"HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT!" Must reading!

Ever wonder where those unexpected urges & cravings for  "forbidden" food/ drugs/ activities come from?   Read my report on a newly released study from the US NIH on  the power of SUBLIMINAL images to trigger addictive cravings! Just click on the title and you'll go to the online version of the April issue of  ORACLE 20-20 magazine: "HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT! When Your Brain Has a Mind of Its Own!" (c)Lauralyn Bellamy Let me know what you think!  Best,  Lauralyn

Hi everyone:

I think our mind having a mind of its own is why a lot of us had to resort to surgery as a means of helping us lose weight.

That said, even though I've had LPS, I *STILL* crave that stop at Wendy's (Especially when they pimp that Baconator Burger they have. Ohh.....That thing is SO GOOD, but I can't have it now *cry*).

Ohhhhh Pat, Please read that FREE article I cited. The surgery WILL NOT keep the weight off. Like every other diet you have tried, it will work wonderfully well. You will lose weight post-op. AND you will be able to SABOTAGE the surgery 9-18 months post op for RNY's. Many of my coaching clients are, in fact, WLS post-ops who had already gained back 45 lbs - 50% of what they'd lost! The key to permanent success is learning HOW to actually dismantle the complex network of behaviors that are activated in that part of our brains called the LIMBIC SYSTEM, aka "The reptilian brain." Willpower is a temporary, emergency response - like using emt's on the ambulance run to the ER. One cannot go through the rest of one's life using willpower 24/7. It takes a complete change of mind to get past that kind of diet-mentality. I encourage you to read all the free articles archived on my blogsite to learn more! All the best to you, Lauralyn

Ok, I'm just going to interject my thoughts on the subliminal stuff.... And remember, I am only speaking for myself. I know WHY and HOW I got fat. That is the first thing I addressed before I even called to make an appointment for a consultation. I'd had years of counseling from the time I was 14. I was molested from the time I was 4 until well past 14. That is the "ROOT" of my path of self destruction. It didn't get better with the men that I picked to marry. The first one I picked at 17 and he was a guy who liked to choke and hit, and that marriage didn't last but 1 year. The second husband was a tough guy... He liked to threaten with weapons and restrain me and hit me... Hmmm, I was brilliant over that one too..... About 15 years later, I escaped his grasp. And now that I am married to a wonderful, peaceful man who treats me right, I am learning that I AM worth loving, and that I need to make ME a priority!! I have spent so much time taking care of everyone else and doing for everyone else, that I honestly "felt" hidden in plain sight... Anyways, to make a long story short... For me, I had to sit down and re-evaluate my life and everything that happened to me and everything that I let happen to me... I had been on a path to self destruction since I was 14... 24 years later, I finally get it!! I know what I need to do for me!! And it's great to finally have the spousal support that I've needed my whole life!! Just how I see things, Frankie

Great post, Frankie & thanks for speaking up. What is revolutionary about the study I wrote about in the magazine article,  "When Your Brain Has a Mind of Its Own,"  is that it supports your experience.  Therapeutic insights do NOT have the power to create healthy new behaviors. Why? Because the healthy future we want to create is not yet believable to our limbic system part of the brain. We need a new method of creating transformation that enlists the support of that part of the brain, I call it THE REPTILLIAN BRAIN, to be successful. Best, Lauralyn

I'm just sayin Lauralyn, lol. You make it sound so much more complicated than it has to be. It's like tilling up the ground to plant a flower garden... If you don't sift through it very thoroughly and pick out the weeds and then lay down a barrier, those naughty weed's are going to get back into your beautiful flower garden and then all you have done is wasted your time when you tilled it up in the first place. Get to the root of your problems before you have the surgery, learn how to cope with them in a way that works for you!! That sounds a whole lot less complicated to me. Thanks a bunch, Frankie

Just looked at your profile page, Frankie and it looks lovely. You are poised on the cusp of this amazing journey in transformation and I am happy that you have found a way of understanding yourself and your past that supports you. To see where you are with clarity and conviction is ideal.  I'm writing from a different vantage point: I'm over 5 years post-op and have watched some of my surgery buddies gain back a substantial amount of the weight they'd lost. Example: one woman - petite in height - reached size 4 and was ecstatic. Two years later she was a size 14 and declaring that she was still happy because she wasn't a plus size. I haven't heard any more from her in 2 years... Know that I'll be joining all the others who will be sending you light and love on your surgery day, April 28th! Lauralyn

Thank you Lauralyn. I thought I would just add my opinion to your message. Some people look at how you write as.... How to say it... To Over the top... Just because you are smart. I thought I would give an easier view, at least that's how it works for me. Thanks and TTYL