I lost 20 pounds using The Law and the Promise!
I first read Neville Goddard when I was still mired in a terrible addiction around food and in a pattern of self hate. I had never liked my body and I had been dieting at that point for about 20 years.
After reading The Law and The Promise, I decided to throw away ALL the dieting books and commit to the end, Neville style. I knew the other way wasn't working for me any more... the way of control and pain and trying to change my outside behavior. I never found the magic exercise or diet. I stopped saying even one bad thing about myself and started to imagining my thinner, more beautiful body.
But the main thing I did, personally, was make a little mind movie about the stepping on my scale and seeing "that number", the one that seemed totally unrealistic at the time.
When I would see it, for me, that was REALITY. I would feel joy, a little smile, pride.
I would FEEL "I did it" over and over again, day after day.
And every time I would think of something negative about my "fat belly", or "being ugly", I would STOP that thought and immediately picture myself standing on that scale and let it ALL GO, knowing the more I committed to it, the more it would be reality.
God was taking care of it, I could let go. In order to not get mired in negative reality I perceived, I included a gratitude practice and would list all the magical things about my body, all the gifts.
Those are the only things I'd let myself thing about the body.
Vision cards helped me with my mind movies as well, imprinting new images of what I would be.
Well, in about 3 months time, I stood on the actual scale and there it was, that insanely out of reach number! I'd done it!
By then it barely mattered because I already FELT good about myself and had stop trying to control everything. I had already attained freedom. But to have fun over the next years, I'd play with that number and no matter what decimal of a number I'd pun on my mind scale, the reality would ALWAYS show up, usually within days!
This stuff works. I'm grateful for this group. I was grateful for the success stories that helped me keep the faith when I began my journey.
That weight has stayed off for over 7 years now and I eat literally whatever I want. I exercise now and I exercised before the weight loss, because I've always loved movement.
I do not exercise anymore as a punishment, or as a way to manipulate my looks.
For me it's about community and fun and feeling capable.
So, there you have it. From ONLY Imagination, I lost 20 pounds and have kept it off for 7 years.