Listen and Lose Author:Robert Parrish Can you really imagine yourself wearing clothes that are 2 or 3 sizes smaller - and much more fasionable? — Can you really imagine yourself climbing stairs without "panting?" — If you can really imagine these things, you don't need Listen and Lose. You're already slender! — But if your imaginati... more »on is kidding you , try Listen and Lose. It can really help you. It can open the way for you to turn the imagined image into the real image of you.
All you have to do is to listen and learn how to lose weight and how to maintain your weight loss by changing some of your basic ideas about yourself and your eating habits.
Why do so many diets fail? During childhood you may have learned that you should eat to "grow big and strong." Or, that you should always "clean up your plate." Or, that food is an antidote for tension and unhappiness. Thus, you are "programmed" to overeat.
These deep-seated feelings are difficult to unlearn. But they are dangerous and inappropriate feelings if you are already overweight.
When you resolve the conflict between your old feelings and your real needs, you can begin to lose weight. Listen and Lose doesn't give you new will power. Listen and Lose gives you a new image of yourself and a system to help you achieve this image.« less