I learned a strategy that would eliminate ANY food immediately from being eaten. I’m surprised that no one ever uses that visualization strategy or even mentions it. It’s worked for me and for my wife, lasting for several months or years. Enough time to find better alternatives.

It saves much struggling over eating unwanted foods.

It’s an experiential process and is quick. Describing it does not do it justice.

If there is an interest, search for a technique that does as I describe and it will serve you well.

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Here’s a strategy from @teslabynature

“So for fasting lots of people will give great tips which some will follow, others will think great but not put them into action and then those who either dismiss it or say they can’t.

The system is as follows:

1. Who do you want to become and what is your life’s dream and passion.

In the case of fasting you may pick a particular target weight and you can also see yourself in your life’s dream as a movie looking your best and healthiest that the fasting routine has given you. If you want to be a fitness instructor and coach then looking like a professional athlete will put more trust in those who want to learn from you.

2. Use your desire to get that which you so covet.

Make a large IMAX vision in your mind of having completed the direction you’d set yourself. When you see yourself doing your things, really get a feel of the energetic enthusiasm that you are feeling. Imagine yourself full of enjoyment and fun and let the happiness shine from you. In certain situations you may think of thoughts on your mind that are most useful in the moment. The more detail the better. In fasting you can imagine those times of cravings and hunger and notice the change in yourself as you know you are in the fasted state which is giving you all those benefits. The cells going into repair mode is my personal favourite. Body builders know that as they struggle on the last rep that the pain of exertion means they are more likely to build more muscle, so they see pain as pleasure. See that vision of you full of the pleasure of being freed from the constant TV fast over processed food that had no care for you other than the profit they could make. You know, through experience you feel more alive and have much more energy to take on any task you choose in life.

If you have a particular issue of thinking you will still feel the pain of hunger and craving, then be assured that it is your vision, when felt as certainty, that the mind will gravitate towards, and more so using step 3.

3. Keep this goal fresh in your mind every day and take time to make a plan that will evolve over time through experience.

People use all kinds of things as reminders. Putting the goal in written or image form in a place you will see it often such as a post it note on their computer. Use your vast creative imagination to think of your own ways that will be of most benefit to keep your eye on the ball. The thought of having your computer wallpaper with the target just popped into my head. One plan that is using a kind of psychological conditioning method is to sit and relax and think of what thoughts are most common during fasting. If you find your mind often flashes images of your favourite food then rather than being at their mercy you can now practice adding the new habit of instantly returning to why fasting is even better than the food. How we feel about things is not set in stone or genetic, but learned responses from life experiences or instant, seemingly most rational thoughts that pop into your mind as they often do. The fact is that you, maybe after a bit of practice, can control how you feel about things. So if the thought of the food gives you a strong positive feeling and you instantly move your thinking to the fasting benefits. If the food feeling is more pleasurable and stronger than that of being healthy then you can learn to turn down the food intensity and amplify the healthy benefits feelings. I’ll put tips for this at the end.

4. Take action on those plans.

If you desire it strongly enough then self-motivation will come easy. If not then you can amplify the lustful desire craving for being that person who finds fasting enjoyable. The vision you created of enjoying fasting will also generate the necessary changes in your way of thinking to make them become a reality. Feeling good before taking action makes it even easier.

So a quick summary:

1. Know who want to be and how you want to live.

2. Make as big and bold movies of you acting and doing what you desire most.

3. Have a constant reminder that you’ll always see each day to keep yourself focused.

4. Take action.”

http://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/psychology-of-fasting/

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@wiltldnrusa
“the best book i ever read was other than on visualition
Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life ”

What’s your favorite go to strategy?

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Symbolically, a group of stair & floor climbers have created virtual mountain ranges to climb and measure progress.

I’m in that group. It’s an area that provides mutual support for measurable progress. Very similar to the forums at 5:2 lifestyle.

Here are the mountains, as a point of interest: The Seven Highest Summits On Seven Continents:

☑️ #1 Asia: Mount Everest, 29,035 feet (2903 Floors),

☑️ #2 South America: Aconcagua, 22,829 feet (2283 Floors),

☑️ #3 North America: Denali, 20,320 feet (2032 Floors),

☑️ #4 Africa: Kilimanjaro, 19,340 feet (1934 Floors),

☑️ #5 Europe: Mount Elbrus, 18,510 feet (1851 Floors),

☑️ #6 Antarctica: Mount Vinson, 16,067 feet (1607 Floors),

☑️ #7 Australia: Mount Kosciusko, 7,310 feet (731 Floors).

Here are the guidelines: Climb and measure progress and share experiences.

For some of us, including myself, the journey is as enjoyable as the results.

What is your mountain?

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In another discussion it occurred to me that in continuing our fasting practice on feed days, we could very easily replace solitary lunchtime with enjoyable metime.

Food would be incidental, if at all.

We discussed how enjoyable eating with others could be. Metime applies to solitary lunchtime, or if you think of it, fast days are also Me days. On my fast days, which are on weekends, I strength train, do cardio, and have moments with my wife, who also fasts on the same initial day. It’s metime. I give to others, as we all do, the rest of the week with my attention and time, and we have to recover away from that periodically. Metime is the time for that. It’s even better when we fast because there is a lot more time for doing activities that could not be done during the week.

So, solitary lunchtime is another metime moment. Eating, for me, had become habitual but not essential. I had used this time to recover from the morning and prepare for the afternoon. Often times, I would be more fatigued starting the afternoon.

I wanted the same energy that I had in the morning for starting my afternoon.

Fasting could be the major ingredient at the noon hour for added energy. I believe most people use food to get that energy boost and most people in this forum have uncovered more energy through fasting.

So what would comprise of metime?

Everyone has their own approach depending on their interests and situations.

It could actually be the same as a noon fast day, which for me, noon feed day would be:

☑️ Short nap

☑️ Drink lemon flavored water

☑️ Brush my teeth

☑️ Mints and gum for chewing

☑️ Read a book

☑️ Prepare game plan for the afternoon.

I’ve always thought of ourselves as fasting athletes with goals, struggles, competition, and having ongoing failures and successes.

Metime becomes a ritual for the fasting athlete.

Would you be willing to be a fasting athlete?

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Living is a full sensory experience.

Running outdoors on a bright sunny day, lots of sounds from people and all senses piqued from a fasting moment.

Stay hungry, be foolish, risk often intelligently.

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@ toms mantis
” when I was younger it would have been a different story.”

I thought you were younger?

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In cleaning my office shelves, I came across a seldom used SAD (seasonal affective disorder) preventive lamp.

My wife thought that she could use it in her office and took the SAD lamp there. She later gave it to a co-worker that expressed a serious issue with this.

It occurred to me that on my desk are my iPads reflecting the screen lights on me constantly.

Could it be that I have discovered a never before mentioned use for the formidable iPad?

This may express the reoccurring happiness that iPad owners have expressed worldwide.

It may turn out to be the constant light!

Yes, it’s been the light, all along.

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The Delayed Gratification Strategy (DGS) is what we use and develop with fasting, and seems to be more effective and long lasting with the 5:2 lifestyle.

It’s a DGS muscle that extends to other parts of our lives beyond food control & management.

With food, many are saying to themselves that they could always eat it the next day, if they want.

I see it with myself in other areas, such as shopping for other goods.

I wait more.

There’s a sense of calmness.

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@stephb
“The desire to eat is always there in my mind – 40 years of it! Maybe one day I’ll rid myself of it – how liberating that would be.”

What if you could move that desire from your mind, every time that you get it, and see it and move it to your left hand.

Close that left hand slowly. Then toss it over your left shoulder. Open your left hand and it’s now empty.

Every time.

What would happen to you then?

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So I’ve been working out for most of my adult life and I can remember having music to encourage me on solitary workouts.

Long distance running, biking, strength training, and even stair climbing have been activities that I use music to keep me motivated to continue.

I have listened to varied music from rock to jazz to motivational speakers.

They all have their moments and time with me.

So it happens that I wanted to have an added spark to get going on my workout today. Self talk just goes so far for me.

It’s in this moment that as I prepared to strength train and do my HIIT workouts that I decided to also listen on my headset to uninterrupted music themes from Horror movies. The result is that I now paid more attention to what I was doing and was motivated to move, even more so.

I’m not a fan of horror movies, however, the staccato and rhythm of Horror themes are unique and designed to trigger that fight or flight response.

In workouts, those responses are welcomed.

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I’ve had a fascination with magnets for some time.

I started using magnets to attach devices like iPhones and iPads to various locations in my home for convenience. To my surprise, I have metal doors leading to the external balconies. I have then attached mirrors to these doors on both sides. So far, my wife has allowed me to do this.

I’m now attaching mirrors to a metal framed partition in my workout area. This will inspire me in workouts and allow me to see any progress made. I’m hoping the reflections are encouraging motivations to exercise frequently.

It’s on this quest to magnetize components in my home, beyond attaching security cameras with magnets, that I discovered magnets for my body.

This is new to me: wearing magnets for healing purposes.

Has anyone had experience with body magnets?

A search for magnets on this website just pulls up magnets used on refrigerators. Nothing on magnet healing.

So I ordered a set of magnets for the body.

In researching the benefits of body magnets, there is no scientific evidence or studies of healing that has occurred. Yet, those that sell the body magnets proclaim the healing qualities going back to the Egyptian times of Cleopatra. Everyone seems to think that if Egyptians could build pyramids than they surely must know of the wonders of body magnets.

Now I was intrigued.

I bought the book: How Magnets Saved My Life – A Holistic Guide for Optimal Living

http://www.amazon.com/How-Magnets-Saved-My-Life-ebook/dp/B00GK90R58/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1401630512&sr=1-1&keywords=magnetic+therapy

This book has thoughts on healthy living and the application of strong magnets on different parts of the body for healing purposes. I have not tested this approach. So far.

What I have done is started to wear the body magnets that can be attached to different parts such as the waist, shoulders, knees, wrist, feet, hands and neck. It’s a sight that amuses me. I wear clothes over this when going outdoors.

My self experiment has brought one surprising benefit: the magnets warm the bare skin and in some cases a bit too warmly. If too warm, I remove the magnet strap or separate with clothing in between.

For those of you that enjoy working out, you know that it’s better to workout once the body is heated. I may have found an antidote to cooler days by wearing body magnets prior to workouts and for any cooler outdoor activities.

So far, my experiment has nothing to do with healing and more about being warm when I do my workouts.

Anyone have experience with the use of magnets on their bodies?

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