At a quantum level we are all just big bundles of energy. Our 
thoughts are energy, our words are energy and our emotions are 
energy.  Whatever you choose to focus on multiplies.  That is, 
energy flows to whatever you think a lot about, speak a lot 
about, and feel a lot of emotion about-and it grows.

You have a relationship with your body and YOUR BODY IS 
LISTENING TO YOU!	

If you keep telling your body it is FAT, it will continue to be 
fat for you.  Your cells are an intelligence system that you 
communicate with.  Whenever you say, "I am fat," your fat cells 
listen and respond.

Most people with weight issues are very practiced at speaking 
negatively about themselves and their bodies.  The difficulty 
is that by doing this they keep adding to the problem.  

It is almost impossible for your body to change when you keep 
sending it negative messages.  As long as you say, "I am FAT," 
you give your body more instruction and energy to BE FAT!

I teach my clients to change their language to support their 
body in changing.  Changing the negative "I am's" to positive 
"I am's" is a powerful first step.

Change the "I am fat" to "I am slimming down."  Change the 
"I never get results, it is too hard to lose weight," to 
"I am getting results, it is getting easier to lose weight."

Some people have a hard time saying positive "I am's" when that 
is not their current reality.  The point is, if you want to 
change your reality, you better start changing the way you 
think and speak about it.

Your body's intelligence system is smart.  I believe the 
natural state of the body is to be lean and healthy.  It is 
always striving for this outcome, yet the power your mind has 
to disrupt this natural outcome is strong-especially when your 
body keeps getting daily doses of negative feedback from you.

Trust your body to start doing the job it was created to do for 
you.  If you despise your body, you weaken it and block its 
power.  Love your body in its current condition.  The body is 
in many ways like a small child: it just wants to do a good job 
and be appreciated and loved.  You wouldn't tell a 4-year-old 
child that she was no good and unlovable, would you?  Imagine 
your body as if it were a small child that your thoughts and 
words are directed to every day.  Are you being an abusive 
adult to your body?  Stop abusing your body with your thoughts 
and words.  Start loving your body and you will be amazed how 
it will start working even harder for you to get the results 
you are seeking.

The following are some of my clients' favorite affirmations 
that can be used to empower your body:

 * I am healthy and lean.
 * I give myself recognition beyond food.
 * I love myself, I love my body, and fat just disappears.
 * I look nice; I am active; I am enough; and I count.
 * I am my ideal weight.
 * I feel great in my clothes.
 * I enjoy exercising several times a week.
 * I can say "No."
 * It is easy to find other things to do in the evening besides
       eat.
 * I can let down my walls.
 * I am proud of my body; it did what I told it to do.
 * My bodies' natural state is to be lean.
 * I am fulfilled.
 * Food is a resource I manage wisely.
 * My metabolism works great.
 * My body knows what to do with what I give it.
 * I am patient with my body as it learns new habits.
 * Others notice how great I look and feel.
 * My organs are relieved of overworking.
 * I am slim and trim.
 * My body responds to my thoughts.
 * I am physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually 
      balanced and healthy.
 * I am whatever I think and feel I am.