"If there was anything I wanted to change, it was that I have been struggling with my weight all of my life, and wished I had more will power to diet. Trish explained that while brain training cannot claim to make your body lose weight, it does claim to stabilize you emotionally. Being more emotionally stable you are better able to control impulses and triggers caused by emotions that do not occur as frequently.
I set my goals as increased will power, increased impulse control, increased focus, and improved mood.
I noticed that when it came to the ability to diet, it was not so much that my will power increased, but that the need for will power decreased. It seems counter intuitive, but I was no longer in a constant battle against the desire to eat foods that I knew would not be good for my weight loss goals. I was no longer constantly thinking about food: what to eat, what not to eat, how long I would have to go without foods that I loved that I could not or should not eat. I was also no longer obsessing about how much weight I needed to lose and how long it would take me to do it.
I was also no longer obsessing about how much weight I needed to lose and how long it would take me to do it. Instead, I was more able to focus on the nutritional needs of my body and to make choices, when hunger struck, that would "fuel the machine''.
As the training continued, and my emotional state seemed to be more and more positive and calm my eating, which was often triggered by emotional stress, was not being triggered by that. My ability to respond to emotional triggers more appropriately improved, and I began to notice a "deep well of calm" upon which to draw when faced with emotional challenges.
Since I began brain training I have lost 40 lbs."
- Sheila: Very Busy Soccer Mom with a Demanding Career