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Did you write down your goals from Chapter 2 (from page 32 onwards)?  I think that we skip over this important part of the book (I know every part is important lol) and if we don't have the roadmap to urge us onto our next weight loss goal then we may lose sight of what Key 1 and 2 are going to teach us. 

So re Key 2, it ends up being our own choice whether we react to something or not.  It's also a big choice that we have to get rid ourselves of our pasts and the stressors in our lives so that we no longer turn to food for comfort.  What score and interpretation did you get from the emotional eating audit on page 83?  Reading onwards, is there a particular part that you can not understand?  Are you using the four questions regarding your thoughts and writing them down? -  

Are they true?   

Do they serve your best interests?  

Do they advance and protect your health?   

Do they help you achieve your weight-management goals? 

Were you able to find your own MER to forgive the people or events in your life that have been holding you back from going into your future with a light heart?  

The GBO says on page 105 - "Your challenge is to consider all the possible coping skills available to you other than eating ..."  We can't really give you all of the tips and hints that we use because we don't know your life, only you know that and what it is going to take to lose the weight and keep it off. 

If you've read the book before then maybe you need a good dose of Key 4?  Learning the art of walking away from the temptations and finding alternatives to eating? 

Also keep in mind that if it's not in the house you won't be tempted.  You want to lose weight and get healthy again and you know that by eating a second or third helping isn't going to aid your goals so maybe getting stuck into the whole book you'll be learning the keys to help you not do this anymore and thus bring you to the point of a light globe moment where you say to yourself "I can and will do this!"  

Suu 

Hi there Nat, 

Hang in there.I re-read key 2 twice before something in me just clicked and I started to 'get it'. 

When you say 'that you resent yourself for not having the ability to say no to second helping of meals', That there is something you need to examine in yourself and apply the 4 questions Suu was mentioning.That may be a starting point for you to get your own lightbulb to flick on and start you moving forwards. 

I hope this helps a little, take care    Dolly. 

Thank you Suu and Dolly for your support. You were right, I was on my third go through key two when it just 'clicked'. I was discussing my problem getting through key two, with my husband and I asked just one question and I knew his answer before he said anything. So between the two of us we have made a game plan to help deal with my binge eating. 

It was such a relief to see the answer. So I have to say thank you again for your support. If I didn't have someone out there to give me that little 'shove' when needed, I know it would be so easy to give up. 

Natalie 

Hi everyone 

As the posts from before have been deleted some of you reading this will not know my story I was originally 135kg at my biggest and approx 103kg when I started Dr Phil approx 14 months ago 

Thanks to a great support group, a dear friend called Suu and a wonderfully supportive hubby I am about to go and have my ultimate reward for losing 24kg and that is a tummy tuck on Wednesday 

I have discovered a passion for exercise and a love of life So to all of you wondering how on earth you are going to do this let me give you the secret 

You do it one step and one day at a time following the 7 Keys one page of Dr Phil at a time  

Throw out the old thinking just as you do the old clothes Don't hang onto the past Just create a new future and you too will have the new life you so much want 

Take care to you all 

Sue H 

Hi Everyone,   

My name is faye I haven't been on for at least 9 months. I first brought the Dr Phil book weighing in at 157kg now 1 year later I am 80kg which at 180cm is the correct weight for my height and I must say that it feels fantastic. I must admit that I am having a little trouble getting Dr Phil out of my head though. Everytime I go out for tea and look at some foods I don't need I can hear him saying WHAT ARE YOU THINKING and I have a little giggle to my self I have been maintaining my weight for about 6 weeks now and hope that I can for the rest of my life. I would quite often read messages from other people on this board and gain inspiration to keep going so thank you all and I will keep checking in to keep me on the straight and narrow   

Cheers Faye   

To lose 77kg (170 pounds) in a year is a gobsmackingly awesome effort!  A huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge congratulations to you for your committment to the 7 Keys. 

How about posting a photo of yourself so we can see the humongous change and to give the added inspiration to all who come here? 

I don't think we are meant to get the GBO (Great Bald One) out of our heads.  He's there to remind us continually that weight is managed not cured and we will need to remember that, so we don't go off the straight and narrow. 

Again, I want to say well done!  Keep up the maintaining because we've worked long and hard at getting to our goals and now we can learn a new sort of normal. 

Suu 

suujoy@hotmail.com 

Thankyou for you lovely message I will have to include a photo once I work out how too.  

Reading your message brought a tear to my eye. I had long hair and had it all cut off yesterday and my husband hated it when I got home and said some pretty horrible things for which he said sorry for later but it still hurts.I love my new short hair style and it had to be cut of short because I would have to say that I lost about two thirds of my hair whilst dieting and having  my baby who is now one. I had lots of short regrowth growing through which looked quite funny so I thought Cutting it off and starting again was my best option. So hearing some postive comments today means more to me than you think. I looked at your before and after photo's and you look fantastic what a wonderful job you have done also. A few people in our little town have taken up the challenge since I have lost weight and they too are doing great jobs. We could become the biggest slimming town soon as we have a population of about 60 people in the immediate area.  

Thanks again Faye  

In this life I've come to the conclusion that we have to please ourselves and if that means having our hair cut then so be it!  It's like anything else IMO - we've lost the weight, changed our hairstyles, maybe even got a tattoo (wink wink), but the upshot of all of our changes is that we are winners! 

Keep in contact because we haven't finished this challenge by a long shot yet!  We have all of these up and coming losers following in our wake who will need our support and encouragement.  I too find that I still need to remain accountable. 

Weight is managed, not cured as the GBO says. 

This is what I wrote in my early morning journal this morning but this arvo my back locked up again.  Tomorrow I'm having X-Rays and may need a teensy bit of traction but I'm gutsy enough and ready for it.  It's a vertebra as well as a disc that seems to be slipping forward.  Dr Phil has helped me lose weight now he's helping me stay sane!  Pretty good ay?   

Hi Suu and Faye As well as every other follower of the 7 Keys of Dr Phil 

I just loved the idea of what we change as we lose this weight 

Suu you most definately have had a variety of hairstyles as well as the changes in your cloyhing as you lost the weight 

For me I have changed the style of clothing and I have also had my long hair cut Hubby was not real sure about it in the beginning but more than OK with it now 

I have also 3 weeks ago had a tummy tuck and removed 1.7kg worth of lose skin and as a result bought my first size12 skirt (still in size 14 pants due to needing to work on the thighs still) 

I really think the 7 keys are more than just a weight loss plan It is about creating a whole new wonderfull life 

Start at page one and follow it page by page and remember you have to want to do this and create a life that will support you reaching your goals 

Sue H