HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER YOUR PARENTS SAYING”NOW, EAT EVERYTHING ON YOUR PLATE”. AND YOU DID, EVEN WHEN YOU WEREN’T HUNGRY ANY MORE. WELL, MANY OF YOU STILL HAVE THIS MESSAGE RUNNING AND STILL FEEL COMPELLED TO CONTINUE EATING . THE RESULT CAN BE EXCESS WEIGHT. IF YOU GREW UP ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE AND YOUR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS WENT THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930s , YOU HAVE HEARD MANY STORIES OF NEAR STARVATION.(I CERTAINLY HAVE). EVERY BIT OF FOOD WAS IMPORTANT FOR SURVIVAL AND THE WORDS FINISH OR CLEAN YOUR PLATE HAD GREAT MEANING. THIS PROGRAMING WAS PASSED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION AND THE RESULT CAN BE- KEEPING FOOD THAT SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OR EATING UNHEALTHY FOOD BECAUSE IT SHOULDN’T BE WASTED AND JUST POOR JUDGEMENT REGARDING EATING BEHAVIOR. ANOTHER OLD PROGRAM THAT IS VERY COMMON AMONG WOMAN IS “I DON’T WANT MEN TO NOTICE ME BECAUSE IF THEY DO, THEY MIGHT ABUSE ME”. THESE WOMAN WERE ONCE ABUSED PERHAPS IN CHILDHOOD OR AS YOUNG WOMAN. THIS TRAUMA STILL REMAINS AND THE PROTECTOR PART OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS IS STILL DESPERATELY TRYING TO PROTECT THE YOUNGER GIRL. THIS PROTECTOR STILL FEELS THE DANGER , EVEN WHEN IT IS LONG PAST AND THE WOMAN MAY HAVE A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND FAMILY. BEING FAT AND UNATTRACTIVE IS A SURE WAY TO STAY SAFE EVEN WHEN THE CONSCIOUS MIND IS UNAWARE OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. CLEARING THESE OUT OF DATE PROGRAMS IS MORE THEN POSSIBLE. IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU, IT IS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT TO SET YOURSELF FREE. WARM REGARDS, WANDA