Jeri was talking about weight loss, and asked me to repeat Mendacious Thoughts'(Blogster) post about a biofeedback system that works for those who have a psychology that doesn't include"no one can make me do anything, not even me".

So here it is:

On a sheet of paper write your current weight in upper left corner. Write your desired weight in lower right corner, something reasonable, such as a 10 or 15-pound loss.

Every morning on arising, wearing more or less the same, or nude, before or after your bathroom break, but always the same, and always the same scale, weigh yourself and write the number down with the date. Keep doing this and do nothing else.

The beauty of this process is that you don’t feel pressured.
You start to eat differently while being hardly aware that you are doing this, and the self discipline creeps in when you see the numbers go down. You find it possible to say no to a dessert because the pay-off is the following morning, when you see a lower number on the scale. And if the number gets larger, you know it was the chips. You have instant feedback about the behavior that is helping you.

It took a month for me to start to see my numbers go down. Afer that the loss was steady and I reached my 18 lb. goal in 3 months. You can help yourself along by including a 15 minute walk, or longer if you are up to it. Biking is good too.

When you reach your goal you can start over, till you are at your best weight.

I use this as an ongoing reminder as it keeps me vigilant. And you can cheat and gain a lb., knowing that you can take it off in the days that follow.

Finally, what could be simpler?

xx, Teal