DIETS DON'T WORK - The Gabriel Method Review

In this Gabriel Method Review, we’ll review the best program on weight loss I have ever found in many years of researching health and wellbeing. No other methodology for losing weight that I’ve seen has such a clear understanding of the underlying causes of weight gain and how to resolve them.

In this Gabriel Method Review:

• Who Is Jon Gabriel And What Is The Gabriel Method?
• Why Diets Don’t Work And This New Methodology Does
• Most Overweight People Are Starving Nutritionally No Matter How Much They Eat
• Using The Gabriel Method

Who Is Jon Gabriel And What Is The Gabriel Method?

Jon Gabriel was over 400 pounds and had tried every popular diet around, from low fat Pritikin to high fat, high protein Atkins. After some initial weight loss he always gained it back and more.

Eventually he realized that at some level his body wanted to be fat and all the dieting and fighting it simply wasn’t working. That’s when he set about understanding why and how to change it.

With a background in biochemistry and an intense period of research and discovery, Jon came up with a completely different approach to losing weight. He personally lost over 220 pounds and now teaches thousands of people around the world how to achieve permanent weight loss without dieting.

 

Why Diets Don’t Work And This New Methodology Does

While so many dieting books of the past were focused on pointless calorie restriction, The Gabriel Method shows how starving yourself actually makes things much worse. Essentially restriction style diets are only teaching your body to go into emergency mode and conserve fat.

Weight gain, at an underlying level, is more of an emotional, psychological and hormonal issue than just about overeating. Accumulation of body fat is an outward manifestation of certain genetic survival programs that have very good reasons for working in the way they do.

The Gabriel Method goes into great detail about what these emotional, psychological and hormonal issues are and how to free yourself from their control. All the calorie counting and willpower in the world is useless long term unless you learn to work with, instead of against these deep seated survival programs that your mind controls your body with.

Most Overweight People Are Starving Nutritionally No Matter How Much They Eat

Even if you eat a ton of food and thousands of calories, you can still be hungry if you’re not getting what you need nutritionally. This hunger is part of your basic survival program that keeps you alive and is as powerful as the need to go to sleep when you’ve been up too late. Trying to fight it with willpower is pointless.

However, when you give your body what it needs nutritionally it will naturally subside. The Gabriel Method reviews exactly why certain essential nutrients are missing from your diet and how to get them back into your meals. This is about eating more, not less.

It also examines in detail how not digesting and assimilating your food properly can lead to overpowering hunger and how to resolve this situation. If any of these issues are affecting you then going on a diet is about the worst thing you could do.

Stop dieting and reach your ideal weight naturally with a different approach. There is no restriction on any food you want to eat with The Gabriel Method. Instead, as you add certain nutrient rich foods into your meals, you’ll find your cravings naturally fall away.

It isn’t about controlling yourself. It’s about understanding, respecting and working with the underlying genetic survival programs that ultimately control your body weight at a deeper level.

Using The Gabriel Method

This is not some quick dieting trick where you lose weight rapidly and then put it on again as soon as you stop following unmaintainable directions. As such, it’s unlikely to be suitable for people who give up unless they are getting dramatic results in the first few weeks.

Because you are dealing with real causes of weight gain, that you are probably currently unaware of, it can take longer for some people than others to recognize them fully and begin seeing serious results.

That said, I believe you’ll understand the truth behind this method once you start reading the first few chapters of the book. If you don’t, and you think it’s not right for you, then there’s a 60 day money back guarantee with the program.

The Gabriel Method is far more than just a great book on how to lose weight. It also contains 12 videos on creating a new body, a series of powerful guided visualizations, Jon’s favorite healthy recipes and special audio programs on effective weight loss.

I’ve personally recommended The Gabriel Method to friends and even a family member as I think it’s the best resource out there for losing weight. I’d really suggest listening to what Jon has to say (the pictures of his transformation alone speak volumes).

So many people are punishing themselves each day with restrictive diets that simply do not work. The path to weight loss does not involve struggle or even willpower.

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Is Emotional Eating OK?

Are you an emotional eater? Chances are if you are overweight and actively seeking help for that you are. Emotional eating occurs when individuals turn to food in order to deal with or, more accurately, forget about emotional stress or depression.

Even after losing over 50 per cent of my total body weight, I emotionally eat. It is a natural reaction to stress, which, if properly managed is okay. What is far more important is training your mind to view yourself differently and to use occasional emotional eating for when it is needed, not as merely an excuse to over indulge and stuff your face.

You Cannot Be Victim Anymore
A lot of attention in the weight loss industry surrounds the psychological reasons behind overeating and obesity. As a result, I am constantly asked in interviews and personal meetings how I learned to 'deal' with my emotional baggage in order to shed my weight. The short answer is that I didn't!
That's right, I am still stressed and I still get depressed over my past and my future. However, rather than conceal those problems with food I made the conscious decision to stop being a victim to these thoughts and rather use different ways to manage the inevitable stresses in my life. I have learned to become a mover and a thinker, to use activity to manage these bouts rather than calories.

If you want to 'win' your war against weight you need to become a soldier, a victor, not a victim. You need to be fearless, and put the problems that lead you to food into perspective. Think about it: if you eat every time you think about your failed marriage are you doing anything to pick up the pieces and start again? No! If anything you're preventing it and action is better than inaction. The "if onlys" in our lives hold us back.

The Higher the Hurdle, the Higher the Jump
I am always asked about the biggest 'hurdle' in my weight loss journey all those years ago. And, while I readily admit that walking into the gym for the first time on my own was scary, that is about all I can come up with.

This isn't because the process was easy or natural for me. Quite the contrary! Rather, I chose to view each 'hurdle' not as a barrier, but a reason to learn how to jump. Each craving I fought, each sore muscle I had helped me prepare for that jump. They were simply learning experiences that I needed in order to make it.

One of my signature sayings is, the higher the hurdles you have to jump in life the higher you learn how to jump. Continuing to view yourself as a victim does not make you a winner. Yes, it is harder for others, but just as the barefoot Kenyan works harder to earn an Olympic gold than the private school boy from America, at the end of the day, the winner still needs to be the fastest man on the track, no matter the road it took to get there.

Life is not fair. There is no way to get around it and the sooner you come to that realisation the better. There are many reasons that we emotionally eat and many of them are heartbreaking and valid.

However, you cannot allow them to continue to define your life and your journey.

Successful weight loss is similar to taking your life and straining it through a sieve-the more muck at the bottom, the longer the process takes, but, eventually, all the bad bits are separated out. Success relies on your ability to choose to be a victor, not a victim.

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Ideal Weight or Happy Weight?

How much weight do you really need to lose?

Maybe you've been working on getting back to the weight you were at in high school or on your wedding day. But do you really need to go that low? Or can you weigh more than your ideal weight and still be healthy? If you're overweight, losing just 10% of your body weight is linked to many health benefits, including lowering blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and blood sugar, and reducing your risk for heart disease. This kind of weight loss is also easier to reach and keep for the long run.

Your Weight "Set Point"

Just as your body temperature is programmed to stay around 98.6 degrees, your body weight is naturally regulated to stay within a range of 10%-20%, says Thomas Wadden, PhD, director of the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at University of Pennsylvania Medical School. This weight range is known as the "set point."

A complex set of hormones, chemicals, and hunger signals help your body keep your weight within this range, says dietitian Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD. It is not just about your genes. Your eating and exercise habits can also help to determine your set point.

"Overeating swamps the internal regulatory system, and, as a result, the set point increases -- which is much easier to do than it is to lower it," Wadden says. The body adjusts to the higher weight and "resets" the set point to defend the new weight.  It's still possible to set your range lower. "With changes in healthy eating and exercise behavior, you can lower your set point," says Blatner.

The 10% Solution to Weight Loss

Losing 10% of your body weight, and keeping it off for six months to a year, helps your body reset your set point, notes George Blackburn, MD, in his book, Break Through Your Set Point: How to Finally Lose the Weight You Want and Keep It Off.

When you lose large amounts of weight at once, you set up an internal struggle and hormones spike to make you hungrier as your body tries to defend its comfortable range, Wadden explains. That's why experts recommend losing 10% by changing your eating and exercise habits, and then maintaining your new weight for a few months before trying to lose more. Your body will get the signal to lower its "set point," and you'll get used to new food choices, smaller portions, and regular exercise. 

Blatner says she has seen people who lose 10% of their weight "start to realize how a little weight loss impacts their health in very positive ways... They feel better, sleep better, have more energy or less joint pain, and some people are able to reduce medications."

How Much Should I Weigh?

Most people overestimate how much weight they can lose, which leads to frustration, says Blatner. To find your happy or healthy weight, Blatner suggests looking back on your weight history as an adult and identifying a weight you were able to maintain fairly easily.

 

Source: Web MD