Shift Weekly: How Our Founding Father’s Made the Shift

Hi Shifters!

All great revolutions start with the courage and decision to SHIFT.

Sometimes in the journey to long term permanent weight release we may get discouraged or feel like getting healthy is too tough.  We lose our vision and may want to give up.  Don’t give up!  Create a vision that is bigger than you!  That’s what our founding fathers did. They created a vision of a free and independent nation and Shifted the colonies out of oppression and into freedom.

There were probably many times Thomas Jefferson thought, “but this revolution thing is sooo hard, I just want to sit back and relax instead of drafting another declaration!”.Or Patrick Henry said, “you know maybe we should just stop this whole thing, I mean the British they aren’t that bad, we could just let them run things, it would be less stressful for me.”  But they didn’t.  they kept right on Shifting because their vision was bigger than their own personal complaints.  If they didn't keep going with courage and dedication we would all be paying for Kate Middleton's pricey wardrobe too!

Imagine our nation being free from the oppression of the obesity and unhealthy eating habits?  Wouldn’t that be amazing?  Wouldn’t that be a wonderful legacy to pass on to our future generations?  Well that vision begins with you and your making your own powerful Shift—starting this week.  Let’s declare ourselves free from the bondage of fat thinking. Let's begin the revolution within our own hearts and minds by deciding to have a healthy week this 4th of July.

Now chances are you may already be in the midst of a social eating frenzy this week—that’s okay you can still make it all work.  Remember weight release success is about strategy and showing up for yourself consistently—so let’s do that this July 4^th.

Social Strategies

1-Create a vision: know what you want to feel like at the end of the event— what you want to feel like in your body, in your clothes, and in your mind.  Create a specific picture—make it so real you can feel it and get excited about it.  This engages your brain in going to work with you to achieve your vision.

2-Be clear that it’s not about being good but being consistent.  Figure out what foods you want to taste and try at these events—life is too short to eat just chicken and salad—but also shoot for eating 80 healthfully and leaving that 20 room for the GAK: the booze, the cakes and pies and fries and ribs that add to the summer—but not in amounts that add to your waistline as well.  Use the 3 bite rule—try 3 bites of the caloric stuff—and not whole servings and never allow yourself to indulge in the “I’ll start again on Monday!” nonsense—c’mon shifters that is so old school—so 1990s!  Focus on leaving these events feeling light and connected to yourself, having eaten what you wanted but not going over your caloric budget for weight release.

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3-Show up for yourself—kids, bosses, mates, friends—they all do better when you take care of yourself first—so why do you put yourself down near the bottom.  Make yourself and your health a top priority—that may mean you friends or kids may have to eat at a healthy restaurant instead of their favorite—that’s fine—they’ll live and probably be healthier for it.  That may mean you will put exercise before some other things that seem important like laundry or doing that take home work from your job—but hey—who thinks better and feels better and gets more done—you when you are feeling healthy and good about yourself.  Stop putting it off—go for the walk—you will be glad you did.

Social Gathering Tips

Social events are fun but can be a challenge for calorie budgets.. You have to have a life—but preferably a long and healthy one so  here are some strategies to support your mastering these gak-filled scenarios during  today’s 4^th of July Holiday.

-Bank (save up) calories ahead of time for the event.

-Think though goals ahead of time.  Have a plan for the event before go walk in.

-Plan on leaving victorious—have a vision before you get to the gathering of leaving feeling light and connected to yourself.

-Bring a salad or vegetable—even if no one else wants it or eats it –you can!

Practice responses to food pushers ahead of time. 

“No thank you.”

I am already full, but thanks.  You did a great job with this party…(change the subject fast).”

“No more please, but hey let me help you clean up a bit”

“I have a metabolic condition and that keeps me from eating that.  Sorry, but it looks delicious!”

“I have noticed that sugar and flour causes blood sugar issues for me so I am going to pass.”

“I am allergic but sorry that looks great!”

“Wow that looks tasty but I am sugar sensitive and if I overindulge I feel awful the next day (you don’t have to tell them awful means guilty or regretful).

“That looks amazing—did you make that?  Wow.  I am going to pass but thanks for offering!”
Do not buckle to social pressure—gak pushers just want to be loved.  Appreciate their food efforts and acknowledge what a generous person they are then kindly decline—ultimately it’s not about the food—it’s about connecting.
Have a great 4^th of July I will be thinking about you and working my own plan of action out there in the GAK filled universe.  May you all have a healthy holiday where you connect to yourself and declare your own independence from fat thinking!

Happy July 4th

Oxox Rita
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Shift Weekly: Stop! Thieves!

Special CD of the Week Discount (Traveling Towards Mastery)

Hi Shifters,

As you head out for your summer travels I want to warn you about 2 thieves that are out there waiting to rob you blind and ruin your summer holiday experience.  Those thieves are your Inner Critic and your Inner Rebel.

That’s right these two work together masterfully and catch you by surprise.  First the Inner Rebel appears—disguised in such fun time holiday thoughts as…

-“It’s my holiday I am going to let my hair down and drink 3 Pina Coladas with the umbrella!”

-“I have to try the local fudge…and pastries…and bread and cheese..it would be wrong not to since I will never get to taste this fudge again and I am sure it’s waaaaay different than the fudge I can get at home.”

-“Exercise?  Ha!  Lifting the beers to my mouth while I lie on the beach is all the exercise that I will be doing!”

-“I am not going to SHIFT this week—I am just going to take the week off and RELAAAAAAX!”—

Next the Inner critic swoops in just as your fudge buzz is kicking in and you think things are rolling along…the Inner Critic is not so disguised and can really hit you hard with such thoughts as..

“Ugh, why did you eat that fudge, you didn’t even like that fudge, now you feel gross and it’s all your fault—you have no self control.”

-“You said you were going to exercise on this vacation and you haven’t even gone on a walk, no wonder that’s why you feel so flabby!  Lazy bones—you blew it.”

-“You can never manage being away—you are as out of control on vacation as you are at home!”

Yes, my shifting friends, you can see when these two vacation thieves work in tandem things get grim fast!  I remember before I Shifted that I would spend many vacations letting my hair down and then beating myself up, letting my hair down again and then beating myself up again.  I could have paid a lot of money to be in the gorgeous holiday setting but it all looked like the prison of my own FAT THINKING to me.  That is why I urge you to plan ahead to be successful on your holidays—and above all stay connected to your Inner Coach—your Inner Coach is like the American Express traveler’s checks of your mental well being while on vacation.

I am heading out of town for a few days and planning to have a healthy holiday where my priority is to stay connected to myself, stay in control and by doing so experience fun times with my family and truly relax. 

I know it’s easy to forget to make being healthy and weight release a priority sometimes with all the activities of the holidays—here are a few things to remember to stay in THIN THINKING:

1)    Remember to have a vision of feeling light and vibrant the day following the day you get back from your vacation. (not sluggish and bloated).

2)    Remember to have a plan as to how to make that vision a reality—exercise (how much?), lots of fruits and veggies, keep the starchy carbs to a minimum as they trigger the “eat more-I’m more hungry” valve in the brain, and think about how to stay within you calories budget for release or maintenance (make the decision early whether you are going to release or maintain this week).

3)    Remember to show up for yourself with power thoughts by staying connected to your Inner Coach.

Thoughts like..
-“If I eat that now how will I feel three hours from now?  Will that really make me feel good?”

-“If I walk for an hour I can treat myself to a local treat.”

-“I know I am going out tonight so I will eat more light and protein based meals earlier to save room for the calories.”

This is what I am packing with me to bring for my family road-trip.  It’s important for me to keep my blood sugar levels stable not only for my weight maintenance but for my brain.  I have happier saner thoughts and feelings when I keep away from the gak and keep my body and brain nourished with healthy fiber-filled and protein based foods.  I don’t know what is going to be out there on the road and gas stations are notorious gak palaces so here is a list of what I always bring:

-Zen fiber cakes from TJs (80 cals each and full of fiber—great snack on road)

-Munchy veggies like carrots, peppers, sugar peas

-Mozzarella cheese sticks

-Little bags of almonds (portion control 10 almonds a bag=100 cals)

-Hard boiled eggs (great easy road protein source)

-Fage yogurt

-Apples

-Air blown popcorn

-Turkey jerky

Also I bring my workout clothes and make a point to move somehow—somewhere if I can because exercise =happy body= happy brain.

How are you going to set yourself and your brain and body up for a sane, shifted, enjoyable holiday week??

I have a great CD with both coaching and hypnosis  called “Traveling Towards Success”and am offering both a discount of $6 dollars off the price of the CD plus free shipping—this week only and I have only a limited number so first come first serve—click on to the link to see the offer.

Traveling Towards Mastery CD Special

Happy Shifting!

Oxox Rita

REMINDER: The next Shift 30 Day Weight Mastery Process begins September 22^nd—this will also have Re-Shift going on for those of you who want to Re-Shift.  Mark your calendars now-and tell your friends and family.

SHIFT KIDS BINGO NIGHT:  Our Fundraiser at Hamburger Mary’s in WE HO is Sunday night August 19^th-mark your calendars for fun and prizes and helping to fight childhood obesity!

Shift Weekly: May the Protein Source Be with You

Dear Shifters,

What’s Up with Upping the Protein?

As a hypnotherapist and cognitive weight expert I will tell you one of the biggest nutritional Shifts that someone can make to begin to take back their power from food is to make sure that they are eating enough protein on a daily basis.  I know that if you have worked with me either privately or with the Shift 30 Process or even if you know me through doing the Shift in a Box Process—you know that I harp on a lot about the power of protein!!

If someone is complaining about being hungry I will ask, “Are you eating enough protein?”

If someone is suffering from night eating I will inquire, “Are you having a protein rich snack around 4pm?”

If someone has been binging or feeling really addicted to carbohydrates and sugar I will advise, “make sure you cut the carbs and up your protein in order to break the sugar spell.”

At Shift we don’t give you a diet.  I really believe until you create a way of eating that you have ownership of, that works for you and your lifestyle, that you created from becoming a loving scientist and observing what foods work at what times for you and what don’t and making changes based on your findings rather than some ‘expert” giving you a list of good foods and bad foods.

I will, however, harp on about your getting enough protein—about 30-55 grams per day—depending on your size.

Why??  Why would a hypnotherapist blather on so about getting enough protein?

Two reasons and both have to do with your brain---

1)    Research shows that the lack of certain amino acids found in protein sets up the brain to crave sugar and carbohydrates.  When you haven’t been eating enough protein your brain is more prone to seek out the more sweet and refined carbohydrates in large quantities (binges).  Also the more refined carbohydrates you consume the more hungry you feel.

2)    Protein gives you the most bang for your caloric buck.  If you are eating relatively few calories in order to stay within your body’s calorie needs for weight release for maintenance) a serving of protein is going to leave you feeling more satisfied and stable than a serving of carbohydrates.

Having said this, I am not advocating a no carb-diet plan here--nor am I saying all is lost if you are a vegetarian or vegan—I am just saying that upping your protein—no matter what the source-- and lessening the starchy carbs usually help my clients stay happy and satisfied within their caloric needs for weight release.

There are two times I especially suggest that the protein source be with you—breakfasts and afternoon snack time.  If I have learned anything from my own weight struggles as well as the hundreds of clients I have worked with over the years—starting the day with a good protein source sets you on a good course for the rest of the day.  Snack time is key because if we stabilize our blood sugar at this time with some protein then we head into dinner with a sane head and a belly that isn’t screaming to be fed with whatever we can put our hands on first.

Starting the Day Right: Breakfast

Eating a meal in the morning that is right for your body allows you to head into your day with stable blood sugar levels—a must for weight management.  Every body is different in the morning so you need to tune into yours and you special needs.  Observe how your body responds to the breakfast that you currently feed it.  How does it feel a few hours later?  Are you hungry?  Tired? Light headed? Or are you feeling good and focused on what you are doing?

These are some foods that my clients and I have observed about different types of breakfast foods.  After eating these breakfast foods one feels hungry in about an hour or so:

-Sugary and sugar-free commercial yogurts (even fat-free ones)

-Most cold (non-bran) cereals even the “whole grain” ones (this depends on your system)

-Granola (very high in calories too)

-Bagels (also high in calories)

-Donuts

-Muffins

-Toast with jam (no protein

-Juice only

-Quick-cooking oats or instant oats from envelopes

-Sugary coffee drinks

These foods tend to keep one’s blood sugar levels stable and hunger satisfied through the morning:

-High fiber bran cereals

-Eggs/egg beaters/ egg whites

-Low fat cheeses

-High protein smoothies

-High protein 0% fat Greek yogurt

-Low-fat cottage cheese

-Whole fruit with some sort of protein

-Slow cooking oatmeal and whole grain cereals

-Vegetarian sausages/links/bacon

-Lean bacon/ turkey sausage/ Canadian bacon

-High fiber muffins that have no sugar in them (Zen muffins and fibercakes)

-Whole grain or high fiber toast/ English muffins/ tortillas with protein on them

-Bean or vegetable soups

Snack not GAK!

It is wise to not allow yourself to get super hungry—that is when many of us tend to overeat. Make snacks work for you—not against you.  Many snacks out of a vending machine or grabbed on the go cause you to feel hungrier and more tired—the exact opposite of what a snack is intended for.

Make sure the calories of a snack work for you as many processed snacks contain more calories than some meals.  Use the following guidelines to snack smart.

Avoid: Stuff out of the vending machine, snacks that are primarily sugar, fat and salt, anything highly processed

Examples:  cookies, muffins, chocolate bars, sugary juice drinks, sugary coffee drinks, granola bars, chips etc.

Seek: snacks that contain protein, snacks that contain fiber, snacks that have some protein and complex carbohydrate or fat and carbohydrate.

Examples:

Fruit and peanut butter

Apple slices and a low fat cheese stick

0% fat Greek yogurt and fruit

Fruit and small amount of nuts

Fiber bar and yogurt

Cottage cheese and fruit

Lo fat ricotta cheese spread on a lo carb tortilla with a savory or sweet topping

Lo-carb tortilla and hummus,

Carrots and hummus etc

Veggie burger patty

Deli turkey slices

Hard-boiled egg with an apple (TJs sells hardboiled, shelled eggs in a bag)

Turkey jerkey

Tuna in a pouch

Shift Weekly Coaching:  If you are struggling with hunger or food craving try upping you protein a few hundred calories a day and removing the same amount of calories of starchy food and see if this helps keep you more happily on your path to long term permanent weight release.

Have a Shifted Week and May the Protein Source be with You

oxoxRita

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SAVE THE DATE The next 30 Day Weight Mastery Process(and REShift) begins September 22^nd but if you sign up now you save  and also get to come in and  get your metabolism tested and have a consultation with me and you can begin releasing weight before the start of the Shift.  Call or email Rita—323 988 4574/

Shift Weekly: What People Think About Your Butt…

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Dear Shifters,
Did you know that you can give yourself permission to “take it off” before you “take it off” but what you are going to have to do in order to do that is “take it all off”?  Every year I like to introduce this coaching of the start of the summer so that you can be prepared to hit the pool with pride in your body no matter what you weigh right now.

This June I have been focusing on all the ways that FAT THINKING, the good or bad, all or nothing, right or wrong diet mind thinking, can take our power away from us—particularly as we head into the summer months. Something I want to focus on this week is the fear of shedding clothes and the days get warmer and revealing more of ourselves.  Often clients will struggle with the idea of this as they are ashamed of the way their body looks in the clothes of summer.  They want to wait until they are at their ideal weight to give themselves permission to wear shorts or a bathing suit.  The irony is that as they release the weight they still don’t feel good enough about their bodies to give themselves permission to “take it off” because they are afraid of the way others will perceive them.

 I want to invite you to see that you can have a fabulous summer, running around in whatever clothes you choose, but what you are going to “take off” isn’t the fat as much as it is the Fat Thinking that keeps you imprisoned in this idea of who you have to be in order to be loved and socially acceptable in whatever clothes you wear.  Instead I invite you to begin Thin Thinking about your body—loving you body for where it is today and not worrying so much what others will think.  The more self acceptance that you create within yourself the more confident you become.  The more you “take off” the Fat Thinking and limiting beliefs about your body and begin SHIFTING your thoughts about your body to more powerful ones, the more you can then begin to love yourself ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SCALE—(not just when you get to that magic number at the bottom—wherever and whenever that may be).  You can give yourself permission to “take it off” before you “take it off” and those other people’s thoughts about you and your shape—be can go jump in the pool!

 My struggle with my body and body image went on for decades.  It is amazing to me that I can have fun in a bathing suit, when just the thought of putting one on would fill me with horror years ago before my Shift.  You see it wasn’t bad enough that I had to look at my body in the mirror or feel my thighs and butts shake like little 3.2 tremors on the earthquake scale every time I took a step—I really used to worry that others would be super grossed out and not able to have a good time anywhere near me.  That is until I found out THE SECRET.

 No not the secret that book and internet movie about the laws of attraction. No, the real secret that unlocks the ability to strut around a pool (cellulite tremors and all) without even a cover, up –to “take it off” in order to “take it off” is: what people think about your body is really none of your business!!!

When I struggled with my weight and body image I consistently had the FAT THINKING that people needed me to have a firm and non-cellulite infested butt and thighs in order to be deemed worthy and in order for them to have a good time around the vicinity of my butt and thighs.  Why?  Well because anything less was not acceptable.  But here’s the real question—who is it not acceptable to?  Is it not acceptable to the other people, or to me?

 I was so caught up in their thought process that I gave all of my power away to them.  I spent summers covered from head to toe, never letting myself roam around freely and happily in my own skin because of my fear of what others my think of me.  The absurd irony is that I had no control over those stranger’s thoughts—AND I NEVER WOULD!  Talk about disempowered FAT THINKING in action!! Then a mentor of mine gave me some powerful coaching—some THIN THINKING-- and I use it to this day.

 Real freedom comes from the fact that most people are so absorbed in their own bodies and lives that even if they do look at me in all of my 47-year-old-far-from-firm-glory that their thoughts will go directly back to themselves through their filter of their own body.  

In reality, at pools, and gyms, and any other places where you may feel your body on display you can revel in the fact that people are so self-involved that any thought of you will be fleeting, and that here in LA, the thought of you will be even more miniscule because people here are even more narcissistic and self-involved!  Way to go LA! 

See there is a positive side to all of the self-absorbed people here—they could care less about your thighs!  So rip off that towel at the pool and have some fun, go to the gym before you have lost the weight (if I had a dollar for every client who wanted to wait until they were thin to go to the gym I would have enough money to get some liposuction done!) enjoy your body in this wonderful summer sun because what other people think about your butt is really none of your business—so butt out!!  TAKE OFF the Fat Thinking so you can enjoy TAKING OFF the clothes before you TAKE OFF all your weight—and TAKE ON loving your body where you are today!

 Repeat 10 times each night this week before you go to sleep:

I AM MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF LOVING MY BODY AS IT IS TODAY, TOMORROW AND ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SCALE. MY BODY DESERVES MY LOVE!

 Shift happens even at the pool,

 Oxox Rita

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Shift Weekly: The Story of the 9,658 Calorie Tic Tac

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The Story of the 9,658 Calorie Tic Tac

Dear Shifters,
You may think of Tic Tacs like just ordinary innocent little 1.5 calorie breath mint—so did I—until the day I met up with the 9,658 calorie Tic Tac!

I remember this Tic Tac like it was yesterday though it was almost 20 years ago.  The story of the 9,658 Tic Tac begins when I was on a diet trying to lose the same frustrating 40 pounds I had gained and lost over the previous fifteen years.  You see, the summer was coming and I was up near my highest weight and I didn’t want to spend another summer trying to come up with clever ways to hide my flabby bits but at the same time look like I was not trying to hide my flabby bits because it was summer and bits should be exposed and not hidden.   Can you relate?

So here I was desperate again, willing to do anything again, in the name of getting the weight off.  This time I was on some sort of juice fast which restricted any food other than fruit and vegetable juices.  I had been “juicing” for about a week and had lost 6 pounds in 3 days and I was excited—only 30 pounds to go!  The French bikini over my firmly toned abs was just around the corner!!!

While I was doing this juice fast and everything seemed fine and dandy.  In a weird way fasting was easy because it meant not dealing with food.  Food--which was both my best friend and my most bitter enemy at the same time.  I couldn’t trust myself with food so this fasting thing worked for me because it removed food as an option.  It was very black and white.  Juice or water and that is that—eat any food and “you blew it” so just don’t eat food and you will be perfect—a winner—one of the lucky slim ones.

 I nervously knew in the back of my mind that food would have to come back but I assured myself that I could figure out how to deal with food at some other point when the summer is over and the French Bikini has been put away until next year. I pushed those thoughts as and felt really good about myself as the veritable Queen of the juice fasts.  Until that Tic Tac crossed my path.

Do you remember the Tic Tac lady?  Do you remember those commercials where this blonde, super skinny lady dressed in white comes on and seductively says, “Tic Tacs are only 11/2 calories each” and then pops one in her mouth?  She made them seem so easy, so light, and so fun!!

Okay so I am on day seven of the juice fast and I drink my morning juice of cucumber and apple and pack my next lunch time juice of spinach and apple and I head out the door, get in the car, and head out for a long day of running errands all around town. 

About two hours into the day I get back in my car and head out on the freeway to my next appointment. When I get on the freeway I get into some very slow going traffic.  I sit there and start getting stressed, this is bad—I may miss my appointment.  Now I also notice I am hungry so I reach down for my juice container and that’s when tragedy occurs—the juice container falls over and juice pours out all over the floor of my car. Shoot.  Now I am stuck in traffic and I am really hungry and my precious juice is gone.

The traffic continues and I did indeed miss my appointment, now I am frustrated and starving—my stomach is growling.  Then out of the corner of my eye I see a canister of Tic Tacs on the passenger seat.  I grab them.  At first I hesitate—a part of me says—“no!  a Tic Tac is food—juice or water and nothing else remember?"  The other part of me says, “Eat the damn Tic Tac.  It’s a mint.  Mints aren’t food.  Just eat one—it will calm you down and remember like the lady says, only 1.5 calories.”

Guess which voice won?  I ate the Tic Tac!  For a second I felt wonderful as the little white sugary bliss entered my blood stream.  But then the Tic Tac was over and so was the little relief from the traffic and my stress.  So, without thinking I ate another—bliss-- and another—bliss-- and within a minute I was ripping off the little white plastic dispenser and DUMPING ALL OF THE TIC TACS FROM THE CONTAINER INTO MY MOUTH AT ONE TIME!  But did that make things okay?  No!  Now the fire was fueled and I wanted more.

At this time there was enough of a break in the traffic that I got off the freeway and headed to the nearest 7-11.  I went in and got some juice.  After all I hadn’t really cheated had I?  Tic Tacs are just mints not food.  As I approached the counter there was a line and as I was waiting to buy my juice I stare at the pastry display and saw a shiny, tantalizing chocolate muffin.  My stomach growled some more.  A part of me said “no—just the juice—juice and water—juice and water!”  But the juice and water didn’t seem so good anymore and the other voice welled up from within, “You know you blew it with the Tic Tacs today so you might as well just eat the muffin and start again juicing tomorrow.”  Guess which voice won?

I grabbed the muffin…and then a bagel with cream cheese.  And oh, heck why not—a bag of Cheetos and let’s rinse it all down with the juice!  Oh wait, yes, a few chocolate bars too.

I head out to the car and just sit in my car and eat…it all.  After I am done I feel a few seconds of remorse but those feeling are quickly pushed down by the voice telling me, “C’mon you will be good tomorrow—live it up.  Let’s hit the drive-thrus and then let’s go get some ice cream.  Let’s really party.  Tomorrow it’s back to boring juiceville.”

So 9,568 calories later I ended my day and that was then end of the juice fast too.  I did not wake up and go back to juicing, I said, “It’s the weekend.  Start again on Monday”.  That Monday came and went and so did all the other Mondays of the summer.  And you guessed it--that was another summer that I had to spend cleverly figuring out ways to cover my flabby bits YET AGAIN.   But worse than hiding flabby bits behind a towel was the fact that I was still struggling and beginning to think that it was always going to be like this.  That this was my lot in life.  That I was always going to have to struggle with not just my weight but MYSELF in this area of my life—FOREVER.
And that is the story of the 9,658 calorie Tic Tac.

I look back on that story now—having now maintained my Shifted weight release for nearly two decades—and I see it wasn't the Tic Tacs fault but rather all the little places where I let myself down with FAT THINKING.  Fat thinking is the all or nothing, good or bad, on or off way of thinking that we get into when we struggle with our weight. 

When I made the Shift I realized that I didn’t need to overcome food as much as I had to overcome my minds powerful urge to do repeat the same habits again and again.  One of the biggest habits would be to go on a diet and then break the diet.  That was the most fattening habit for me and most people that I work with.  Hypnosis can help the mind out of the habits that are keeping you in the struggle with your weight.  Once I began using my mind more effectively when I Shifted I began to be able to create new and powerful inner conversations or “frame works” of thinking that supported me in being consistent with new habits that lead to my extraordinary weight loss and long term maintenance. 

The best part, aside from not fretting about bathing suit season is that I have created a powerful relationship with myself that allows me the confidence to not only maintain my weight but to pursue the life of my dreams—something I would never have done when I was stuck in the weight and food struggle.

Now I offer the same to you—the Summer Shift—30 Day Shift-in-a-Box Process is designed to create an internal SHIFT out of Fat Thinking and into Thin Thinking.  The great thing about this Shift is that it is a home study course—so you can do it anytime, anywhere—even while on vacation.  It’s do-able, it’s inexpensive and it’s the beginning of the summer.  Check out the link below and give yourself the gift of becoming your own powerful weight release coach—once you get started you will be unstoppable!

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Offer for Summer Shift-in-a-Box Process
We begin the Process June 13^th—will you join us?  There are now only 5 places left for the Price that is discounted $200 off the normal retail price and you also get bonuses like a pre-loaded hypnosis MP3 player.  If you really want to begin your summer powerfully and release the weight—not only for now but to continue to do so into the autumn and the rest of your life—click the link here to read thru this offer and decide to JOIN ME FOR the SUMMER SHIFT-IN-BOX PROCESS.

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Offer for Summer Shift-in-a-Box Process

OXORita
Have a wonderful Tic Tac Shifted week and join us Wednesday night (June 6^th) for the Shift Summer teleseminar at 6pm PST.  Email us back to join and we will send you the call in details.

This Summer’s Hottest Release…“Weight!”

Hi Shifters

Happy Memorial Day!  I hope that you are going to remember to show up for yourself today and have fun but make healthy food choices that allow you to want to remember Memorial Day and not forget it!
Often I hear people say that they are glad that the summer is coming because it is easier to “release” weight.  (Remember we say “release” at Shift because “losing” weight implies to our unconscious that we want to find it again!)

Here are some of the reasons that they feel that summer makes it easier to get thinner.
-Lighter foods like fresh fruits abound

-Their schedule is not so full and structured—more time to relax
-Vacations allow opportunities to exercise more and eat more lightly

Ironically, as the summer progresses often times those same people begin to question why they thought summer was going to be easier!   The very reason they thought summer was going to be good weight release season have them feeling quite the opposite!!
Here are some of the reasons why they find the summer challenging.

-Fresh fruits abound and are delicious and therefore are easy to overeat—as is all of the food at the BBQs, picnics and on road trips!!

-Their schedule is not so full and structured—more time to relax and eat in between meals, to graze and to boredom eat!

-Vacations allow opportunities to exercise our right to “go off our plan” , to “get it all in before the vacation ends” and to “eat the special local fudge because we are not ever going to get this special local fudge back home”.
What starts out as a summer full of good intentions quickly returns to a summer of FAT THINKING.  The all or nothing, good or bad, on or off sort of thinking that keeps us in the weight struggle.  These people can’t wait for the structure of autumn again when it will be easier to release weight!!!!

I know from my own personal experience when I had come home from college at a pretty low weight and expected to release more that summer but wound up gaining almost 40 lbs!!! Yikes!
Luckily you can make the Shift and release 12-24 lbs this summer (in 3mos) and do so in a way that allows you not to gain them back in the autumn.  You can make the SHIFT out of the FAT THINKING and remove the barriers and beliefs that have you feeling stuck and SHIFT into powerful THIN THINKING. This SUMMER SHIFT is the focus of two opportunities that I am offering today.

1)    OPPORTUNITY #1 SUMMER SHIFT PROCESS STARTING JUNE 13^TH

With the Shift-in-a-Box 30 Day Weight Mastery Process

I am super excited to be launching my home study version of the Shift-in-a-Box 30 Day Weight Mastery Process.  This is a program I have been obsessively working on and testing and tweaking for almost 3 years—it ready now and I am offering it to you SHIFTERS as a SUMMER SHIFT SPECIAL at ½ off its retail cost plus over $300 dollars worth of bonuses(if you are one of the first 10 to sign up)!

If you sign up and join us by June 11^th you will be:

- Part of the group of 25 people that will be going through the Summer Shift Process starting June 13^th.  This process occurs both online, in the Shift online community and over 30 days as you use the coaching and hypnosis sessions from the Shift-in-a-Box—SO THIS CAN BE DONE IN YOUR OWN TIME!

-Getting the Shift-in-a-Box home study course and the wrap around process at 50% off.

-Be one of the first 15 to sign up you will receive over $250 in bonuses including a Shift Mp3 player pre-loaded with the hypnosis sessions from the Shift-in-a-Box. 
-The program has a guarantee so you can try it risk free

(SEE ALL DETAILS IN EXTENDED OFFER BELOW--scroll down below signiture)
The Shift in-a-Box offers you ease, convenience, support, and a powerful program that last well beyond the 30 days—because you own it you can do the 30 Day Shift Process again and again and each time got more from the process—more mastery—more weight release!

2) OPPORTUNITY #2 –FREE ONLINE WEBINAR “Shift Summer Drop 12 in 12” where we will give you step by step framework to focus on releasing weight successfully during the summer.

We will cover:
-Setting yourself up to succeed at weight release despite the challenges of summer. ---How to avoid the booby trap thinking that always takes you off your weight release trajectory.
-How you can release 1-2 lbs a week not by dieting but by using your mind more effectively so that the weight release can be permanent.
Mark your calendars for the“Drop 12 in 12” Webinar on June 6^th at 6 pm PST

I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are rested and looking forward to the week ahead.  Please sign up for the webinar and also check out the Shift-in-a-Box 30 Weight Mastery Process offer below and enroll (below)!!  I am super excited to get Shifting with you this summer!

Oxox Rita (see Summer Shift Offer Below)

 SHIFT COMMUNITY ANNOUNCMENTS

June 1- The South Bay Shift walking group celebrates their 1^st year anniversary!
June 6--Shift Summer “Drop 12 in 12” F R E E Webinar (time and details below)
June 9—Shift Saturday Support Classes start up again
June 20^th—Special SUMMER SHIFT group begins their Shift-in-a-Box Process

The Summer 30-Day Shift-in-a-Box Weight Mastery Process

Please read on to find out about this special Summer Shift Process that begins June 13, 2012

Harnessing the Subconscious for Permanent Weight Release “I am so grateful to have the monkey off my back and feel so at peace not to be crazy about what I would be eating for lunch etc. I've love all the CDs and am so, so happy to be over dieting. Oh yeah, and the other side note that used to be the end all be all—I released weight!” Kathryn Wayman (down 60 lbs in total one year after her Shift-in-a-Box Weight Mastery Process) Hi there potential Summer Shifter!          - Have you been sruggling with your weight way too long? - Are you baffled why for years you have known what to do to get to your ideal weight (eat less, exercise more, better food choices) but haven't been able to do it, despite your best efforts? - Are you tired of flip flopping between being super good on your plan one day and falling off the wagon the next? If you have been struggling, the good news is this: To lose weight and keep it off, you don't need more willpower. You just need more brain power. READ ON. As a clinical hypnotherapist and weight management expert I have worked with people for over a decade, helping them realize their weight goals. I know that what is needed to be successful is not willpower—that is only 12% of your mind’s ability—you need to harness your brainpower.  Once you have 100% of your mind working for you—there is no goal that you cannot achieve.  I have developed the Shift Weight Mastery Process to harness your mind, using the proven skill set and mind set of people who have taken weight off and kept it off for good, so that you canfinally experience the thrill of long term success for yourself. I MADE MY OWN 'SHIFT' 18 YEARS AGO. Why is your success and Shift so important to me?  I struggled with my own weight for over 20 years and it wasn’t until I made my own Shift, and realized after years of yo-yo-dieting that the key element to my success didn’t lie within all those diets I had failed at—the key element that was missing from all those lame attempts at losing weight –was me!  Once I realized that I held the only key to my success I was able to make my own Shift and release the weight and have kept it off for 18 years. NOW IT'S YOUR TURN. I just want you to know that wherever you are today with your current with your weight—that I believe that beyond a shadow of a doubt that you can overcome the old mindset and behaviors that have kept you struggling and feeling like a failure.  You are not a failure—you are actually your own best weight loss coach and there is no one that is going to be sitting in your skin 24/7 except you. Therefore, to live life at your ideal weight is not a matter of finding the right diet, pill or program—the answer you have been looking for is you!  The 30 Day Shift-in-a-Box Weight Mastery Process allows you a new way of communicating with yourself around food, exercise, your body and yourself that is powerful and productive.  You can release the weight and keep it off—the coaching, hypnosis and cognitive techniques in this process will help you need to remove the limiting beliefs and behaviors, addictions and habits that are in your way. PLEASE READ THIS SPECIAL OFFER I AM MAKING TO YOU FOR THE SUMMER 2012 SHIFT. I can't wait to start Shifting with you and helping you realize your dream of long term permanent weight release.  I believe in The Shift-in-a-Box so much that I am guaranteeing that if you are not satisfied with it that you can return it after 30 days for a full refund.  Please read on—I hope you make the decision to join us on this Summer Adventure!! Oxox Rita Black C.Ht. Donna W. of Long Beach CA (down 10 lbs by day 30/ down 28 lbs in 100 days)  "I have lost and found 100s of pounds over the last 40 years and nothing has made as much sense to me as this simple process.  I'll be 60 soon, walking daily and exercising 3 days a week—I feel better than 45!  Thanks Rita for your motivational notes and inspiration and this wonderful Shift-in-a-Box Process!" Shift TV— watch the video below to see more about Shift and its profound impact. Now this effective 30 day hypnotic weight loss process is available in Shift-in-a-Box!!! Why it's time to stop dieting and start Shifting-in-the Box Diets don't work because they are external structures that we "go on" and "fall off" but no change happens internally in the way we think and therefore go back to our old habits once the diet is over. From the moment you begin your Shift-in-a-Box Weight Mastery Process you begin making permanent changes from within—in the way you think and this ultimately changes the way you behave—so that once you reach your ideal weight you can stay there permanently. Terilynn R. down 13lbs in 30 days  "In the past I would agonize over how I was going to keep the weight off because I knew deep down I could never stick to whatever diet/eating fad I was following at the time. This time, that panic voice is gone  It gives me such a sense of peace.  The fact that I can eat what I want and don't have that sense of "I blew it" is such a relief.  I am being kinder to myself than I have ever been." The Shift-in-a-Box Process's EDGE Diets only engage the conscious mind, the willpower part of the brain—about 12% of your brain's power.  That's why dieters, even though they may succeed in the short term sometimes, usually gain the weight back. The Shift-in-a Box leverages the power of the subconscious mind using a synergistic combination of hypnosis, cognitive coaching and immersion coaching in the 9 skills of weight mastery, as well as daily inspiration and community support so that you can use 100% of your brain to make powerful and long term changes, release the weight and keep it off for good. How will hypnosis help me release weight? Our minds work on two levels: the conscious and the unconscious.  We make decisions and act with our conscious mind.  The unconscious controls our habits and behaviors.  In the state of hypnosis we can communicate directly with the unconscious and break up old, negative patterns and replace them with more positive habits and behaviors.  The hypnosis sessions in the Shift-in-a-Box were designed to work synergistically with the Shift-in-a-Box Immersion Coaching™ sessions to deliver an overall deep-level SHIFT in your relationship to food and exercise, your body, and yourself so that in 30 days you can take back your power from the thoughts, habits and behaviors that have kept you struggling and release weight powerfully, effectively, and permanently. The 5 Keys Components to the Shift-in-a-Box Weight Mastery Process Success 1. Hypnosis: Recent clinical studies have shown that hypnosis increases the amount of weight that you can lose by 146%.   The Hypnosis sessions in the Shift in a Box allow your subconscious mind to become more open to ideas of change and to focus on healthier behaviors and habits. 2. Cognitive Coaching: This cognitive technique is included throughout the Coaching CDs.  It helps break up old limiting beliefs and behavioral patterns and allows new more healthy weight loss oriented behaviors to be inserted in their place. 3. Immersion Coaching: There are repeatable best practices that people who have taken weight off and kept it off for good use every day.  The coaching sessions included in the Shift in a Box will immerse your brain in this proven skill-set of weight loss and maintenance. 4. Daily Inspiration and Motivation: It takes 21 days for new habits to become permanent in the brain.  You receive daily motivational coaching emails from Shift founder Rita Black, that will keep you focused and moving towards your goals during this time where powerful changes will be taking place in your mind. 5. Community Support : Alone we diet—together we Shift!!  Studies show that when you lose weight with a group your chances of keep that weight off nearly double!!  In addition to the great food and exercise tracker there is a community full of support available on the Shift Community.  Over your 30 day process and beyond you can access this wonderful resource which hosts the tools for you to release weight and then maintain it over time as well as find friends, groups and forums to find other Shifters and share your experiences.  SHIFT RADIO SHOWS: Shannon Marraffino discusses her 30 pound weight release and maintenance with Shift-in-a-Box Joe Steffan discusses his 38 pound weight release with Shift-in-a-Box How does the Shift-in-a-Box Weight Mastery Process work??? Pre-Shift Experience Once you order your Shift-in-a- Box you will immediately begin receiving the 5 Day PRE-SHIFT Video Coaching Series by email (unless you are doing a group process then this Pre-Shift will start on the Group's official Shift start date- JUNE 13, 2012). The Pre-Shift Series are daily video sessions over 5 days (average running time 20 minutes) that will empower you to set up your mind and environment for success and teach you how to begin losing weight—even before your Shift-in a Box arrives!  The Shift-in-a-Box Process The process, beginning with your Shift Day 1, is designed in such a way that by listening to the hypnosis and coaching sessions in tandem on a daily basis, bit by bit, over the 30 day and by using the works books the process engages your brain in making the SHIFT from Fat thinking to Thin Thinking.  You begin changing your relationship to food and exercise immediately as you begin to release weight.  This process continues even after the daily assignments end when you graduate on day 30. The Shift Community Website and Calorie Tracker Each day of your Shift-in-a-Box Process you can get support from the powerful calorie tracking tool in the Shift Community and find resources and tools for support and continuing your weight loss.  You can make friends, join groups, interact in the forums, track your food and exercise and expected weight loss and see how other people are going through their Shift process at the same time as you. Daily Motivation and Support Sessions Whether the coaching comes in the form of writing or video, every day of your pre-Shift and 30 day Shift Shift-in-a-Box Process you will receive coaching that supports the theme of that day in your journey and are created and delivered to you by the Shift Weight Mastery Process founder, Rita Black. Post-Shift Experience The Shift in a Box Coaching and Hypnosis Sessions continue to deliver the Shift experience to you past the initial 30 day initiation process for as long as you continue to use them.  This allows you to continue to Shift on down the scale at your ideal weight.  After graduation you will find that other resources and classes are available to help you continue and support you in your journey.  The Shift Community Website will always be there to support you as an ongoing powerful yet complimentary tool for you to continue to track you weight release and share in the community experience.  Remember, Alone we diet—Together we Shift!!

Read Kate's Shift in-a-Box Story: From size 16 to size 8!  "In my head I was still a size 8 – just happened to be wearing size 16!! With each 5 lbs I gained I thought I needed to change my ways but alas I continued until I was 178 lbs, hypertensive and pre-diabetic. Then I received my Shift-in-a-Box as a gift. You need to understand that I was not going to do this program and pretty sure it would not work anyway. But I looked in the box and got intrigued. So I listened to the coaching CD1 and everything made sense. I started listening to the immersion coaching CDs on my daily commute to and from work and the hypnosisCDs at night and I was losing weight effortlessly—in fact it was fun!. I changed my list for the grocery store and started changing the meals I was making. Now I rarely have a drink and often do not even finish a glass of wine. And guess what—I don't miss it, crave it, or even want it!  I am at peace with food—good healthy food and plenty of it. My husband is thrilled and has lost weight as well and he is doing the SHIFT (he is, but he just does not know it!) I eat anything I want and plan my daily meals each morning. I can still have dessert or the office birthday cake as I just adjust elsewhere. I exercise daily and even got back in a skin care routine. I look fabulous. I am down to 145lbs and am wearing size 10 only because I have no size 8's yet which made me realize how long ago I began the weight gain. I had gotten rid of all my 8's as I figured I would never be thin enough to wear them. I truly was my own worst enemy. I do not want to shop until I reach 140 lbs. Rita's daily emails and fantastic personal support have been incredible. Now this has not been hard work, rather it has been an adventure and a romance – I have fallen back in love with me! It is a wonderful feeling be back in control and feeling this good! Thanks Rita, you are the best!" (Kate Khaleel of Orlando Florida "Shifted in a Box" and went from a size 16 to a size 8 within a few months!)

By the time you finish your 30 Day Shift-in-a-Box Process you will be: Releasing weight at a rate you decide. Communicating effectively with yourself consciously and subconsciously,  finding it easier to exercise consistently and push the plate away when you have had enough, and make healthy choices. Breaking  out of limiting beliefs and behaviors that kept you sabotaging yourself and gaining the weight back. Creating a way of eating that allows you to continue to release weight but not feel deprived. Breaking free from addictive eating. Create a powerful alignment with yourself and your vision  so you can side step the more critical and rebellious parts of your old thinking Habitually SHIFTING from Fat Thinking to Thin Thinking. On your way to long term permanent weight release and your ideal weight. "I really appreciate that Shift is teaching me about maintenance that I never got from anything else I tried.  Thanks for your support!" Shannon Marraffino down 30 lbs and maintaining for 11 months SPECIAL OFFER Join the Summer 30-Day Shift-in-a-Box Process beginning June 13th for $200 off the retail price. Offer ends June 11th. See details. Included in the Shift Box are:  The Shift step-by-step Quick Start Guide book Pre-Shift DVD which includes 5 powerful coaching sessions including food coaching, coaching on how to begin releasing weight right away, and how to set yourself up for success. 4 Immersion Coaching CDs (Coaching on the Shift Process, Starting the Journey to Weight Release, The 9 Skills of Weight Mastery, Creating your own Food Solutions Eating Plan for Weight Release) 2 Hypnosis CDs (8 hypnosis sessions including focus on exercise, portions, eating more healthfully, and self empowerment) 3 Cognitive Shifting Books (Including a 30-Day Journal, Food Solutions Meal Planning Book, and the Apprentice Workbook) The 9 Skills Card Process Includes Outside the Box: 5-Day Pre-Shift Preparation Video Process Shift Weight Release Food and Exercise Tracker and Shift Community Website Membership Email motivation and coaching from Shift Founder, Rita Black, throughout your 30-day process Access to support online and your Shift Support Group

Guaranteed! No RISK TRIAL (if you are not satisfied with the quality of the Shift-in-a-Box Process you can return the box in 30 days for a full refund) SIGN UP NOW!!!!! Be one of the first 15 to enroll by June 11th deadline, and receive Bonus gifts worth over $250. See below.

Keri Jenkins Spokane WA (released 12 lbs during her 30 day process) I originally decided to purchase the SHIFT program from Rita Black after having seen a comment from one of her former clients on a message board about some 'lose weight quick'  program I was (stupidly) considering. I'd purchased weight release programs from other hypnotherapists in the past and have worked one on one with hypnotherapists with mixed results. What drew me to Rita is that she is passionate helping you Shift, fully believes in the process—it is her life's work and that she actually cares about your success, not in just selling you the program. I loved everything about the SHIFT from the moment I received it; from the packaging to the support materials.   I really liked Rita's voice – which is pretty important if you're going to listen to her speak every day. I found as I went through the program that I didn't feel deprived but actually felt like I was gaining more and more control over my eating habits. As the weight came off, I knew this time was different and that I would be able to maintain my weight much more easily. I'd HIGHLY recommend this program to anyone who is tired of beating themselves up about losing weight or that is really serious about getting control over their weight and eating habits. It really works. Q: But how much time will doing the Shift-in-a-Box Process take? A: The Shift-in-a-Box process was designed to go with you during your life.  The coaching sessions can be listened to in your car or at home while you do other things around the house.  You can even exercise and listen to them.  The hypnosis sessions are able to fit into your day before bed, upon rising, even in the evening as you are relaxing after dinner.  The time it takes to make the Shift during each of the 30 days averages out to be about 40 minutes per day.  When you think the average person spends two hours a day wasting their life in front of the TV that seems totally manageable! Q: I am not sure I can afford to do it right now? A: When you think about your health and creating that peace of mind because you are finally addressing your weight issue in a real and long lasting way—why delay in making a decision to move forward and SHIFT?  I understand that the economy is tight right now.  I assure you the daily cost of the Shift-in-a-Box process averages out on a daily basis to be less than breakfast at Starbucks.  I once had a client concerned about my $150 dollar session fee—but she went on to tell me that she spent over $30 dollars a day in junky snack foods—from frozen yogurt to bagels and so on—it made my weekly session fee seem cheap compared to what she spent a week on sugar, fat and salt!  When you think of how much you may be spending on other things that bring no real value to your life and weigh that against feeling healthy and good about yourself—how can you even think that the cost of the Shift-in-a-Box process is anything except a bargain?  I am told how much value is in what you get out of the Shift Process that the cost seems very inexpensive.  Many clients have even told me to raise my prices—but I want you to afford this.  The Shift-in-a-Box is affordable—you find a way to pay for what is important to you.  I hope you find yourself and your health important and overcome any limiting belief about cost.  Besides—I am offering the money back guarantee so that there is no risk whatsoever! With the Shift Process I have found a new way to live with food. I was originally a size 14 pant and have given all those away. Currently my size 12's are getting loose and I am wearing a lot of the size 10's in my closet which feels wonderful for now. I have no heartburn, I don't obsess about food, and the private time I can spend listening to the shift CDs grounds me. I cannot say enough about the positive effects it has had so far and I cannot imagine going back to living the old way with the knowledge and control I feel that I have now. (Maryanne D. North Carolina—down 12 lbs by day 30 of her Shift-in-a-Box) Bonus Gifts worth over $250 for first 15 participants!!!  When you sign up now for the Summer SHIFT you will receive: BONUS #1- Unlimited access to the Shift Weight Release Food and Exercise Tracker and Shift Community Website Membership. (priceless) BONUS #2- Special Edition Shift MP3 Player pre-loaded with Shift-in-a-Box Hypnosis Sessions ($147 value) BONUS #3- 2 Months Complimentary Membership in the Shift Mastery Members Program (beginning on the 1st of the new month following enrollment date) and continuing membership at discounted rate of $24 per month after the 2 month period (regular membership is $37 per month)**. You may discontinue your membership at anytime by emailing team@maketheshiftnow.com; or calling 1-877-221-7251. (added value starts at $74) Mastery Members Program Includes: -Access to Mastery Members Circle Online Lounge with coaching archives, coaching recordings, weekly accountability posts, daily touch base with Rita and other members. -1 monthly hypnosis download to keep you focused and releasing weight. -1 monthly online coaching video tackling that month's topic (ie. night eating, breaking plateaus, stopping self sabotage etc.) -1 monthly downloadable actionable coaching tips and strategies (based on that month's topic) for your Inner Weight release Coach to use with you. -2 bi-weekly teleseminars -- 1) that include strategies on the month's topic, Q&A, and hypnosis 1) that focuses on food ideas, strategies and solutions and exercise motivation **You will be given a chance to opt out of this Mastery Member Circle program bonus at checkout--if you choose to opt out please understand that if, in the future, you decide to enroll in the Mastery Member's Circle program it will be for the full subscription price of $37 per month. Try this offer at no risk to you--- Guaranteed 30 Day Trial Remember this is a no risk trial—if you are not satisfied with the quality of the Shift-in-a-Box Process you can return it within 30 days and receive a FULL REFUND!! SPECIAL INVITATION This special invitation is being offered to only the first 25 people who sign up for the Summer Shift. SPECIAL June 13th, 2012 group cost For the Shift-in-a-Box  is $197 total (down from $397) Save $200 now. But this is only being offered to 25 people (the first 15 receive the bonus package)—please click here now and add your details to get enrolled and join us for this amazing 30 day journey with the Shift-in-a-Box Weight Mastery Process! Sign up now!!