I caught his first show and got hooked.  I  was skeptical at first, thinking he was just another person cashing in on peoples' desire to try anything to be thin, but ended up being impressed by him and what he was saying.   He isn't trying to sell you anything (other than the belief that you can succeed).   

I'm trying to remember what he went over in his first show.  He discussed 4 (I think) things you need to do in order to be successful at being thin.  And he stressed this is NOT a diet he teaches, too; that all diets fail inthe long term.  Hmmm, let's see...

First rule:  Eat whatever you want.  The more you deny yourself something the more you will crave and crave it and make yourself miserable and will also end up gorging on it eventually.  So eat whatever you want!  He recommended you go through your cabinets and fridge and throw out whatever food you did not love.  Like the non-fat stuff or "healthy" foods that you don't really like.  Trying to make yourself eat something because you feel like you're supposed to will only backfire and hurt you in the end.   

Second Rule:  Eat whenever you're hungry.  Do not starve or deny yourself and do not skip meals.  It only makes your body go into the starvation mode and save up every bit of calories it can towards fat since it thinks you are not going to get to eat on a regular basis. 

Third Rule:  Eat consciously.   By that he means to do a few things: 1) Do not eat in front of the tv, at the movies, while reading the paper, while talking to others, basically while doing anything else!  It distracts you and you will eat at least twice as much as you normally would, since you're not paying attention to when your body tells you it is getting full; 2) After EVERY bite, set down your food/silverware on the plate/table and chew your food at least 30 to 40+ times.  Pay attention to how the food tastes, the texture, the flavor, how good it is, etc.  He said don not be surprised if you change your idea of what you like and don't like; that many people do because they never start actually tasting the food they are eating and it really just doesn't taste as good as they thought (like fast food he used for example).  Be sure and make yourslef physically put down your silverware (or the food if no silverware), otherwise you will eat too fast and not consciously and overeat.  It will feel awkward the first couple of times, but will then become easier. When you do these things to eat consciouly you will notice that you start recognizing when you are getting full, and will probably be surprised how much sooner you are full than you expected.  Which takes you to the last rule:

Fourth Rule:  Stop eating as soon as you feel 80% full.  Some people will ask how to know when you are at 80% full, but you know when you feel overly full and you know when you feel full (every one of us has felt those ways before), so you can also know when you are about 80% full.  Just use your gut (no pun intended) -- if you think you are there, then you probably are. 

He said you will probably end up leaving food on your plate and end up eating less than you thought you would/could.  Do not feel bad or guilty for leaving food on your plate.  Feel great about it.  Following those rules was the audience's homework that week.         

           
Anyway, even though he doesn't promote a veg*n way of eating healthy, his methods can be used with any type of eating style including veg*n and I was impressed that he seemed sincere about hepling people with methods everyone can do while building their self-esteem in the end, too.   
 
I'm not trying to lose weight, but I think all of us in this society know or have known the pressure of thinking we have to be skinny to be accepted/successful/happy/healthy/*insert whatever idea here, so I can only empathize with those who feel bad about their weight.  :(

i think his rules definately make sense, to anyone...with ED therapy, a big one is to "eat mindfully".  emotional eating, whether you are overweight or under, isnt really healthy.

last week i did the whole tapping of your face/ hand, etcetc technique that he showed. i dont have any results as of yet! haha.
and i didnt want to start this healthy eating at our potluck today  :D

there was a whole technique about getting over food cravings. you had to think of your food weakness and get that good feeling, tap your face (like the sinus area...i dunno if its the same thing that stimulates the natural nitric oxide?), then tap back of your hand, your face again...and some other things which i forget...
but it is supposed to retrain your brain, and the association w/ the food. maybe the website has some info on it, or i think TLC is running the show from the start again.
usually, it is on on Sunday nights.

KissMeKate:  it's called EFT- Emotional Freedom Technique .  http://www.emofree.com/    It's supposed to work for all kinds of problems/issues- anxiety, phobias, eating issues, stress, anger, depression, etc.  I've tried it when I felt pretty upset about something and it helped me feel a lot better after just a couple of minutes.  It has something to do with releasing blocked energy in certain meridian points.  ??  You can also find videos of people showing the techniquea on YouTube, but the link above is the doctor's who discovered  the technique.

:)       

Is this the guy how uses suggestive techniques and plexing? I saw him on Ellen--it seemed really interesting what he was doing--I wonder if he could get me to stop feeling pain--I would love to be able to get in an extra 3 miles at the gym! ;D

Please tell me that you're joking!  To stop feeling pain would mean that you wouldn't realize when you'd badly injured yourself.  Get those extra 3 miles in by building up your mileage slowly, conditioning your body to be stronger and have more stamina as you progress!

I didn't mean blindingly, strained and mangled muscle pain--I just meant that tired pain you can get when working out--I just want to be more effective and not whimp out.

OK, I totally understand the "whimping out".  I have to fight that myself once I win the fight to even get started exercising!  I'm my own worst enemy sometimes.

I know--it's the whimp out factor that is the worst! I go through this whole inner dialouge with myself--it goes something like this:

"Oh man--I'm so tired, can we stop at 20 minutes?"
"NO! We have to stay on the whole hours!"
"Seriously? Can we just lower the incline a little then?"
"NO! You're fat you need to stay on and sweat your fat out!!"
"*Sobs and cries* But I don't want to!"
"Too bad you're doing it!"

And that goes on for the whole hour...it's kind of amusing at times how I try to bargin with myself--but by the end I feel really good and know it was awesome of me to do the whole time!