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Weight Loss Series

Most conventional 'weight loss' programs focus on diets, menus or practical tips to help one control nutrition and food intake - but not this one. This series presents a whole different approach to managing weight - managing the thinking that drives the behavior. Weight management issues are a product of faulty programming in the brain. In order to be successful, we need to change the wiring in our brains. It's that simple, but yet extremely difficult to do. Our brains are not designed to be changed easily. As it turns out, this is an important security feature of the brain, one that presents some interesting challenges, neurobiologically speaking. This series addresses those challenges - head on. I invite you to watch these videos and open the door to a whole new approach to weight management, one that harnesses the power of neuroplasticity combined with the proven strategies of cognitive behavioral theory and neurolinquistic programming. These strategies are integrated into a technique known as cognitve audio-visal programming, my own proprietary blend. If you are interested in managing your weight permanently, then you have come to the right place. You wll not be disappointed!

Welcome To My World
Welcome to my world - the world of permanent weight loss – C∆VT style. C∆VT stands for Cognitive Audio-Visual Technique, a technique that I have developed as a tool to powerfully change thought patterns that control eating behaviors - the Holy Grail of life-long weight management.
Weight Loss 1 - Introduction
Weight loss is the #1 New Year’s Resolution in America – sadly most will fail. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Weight loss can be accomplished if one focuses on ‘thinking’ rather than ‘dieting’. This series of videos is designed to do just that – focus on thinking.
Weight Loss 2 - History
The human brain is a fascinating thing. One feature of it’s masterful design is that it’s programs are not easily altered. Psychology has come a long way in the last century and so has our understanding of neurobiological functioning. This video explores these developments.
Weight Loss 3 - My Interest
So how did I get interested in weight loss? I lived it. Using the strategies outlined in this series I dropped 70 pounds 15 years ago and have been at my goal weight ever since. It is difficult, but very do-able, with the right approach. My goal is to teach this approach.
Weight Loss 4 - Visualization / The Game Plan
Visualization is a technique that is used by nearly every professional in every discipline I have ever encountered from baseball to brain surgery. But don’t just ‘think’ these thoughts – write them down and keep them in your phone. Make your smart phone work for you!
Weight Loss 5 - Identifying Intention-Killing Thoughts
Everybody, so it seems, has good intentions. But as the old proverb goes: ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.’ My spin on that proverb is: ‘The road to dying fat is paved with dead intentions’. In this video you will learn how to identify those intention-killing thoughts.
Weight Loss 6 - Upgrading The System
Changing thought can really be thought of as ‘upgrading the system’ - the human operating system. The new ‘code’ has to be carefully written to precise specifications. It has to be 180º out of phase with the old to work effectively. This video explains the process.
Weight Loss 7 - Cognitive Infusion
The human brain comes equipped with a very tight security system, designed to make sure that if we really want to delete an old program we have to be absolutely sure we want to replace it. Cognitive Infusion is the absolute best way to accomplish this task.
Weight Loss 8 - The 4G Version of Changing Thought
This video is about transforming the ancient practice of meditation to the information age. Cognitive Audio-Visual Technique (CΛVT) is a powerful technique for downloading huge chunks of information quickly to the ‘human hard drive’, aka the cerebral cortex.
Weight Loss 9 - Getting Started
Having a good plan is a must, but only the beginning. This video is about dismantling the thoughts that thwart even the best of plans. If we don’t get at these thoughts, then it isn’t even worth the bother – they will take down even the best of plans.
Weight Loss 10 - Feedback Loops
This video explores what are known the the psychological world as ‘feedback loops’. We all possess a series of negative feedback loops that keep us stuck in our old habits. This video explains what ‘positive' feedback loops are and more importantly how to create them.
The Neuro-biology of Ch∆nge - Weight Loss Version
The purpose of this video is take some of the mystery out of the process of change by introducing you to a bit of neuro-biology. Understanding the fundamentals of brain function can make all the difference – especially when it comes to the frustration one feels when trying to fight against one’s own brain. As they say, knowledge is power!
(Addendum) - Bilingual - Becoming Fluent in the Language of Lean
I have often said that learning to 'think lean' is no different than learning a new language. I call this new language 'The Language of Lean'. Learning this 'language' is every bit as challenging as learning a foreign language - for real. The twist here is that we really never forget how to speak our 'mother-tongue', which, if you have ever been over-weight is what I refer to as 'The Language of Large'. In fact, we just have to be bilingual and good at translating between the two. This video explores this concept and reveals some hidden truths about why conventional diets simply don't work. This serves as a good addendum to the weight loss series. Enjoy!
Intro Bariatric Surgery ~ The Mental Side
Bariatric surgery is a good tool for jump=starting motivation and opening a 'window' into the mental operating system that controls food intake ~ but is only that. The rest is mental ~ 90% mental. If you are contemplating, under-going, recovering from or even years out from bariatric surgery and struggling, this video is for you.
Weight Loss ~ A Few Will Hurt
Tapping the power of the cerebral cortex, to tip the balance in its favor, involves so much more then simply willpower. In fact willpower is really a unicorn, it doesn't exist. You heard me right ~ There is no power in the desire to leave those jellybeans alone. The power lies in commandeering the vast networks in the cerebral cortex and integrating them together to create a superpower, a mega-network, of sensory inputs and outputs that collectively has the power to override the biological blueprint in the limbic system that demands that we get those jellybeans onboard at all costs.