12-20-2014, 11:11 AM
It's a program that has been under development for nearly 10 years now. It has been tested through observation of the most challenging cases of need-to-lose-weight I could find, and as for subjective, I don't think you can really argue that X number of pounds lost per unit of time used versus no weight loss or even weight gain while it was not in use. That is of course, for when it works.
For example, I have four testers who were considered "nearly impossible cases". Of those, one has been a tester for 9.5 years, one for six, one for 3 and one for coming up on 2.
Of them, one managed to self sabotage most of my efforts, and in resisting the program prototypes over the years, managed to go from 180 pounds when she started asking for my help, to 344 at peak. Her response to V6 was to lose about 35 pounds, and then realize what was going on and revert to her response to fear of loss of control, and gain back about half of it before going for gastric bypass surgery. I estimate that within 2 years, she will realize that what I have told her all along is true, that regardless of getting surgery or not, unless you fix the psychological issues causing the problem, you will find a way to re-create the problem. In her case, I expect that until she outgrows her need for control, and her expression of that need through being overweight, she will find a way to reverse any weight loss she achieves through the surgery the minute the novelty of the experience wears off. I also expect that when she comes back to me, I will have managed to get the program to a state where it will work for her. One of her big issues is that she needs constant change and stimulation, or she gets bored, and her response to boredom is - you guessed it - to eat. Even having just one stage to the WL6 program was apparently enough to trigger that, after a couple months. I currently consider her proof that the program needs more work.
Tester #2 managed to lose about 15 pounds, which was 5 pounds lower than his starting "brick wall", but then he stopped responding. He is also easily bored and in need of constant stimulation, and he has a very strong willed personality type. He is proof that the program needs more work.
Tester #3 - to my great surprise and joy - lost a large amount of weight. That tester is our very own Benjamin, and his particular focus was emotional damage that he needed to heal. The program seems to have allowed for him to achieve that and weight loss that is quite impressive. I'm not exactly sure how much he lost, but he achieved his goals. If memory serves, he lost something like 75 pounds.
Tester #4 is a close friend of mine who has been using the program (WL6) since May of 2013. She has lost 65 pounds so far and is continuing to lose weight. Her brick wall came and went, and now she is more than 20 pounds below it. Like Ben, her reasons for being overweight hinged largely on being damaged emotionally, and the program has allowed her to achieve sufficient stress relief and freedom from fear, shame, guilt and self blame to achieve this weight loss. I expect that she will achieve the program's goal weight.
Tester #1 was steadily gaining weight before we started testing. She lost weight a few times, usually 20 to 45 pounds, always in response to specific factors (the script was read by her in her own voice, or the program achieved a cooperative state, etc.) but over time, her need for control and response to boredom always won out. She will require the use of a multi-stage program to prevent boredom, and one that heals her fears of lack of control.
Tester #2 was steady at his starting weight for about five years before starting, and with only a few pounds variance. He lost a total of about 5 pounds the first test, 10 the second and 15 the third, but always returned to his original weight. He will also need a multi-stage weight loss program, and one that deals with reframing some important concepts. (Being fit requires me to stop having fun.)
These are the four I have consistently observed in relatively close detail. There are others as well; a few have gained weight, and several have reported losing weight but stopped the program for reasons that sound suspiciously like resistance to me.
This is how I know what the program is doing. Observing the before vs the after, and doing so over a long period of time.
For example, I have four testers who were considered "nearly impossible cases". Of those, one has been a tester for 9.5 years, one for six, one for 3 and one for coming up on 2.
Of them, one managed to self sabotage most of my efforts, and in resisting the program prototypes over the years, managed to go from 180 pounds when she started asking for my help, to 344 at peak. Her response to V6 was to lose about 35 pounds, and then realize what was going on and revert to her response to fear of loss of control, and gain back about half of it before going for gastric bypass surgery. I estimate that within 2 years, she will realize that what I have told her all along is true, that regardless of getting surgery or not, unless you fix the psychological issues causing the problem, you will find a way to re-create the problem. In her case, I expect that until she outgrows her need for control, and her expression of that need through being overweight, she will find a way to reverse any weight loss she achieves through the surgery the minute the novelty of the experience wears off. I also expect that when she comes back to me, I will have managed to get the program to a state where it will work for her. One of her big issues is that she needs constant change and stimulation, or she gets bored, and her response to boredom is - you guessed it - to eat. Even having just one stage to the WL6 program was apparently enough to trigger that, after a couple months. I currently consider her proof that the program needs more work.
Tester #2 managed to lose about 15 pounds, which was 5 pounds lower than his starting "brick wall", but then he stopped responding. He is also easily bored and in need of constant stimulation, and he has a very strong willed personality type. He is proof that the program needs more work.
Tester #3 - to my great surprise and joy - lost a large amount of weight. That tester is our very own Benjamin, and his particular focus was emotional damage that he needed to heal. The program seems to have allowed for him to achieve that and weight loss that is quite impressive. I'm not exactly sure how much he lost, but he achieved his goals. If memory serves, he lost something like 75 pounds.
Tester #4 is a close friend of mine who has been using the program (WL6) since May of 2013. She has lost 65 pounds so far and is continuing to lose weight. Her brick wall came and went, and now she is more than 20 pounds below it. Like Ben, her reasons for being overweight hinged largely on being damaged emotionally, and the program has allowed her to achieve sufficient stress relief and freedom from fear, shame, guilt and self blame to achieve this weight loss. I expect that she will achieve the program's goal weight.
Tester #1 was steadily gaining weight before we started testing. She lost weight a few times, usually 20 to 45 pounds, always in response to specific factors (the script was read by her in her own voice, or the program achieved a cooperative state, etc.) but over time, her need for control and response to boredom always won out. She will require the use of a multi-stage program to prevent boredom, and one that heals her fears of lack of control.
Tester #2 was steady at his starting weight for about five years before starting, and with only a few pounds variance. He lost a total of about 5 pounds the first test, 10 the second and 15 the third, but always returned to his original weight. He will also need a multi-stage weight loss program, and one that deals with reframing some important concepts. (Being fit requires me to stop having fun.)
These are the four I have consistently observed in relatively close detail. There are others as well; a few have gained weight, and several have reported losing weight but stopped the program for reasons that sound suspiciously like resistance to me.
This is how I know what the program is doing. Observing the before vs the after, and doing so over a long period of time.
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!
