case of Anastasia?

She, in order to lose weight further, had to reduce the calorie content of the diet, switch to less salty and fiber-rich foods, and reduce the amount of animal protein. And at first, she would often experience hunger and various kinds of discomfort. And some very strong positive emotions would have to arise in order to the production of her own endorphins began, which would have brightened up this difficult transition period for Nastya.

After all, many, probably, noticed that when they fall in love, they quickly and with a buzz lose weight. And all why? Yes, because endorphins are released in excess. It's like an anesthetic that doesn't let the pain seep through. But it can be, of course, not only love. Have you ever been in a theater studio? Can you imagine what the participants experience before passing the performance? When does everything work out? Before food here? In a word, by this positive, brought into your life from the outside, I mean additional energy.

If a person is strongly motivated, he can even quit smoking without outside help. But the whole point is that Nastya was not as strongly motivated as she thought. The weight that she reached, 78 kg, with a height of 167 cm did not cause her big problems except for one: it violated her aesthetic sense and desire to be perfect in everything. She had no shortness of breath, diabetes, edema. That is, there was no whip, but only a carrot. Yes, Anastasia understood that with such a weight it would be more difficult for her to find a man, because the Kustodiev ladies are not in fashion now. But on the other hand, she answered herself that for quite a long time she was slender as a poplar, and a permanent relationship did not happen.
Since at the moment when we met with her, Nastya had no business for which her soul would burn (except for business, but apparently her soul burned for him not like before), nor a new love, then the only the only way out was to remind her body how it had functioned in the past, when she weighed much less.

Her body certainly remembered how it was, and our task was to get these resourceful memories. As long as this information was stored somewhere in the recesses of memory, it was absolutely useless. But extracted, it would give the very additional energy that would bring Anastasia out of a state of stagnation.

As a homework assignment, I asked Anastasia to find 10 differences in her behavior and feelings before and after weight gain. Here is what she wrote:

before and after

1. a feeling of lightness, some lethargy, laziness

2. compressed spring, the desire is all in cotton wool,
move relaxation

3. feeling of excitement calmness, boredom

4. belly tucked up, like a swollen belly
hungry wolf

5. Fast, sharp thinking stuck on disturbing
thoughts, emptiness in the head

6. fast concentration scattered attention

7. an acute sense of smell, a feeling of nasal congestion

8. desire to dress fashionably, indifference to external
make up, look good

9. sleep 6-7 hours allowed sleep - 9 hours
get enough sleep

10. Good digestion, constipation
daily stool

Probably, if I asked Anastasia to find 20 differences, she would easily find all 20, but even these 10 can be used to draw a conclusion about a change in metabolism.

Of course, our metabolism includes the activity of many endocrine glands, but this whole complex mechanism is still started by the head. And if Anastasia was able to unconsciously change it in one direction, then she will be able to return everything back, until there are no irreversible changes. And then we, using the swing technique, do the following.

I ask Nastya to imagine herself in a state after gaining weight. Actually, for this she doesn’t need to strain especially, because she is in it. I ask her once again to go through all 10 indicated symptoms, remember everything well and lethargy, laziness, calmness, and stuffy nose. And let this state be of some particular color. Nastya's is dirty pink.

And then I ask her to remember the state before weight gain and also go through the symptoms, and then associate this desired state with some color. So orange.

Further, I suggest that Anastasia imagine herself dirty pink from head to toe, lazy, lethargic, heavy, with a stuffy nose. And suddenly, somewhere inside the body, an orange dot is born. She is начинает расти, заполняя собой все пространство внутри, и вместе с ней растет подвижность, упругая энергия, как у пружины, заливает все тело.

Suddenly smells arise (for this purpose, Nastya took her favorite perfume with her, and I put it right under her nose), and, finally, this orange wave floods the whole body, sweeping away the remnants of dirty pink, and at this solemn orange moment you need to snap your fingers and exclaim: "Op-ana!". This exercise should be repeated until the first dirty pink state becomes almost impossible to feel. This should be done at least a week as homework.

The next step is the same, only with breathing. Nastya imagines herself as a reservoir filled with the first state, into which under the action of the pump - breathing - the second state enters, naturally of a different color and quality. The dividing line between these two states is lowered with each inhalation-exhalation.

As if we are pushing this border down with each sharp exhalation until the last dirty pink drops go through the feet, and the entire Anastasia reservoir turns orange. And again snap your fingers and exclaim: "Op-ana!". And it also becomes a week's homework.

One point is awarded for each pass of the first or second exercise. And you need to score at least 10 points a day, and preferably more. And in a week it will already be possible to simply snap your fingers and exclaim, and the effect will be the same. You automatically enter the second state.

In order to further intensify the exchange, we agreed that Anastasia would take a contrast shower. This procedure at the beginning may seem unpleasant to many. But this is only because no one ever explains how to enter it. And you need to get into it gradually. At first, the difference between the water temperatures should be negligible. Let's say hot and warm.

Then gradually go from warm to cool. And only after about a week we go from cool to cold. And then to the ice. And one more important point. You need to stand under hot water for so long to feel that the body is warmed up. It may even blush a little. Then the cool will be perceived as a relief.

And in parallel with this, we remember the main rule of any losing weight. Losing weight should not feel hungry. And this means that the food must be prepared in advance and it must be tasteless. And it would be nice (mindful of the bloated belly) if it were also separate. Carbohydrates - separately, flies (that is, proteins) - separately. Actually it's simple. 4 special bowls with closing lids are stocked.

And in the evening they prepare food for the next day. Unsalted buckwheat porridge. Unsalted boiled fish with vegetables. Skim cheese. Unsalted boiled chicken. Unsalted salad of fresh vegetables... But all this can be a LOT!!!!. But try to eat a lot of this! Sugar and honey, grapes, raisins and other easily digestible carbohydrates are excluded in any form.

Anastasia returned to her previous weight in 4 months. That is, from the remaining 78 kg - to 63. 15 kg in 4 months - this is a good result. But she didn't have one of the most common problems. She is не заедала стресс.

Now let's talk about stress eating.

When you come home after work, so tired that you only have enough strength to tread the path from the refrigerator to the sofa and TV, and then your spouse (a) will say something out of place, and if you live alone (alone) then dreary thoughts of loneliness overcome completely, especially if the phone does not ring. Or you quarreled with your man (woman) and he (she) left you.

And it is clear that a quick buzz from putting something very tasty into your mouth is always easily accessible, and distracts you from very unpleasant thoughts for a while. But this buzz passes quickly, but the problems remain. Moreover, they grow with every extra sweet piece eaten.

Therefore, we all need to remember a few commandments for stress-eaters:

1. Nobody promised that it would be easy.

2. Food is a drug. With all the consequences.

3. Behind every cause there inevitably comes a consequence. Each piece eaten in the evening irreversibly adds 100, 200, 300 g - depending on what kind of piece.

4. And there is no need to hope that we will start a new life from tomorrow. Let's not start.

5. In order not to put cookies in your mouth, you need to have an alternative on hand, for example, an apple or one of the bowls of food described above, which is disgusting for its usefulness and non-saltness.

6. In order not to put anything in your mouth at all, you need to learn how to switch quickly. And now I'll tell you how it's done.

This is the same swing technique that we have already studied well.

Consider what needs to be done using the example of one of my clients. Her name is, say, Julia. She is 29 years old, she is a mother of two children, a housewife. She has an alcoholic husband. It suddenly turned out that he had an affair at work. Julia is very worried, jealous, afraid that her husband will leave the