Drop a Size for Life: Fat Loss Fast and Forever!

ACTION POINT 3: PLAY CUT AND PASTE

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

This is a simple game that helps you identify how large your G spot is. Make two lists: in the first, make a note of all your bad lifestyle habits; in the second, write down all your good lifestyle habits. (If you have trouble with this you may find it helpful to look at section two, which will give you ideas on how many good and bad habits you have.) Now decide which bad habits you are prepared to cut and which good habits you are prepared to paste over them with. Next, ask yourself how long you are prepared to do this for – is it a day, a week, a fortnight, a month or longer?

THE LOGIC

If you are prepared to cut and paste all of your bad habits for a short period of time this indicates that your motivation is more of a small G spot – you want the gratification, but it looks like it will be short-lived. However, if you find it more comfortable to cut and paste a few of your bad habits with a few good habits and, crucially, keep doing this for a longer period, then you’re the lucky owner of a big G spot!

Case study: Kath’s Success

Kath was a client who had previously recovered from cancer. Her strength and motivation in aiding her recovery helped her to drop a size and keep it off. Whenever she felt she was heading for an intimate encounter with a gallon of ice cream, she would say to herself ‘if I was motivated enough to help myself recover from cancer, I can most definitely be motivated enough not to stuff my face with ice cream’.

Case Study: Ceinwen’s Success

‘I found university really stressful and ate copious amounts of food as a means of coping. Over 31½ years I put on 30kg. No matter how hard I tried to motivate myself, the stress of studying won. Then I saw a TV documentary about a woman who lost the same amount of weight in 40 weeks as part of a bet she made with a public betting agency. I decided to make the same bet myself – to lose 30kg and keep it off for 12 months. This gave me the motivation I needed and I followed the carb curfew eating plan, incorporating tips from slimming magazines, books and clubs. I now weigh 73kg and will lose another 5kg over the next few months while I finish my degree.’