After a week of eating amazing new desserts I am STILL down 3.5 lbs.!!!!!! I am SUPER excited! I’m .8 lbs. away from hitting the 25 lbs. mark! 12 weeks ago I NEVER in my wildest dreams thought I’d be at this point. I had another “release” after hypnotherapy with Nate last week and felt drained emotionally and physically BUT it was so worth it as it’s been 2 weeks now of down 3 lbs. (where before it was 1.9 or less most weeks). I had a huge accomplishment in my driving (drove from Waterloo to home on my own – a stretch I haven’t done in over 10 years I’m guessing), I felt so good that I decided to try another portion of the highway even though Nate suggested I don’t do it yet – but you all know me, I NEVER listen and always want to push through faster than I should at things. Well I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED as I tried it and had a HUGE (and I mean HUGE) panic attack :/ I felt like I failed and had gone back to the old me, but after talking with Nate today in our session, I feel so much better knowing others have done this too, and it’s normal to want to “bite off more than we can chew” just to test our limits. After he did his magic on me, I no longer felt the anxiety I did after having that panic attack this week. I also learned a super amazing trick from him to help me build some healthy boundaries as I am the type of person who takes things personally. Nate helped me to see that when people are rude to you, they are in fact the ones hurting and feeling those things inside themselves. I totally felt sweet release after this trick he taught me, and I look forward to using it from now on – I know it won’t be easy at first, but I am going to rock this one step at a time just like my weight loss. I know the Hypnotherapy combined with WW is a huge part of my success as not only am I learning how to eat BUT I am learning how to get go of all the junk that WAS ‘weighing me down”. One of the affirmations I say several times daily that I truly feel is helping me is “I shed my weight easily and effortlessly, as I no longer need it. I am safe, loved and protected” – looks like it was working as I shed 7 lbs. in the last two weeks! It’s amazing how much our words and others can affect us. I LOVE my weekends as my WW meeting and Hypnotherapy session has been therapy for my Mind, Body and Soul!