Kathleen Rodman

Weight Loss Reduction Process Inspired by Faulkner To Facilitate Your Optimum Success

Posted on 18. Apr, 2010 by kathleen in Exercise, NLP, Weight Loss/Reduction

Weight Reduction Outcome Picture

The following is a brilliant process developed by Charles Faulkner that can be useful in your weight reduction program. He introduced this in his work- Worlds Within A Word which contains, Discovering a World Within, Metaphors of Movement and Altering Your Inner Landscape.  I purchased my copy at Amazon.com.

• Write down what you want to weigh & when you will achieve it (trimming 1-2 lbs a week is a healthy gracious plenty).
• Draw a picture of your weight outcome – you at your ideal weight. I have included the picture I drew.  You can see I am on the right path heading towards 140 pounds which is noted on my sign and I am on the Right Path to reduce my weight.  Your picture does not have to be this detailed.  it can be a stick picture as long as it incorporates the symbols that have meaning to you and reinforce your desire to reduce weight.
• State in positive terms how you will achieve your ideal weight.
• Put your picture on the wall.
• Step back from your picture and move closer to it noting your reactions.
• What barrier or barriers do you note behaviorally/environmentally.
• What barrier or barriers do you note from other people.

Now in order to reduce your weight:

• Read your goal & look at your picture.
• Notice how you are attempting to get to your goal & the limits of your path. (There are limits because you are not where you want to be yet.)
• Walk toward your weight reduction goal noticing how you have been doing things up until now.  Step to a neutral spot.
• Think about a time when you had that goal or a similar goal and were successful in obtaining it.
• Hold this successful experience in your mind and walk along the same path (the original path where you are attempting to get to your goal). 
• Then go back to and walk through your original path again.

Shazam- you are magically on your way to attaining your goal.  Dr. Milton Erickson, the father of modern day hypnotherapy, said a goal without a date is only a dream.  Therefore, in order to get onto the right path and get to where you want to be – think in terms of trimming one or two pounds a week.  Look at a calendar and note where you can  realistically be with your weight in a month and set a goal.  Hint – exercise makes it much easier  to reach your ideal weight goal. 

Geraldine, my inner child rascal, asks, “Where am I in your picture?”  I want to be in the picture waaaaa, waaaaaa!”

I responded, “Good question.”

If you have a little saboteur like mine you might want to incorporate their cooperation into your picture.  I am going to do another picture with Geraldine on the “Right Path” eating baked chicken, baby carrots, raw broccoli with fresh pineapple and strawberries for dessert. 

If you experience any difficulty stating your weight goal in positive terms you may want to visit Jane Bredius’ website http://posnow.wordpress.com/ and read her blogs to shift to a more positive approach towards reducing your weight.  It’s not about what you don’t want to weigh but about what you do want to weigh.  Click the top right tab to translate into English if necessary.  Frequently translation will occur automatically.

To your success!

Copyrighted by Kathleen Rodman 4/18/2010.

Tags: Charles Faulkner, Exercise, Geraldine, Jane Bredius, NLP, Weight Loss/Reduction