27-Mar-2006
=== Power Programming Bi-Weekly Newsletter ===
In this issue:
1. ) Success Stories from the counselor’s office
2. ) Book News
3. ) Other News
4. ) Feature article: Cereal For Dinner
5. ) Ask the expert
6. ) Free offer
7. ) Quote of the Week
1. SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE
(To protect confidentiality, the name used in the following example is not real)
The last couple of weeks have been super-busy and lots of my clients have been learning to use the power of their mind to help them solve many things. One client of mine really got me thinking this week. He is a recovering crack-addict, has spent time in jail and nearly lost everything, the whole gamut. While we were doing a session, his mind was really out there, which is a good thing. I felt this connection that really got my mind going. It became more and more apparent to me during the session that this individual was missing just one thing—belief. It got me thinking even more. Belief is conviction. If you don’t believe in yourself, you’ll never get anywhere. This is one of the biggest things that I help people to discover. And once they’ve got it, they become runaway trains; nothing can stop them. I think we’re getting this guy to that point now. He has never felt better and, for the first time, really believes he will never smoke crack again.
2. BOOK NEWS
I spoke with my editor the other day. We have completed the final edit and the publisher is now reviewing it. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
3. OTHER NEWS
Alice Stockton-Rossini from 1010 WINS radio, who I know well, called me last week about an article she’s doing a story on. The article is called “For Once, Blame the Student.” She’ll be interviewing me this week, so I’ll let you know when it airs. Click here http://fatproof.net/works.htm if you’d like to read this article. I think you’ll like it. I can’t wait to give my take on it.
4. FEATURE ARTICLE
Cereal For Dinner
What’s for dinner tonight? Probably not Raisin Bran. But why not? Research shows that whole-grain cereal is an excellent source of vitamins and fiber, and is low in calories and saturated fat. So why don’t we eat cereal for dinner? The problem is that cereal is not marketed as a dinner food, so we don’t associate it that way. Now, what if Kelloggs came out and launched a “dinner cereal?” It’s not that this “dinner cereal” would be different from any other cereal; it would just give us “permission” to steer from the norm and do things a little differently.
About 7 years ago I put my theory to the test. I ate cereal for dinner 5 nights a week for about 4 months, and I can honestly say that my stomach was flatter than ever, I never felt full or bloated and I got used to it pretty quickly. In fact, I found myself driving home from work excited about what cereal I would have that night, and I looked forward to it. I felt great.
Our overweight problem is largely cultural. Big, dinnertime meals are part of what we do even though research proves that consuming our largest meal at night is a big reason for our bulging waist-lines. Not long ago I read an interesting study about the timing of our eating. The researchers investigated the eating habits in some community in Scotland and compared them to ours. This community was a farming town and the people, on average, consumed the same amount of calories per day that we do, but they did not have a weight problem. The reason: Breakfast was their big meal. About two thirds of their daily calories were consumed in the morning and they ate sensible lunches and dinners. In our culture, we consume two thirds of our calories after 5:00 P.M. The body’s metabolism slows down significantly after 6:00 P.M. and our bodies just aren’t burning all of those calories effectively. Timing is everything. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
I remember what my mother used to say to me during my “cereal for dinner days.” She thought I was crazy and would say things like, “that is not healthy for you.” “You need “food” for dinner.” I beg to differ.
In our world, we do what seems normal, what everyone else is doing. A family sitting around the dinner table eating a bowl of Cheerios with sliced bananas sounds ludicrous. It just doesn’t fit into our cultural schema. But obviously something has got to change in our country or we’re just going to keep eating ourselves to death. Try the cereal plan for a few weeks and see if you lose weight. There is such a huge selection of good, healthy cereals, so you don’t have to worry about getting board. Dare to be different.
5. ASK THE EXPERT
Log on to my discussion board at http://www.fatproof.net/disc.htm. You can post any comments or suggestions you like. I’ll post these discussions in the newsletter.
6. FREE OFFER
Don’t forget to get your free weight-loss power programming CD. Log on to http://www.fatproofstore.com/freeoffer.html. Don’t forget to mention this FREE OFFER to a friend.
7. Quote of the week: “To get what you want, stop doing what isn’t working.”
- Dennis Weaver
