Shift Weekly: "Spring" into action with recipes and inspiration!

What people are saying about the Shift Weight Mastery Process…

Sophia B. of Simi Valley has released 30 lbs. since the January 2013 Shift Process

"The hypnosis gave me the tools to create healthy new habits resulting in an amazingly easy weight release."

Barbara R. of Burbank says…

“I had put on some weight over the past year and was feeling really frustrated and un-motivated to do a "diet." I really wanted to try something different that wasn't extreme but still yielded results. Even though I didn't have much to lose, I couldn't seem to shed those 12-15 lbs that I had gained. I started in late January with Rita Black's Shift Weight Mastery Process and I have lost 11 lbs. without feeling like I have to "be on a diet" or secretly waiting to be able to "go back to normal once I've lost the weight." I think what's good about her program is that she really gets into the psychology behind why we sometimes turn to food for comfort or why we may have a tendency to overeat. She is such a wealth of knowledge and really breaks it down for you. I did the 6 week shift weight mastery and really feel that the results were worth it!”

 April 27^th is the next Shift Weight Mastery Process from 9-5 at the Crown Plaza LAX. 

The next Shift process will probably not be until September.
For a free consult to find out if this is a good step for you call 323 988 4574
Only a few places left--to learn more visit: http://www.shiftweightmastery.com/ShiftSeminar.html

 

“Spring” into action with recipes and inspiration!

With May quickly approaching and April leaving us in the dust-- many people are wanting to refocus their weight release for the coming summer.  I am posting last week’s Shift Spring Teleseminar with Hungry Girl Expert Lynn Bettencourt. 

Lynn and I discussed 4 Steps to TURBO CHARGE Your Weight Release this Spring. 

www.shiftweightmastery.com/springteleseminar.mp3

 Many people find that they get bored with what they are

 eating and wind up eating more. This information packed

tele-seminar is full of wonderful ideas for re-vamping your

 cupboards with foods that will inspire your taste buds and

 slim your waist as well as other strategies for keeping

yourself motivated.  Below are recipes that Lynn mentioned

and forwarded me the links from the Hungry Girl site—as well

 as a recipe for breakfast “coffee cake” that a few of you

requested.

Recipes Galore

Many who were on the call wanted the recipe for the morning

 breakfast “coffee cake” which is a super easy way to infuse
 
your oatmeal with some protein.  This idea was given to me

by a client a few years back.  It has a coffee cake like texture

and is a yummy way of getting quality protein and carbs.

  You can add nuts or blueberries--experiment with the recipe it is very flexible.

MORNING COFFEE CAKE

1 serving oatmeal that is already cooked—(1/2c. dry)

Mix in ¼ cup pasteurized egg whites
¼ teaspoon cinnamon and sweetener of your choice
Put in bowl and cook in microwave 1.5-2 minutes until
Firm (you microwave may vary so you will have to
Test how long for yourself)

About 190 calories

Enjoy!

DESSERTS GALORE UNDER 200 CALORIES!!!

Also Lynn was telling us about the latest Hungry Girl Cookbook that is all about desserts under 200 calories—check it out here:

Check out Hungry Girl 200 Under 200 Just Desserts: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories on Amazon (hits book stores May 7) –

http://www.hungry-girl.com/books/sale/13

FOOD IDEAS AND RECIPES

So Delicious Dairy Free Almond Plus 5X Protein – There are sweetened and unsweetened varieties. Available both in shelf-stable and refrigerated.

http://sodeliciousdairyfree.com/products/almond-plus-almond-milk-beverages/unsweetened-almond-plus-almond-milk-beverage

Dessert Crepes – For breakfast or dessert.

http://www.melissas.com/Products/Products/Crepes.aspx

Plum Tomato Cabbage Soup

http://www.hungry-girl.com/newsletters/raw/652

Holy Moly Gucamole (made in part with peas)

http://www.hungry-girl.com/show/to-the-mex-holy-moly-guacamole-recipe

Buffalo Chicken Hot Wing Dip Swap

http://www.hungry-girl.com/newsletters/raw/1214#hotwing

Hungry, Hungry Artichoke Hummus Dip

http://www.hungry-girl.com/show/girls-night-hungry-hungry-artichoke-hummus-recipe

Creamy-Good Eggplant Dip

This is the recipe I was referring to – but the Yummy Yummy Eggplant Goo is a book exclusive recipe, so if you have our first book (the green one) you can check it out--- this is a great alternative though!

http://www.hungry-girl.com/newsletters/raw/724

Hot ‘N Cold Buff Chick Scoopable Salad

This is a similar version of the Buffalo Chicken mixture I throw onto my salad base.

http://www.hungry-girl.com/newsletters/raw/1553

Have a great week!

Alone we Diet

Together we Shift!

oxoxRita

SHIFT WEEKLY: Whose Kool-Aid Are You Drinking?

 Sophia B. lost 30 lbs. since January’s Shift Process

"The hypnosis gave me the tools to create healthy new habits resulting in an amazingly easy weight release."

Anastasia C “SHIFT is the first program that really addresses all components of why I struggle w/ my weight. I am back in my skinny jeans!”

April 27^th is the next Shift Weight Mastery Process from 9-5 at the Crown Plaza LAX.
For a free consult to find out if this is a good step for you call 323 988 4574
To learn more visit: http://www.shiftweightmastery.com/ShiftSeminar.html

Whose Kool-Aid Are You Drinking?

When it comes to weight release—whose Kool-Aid are you drinking?  Is your inner belief system causing you to either gain weight or release weight?  Is this “Inner Cult Leader” that you follow having you believe in your ultimate weight success or ultimate weight failure?  Are you drinking the Kool-Aid “I am becoming a successful master of weight release” or the Kool-Aid “I am destined to always struggle with my weight”?

You can try to lose weight all you want but until you really BELIEVE that you will be successful in the long term and weight release attempt will ultimately return you to the predictable struggle cup of Kool-Aid

As a clinical hypnotherapist I occasionally get people who fear that hypnosis is going to brainwash them.  This is understandable because over the years the subject of hypnosis has been shrouded in mystery. I assure them hypnosis is a powerful tool for them to SHIFT their inner beliefs system from that of old “Fat Thinking” to “Thin thinking”. 

What Hypnotic Suggestions Have You Taken On?

I remind them that they actually have been being hypnotized all their lives into the beliefs, thought, and habits that have created their weight struggle—by their upbringing, by magazines and Hollywood and the fashion industry, by junk food companies that have seduced them into believing they are “Lovin’ it” or they “Can’t eat just one”.

I tell them that ultimately hypnosis isn’t a magic bullet but that hypnosis can unlock the powerful weight release coach from within that can allow them to BELIEVE they can succeed and then lead them to success.  You have the ability to be your own “magic bullet”.

I would like to share an inspiring email I received from a client who Shifted from drinking her Kool-Aid of “Weight Struggle” to drinking the “Kool-Aid of Success”.  I hope her SHIFT can inspire you to believe that your own inner shift is possible.

Dear Rita                                                                                

How can I thank you enough for creating the Shift?  Shifting finally did what I’d hoped for all of my life – I now think and behave and BELIEVE like a thin/slim person.  Pre-Shift, my thoughts of food were that there was never enough, that I had to eat everything I saw, that I had to clean my plate no matter how high the restaurant piled it, that I had to pile my plate high myself.  I believed that I’d always behave in that manner and that I’d be obese for the rest of my life.

 And, then into my life came the Shift.  Wow.  And then, the wonderful Shift session that put gave me the inner tools to change from someone who’d given up on ever removing excess weight into a 63-year-old woman who has removed 57 lbs in the last 48 weeks.  Wow.

I’ve changed from being someone who lived to eat, to a person who eats to live.  Right now, I have on my shelves: four chocolate truffles, two small-sized bags of Fritos, two containers of cashew and chocolate chip cookies, and a dark chocolate bar with nine pieces remaining.  Prior to Shifting, all of that would have never seen a shelf or a freezer; it would have been eaten immediately.  Some of those items would never have made it into my apartment, because I knew I’d just eat them when they arrived here.

Today, I am able to live comfortably with those foods in the house.  I know that if I want to eat them, or a portion of them, I will be able to do that without having to exercise “will power” (that fantasy state where I believed that I could ignore the “eat that” chatter in my head and still be sane.)  I think like a thin person.

I’ve told you that I haven’t stopped eating out, but I don’t know if you realize how much that socialization means to me and how wonderful it is to have removed 57 lbs while going to my usual restaurants every work day for lunch, and while eating breakfast out on both Saturday and Sunday every week.  I’ve had BBQ ribs, pulled pork, Louisiana links; Chinese, Mexican and Italian food.  I’ve eaten in high-class restaurants and diners and dives. Shifting has given me the tools to pick and choose from menus to fill my need for good food while being able to manage my weight removal.  I can eat in any restaurant—and I love that.

Since Shifting, I can recognize the events, the wonderful odors, and often, the view of a 40-foot long buffet table set-up outside of my office with wonderful home-made goodies on it, and not feel compelled to dive in immediately.  I can wait my turn in line and then can choose what I really want to eat and not take everything simply because it’s there and available.

I am thinking like a thin person.  And, it’s wonderful.  My life before my Shift was never like that.  I always dreamed about thinking like that.  I wondered whether it was a fantasy that someone could say, no, I’m full and you can take what’s remaining away, or, yes, I’ll take the remainder in a box, and wind up with that box of food in the refrigerator for more than one day.  It isn’t a fantasy, it’s real, and your Shift has given me the ability to think like a thin person.

I know when I’m full.  I know when I just can’t put in another bite – not because I’m feeling stuffed, but because I can actually feel that I’ve had just enough.  It’s wonderful.

I’ve been asked how I’m removing weight, and after I describe your Shift approach three out of four people ask me whether I am ever tempted to “go off” the “program”.  How can I do that, when I don’t consider it to be a program, but a way of life?  I’ve just gone through six weeks’ worth of holiday eating and I actually lost a half-pound a week during that time.  I don’t think I could stop Shifting now if I forced myself.  This is a permanent change, and I like it.

I’m happier just Shifting off weight by concentrating on the food I eat than I have ever been when I’ve tried “working out” and “dieting”, and even the time when I spent 22 months working out with a trainer three times a week and only lost 16 lbs at the end of that time.  I didn’t have a handle on my food intake and obviously that was the wrong approach, since the 16 lbs came back immediately after I stopped going to the gym. 

I’m thinking and believing like a thin person.  I recognize when I’m full.  I can have food in my apartment that just sits there until I experience a definite “taste” for it.  My closet is losing clothing I’ve had for 15 years, and I’m “shopping” in my overflow closet where I’d stowed stuff I wore nearly 20 years ago.

Thank you so much! K.B. Los Angeles

Everything begins with your belief.  I hope you have a week filled with the belief that you are your own magic bullet and that the Kool-Aid jug you are drinking from is the one labeled SUCCESS.  Have a great week.
oxoxRita
Sophia B. lost 30 lbs. since January’s Shift Process

"The hypnosis gave me the tools to create healthy new habits resulting in an amazingly easy weight release."

 

Anastasia C “SHIFT is the first program that really addresses all components of why I struggle w/ my weight. I am back in my skinny jeans!”

April 27^th is the next Shift Weight Mastery Process from 9-5 at the Crown Plaza LAX.
For a free consult to find out if this is a good step for you call 323 988 4574
To learn more visit: http://www.shiftweightmastery.com/ShiftSeminar.html

 

 

 

 

 

Shift Weekly: Be sure to have your morning shift

What people are saying about the Shift Weight Mastery

Process…

Sophia B. of Simi Valley has released 30 lbs. since the January 2013 Shift Process

"The hypnosis gave me the tools to create healthy new habits resulting in an amazingly easy weight release."

Barbara R. of Burbank says…

"I had put on some weight over the past year and was feeling really frustrated and un-motivated to do a "diet." I really wanted to try something different that wasn't extreme but still yielded results. Even though I didn't have much to lose, I couldn't seem to shed those 12-15 lbs that I had gained. I started in late January with Rita Black's Shift Weight Mastery Process and I have lost 11 lbs. without feeling like I have to "be on a diet" or secretly waiting to be able to "go back to normal once I've lost the weight." I think what's good about her program is that she really gets into the psychology behind why we sometimes turn to food for comfort or why we may have a tendency to overeat. She is such a wealth of knowledge and really breaks it down for you. I did the 6 week shift weight mastery and really feel that the results were worth it!"

 April 27^th is the next Shift Weight Mastery Process from 9-5 at the Crown Plaza LAX.
For a free consult to find out if this is a good step for you call 323 988 4574
To learn more visit: http://www.shiftweightmastery.com/ShiftSeminar.html

Final Early Bird Special Days are here sign up by Friday the 12^th

 Shift Weekly: Be sure to have your morning shift

Ever have a day where you jumped out of bed and the day just sort of happened to you—the day sort of took you over? The day ran you—oops I forgot to exercise this morning, oops I was supposed to bring some healthy snacks to the office but now am snacking on whatever is in the vending machine —oops I meant to eat breakfast now I am hungry and those bagels at the meeting are calling my name, oops I arrive at the restaurant starving so I have to eat all the bread in order not to die from a blood sugar crash—oops I meant to lose weight today but I guess what I gained—oh well, I hope I do better tomorrow.

Do you happen to have this day happen over and over again? This is a fat thinking run day—why fat thinking? Well it’s reactionary—there are no guidelines for your brain to follow and when the brain is reacting it’s going to react in the same old way that allows you to be at the weight you are at right now, the day is going to have you and not the other way around.

Now if you are maintaining a higher weight or gaining weight my guess is you have a lot of these types of days. If you are releasing weight or living your life at a lighter weight my guess is that you are taking a second in the morning to shower, Shift and shave off those pounds with thin thinking.

Thin thinking is the solution seeking, strategizing that you engage your Inner Coach in and it works wonders in the morning while you are lying in bed –just before you get up, or thinking the day through as you shower, or put on your clothes—or even on the toilet. Yes folks—our morning toilet visit is a perfect time to Shift—why? Because we are kind of sitting there is a trance state—the mind is relaxed and really it’s prime time to think the day through—visualize the meals and snacks you want to eat to stay on course with your weight release goals as well as visualizing yourself engaging in your exercise routine. This mental think through engages your mind’s imagination which is your subconscious—it literally creates a roadmap for your brain as to how you want to create your day. You take back your power from the day—you create a powerful day engaged in weight mastery—thin thinking! Wow—pretty good reason for taking a Shift in the morning huh?

This Week’s Shift Coaching: Take a Shift every morning before you start your day. Take a moment to think things through(food and exercise specifics) and to ask yourself—not tell yourself—ask yourself and engage your imagination in what you would like to feel like tonight when you go to bed or tomorrow morning on the scale and live your day fulfilling that vision of feeling lean and light, connected to yourself –Shifted. If you need to take a minute to get exercise clothes out or pack healthy snacks—this thinking session will remind you to do that. Try shifting every morning this week and I promise after a week of taking a shift every morning you will feel much lighter.

Have a great week! Keep shifting!!!

Oxox Rita

What people are saying about the Shift Weight Mastery

Process…

Sophia B. of Simi Valley has released 30 lbs. since the January 2013 Shift Process

"The hypnosis gave me the tools to create healthy new habits resulting in an amazingly easy weight release."

Barbara R. of Burbank says…

"I had put on some weight over the past year and was feeling really frustrated and un-motivated to do a "diet." I really wanted to try something different that wasn't extreme but still yielded results. Even though I didn't have much to lose, I couldn't seem to shed those 12-15 lbs that I had gained. I started in late January with Rita Black's Shift Weight Mastery Process and I have lost 11 lbs. without feeling like I have to "be on a diet" or secretly waiting to be able to "go back to normal once I've lost the weight." I think what's good about her program is that she really gets into the psychology behind why we sometimes turn to food for comfort or why we may have a tendency to overeat. She is such a wealth of knowledge and really breaks it down for you. I did the 6 week shift weight mastery and really feel that the results were worth it!"

April 27^th is the next Shift Weight Mastery Process from 9-5 at the Crown Plaza LAX.
For a free consult to find out if this is a good step for you call 323 988 4574
To learn more visit: http://www.shiftweightmastery.com/ShiftSeminar.html

Final Early Bird Special Days are here sign up by Friday the 12^th