Now, the time has come to take control of your life….. YOU are making the decision to no longer be controlled by food. No longer will you make ineffective food decisions…. for you are strong and in control of the situations in which you find yourself. When others come at you trying to temp you with unhealthy food choices, you will now respond by choosing effective healthy foods which nourish your body and spirit.

Today or tomorrow, when something happens which would normally make you run to food as comfort, you will be able to laugh……. and find something healthy in the refrigerator to eat.

You are a strong person….. and everyday…… when you feel weak…… feel the desire to binge eat…… you will be able to stop…… take a deep, deep breath…… and send those thoughts away……. Replace them with a strong, positive attitude which will reflect in everything you do and how you feel about life…… your self image…..

Dealing with unhealthy foods is like standing on a bridge in the autumn and watching a beautiful…… golden leaf float lazily on the water……. Watch the leaf as it floats and spins on the water….. carried about by the currents here and there…….until suddenly, it disappears……hidden beneath the bridge……. Only to reappear on the other side where you watch as it continues its journey…… drifting here and there until it finally disappears from view.

From this day on…..you will begin to deal with your weight in this manner…..that leaf represents the desire for unhealthy foods you felt in day to day stressful situations. You watched as the struggle with food took you here and there emotionally on the currents of daily life…… disappearing for a while, only to surface again on the other side of the bridge……. But, just like the leaf……. Your desire for unhealthy foods will eventually disappear from sight…… never to be seen again and instead, replaced by the desire to eat effective wholesome nourishing foods….. foods which make you feel alive…… energetic and ready to face the world…….

See yourself as the strong…..healthy……vibrant person you have always wanted to be. In touch with your body…….feeling alive……full of vitality and energy…… Visualize yourself as you want to be…… desire to be……… will be………. Watch as the pounds melt away and are replaced with strong……. Lean……. Healthy muscle………

In the future, when something causes feelings of hunger to rise, you will cast that hunger like the leaf out on the water and watch it float away…… out of sight……out of your thoughts…….. replacing that hunger will be thoughts of healthy foods……. Happiness with your weight……. vitality……. STRENGTH…….. because you are no longer weak….. no longer ruled by the desire to eat those foods which make you gain weight….. no longer powerless…..

Embrace your new, healthy lifestyle……. The strong, healthy, person you now are…….slim……. energetic…….. ready to show the world the new you!