I have enjoyed this week’s discussion on this blog and I’ve
been thinking about these threads all week. I remember Julie’s visual images
of the military and one word seems the loudest in my memory: incoming! I don’t
recall the context at all. I am excited to share my thoughts, which are
inspired from your threaded conversations and I hope this is helpful. Writing
in this way helps me understand the program better as well.
Keep in mind this is my opinion and not that of the Key
Hypnosis Program; this is probably not how Julie would explain these things.
I remember leaving my first Key Hypnosis Program session
overwhelmed with the amount of information that I learned. Julie told us we would
not remember everything she said and she told us that remembering all those
details was not important. I felt overwhelmed after session two and three as
well, but I also was excited with the new direction my life was going: down in
size; weight was dropping effortlessly.
Somewhere during the first three group sessions, Julie taught
us how our body processes food. I don’t recall which session she teaches this
or if she did it in all three sessions, but this detail is not important. To
explain how our body process food, Julie uses military characters as an analogy.
During refresh sessions, Julie sometimes mentions the army, the navy, or the
air force, and when she does it is usually prefaced with “remember when I told
you…” Sometimes I do remember and sometimes I do not. It is not important that we
actually remember, because she is not speaking to our conscious minds. Remember,
this program is called the key hypnosis for a reason.
When Julie talks about these characters, she is speaking to
us through imagery and at the same time tapping into the ancient language she
told us about. (If you don’t remember the ancient language discussion, don’t
worry about that either.) Julie is talking to the part of our mind that recalls
that language; the part that understands visually and without words. The part
of us that is unconscious, but is receptive to her suggestions in ways our
conscious mind is not open to.
We all agreed to let Julie communicate with us in this way to
help us lose weight. If you don’t remember that agreement, listen up because
this is important: this is the hypnosis (or mentalist) side of Julie working
with us.
April posted that in her recent session, Julie mentioned
that the Navy was in charge of "water" leaving the body and the
Marines are responsible for the liver. Linda replied, “All I remember is
"INCOMING!" and I sure don't want my army released!” I don't recall any of these things, but I have small visuals that come into my mind from time to time. I think we recall what is important to each of us, so I don't worry about what I don't remember.
Thanks Karen for noting our increase in followers, we just
reached 30! Any of you who would like to become a contributor, click on my name
and send me an email and I’ll add you. This will allow you to add photos and
create posts rather than only being able to comment. I welcome more
contributors who are willing to share, especially those of you who are just
starting. It would be nice to hear from you as you begin the program. How about
it Karen? No pressure; just a thought!
As far as creating a page that links to posts with
information people got from calling into the office, I had this thought too.
Then I thought about it some more and that sounds like a job and I already have
a job. Sorry, but this would be a lot of work. What we need is for Julie to
publish a book about the program and her recipes, but she too already has a
job.
There are new posts coming in as I type, so my responses to
Bruce, Theresa O, Karen, Anonymous, and twinglesmomma, will have to wait a
while longer.
But I cannot sign off before saying something about a free
day of cheating or something along these words that I read and have stuck with
me all week. I don’t know if I’m replying too late or not, but in any case… we
are not on a diet. We don’t cheat - we lose our balance. I do not encourage you
to plan a free day of cheating (pardon me if I’m not quoting you exactly), but
to plan a day of swinging the balance and then plan another day of swinging the
balance back. If we swing to one side too much, we lose our balance, but we can
get our balance once again. The grey zone I was in was an imbalance. I’m back
in balance now. Learning to lose and then maintain our weight is about balance.
It isn’t like we can’t ever have xx food again, but we learn to have xx in such
a way as to maintain our balance and this keep our weight maintained. Go for
it, but do so in a positive way and keep the balance.
Thanks everyone for your positive feedback on my progress.
Your support and encouragement are priceless. I’m into my second week out of
the grey zone and I feel fantastic!
