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"  Ninety percent of the things you do in connection with eating each day take place at the subconscious level. You never think about them. But if you happen to be overweight, they are obviously the wrong things; your subconscious is programmed for failure, not success. You can change all this, however, by means of a simple technique that I call Diet Meditation\u2013or DM. I am going to show you how DM can program your subconscious for success and help you loose weight. And the actual diet I am giving you\u2013the Meditation Diet\u2013is nutritionally sound. It is full of the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients your body needs\u2014all on 1,400 calories a day. The DM Diary When you begin the diet, you must keep a diary of your daily eating habits. It can fit on an 8 1/2-by-11-inch sheet of paper which you fold and put in your pocket or purse. The space should be divided into five columns, one for each of your daily entries: 1) Time: When did you eat each meal? 2) Type of Food or Drink: What did you have at each meal and how much? 3) Place: Where did you eat? 4) Company: Did you eat by yourself? If not, with whom? 5) Your Inner Feeling: Were you bored, tired, troubled, frustrated (sexually or otherwise) or depressed? After a few days, you can see a pattern emerging as you look down the columns. This will show just how and why you have trouble staying on your diet. And once you know what the problem is, you can work out a solution.  Time Out for DM Here is the DM routine you do for 10 minutes every morning when you get up and every evening a little before dinner. You can also do it at lunch, if you are eating alone at home or in your office.  1) Sit down and get as comfortable as possible. Put everything out of your mind except pleasant thoughts. It does not much matter what your thoughts are as long as they are comforting to you. The point is to be completely comfortable. 2) Close your eyes\u2014not tightly, but comfortably.  3) Picture in your mind something relaxing. It could be a quiet moment in the country, being with someone you like very much\u2014it does not matter what it is as long as it relaxes you.  4) With your eyes closed\u2014and this comfortable picture in your mind\u2014slowly count backward from 9 to 1. After each number take a deep breath, hold it for a few seconds, and then release it. Breathe through your nose. With each count and deep breath, you will relax more. By the time you have taken 9 deep breaths, you are totally relaxed. You are now ready for step 5.  5) Project in your mind&amp;#039;s eye an image of how you would like to look when you are thin (focus mentally on your closed eyelids as a sort of screen). Picture how attractive you look with your new figure. Next, imagine what you would like to do most as this new thin person. Finally, visualize in your mind&amp;#039;s eye how you would solve a particular diet problem without giving in to temptation. The last thought, the one to fix in your mind just before you open your eyes, is that you are going to feel very relaxed and follow through on your diet completely.  I find most people like to keep the same relaxing scene, whatever it is. If it is the ocean, keep it ocean. If it is a deep blue sky, keep it deep blue sky. And the picture that gives you the most positive reinforcement is one of yourself as you want to be. Then at any time during the day you can just close your eyes for a few seconds and see that picture of the way you want to be. And that will automatically reinforce staying on a diet. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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