't been able to stick to it. Not because I'm a bad person, not because I have no willpower. It's because I'm trying to do everything all at once. And so that goes to the complete opposite when it comes to Program Yourself things. We start with maintenance, we build up. Our skills and strategies, just like you did when you learned to write and read, right? Especially writing though. You didn't start by writing paragraphs. You started by writing letters, shapes, then words, then sentences, then paragraphs. And that makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Because it wasn't overwhelming. It met you where you were at and you kept developing your skills and building on top of the previous skills that you developed. So why can't it be the same with your weight? Why can't you comfortably, systematically, strategically start breaking up the process into comfortable chunks and working on those? So it's not overwhelming so that it is easier to maintain. And imagine if you started a plan with a belief in your mind that you knew you'd be doing it a year from now. You knew you'd be doing it 4 years from now. For those of you who've gone to college, you know what that feels like. You made a 4-year commitment. You didn't try and learn everything you're going to learn in college in the first month, first semester. You spaced it out over time. And that was what allowed you to maintain, to get through the 4 years. But then compare that approach to how you've approached your weight loss and you see a complete opposite approach where you try and do everything all at once, as quick as you can, burn yourself out and quit. And you've probably repeated that cycle tens, if not hundreds of times in your life. So again, this idea of maintenance really is a philosophical concept. It's pretty easy to implement. It's not that hard. All you have to do is say, okay, what do I want to do to lose weight here? Oh, I'm going to get rid of all the carbs in my diet. Ooh, that's a lot. That's a lot. Maybe I'll start with a day. Maybe I'll practice a day where I get rid of the carbs. But I know that makes you think that keto is not going to work, which that's revealing in itself. But again, if you start to use this kind of litmus test with what you're going to do, you're going to save yourself a lot of time, effort, and disappointment. Okay, so start to make your weight loss decisions with maintenance focused first so that everything you're doing is in your mind something that you're going to be able to sustain. And I can't even explain to you how powerful it is when your mindset starts to become one where it expects and anticipates that you're going to stick to it, that you can stick to it. It is a completely different mindset than most dieters have ever experienced in their lives, and it's crucial to get the results that you want. So I hope this helps you out. And if you want to go deeper into this way of thinking and approaching your weight, please click the link in my bio to get the free hypnosis session I made for you. It's called The New Thin Me. It is a kickstart hypnosis session that is completely free. Go check it out. It's designed to kind of clarify what your goal is and help you connect to it. And I give you a bunch of other free stuff as well. But go check it out. You can click the link in my bio or go to programyourselfthin.com. If you are in Facebook or YouTube, I will put the link in the chat. If you're on TikTok, you can just click the picture of me on the top left and go get that. Again, it takes 2 seconds, and I give you— I don't know, as far as I know, I give you more free stuff than anyone I've ever seen to help you manage your weight. I give you a bunch of stuff, so go check it out. You got nothing to lose here. Um, it could be the secret weapon that you've been waiting for. It could be that the thing you've been waiting for this whole time was not a diet, but a new way to think about weight loss and approach it. Uh, what's up, Marta? Marta says, I have, uh, another dinner plans today, more business with my husband's business partners, going to good restaurant, but feeling tired being busy at work. Again, it's not about food. I'm just not looking forward to another possible boring evening, especially when I feel very tired. I'm working on a plan and hoping it goes well. Great job, Marta. That's exactly where you want to be, right? We work on a plan. We hope it goes well. It does what it does. We redo, rehearse it, learn, grow, go to bed better tonight than we woke up in the morning. That, that is Program Yourself Then in a nutshell. We're always getting better. And, you know, I didn't mention this with the maintenance piece of things, but another component to the kind of maintenance focus first approach is that with Program Yourself Then, we're looking to get 1% better every day. So 1% better every day as opposed to dieting, which dieting is supposed to be all about 100% better in one day. Right. And then so you're supposed to go from here, 100% better. I'm perfect now. And now I'm going to stay perfect. This fairy tale we tell ourselves, this fairy tale that the diet industry has conditioned us to believe that we can just be perfect. Why? Because tomorrow's Monday. Why? Because it's a new year. What the hell? Why would we just be able to all of a sudden wake up tomorrow a different version of ourselves? I mean, I know I know that's what we all want. I, I don't— I'm not questioning that part. I'm questioning the part where you believe that's possible. What in your life, wherever, have you just found the ability to just wake up one morning being a totally different version of yourself in such a fundamental way too? Remember, on top of that, you know, like, you're eating. Your whole life revolves around eating because you're a human being. All humans' lives revolve around eating. We've evolved over millions of years to be fixated and focused on eating because we need to eat every day to thrive and survive. So this idea that you're going to completely change such a fundamental aspect of your personality and nature because you woke up on a Monday and you said you were, I can see the appeal of if that was possible. But again, I challenge you, where in your life have you ever seen it possible? You can just wake up a different version of yourself. And that's who you are. How does someone who struggled making good food choices for 40 years believe that they're going to wake up tomorrow because it's Monday and they're going to make perfect food choices from then on? And on top of that, you've tried this 50 times before. You've got decades of experience. You've struggled with food. You've tried to clean it all up in one day, 50 times. It hasn't worked. Why would you believe it's going to work the 51st time? I'm not trying to be negative here, by the way. I am here every day to articulate a different solution and approach, but I'm asking you dieters. I mean, the first step to mastering your weight is to cut the shit, to look in the mirror metaphorically and look at what you're doing to try and manage your weight. It's a horseshit strategy that was given to you by the diet industry. The diet industry is not there to help you lose weight. The diet industry is there to keep you overweight. Dieting industry is just a branch of the food processing industry. So I ask you again, take a step back. Why do you think you can just change everything about your eating, um, personality in a day? What evidence do you have that that is a good strategy? Are you feeling uncomfortable with that question? Good. I'd rather you feel uncomfortable with it now and make a change than to live in this fairy tale for the rest of your life, overweight and unhappy. Um, so nice job, Marta. Marta says, I got the Blueprint book. Thank you for the personal signature. Yes, you're welcome, Marta. Yes, just shipped out a bunch extra blueprints today for a bunch of people that got the special offer last week. Those are in the mail. Um, some of you though are in Australia. It's going to take a little while to get there. Oh my God, it said 1 to 4 weeks. Canada is another one too. They're a little slow with the delivery, but a little faster than Australia. Of course, it's further away. Paula says, what are your thoughts on fasting? Well, I'm going to assume that that's a question, what are your thoughts on fasting for weight loss? Because, you know, there's fasting for other reasons and obviously I'm not going to speak to those, but fasting for weight loss, I'm not a huge fan of. For most people, I have found fasting for weight loss for most people is very difficult. It's very extreme. It's very disruptive. To their life, and those things lead to it not being very long-lasting for most people. So I find fasting, um, I find most people overdo it, stress themselves out, stop doing it, and go back to what they always did. That's the majority of people that try fasting. That being said, I do a version of intermittent fasting, and I say that with this face on my face because I know the intermittent fasters are always busting my chops because I usually stop eating around 6, 7 o'clock at night and I'll eat the next day, 7, 8 o'clock. So I usually have a 12 to 14 hour, 13 to 14 hour window pretty much every day where I don't eat. Now, I started doing this 30 years ago. I call it nighttime fasting. It's not intermittent fasting. I didn't know about intermittent fasting then, so I don't have to play by their rules of, you know, this magical 16 hours, which is bullshit. There's nothing magic that happens to you when you hit 16 hours of fasting. That's bullshit. What, what, what usually happens to people trying to hit 16 hours is they are really hungry and grumpy and then they start overeating. So, you know, hey, listen, if you fast and you absolutely love it and you're thriving, you look forward to your fasting times and you love it and you're getting great results, then, then keep doing it. Again, the golden rule of Program Yourself Thin is that there is no right or wrong. There's only what works for you. So if you love fasting and it's working for you, great. But if you have tried fasting a number of times and you find it to be unpleasant and difficult and disruptive, then you do not have to fast to lose weight. You need to find what works for you. And I think fasting for a lot of people, they overdo it. So again, what I would suggest if you're struggling with fasting is to break the window down. Jesus, you do not need to start with 16 hours. It, it's too much for most people. Start with, again, do you start with where you're at, right? So if you usually, you know, you just don't eat when you're asleep in 8 hours, let's say, okay, well let's, let's boost it to 10, get comfortable there, boost it to 12, get comfortable there. You wanna go higher, knock yourself out. So I, I would like a little bit more flexibility with how people thought about fasting. I think again, for me, creating that nighttime fasting ritual for myself was, was one of the most profound things I did. So on the other hand, now too, I think giving your body a break from eating and digesting is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. We overeat in this culture. We eat too frequently. Our body is constantly digesting, and digestion is an enormous use of energy. So I love the idea of giving your body a break from digesting food and eating. Um, but I think the way most people approach it with intermittent fasting stuff is it's just too much too soon. And they stress themselves out. And when you're stressed out, it's very unlikely you're going to stick with it very long. So that's kind of my thoughts on that. Uh, Lois says, we didn't wake up overnight fat. If it happened over time, it happened over time. Yeah, yeah, of course, exactly. Um, the patience we need, you know, a lot of times people don't really, you know, bring that into the equation. And just because you may be impatient isn't really like, like, it's not a big deal. Um, but it's something, you know, you got to keep an eye on because, yeah, this didn't happen overnight and it's not fixed overnight. So, uh, Marta says, I felt great fasting after 24 hours, surge of energy. Most I have done was 72-hour water fast. Refueling was not so great, even done the right way. It felt awful to eat again. Um, yeah, well, there you go, Marta. That's what I mean. It's figuring out what works for you. You know, I felt great after fasting 24 hours, surge of energy. Great. I mean, if you love doing 24-hour fasts, then knock yourself out. I personally, my experience with fasting, and I played around with that a while ago, I always found it extremely stressful. I didn't look forward to it while it was happening. I felt crappy. And then afterwards, I was obsessed with food for a while, like weeks usually. So I'm not a big fan of it, but that's how I reacted to it. But again, the real test, Marta, because I always hear people say, oh, I feel great when I fast. Oh, I feel great. Okay, then fast all the time. Do you want to fast or do you find yourself avoiding it? I don't know how often you do a 24-hour fast, Marta, but it's, you know, if you're doing it once a week and it's easy for you and you love it, then great. If you find yourself wanting to do a 24-hour fast because I feel so amazing, but you never actually do it, I would take that as evidence that you may not love it as much as you think. It may not be as great as you think it is. And it's unnecessary, in my opinion. I know for a fact no one needs to fast to lose weight. Okay, there's a million ways to lose weight. You don't need to do anything to lose weight. Um, I mean, you do something, but you don't need to do— there's not one thing you have to do to lose weight. There is no one thing. There's only what works for us, right? Um, yeah, Marta says, I like to fast, but like you, for days I overeat. Yeah, exactly. And that's a legit response. I mean, fasting is— let's take it to an extreme, right? They did the Danish, um, uh, the Danish starvation experiment. It's fat— this is so fascinating if you've never heard this, and I think this really reinforces the point I'm making, that, uh, they— so there was this population, they've been starved, and they actually found that the next generation of these people that went through the starvation episode, um, the next generation had higher rates of obesity And so it literally seems the theory is that because they experienced starvation in such an intense way, it literally changed their genetic structure. You know, there's a thing called epigenetics. So we've got our DNA, which is kind of hardwired, but we also have epigenetic factors which can flip and change depending on situations. And a starvation experience is one of those types of situations that flips a lot of genetical switches. Um, and so. It, it literally got passed on to the next generation where that, that experience seemed to trigger overeating in the next generation. So again, this idea that you're gonna restrict food severely. Now again, severe is a relative term. It's different for each person. People experience severe restriction differently, right? So for some people going 16 hours feels like a really long stressful time. Some people will go 24, 36, or longer. Again, I'm— whatever you want to do, but notice the aftereffect. Don't just look at the weight loss that day that you achieve or that week. You've got to look at the big picture. You got to look at the, the outsides. I always say, like, most dieters bookend their diets with binging. You ever notice that, right? You binge the weekend before to get it out of your system, and then you eat perfect or diet or whatever you do. And then by the time you stop, you tend to bookend it with another binge, whatever you've been restricting. So, you know, in that, if you look at fasting that way, I think it reveals a more full story of what the fasting is doing for you. And so for me, I found it literally programmed me to obsess on food. That's what happened when I fasted. Every experience got me more and more fixated on food. And on top of that, I didn't fixate on healthy food. I fixate on high calorie, hyperpalatable, super addictive food when I fasted. So again, if you're not like that, then, then ignore what I'm saying. But if you are like that, you're not alone. You're not weird. You're not broken. You're not being lazy. You're not making excuses. That's a real consequence of fasting is that yes, you're going to get fixated on food. That's what happens. You know, most of your neurology, most of your senses are geared towards eating, folks. Eating is the most important thing we do in our lives. Literally. Yeah, we got to get shelter, but that's a one-time thing typically, or it's an occasional thing at most. Yeah, we make babies, but again, occasional. We have to eat every single day of our lives. It's the number one thing that's impacting our survival. So we have evolved that as soon as you aren't getting enough food, your senses start operating at a different level. I'll give you an example. Fast for 24 hours and all of a sudden you can hear bags of chips being opened up, uh, you know, across the other side of the house. You can smell, you know, someone, uh, you know, making some hot dogs, you know, 10 houses down. Do you see what I'm saying? Like, like, your senses start to work against you because they get, they get fixated on food. You start to hyperfocus on food when you're really hungry, and the hungrier you get, the more you hyperfocus on food. Yeah, I know you have some windows where all of a sudden, you know, it fades a little bit, but then it comes back again intensely. Come on, folks. If you fasted, you know what I'm talking about. So to me, the fasting window, I look at it as a programming exercise to get you fixated on food. But if that ain't your experience, then more power to you. But that's my experience. And I've found a lot of people when I mention it that way, they're like, oh, now that you mention it, yeah, that's kind of what I experienced. And if that's what you experienced, then regardless of what weight you might lose during the fast, the long-term negative consequences will usually way outweigh that. So be careful of it. But yeah, if you have any questions, feel free to ask them. Any questions are welcome. I have really at this point helped people with every single weight loss plan out there that I— I mean, not every single plan. Obviously there's a lot of plans, so I can't say that I've helped people with every plan, but certainly the main ones and a lot of kind of obscure random ones. But Uh, one thing I think I can bring to you is a slightly different perspective than you normally get, uh, when it comes to your weight. And that's what I kind of pride myself on, and that's why I'm here every day, just to give you a different perspective, um, on this, you know. Paul says, how do I get the Blueprint book? Um, the Blueprint book is only for, uh, Program Yourself Thin customers. Um, this is the Blueprint. Let me flip this mirror around. So this one is only available for people in the program. Um, and I will say, I said this yesterday, if you're in the program and want a physical version of this book, um, go into the Circle app and go order it because it's going to go up in price next week. I just want you to know that, um, everyone in the program gets a PDF version, so you get a digital version. But if you want the, the physical version, it's literally— buying this book right now is cheaper than going to Staples and printing it. Someone told me that it's $4 cheaper than getting it printed at Staples. And of course you don't get the high quality, you you know, this is a high-quality book, to be honest. Um, thick, you know, high-quality printing, pictures. And I don't know if you can see those in there, some full-color pictures. You're seeing mostly— there we go, there's one. Anyways, so yeah, for that, that's for people in the program. But if you want a book, boopity boop, this book is available. Excuse me. Jesus Louise, this is my book. This book is available. So I will be getting ready to start working on a new book. I can't wait. Can't wait. Can't wait. Can't wait. I'm finishing up a presentation. I've just redone a presentation that's going to knock your socks off. I'm hoping to have that next week, um, available. I could have it next week, the end of next week, that's for sure. But I, I think it's possible, and I'm really hoping that's going to happen. So I really am excited for all of you to see that. Again, if you're in the program, I— it'll be more of a a summary. It's stuff you already know. But if you're not in the program, or if you haven't watched the other training, this thing is a scorcher. I cannot wait to get this thing out into the world. Uh, then I start recording the book, the audio version of the book, and then it's on to the next book. Um, yeah, Marta says, I have awful cravings after a fast. Yeah, so did I. So that's why I stopped fasting. I didn't like it and I didn't think the effects were very good. Ultimately, I don't— again, I don't care about short-term weight loss. I care about long-term weight control. I'm not going to let short-term results dictate what I'm going to do. I'm looking at the big picture, folks. I suggest you do the same thing, which isn't easy to do because the diet industry's conditioned us to look at the short term our whole lives. So again, no judgment here, but we've got to recognize the dieting programming we've received and work to change it, I think. Aria says, do you think anyone can be skinny? Well, the word skinny, hmm. I use the word thin, and the specific word of what I mean when I say thin is living at your goal weight. So it's a relative term. Okay. So I believe the word thin means living at your goal weight, and I believe the word goal weight means living at the weight that gives you the highest quality of life. So it's not a number that's based on like a BMI chart or what Cosmopolitan says is skinny or whatever. So I think skinny is being a different thing. And I think that being more like a specific type of weight for your size, more BMI charty sort of thing. So what I'm talking about is completely different. I'm talking about thin as a catch-all word for being at your goal weight. And so do I think anyone can be at their goal weight? Yeah, absolutely. Now I'm using a little bit of trickery there because that goal weight can change, you know? So I, um, I dropped over 50 pounds 30 years ago. I've maintained that weight loss for 30 years. But I did have a blip about 14 years ago, stressful time of life, a new baby, moved into a new home, redid the whole thing, running a business. Just life was crazy. And so in that situation, I put 25 pounds on. Now, in that situation, realizing that it was a lot was being asked of me, it was a stressful time of life. I actually increased my goal weight by 10 pounds because living at that lower goal weight in that context was— it was a lot of work and effort I didn't really want to put in. It wasn't. It wasn't improving. The 10 pounds lighter wasn't improving my quality of life as much as raising my goal weight 10 pounds was in that scenario. Now, I've since— life's gone back to normal. My weight's, you know, gone back to that original one. But if it hadn't, that would have been fine too. It's my decision, folks. It's your decision. And this just brings up another whole point, and this is something else I give you. So if you haven't gotten the hypnosis session I give you, go get it. Again, you just click the link in my bio or go to programyourselfthin.com. Um, but one of the things I give my email list all the time is a goal weight quiz, how to find the right goal weight for you. Because looking at a BMI chart is not choosing your goal weight. That's, that's having it already chosen for you. You're just figuring out your height and your sex and, oh, that's what I should weigh. No way. No way. You have to figure out the weight that works best for you, the weight that gives you the best quality of life. So I assume we're asking two different questions. Do I think anyone can be skinny? That almost implies that it's a specific kind of like BMI chart, height, weight, number thing. And to that, I don't know. But do I believe anyone can live at their goal weight, the weight that gives them the best quality of life? Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. I believe that. I think when you know how to run your mind, when you understand how to eat the best way for you, when you know how to clarify your lifestyle again and program yourself, then we're not just— it's not just this superficial dieting bullshit of like me giving you a meal plan and you trying to follow it like you're a parrot, you know, just miming it out. Out. Program Yourself Thin is really built around the goal weight pyramid, right? So we've got mindset, lifestyle, and eating. I don't know why this isn't focusing right. So we have mindset, lifestyle, and eating. And so we're breaking it down into a more comprehensive, holistic strategy. And from what I've seen, you know, I've been doing this for over 20 years professionally. I've been doing Program Yourself Thin. I've seen that when people work the program, they're able to live at their goal weight. So I'm gonna tweak your question a little bit and answer yes. I do believe, um, that anyone can live at their goal weight. Um, that's what I think. Sweet Quest says, that's awesome, I would love the program how-to and all the mantras in writing as well as the program. Um, yeah, you're in the program, right, Sweet Quest? Yeah, so go order that if you want it. If you want the physical physical one, do it. Uh, Jane says it's very interesting how trauma has been shown to change the next few generations. Yes. Um, I do intermittent fasting and it makes me feel good. Yeah, great. I don't do it every day, just most days, and if I don't, I'm not upset. That's great, Jane. I think that's the right approach. Again, I'm not against intermittent fasting. Um, I, I'm not against any tool, you know, because every tool is a relative thing. It depends on the person using it. You know, some people thrive using a tool and some people are barely surviving using the same tool. So we're all different. We have to take into account who we are. Again, that's what this is all about. This, this Goal Weight Blueprint is figuring out what works for you. This is your blueprint. You know what I mean? Like, this is a fill-in-the-blank blueprint for you to figure out how to think, live, and eat like a thin, healthy person for you though. Right? So that's why I don't, I don't fill the blueprint in and say, here's your blueprint, follow it. I say, here is the guide, the fill-in-the-blank questions to figure out your blueprint that works for you. Because what works for me isn't necessarily going to work for you. And this gets to the heart of one of the biggest issues I have with dieting in general. This one-size-fits-all bullshit idea that's embedded and implicit in every diet that's out there, right? Everyone's out there as it's the one magical formula, the one magical solution. And it makes me crazy. Because you know what it does on the back end is when you can't follow the intermittent fasting, when you can't stick to the keto plan, when you can't keep counting your calories because you've been led to believe that that's the only way to do it, you start to feel like you're never going to succeed. You know, and on top of that, the biggest issue is that you're not honoring yourself. You're not honoring a plan that's built for you. You're just following a plan someone else created for you. It's so ridiculous. Food is one of the most important areas of your life. You're just going to let someone tell you how to eat? You know what? What's next? You just let people tell you how to dress, what movies to watch, what music to listen to. I mean, you're a human being. You deserve to have a say in how you're going to live and eat the rest of your life, folks. You can't just have some dipshit tell you how you're going to eat. Fuck it. Dr. Atkins, is that the guy you want telling you how you're going to eat for the rest of your life? Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Come on, folks, you're better than that. You get to deserve to have a say, all right, in how you want to eat. Yeah, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask them. Nemo says, after years of obesity and now being on the other side, what you say is absolutely true. Thank you, Nemo. Um, and it's absolutely true because everything I'm sharing with you folks has been learned from people who have lost weight and kept it off. That's what makes everything I'm saying so different than what you always hear, because dieting is always about how fast can I lose weight. I have been obsessed for over 30 years with how people that lose weight and keep it off do it. That's the difference. And what I've found is that they have had a mindset shift, they've shifted their lifestyle, and they shifted their eating in a way that works for them. And so I have modeled— I have, I have done over 100 interviews with people that have lost weight and kept it off over the years, and everything I teach is those tactics, those strategies. I've codified it, systematized it, and that's what I'm sharing with you. I followed it. I used those same strategies to drop over 50 pounds 30 years ago, but I did it differently. I didn't white-knuckle it. I didn't force myself to do shit I couldn't keep up. I found a way that works for me. And so here I am 30 years later, still at the same weight, pretty much following the same strategies. Now, of course, I've optimized and tweaked them. So what I'm doing today is different than what I did 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago. To some degree, it's also very similar. And I just keep building. It's just like I play guitar for 30 years. I'm still playing chords. I'm still, you know, doing similar things, but I'm doing it at a much higher level. Okay. And it's the exact same thing with Program Yourself Thin. And that's part of the beauty of it. It's built to be a lifetime plan. Folks, cut the shit with trying to lose weight as fast as you can. Oh my. Fucking God, how many times do you need to fail with it? How many people do you need to see it not working for before you finally say, I don't think this is a— this is the right way? It's not all of your willpower. It's a shitty strategy. Dieting doesn't work. It's built for the short term. You've never once, not even once— I can say this completely free and clear because I know it's true— never once have you focused on your weight in a long-term way. You've never once in your whole life focused on living at your goal weight. Not even one time. You've never even had the thought because you're so obsessed with losing weight as fast as you can. So yes, Nemo, thank you for saying that. And I, and I know that's true and I appreciate the validation. Everyone that's lost weight and kept it off for a long period of time always tells me the same thing. This is, this is exactly right. Cause I'm saying what you already told me, folks. There's a pattern to success, success leaves clues sort of thing. And people that lose weight long-term, it's like, there's, there's so many similarities with all of them. And the similarities are mindset-based, lifestyle-based, and eating-based, and psychological programming-based. And it's the same thing over and over. Obviously there's some differences that some of the strategies and the, and the top-level tactics are different, but the deeper subconscious nature of how they change their weight. Is very similar, very similar. I have almost never met a person who has lost weight and kept it off who did not have a mindset shift, a lifestyle shift, and an eating shift, and ultimately a programming shift. I, I've almost— I can't even remember. There's one guy that always sticks in my mind, but outside of that, I can't remember a person. So thank you, Nemo. What's up, Sherry? She says, Jimmy, speak the truth. Your insights are spectacular, spot on, and so helpful. I always learn something new even after a year and a half. Thank you, Sherry. Yes, well, you're a superstar. Um, Sherry's just doing the work, man. And, um, again, you know, like, like when you do this for a year and a half, you know what's gonna happen? You're gonna have ups and downs. You know what? Guess what? You don't do this work, guess what? You're gonna have ups and downs. Guess what? You guess you start a diet today, guess what? You're gonna have ups and downs. You know, this is what dieting doesn't prepare you for. Dieting expects you're just going to be perfect. You ain't, you ain't going to be perfect. I can tell you that. I don't have to know you to know you're not going to be perfect if you're a human being. And that's okay. You can be imperfect. You can make mistakes and you can still manage your weight effectively. Yes. Dieting is sold as this bullshit that we have to be perfect. It's crazy. Uh, what's up? On my way to the library. I'm living in my goal weight range of 118 to 120 because of listening, learning from you over a year. I only get to 120 if I choose to eat the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. All right, nice job, great job, great job. So I'm saying I'm here to help you folks. I'm not, I'm not here, um, for any other reason other than to help you all. This is what I do. This is a mission in life for me because my father died of a heart attack at 54. I was 9 years old, and his weight and his lifestyle were absolutely a huge contributor to that. So for me, weight is life and death, and I am here to help you live as long as you can and the best quality of life while you're here. That is my— that, that's why my motivation's deeper than the average fitness influencer who just wants you to have abs or wear your skinny jeans. I want you to do that too, but I got way, way, way deeper motivations. I want you to be here for your kids and your partner. I want you to have the best quality of life, to feel as good as you possibly can while you're here. And I think it's not just the weight that does that. It's the things you do to live at your goal weight that do that. It's, you know, what gives you the best quality of life is when you have the right mindset, when you have the proper lifestyle, when you have the right eating habits that flow for you. It's not just a weight thing. Weight by itself doesn't dictate your happiness, you know that. So that's why dieting is a path to nowhere. Jane says, what kind of a presentation? Um, yeah, it's like a video, you know, kind of like a webinar. Workshop, whatever you want to call it. It's really cool though. It's really good. I think it's really good. I can't wait for you all to see it. I'm so excited about it. Um, I've been doing these trainings for over 20 years and this is without question the best one. And I haven't even seen the design slides yet. So, oh my goodness, when I get those, I'm just going to be like, I can't wait to record this for you all. So yes, this will be free. It'll be completely free. Um, and I will let you know about it. I'm aiming for next week. I'm really hoping. Let's say Wednesday. I gotta hire, I gotta hire someone. So that's, that's the biggest bottleneck with it all. Um, but it's all written, 100% written, scripted out and everything. And I can't wait for you to see it. I think it's so good. So can't wait. But you'll know, like, it's, um, kind of an updated, a way, way better updated version of the old presentation that I'm sure you watched if you're in the program. So it's, it's similar to that, but just a lot better. And for those who have not seen it, I can't wait. Uh, what's up, Michelle? Michelle says, my routine for basically 40 years— I'm 61— is to come home and have an adult beverage. Mainly just routine. I'm now looking at replacements, ideas, as I realize that I want sugar as replacement. Find myself eating more calories and sugar replacing than the glass of wine. I'm hoping you can do a sugar hypnosis session. I didn't see one. Um, do I not have a sugar hypnosis session? That's crazy. I must have some one somewhere. I've got so many hypnosis sessions. That would shock me. I mean, the program alone is like 67 sessions. Um, and then I have a Thrive program after, which is holy shit. What is that? That's like, that's a, that's like 250 more sessions. There's the weekly sessions. That's another 50 sessions over the year. One of them's got to be about sugar, right? But I'll take a look. Yeah. Okay. So usually have a glass of wine when you get home and you're looking to replace it and you find yourself eating more calories and sugar replacing the glass of wine. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I don't know. You know, I guess wine's— wine's one thing, but I mean, like a seltzer, those seem real popular. I think that's an effective strategy, having like the seltzer, the flavored seltzer waters. They have no calories. Um, they got some fizziness in them, which kind of is some excitement that you're drinking, you know. Um, so that, that's— I've seen that work for so many people. I think I'm a big fan of those. I think that's a great idea. Um, and they're just mild, so they're not too overwhelming taste-wise. Um, so give those a shot maybe. Um, Lois says, my goal weight will still be considered overweight, but I think it is the lifetime weight that I will be comfortable able to maintain. Like you said, maybe that weight goal will change. Absolutely, Lois. And that, that's true too, folks, because You know, again, your goal weight, you don't even know what— well, depends where you're at. If you're like 5, 10 pounds away from your goal weight, then you're obviously a lot closer knowing what your goal weight is than if you're 100 pounds away from your goal weight. The further you are away from what you think your goal weight is, the less you really know what your goal weight is. Just so you know, again, choosing a number on a BMI chart is not really your goal weight. A goal weight that is real is a goal weight that really means something to you. Has a lot of meaning. And a number on a chart does not necessarily have that. Why? Because your doctor said you should weigh that? Who gives a shit? You've known that forever. That hasn't affected your behavior. When you're really genuinely motivated to get to a weight because you internalize that that way it's going to give you the best quality of life, where you're going to be able to live as the best version of you, the happiest, healthiest, most successful version of you, and you're really connected to that, that's a motivation that you all probably have never even experienced. And that's because you've never learned how to choose the right goal weight for yourself. And so the right goal weight is not what the BMI chart says. The right goal weight is the one that gets you most motivated. And that's not the lowest one necessarily, because you can't just pick the lowest weight number because, hello, there's another side of the equation that if you just pick the lowest weight number, you're also picking the most— for most people, the lowest quality lifestyle. So you already know this. You can't just ignore that side. Do you understand what I'm saying? You can pick your low, low, low, low, low, low weight when you were 18. And if you have to eat, you know, if you have to super restrict everything, if you can never eat foods you like, you could never veer, you have to work out all the time. If that's what you have to do to get that low weight, guess what? It's not a great goal weight because your overall quality of life is going down. The lowest weight does not make you the highest quality of life, folks. You've got to wake up. It's 2026. You've got to look at the other side of the equation. How are you living? To achieve that goal weight. Because how's it worked for you when you super restrict and you're miserable, but your weight's low? Are you happy? No, you're not. Because listen, in case you didn't know, you've already been at your goal weight. Why aren't you there now? The weight does not define how happy you are. It's how you're living that defines how, how happy you are. And your weight's a piece of it. Don't get me wrong, but it's not the only piece. And I think people really do themselves a disservice by thinking the only thing that matters with their goal weight is the number. That's why, um, the BMI chart, again, it's a double-edged sword. So Lois, thank you for sharing that because you're an example of what it's like to truly have a real goal weight. What's up, RLT? RLT says, hello Jim, I stopped weighing myself, keep eating home-cooked meals, and stop eating processed foods and store-bought which contain additives. I feel much lighter and my clothes getting looser. Nice job. You're my inspiration to change my eating habits, and I think before putting foods into my body. Thank you so much, Jim. Yeah, you're welcome. I love that you say that. That makes me so happy. I'll screenshot that. You're a superstar. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Now again, you say, well yeah, but Jim, you say we should weigh ourselves every day. Well, I suggested if you're going to use a scale, that could be a good strategy. But my number one strategy is that there's no right or wrong. There's only what works for you. So you're a great example of RLT. Keep it up. And you just keep getting better and better and better results. Proud of you. Um, Jane said you're particularly passionate about this today. Yeah, I kind of worked up today. I don't know, I took a little nap early. Oh my God, I took a nap— oh, it was an hour ago, but it was a 12-minute nap and it felt like an hour and a half. It was so crazy. Sometimes that happens. I love naps so much, they're amazing. Um, Corey Coy says, do you weigh daily or go by how you feel? Um, listen, I'm a fan— if you're looking to lose weight Uh, and you're gonna use a scale at all. So, so I know some people absolutely detest and despise the scale. Okay, fine, I'm not gonna talk you into it. But if you are gonna use a scale in any capacity, uh, weighing yourself once a week is the craziest shit in the world. That is one of just the cruelest things you can do. Because if you never weigh yourself every day, you're never really going to know the fluctuations that are natural in your body. You know, weighing yourself every day is one of the greatest opportunities to really understand how your body and weight work. Because how you think about it is wrong a lot of times, and you're never going to know the truth until you weigh yourself every day. Now, I know people say, well, ah, if I weigh myself every day, I'm— oh my God, I'm going to be— oh, I'm going to be destroyed. I can't do that. Well, you know, in Program Yourself, then we learn how to manage our emotions and our mindsets and our brains, you know. So we're not just stepping on the scale and just allowing ourselves to freak out. We're stepping on the scale in a calm, grounded, motivated way where we're just taking the information as data. Kind of like you look at the speedometer of your car, you're not freaking out if you're going fast or slow, you just adjust. And we use the scale the same way. So, um, not only are you getting more feedback directly, but you're also working on developing your mindset so you can handle stepping on the scale. The scale is just one more tool you use, folks. And again, your stress and anxiety about the scale has really very little to do with the scale, and it has more to do with the fact that the scale reveals the big problem for you which is that you have no idea how to control your weight at the end of the day. And so the scale just reveals that, but the scale itself is not the problem, just so you know. So anyways, though, but if you don't believe that and you never want to use a scale, that's fine too. Don't use a scale. But if you're going to use it, I think that's the best thing because I think it's just one more reference point, one more data point. And I don't know, there's not too many things in life where more data points aren't helpful. So, um, that's my thoughts on that. Uh, what's up, Vicki? Vicki says, listening to you after 2 years helps me stay on track, get back on track, and I love it. My goal weight range— live in my goal weight range. Yes, yes, you're welcome, Vicki. Um, yeah, again, Vicki has committed to this, you know, a Weight Watchers, uh, lifetime member, you know, it's been a program yourself then for a couple years now, um, doing the work that allows her to live the best quality of life, you know, and she's just rocking, living at her goal weight, just killing it, looking amazing. So nice job, Vicki, and feeling amazing. You know, just getting a lot of energy, hiking all the time, just, just again, quality of life's up here. So we get, you know, we get, we get what we invest in, you know, and consequently what we don't invest in. Uh, Marta said, I would like to eat without counting and measuring, but I believe that when I don't eat, I don't— I just eat just enough to maintain and not to lose weight. I would like to add just a couple of days a week tracking to see how much I really eat. Yeah, that's fine, Marta. You can, like I said, you can use the counting and tracking as calibration while you're learning to structure your food. But I said this the other day, I don't know if you were here. I mean, when you measure— oh, I don't know, I guess I know I'm not against like measuring and tracking if you're going to do it for a little while. I'm against the idea that you're going to do it forever because most people aren't, and I don't see the need for it. I, I don't like— okay, so if you have whatever food, because we eat in patterns, right? We're not just always making something different. So, you know, okay, you measure, um, you weigh and measure this food that you eat today. Okay. And you eat it tomorrow. Why do you have to weigh and measure it again? Because you don't trust yourself with it to get the numbers right. Okay, fine. But why don't you work on getting consistent then? You know what I mean? So it's like, if I'm going to have this breakfast and I weigh and measure, okay, this is how much, like, why can't I work on getting consistent with that? So I have to weigh and measure it every day for the rest of my life. I can just get to the point after a week, 2 weeks, a month, 2 months, or I can just eyeball it. And I'm pretty, I'm right there. That, that's a skill I don't— I have never seen. I can't imagine someone couldn't develop that skill. So, and then once you have that skill, then you don't have to weigh and measure everything. That's what we're looking to do with Program Yourself Thin, Marty, is we're looking to do the, the intentional, conscious, focused thing that we have to do with all our attention and turn it into an automated routine so we don't have to think about it. That's what so much of Program Yourself Thin is, is we're looking to reprogram our subconscious mind so we naturally and automatically do the things that keep us at our goal weight. Right now you all are programmed to be overweight. What you do naturally and automatically keeps you overweight, but you can change that programming. And that's an example of how I would approach it, Marta, because I would not want to weigh and measure every— all my food for the rest of my life. That sounds like, uh, that sounds like torture. Um, on my way to library says, I love weighing every day. It becomes a natural— it becomes a natural to you, and I'm able to take the emotions out of it. Yeah, of course, folks. You know, that's, I think that's the part of it that no one ever really thinks. They just, and we all do this, right? It's like if your experience with the scale has mostly been negative, right? You step on the scale and it's going up and you're really upset. And then all the times you've tried to diet and the weight never comes off as much or as quickly as you want it to. And then it starts going up at some point. And so you have associated so much pain and trauma to this scale. But to me, it's like, I want to work through that. I don't want to just ignore that pain and trauma. I don't want that scale to be sitting in the bathroom like some monster. I want to, I want to take all the energy out of it. I want the scale to be like the speedometer in my car. It's just a tool. It's just a tool for me to measure one more piece of data. And not only am I getting the data, but I'm also practicing feeling relaxed and calm. I'm going to step on the scale. And if you do it every day, what do you think happens? This, the shifts aren't that big. So you all wait a week and so, cause you're looking for big giant weight losses so you can get excited. But when you weigh every day, the fluctuations are way smaller. So what are you scared of? That what, that you ate good yesterday and now you're a pound higher today? Okay. Well, so what? Cause if you step on the scale tomorrow, you might be 2 pounds lighter. That's what I'm saying. You all have given up on the scale too quick. And on top of it, you've never intentionally managed your mindset while you've used the scale. And so now if you're, oh no, I'm gonna use a scale. Yeah. Okay, fine. You can say that, but let's just, just, just explore a little bit. How much, how much anxiety you got tied up with that scale, how much emotion negative you've got attached to that scale. Don't you think you'd be better off living at your goal weight if you could work through that emotion and release it rather than just ignoring it? So I don't know. There's just one more piece to it. Um, Yep, make you get back on track with my goal weight. Um, Becky says, what book are you showing, please? Oh yes, it's my book, The Tao of Living at Your Goal Weight. So yes, this book is available. This is my book. Um, this is something else. People have told me it's the best weight book they've ever read in their lives. Who might argue with them? 40 chapters. Each chapter is a page or two. Each chapter is a hypnotic story designed to reprogram your mind just while you read it. To start thinking like a thin, healthy person. And on top of it, I do take you through the whole Program Yourself Thin system in a sneaky way. You, you don't have to know anything about the Program Yourself Thin system in order to get that value. But it is a very intentional book. It's not just a collection of stories. It's taking you from point A to point B in a very, very intentional way and a very comfortable and accessible way. It's each chapter, like I said, is, is a page or two, you know, it is, uh, but it's stories. It's taught, it's told in stories because that's how your brain absorbs information most effectively. So instead of giving you a bunch of facts to remember, um, this is actually stories that you naturally remember. And the, how that shows up in your life is that you'll be making some food decision, all of a sudden you'll remember the story and it'll impact the decision you make. And that's how it's designed. And luckily that's how people have said that it's been working. But yeah, if you have any questions, feel free to ask them. What's up, Karen? How's it going? Going well. Um, yeah, Lois says, I can't wait to see it and learn from it. Yes, I can't wait for you all to see it. You're gonna love it. This is a great presentation. Uh, Marta says, there are Cosmo flavored and piña colada electrolytes. I just add lime and it tastes like a cocktail. Yeah, great, Super Marta. I mean, I understand those, those are fairly sugar, sugary drinks. The word I'm trying to get to, right? Piña coladas, that, you know, again, there's some of the sweetness there. So again, I think it's fine first to remove the alcohol, then you can start working on removing the sugar. Um, Bale says, I believe when I was at my loneliness, I turned— I believe when I was at my lone— loneliest, I turned to food and overconsumed along with food videos, books, etc. Complete immersion. Now it's my job to overcome it. I gave myself an escape in a prison. Yeah, sure. Um, again, the, the loneliness leading to eating is a common thing. Emotional eating is probably the number one reason people are struggling with their weight. Um, so, you know, there's all different flavors of emotional eating, uh, but at the end of the day, you know, it's basically, that's all of our jobs is to learn how to manage our emotions more genuinely. Because it's not about stopping emotional eating, it's about managing your emotions more effectively. That's the, that's the difference. So Marta says, I'm on a strawberry margarita flavored one now. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Again, you know, it's, it's fine. Those are strong flavors. So you're, you're, it's almost like a little dessert, probably, Marta. So again, I wouldn't just be— me personally, this is how I would approach it, and I wouldn't do it all at once necessarily. But that kind of cocktail, I think of that almost— the things you're talking about almost are more like desserts to me, just to be honest. A glass of wine's not so much like a dessert, but like strawberry margaritas, piña coladas, um, Cosmos potentially, you know, depending on what kind of Cosmo it is. But these are flavorful cocktails and they're sweet, and so, you know, I would probably be looking to have a, a day or two to start off with where I'm not having a strong flavored drink. And that's where, again, I go back to the, the sparkling waters. You know, they, they're, again, they're not water, so there's, there's flavor there and there's effervescence, which is helpful. But it's a much more mild flavor profile than what you're describing. So that's something I'd probably weave in and start with at least one day a week, twice a week. just to condition myself for a more mild flavor when I got home. Um, yeah, Marta says no alcohol or sugar. Yeah, but, um, uh, uh, if you're drinking a strawberry margarita and there's no sugar in it, I'm going to assume that there's artificial sugar in it then, or artificial flavorings. So to me, I, I make virtually no distinction between sugar and artificial sugar. Because I really, I'm not looking at the calorie content of 'em. Obviously there's a difference there, but I'm looking at the sweetness of it and whether it's sugar or artificial sugar, it is a sweet flavor profile. And so it trains your taste buds to expect this higher flavor profile foods and get normalized to those. And anything that's not those, aka healthier, whole natural foods, is gonna taste bland in comparison. So again, to me, the alcohol is the first step. So I, I'd probably, I'd wanna get rid of the alcohol first, but then I would absolutely want to dial down the flavor profile second. Yeah, no, those are for electrolytes, but I am sure flavors from sugar substitutes. Yeah, I would agree, Marta. And I don't think that's helping you. I, you were talking about sugar craving specifically. Artificial sugar, again, if we just look at the calorie content of it, it seems like a home run. Oh my God, artificial sugar is amazing. But that's not what I'm looking at. I'm looking at the effect artificial sugar has on your taste buds, your satisfaction and satiety levels, and your ultimate consumption levels. And I think the case is pretty clear that a lot of times artificial sugars are gonna they're going to increase cravings, they're going to decrease satiety and satisfaction from food you ate, and they're going to typically are associated with, with consuming more. So yeah, Marta agrees. So yeah, again, Marta, like, but you don't have to change it all at once, you know. But, but eventually you may want to get to the place where, like, again, I'm just going to assume you work like a typical, you know, kind of work Monday through Friday, you know, maybe Friday and Saturday nights are the, the margarita nights. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, those are the margarita nights. Those are the more flavorful drinks. And Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday, you know, are the seltzer nights. They're more mild. And that's a nice way to kind of start. It doesn't have to start that way. You can start with just Monday night, you know, one night just having that, and then kind of winnow it down. But, but you get the idea now. Um, Tree says, do you have any thoughts on smaller sub-goal weights along the way? Oh yeah, I got, I got a ton of thoughts on that. I think that's a great idea. I regularly recommend to my clients 5-pound chunks. I think 5-pound chunks are great. Now, again, it's relative to how much weight a person wants to lose. But, you know, if someone wanted to lose 100 pounds, I would say, okay, you want to have like your ultimate goal perhaps, which you could say is 100 pounds away, fine. But then we want to have milestone goals along the way. And say you want to lose 100 pounds, I would say the milestone goals could be 25 pounds, 50 pounds, 75 pounds, 100 pounds. For example, and then I would break those milestones down into 5-pound increments. And that's where I would live in the 5-pound increments, cuz 5 pounds feels real. You know what I mean? Like you, you're actively in that, that game. If, if you have a good week, you, you can significantly move towards it potentially. And so I think that that's just more pleasing to the mind because the timeframes and, and responses work better. So yes, I would absolutely break the, the goal, the, the goal weights down into chunks. I think that's a very helpful thing for your mind, um, to do. Um, yeah, Tree says, yeah, just feeling the major weight goal is too far away, so this is helping me. Yeah, good job. Yeah, I'm sure, Tree. And I, I, um, a lot of my clients, and especially if there's, you know, if you got significant amount of weight you want to lose, I think this is almost required, you know, because 100 pounds just feels so far away. And the 100 pounds as, as a whole is almost like unhelpful in, in a lot of ways psychologically. I, I find it very unhelpful to have one big chunk goal. Like, and what I mean by that is that I find it, it's unhelpful to get to your goal weight. And then though, I think it's unhelpful to have that one chunk goal that once you're at your goal weight to maintain it. I, I think it sets you up. I'm not gonna say it sets you up for failure, but I don't think it sets you up for success as much as chunking it down does. So. Yeah, give that a shot, Therese, and see if that helps. Um, Jenny says, just bought the book, loving it. Part info, part support, part poetry. Thank you. Yes, Jenny, that's this book. And that's exactly— wow, that's the, that's the perfect, uh, description. I love that. Yeah, part, part info, part support, and part poetry. That's exactly it. I, I intentionally made this, um, just really easy to read so that the ideas and lessons just kind of slide right in, you know. I, I don't want this God, diet books are awful. Oh my God. I promise you folks, the last thing in the world you need is someone to tell you what to do again. Okay. So this is a completely different approach to it. Um, and to be honest, in a lot of ways, this kind of summarizes up my over 20 years of experience doing this, um, in a really easy to consume way. So thank you, Jenny, for getting the book. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Um, uh, Ash says I was fitting smallest clothes scale checked number was higher than what I thought, so gained weight. Um, yeah, yeah, yeah, I get that. But I mean, people say that sometimes anyways, like they'll be like, oh, I can't use a scale because I was not using the scale, and then I stepped on the scale, I saw it was higher than I thought, and then I just totally lost it. You know, I get that, but that's why you should use the scale more if you're going to use it at all. Either use it or don't use it, I don't care. You don't want to use it, fine, never use it, right? But if you're going to use it, use it like a professional. Okay? And use it so that, you know, the scale, if you're going to use it, it's a— it's like a knife for a chef. I mean, it's one of your tools, your craft. If you're going to take living at your goal weight seriously, how the hell are you going to be a master of your weight, live at your goal weight for the rest of your life, but be terrified of a scale? What sense does that make? I don't see how those two things go together. Again, how are you going to be a world-class chef, but you're terrified of knives? Oh, because you cut yourself on them? So what? You know what I mean? Like, again, I just can't accept this idea. And I'm not saying you don't want to use the scale ever. Fine, fine. You be, be a chef who never uses a knife and make that your thing. Fine. That, that can be a thing too. But, you know, to me, the benefits of using the scale, if you're going to use it, and I used it, I weighed myself every day. And I, I think it was really, really helpful, you know. Um, RLT says whey protein contains sucralose and it makes me even more hungry and bloated. I stopped drinking them immediately. Yeah. Um, but these protein drinks, you know, the whole protein craze of 2026, I promise you folks, it's just more bullshit. I don't know, this gets me triggered because it's like, oh my God, how many fucking times can we fall for this stuff? I mean, what, are you telling me the low fat didn't make you thin? The low carb didn't make you thin. The low salt didn't make you thin. The low sugar didn't make you thin. Well, maybe more protein will make you thin now. And then when that doesn't work, what's next? You— the gluten-free didn't make you thin. Oh my God, the diet industry and their one thing that's going to fix everything. You've got to wake up, folks, and stop listening to this shit, or otherwise, you know, you end up at the end of your life, oh my God, I got tricked the whole time. Okay, yeah, the whey protein, all those protein Um, all those protein products, you can miss me with those. Um, yeah, can you purchase this on Amazon? Yes, you can. This is on Amazon right now and it's cheap. I made this very inexpensive. Um, it's $2.99 for the Kindle version. It's $9.99 to get this physical book sent to you. And I always recommend get the physical book sent to you. It feels awesome. I really put a lot of thought and effort into this book, and even down to the The matte nature of the COVID it feels cool and it looks cool, and I want you to have it in your house so you can just randomly pick it up and read a chapter. That's what it's meant for. You know, I realized I always say like this was modeled after the Tao Te Ching, which if you don't know about that, kind of a famous— I don't know what you would call it. I mean, Taoism is a philosophy, but it's a book with all this Taoist philosophy in it, and it's written— I, I love that book so much, and I, um, One of my favorite ones is Janet English did the illustrations for it. Jane, Jane English. And, um, she— that, that book is like, I, I love it. It looks nice, you know what I mean? I read it. So that was part of my motivation here. But I also realized another part of my motivation was Shel Silverstein. I used to read his books all the time growing up, and I realized that was a little bit— I never really— I just realized this yesterday, um, but that was a little bit of a motivation there too. Because that book we always have on the coffee table. I just randomly open up and just read some of it, and I, and I love doing that. And so that was part of this here too, that you can just pick any chapter, any chapter you open up to and read it, and you're going to get benefit out of it. And that's how it was written, and that's how people have told me, um, they've experienced it. So yeah, you can get that at Amazon though. Uh, Miss Moss says, I've been thinking on your suggestion to find how I can keep myself safe. Oh great, I hope you come up with some ideas. That's a great question to ask yourself. And, um, what Miss Moss is referring to is the idea— and a lot of women have to deal with this, unfortunately— is that a lot of women I've worked with, um, it's not unusual for there to be this dynamic that maybe at some point in the past there was some assault, um, whatever degree, and somewhere in that time they decided, I'm going to use the weight as protection. I'm going to keep myself secure and never have this happen again to me. And I'm going to use the weight to help me keep myself safe. And so, um, if you, if you're unfortunately have to, if you have to deal with that, then it's a real thing. But the question is now, like where you're at now in your life and all the wisdom you've accumulated since that time, are there other ways you can keep yourself safe? And that's where we start with the question, how can I live at my goal weight and be safe? How can I feel safe and be safe? And if you start fixating on that question, you start coming up with new answers. And, um, that answer can change a lot. I've seen it. Um, Ash Bonding says, thank you, I will try weighing every day, especially now I have new batteries for my scales. Yeah, but again, Ash, remember, it's not just about weighing yourself every day, it's about doing it in a calm, relaxed way. It's intentionally saying, okay, I'm going to weigh myself every day calmly, relaxed. I'm going to start to notice my body's patterns, its fluctuations, because I think I know how they work, but I'm gonna— I'm gonna find out for sure. I'm gonna see how my weight moves, um, and I'm gonna use that to move me towards my goal. And, uh, that can work. Yep. RLT says scale is very helpful to track progress and see if we're on the right track, but if the scale caused more stress, then it's different. Yeah, absolutely. Um, and I agree with that. And some people are so stressed by the scale, it's just— it's not a good idea for them. But most people I've seen, um, when they do it the proper way, are able to make peace with the scale and use it as a tool that helps them achieve their goal. So both are true. What's up, Dandy? Dandy says, is the program made for women versus men on these pre-recorded hypnotic sessions in the program? Can you please elaborate? Um, uh, no, the program's unisex. I mean, like, listen, 95% of the people that go in the program are women. You know, 95% of my clients have been women, um, between the ages of 45 and 75, I would say. Um, but the sessions are all, um, unisex. I don't go into that. However, except for the, uh, the initial session I give you, uh, if you sign up for that, again, all you need to do is click my— click the link in my bio, click the little picture of me, go to this link that I put in the chat window. Um, if you go get that hypnosis session, that one actually is customized if you're a man or a woman. So you just fill out a couple questions and you get the right one. And, um, that, that one actually is, but it's not necessary for it to be specific because at the end of the day, the hypnosis sessions really are just a support place. What really makes the difference in you is the programming you do to yourself. Okay, um, then he says, scale blah, but if you recommended them for it— yeah, again, it's, um, it's not just that. I think, again, you tell me, folks, how I know you're upset about— but let's just imagine you could feel neutral with the scale. Let's just imagine for a second a world where you just felt indifferent and neutral with what the scale said. I know it's hard, but let's just do it. If that was the case, wouldn't stepping on the scale more and having more data? Maybe you don't think so. I don't know. Some people don't think so. But why not? How would that not help you? How would not having more information— no, let me put it in a different way. A typical week, right? You start dieting, you start eating better. Okay. And Sunday night you weigh yourself. Okay. Now, what you don't know is that your weight fluctuates and it fluctuates based on things that I couldn't tell you because it's different for each person. But I will give you some examples from my experience. So I could have a salty meal and all of a sudden my body retains more water and my weight jumps up like 2, 3 pounds in a day. So let's say Sunday night, um, I want to eat better, right? I'm going to start doing it. So Sunday night I, uh, get on the scale and I weigh what I weigh, right? I say, okay, next Sunday I'm going to weigh myself again. And I get on the scale the following week. And I've lost a pound, and now I'm all discouraged. Okay, but let me give you a different alternative. What if you weighed yourself every day, and Sunday, you know, you weighed yourself, Monday you weighed yourself, you were a pound higher? You say, what the shit, I just started my diet, I'm a pound higher, huh, that's weird. But then you kept going. Tuesday, you step on the scale, now you're a pound lower. Wednesday, you step on the scale, you're the same weight. Thursday, you step on the scale, you're 2 pounds lighter. Friday, you step on the scale, you're a pound up. Saturday, you step on the scale, you're 2 pounds up. Sunday, you step on the scale, you're 1 pound down. That's a much richer sense of what happened all week than just stepping on it once to the other. And then you step on the scale Monday and it's 3 pounds down, you know. So I don't know, so you may say, oh my God, that's more information, that's gonna bum me out and freak me out. But I, I don't think that ignoring it is serving you well. I think working through it is going to be the much better path forward. We all get to decide. Um, Jane says, I weigh myself every morning before eating and without any clothes. I can pretty much predict my weight each day. Yeah, I think that's a good thing. So, so see how for Jane it's just become like brushing her teeth. It's, it's not this big drama thing. It's a drama thing for a little while when you first get used to it. And then it's not, then it's something that kind of anchors you a lot more effectively to your goal because now you're much less likely to get way off track if you're weighing yourself every day. If you're watching that number start going up and you're doing it day to day, you have way— you're way more likely to course correct quicker than if you weigh yourself once a week. That's what I found. Sherry says, ah, Shel Silverstein, one of my favorites. One more reason the book resonates with me. Yeah, exactly right. So, you know, Sherry, It's, it's, I didn't even realize that, but on a deep, deep down, that, that book was definitely motivated and inspired by Shel Silverstein too. Uh, Gina says, what if you feel your ADHD keeps you, keeps you being a deep, keeps you from being in deep hypnosis? And I have dogs. Um, yeah, I mean, I, I don't think it's important to go into deep hypnosis for hypnosis to work. So, uh, listen folks, the most effective hypnosis on the planet is commercials. Hip commercials, TV commercials are hypnosis sessions, and you're not going to a deep hypnosis state for those to work on you. They work through repetition. They work through mental imagery and you imagining, you know, using their product and enjoying it. So you don't have to go into a deep state of hypnosis for the hypnosis sessions to be valuable and powerful. It's really more about the reinforcement they provide. Um, it's really kind of like a matrix, a cocoon. Of, um, of support and good messages. So with the hypnosis sessions in the program, it's a lot less about going into a deep state of hypnosis and a lot more about hearing so many positive messages. That's what a lot of people tell me. They, they, you've never experienced this in your life, folks. Your entire life you have been bombarded with messages to get you to overeat. You've never lived in a cocoon in an environment where you're constantly getting supportive, encouraging, messages reminding you how good it feels to live at your goal weight, to be healthy, to be happy, to eat well, to all these good things, you know. Um, oh, here we go. Well, Jane, Jane says, I have ADHD and I know I can go into a hypnotic state. It's the repetition which helps to go deeper. Yeah, exactly. Um, it's just a practice anyways, you know. Um, it's, it's important to remember that it's not like— I mean, some people are just somnambulistic and go into a deep trance, but for most of us developing. It's very much like meditation. Hypnosis is that— that's a piece of it too, where we— it's a practice, you know, we get better and better at going deeper into hypnosis. And so it's the practice and the routine, but I think that's way more important than the initial depth you might experience in a session. So, um, Tree says, scale— I can only tell you my perspective. If I don't weigh every day, I quickly lose my perspective of living my focus of my— on my program. Yeah, I feel the same way, Tree. To me, if you, if your weight, if you're going to make it really important in a healthy way, even, I know I'm going to go right to the heart of what a lot of people think. A lot of times people say, oh, weighing every day, that's excessive. That's excessive, folks. How about the fact that you think about your weight 24 hours a day? You don't think that's more excessive than stepping on a scale once a day for 5 seconds? So stop it. Stop it. Don't tell me that stepping on a scale every day is the most excessive thing about weight. I don't think so. I think people are obsessed with weight already. I think that they just don't know how to do it in a way that gets them the results they want. So yeah, I agree, Therese, and I feel exactly the same way, that me stepping on the scale every morning was just one more message and anchor I was sending to my nervous system that I'm serious about this. I'm going to step on the scale because I'm serious about this. I'm going to make the number go where I want it to go, and I'm stepping on the scale in the morning just to validate and recommit to that. So you tell me how that's damaging or, or it's going to hurt your, your success. Again, folks, it's not the scale, it's your mindset around the scale that I think is the bigger issue. But again, we all get to make decisions. RLT says, I track my weight. I see the graph go up and down. If it, if it, uh, keeps going up and doesn't go down, I become detective of what I've eaten, and then I find out and eat less of that food. That's a comment of the day right there. That, that's what I'm talking about. Because when you structure your eating and you normalize it and stabilize it and you weigh yourself every day, you start to create a realistic for you plan of when I eat this way, my weight's right here. That's the gold. That's the most important thing. Like, once you have that, now if your weight starts going up a little bit, you do exactly what RLT— I've done this so many times. My weight starts going, I say, hey, what's going on here? Oh, I've been eating a little more dessert. Oh, I've been eating a little more dinners. Oh, I've been eating a little more bread. Oh, I've been eating— you know what I mean? And I become exactly like you said, I become a detective and I notice it, but I notice it within 3, 4 pounds, 2, 3, 4 pounds. I don't notice it after 25 pounds. That's the difference. And so again, that's a mindset. What RLT just said, that's the mindset of someone living at their goal weight. It's different than dieters. Uh, so that's so great. Yeah, then I find what foods are my success meals. I just stick to that and not weigh off— weighing off them. Yeah, I, I, I just agree so much with what LT just said there, and that's literally how I approach it, exactly the same way. Um, Sherry said winning that reading award in third grade has influenced your life in a great way forever. I always tell people third grade is so important. Yeah, so true. Yeah, Sherry's referring— I want to, uh, I didn't, I didn't win it, I actually earned it. I read 50 books that year and I got a medal for reading. And, um, yeah, I would say it's gonna sound strange. I mean, I graduated from college, so it's, you know, like, I'm, I'm proud of that too. But I will honestly tell you that that third grade medal is probably, I literally, like, a top 3, if not the number 1, um, kind of like moment in my academic career that made me feel really good. I would say graduating college was my number 1. That was really hard for me, um, just getting through college. Not, not so much that I couldn't do it, but it was just, good Lord, I was working full-time and I really was losing interest in what I was studying. But, but anyways, yeah, number 2 is probably my 3rd grade reading medal. So yeah, thanks for reminding me. Uh, Jane says your program has become very important to me and I talk about it all the time to my friends. That's awesome, Jane. I appreciate that because, uh, talking about it is one of the best ways to internalize it. You know, that's one of the very first things I ever learned on my personal development journey. The first personal development book I ever read was 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. And before he even starts that book, he talks about the mindset of how you're going to read it. And he goes, read this book as if you were going to teach it. And I swear to you all that that suggestion is literally why I'm here now in front of you today, because I really internalized that. And I realized that, that when you're going to teach something, you take it like you would— you internalize a lot deeper, right? Because you know you're gonna be talking about it. And then when you talk about it, we believe what we say typically, you know, so it just, it makes it go deeper. So I think that's wonderful, Jane. That's a good way to reinforce everything you're doing and learning here. So, all right, everyone, I'm gonna get out of here. Thanks so much. You guys are awesome as usual. Appreciate this and look forward to speaking to you all every weekday. If you're not in my world, please click the link in my bio. Go get the free hypnosis session I made you. I give you a bunch of free stuff, but that's the first thing you'll get. If you're over in Facebook, YouTube land, I will put the link in the comments there. You can go check that out. And if you like this, I'm here every Monday through Friday, usually around noon Eastern, to answer your questions, talk about weight, see what you can do to get better results. And if you can't make the live, it's also a podcast and you can go search Program Yourself, then any podcast platform, it'll pop up and you can listen anytime you like. Uh, and this book is available. So The Tao of Living at Your Goal Weight is my first published book, uh, for the masses. Go get it. It is, uh, a book that's going to change the way you think about your weight, uh, for the rest of your life. And it's a fun read, so it's a nice easy way to do that. So thank you so much, everyone. Have a super duper day, and we'll talk soon. Bye.