30 Days of Hypnosis

In my last post I explained that I picked 3 self-hypnosis scripts that I was going to focus on this month and juggle between reading them. Since one of the things I am trying to address is breaking promises to myself (typically related to self-improvement) I decided to make this more accessible by committing to reading the scripts on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So far I’ve read 2 scripts each time I sat down (I cheated Saturday and started reading then, and then again today).

I will say that the Success script is my favorite… it’s very empowering and intense. The Self-Confidence one I feel lame reading, because it’s not masculine to not be self-confident, but I figure it’s good for me so I do it. As for the Procrastination script, it’s very straight forward and I think a perfect balance between the other two.

My pattern thus far has been to read Success then one of the other ones before reading the Wake-up and coming out of self-hypnosis. The entire process takes about 8 mins I think.

Something worth noting is that while reading the Induction, that gets you into the self-hypnotic state, right after the part that talks about the ocean and the beach and you get inside the building to take the elevator down (it’s an illusion for conquering your subconscious) I notice the tone of my voice shift noticeably. It gets really serene and calm.

NOTE: This is not the first time I’m reading these scripts though, I’ve been dabbling for a month on and off. The first time I cracked the book I felt/saw no noticeable difference in myself while reading, now that I’ve done it about 10 times, I am starting to be able to recognize the shift into “suggestive state”.

Goal for the Week

One goal that I have for myself this week is to significantly decrease my portion sizes.

I’m coming off a week of the flu and lost about 5lbs for no eating — which is incredibly timely because I’m doing the Chicago Marathon next month and need to be as light as humanly possible.

I’m trying to ride the momentum from the flu forward through the week and just keep my intake down so I can keep a lower weight and hopefully loose a bit more before heading out for Chicago.

I’m a textbook “reward myself with tasty food” person. I work my ass off and then turn to a pizza, burger or other source of many more calories than I need as a reward as the day winds down. I’ve caught myself no less than 3x every day falling into that pattern, but surprisingly have been able to break that habit and turn towards a glass of water or something else with a bit more ease than I expected.

I’m feeling good about this so far, I know I feel very positive and confident when I finish with the scripts… I have to imagine after a month of this, neurons will be rebinding in interesting ways.