In regards to the techniques from "Think Yourself Thin," most of the tips, tricks, etc. are on the Ideal Weight paraliminal.
What I did was tell myself every morning when I looked into the mirror, "wow, I look thinner today." It's important, because over-all you DON'T notice weight loss if you don't look for it. It creeps up on you. Saying that you notice it programs you to notice it. Also, I copied a picture of how I want to look (the cover to Over Sea, Under Stone) onto my hard drive and use Paint to black-out the title and author, and put my name, the weight I want to be at, and a reasonable date. I used this picture to reset my self-image.
I also used the Natural Brilliance model to deal with caloric reduction. I was able to reconcile the war between pleasure-in-eating and restricting the amount of food I eat by eating small portions of really good food. Whenever I might be tempted to put something in my mouth, my first thought was always "would Doctor Lector eat this?" If the answer was "probably not," I passed on it. I would also eat my food with absolute hedonism. I would eat it very, very slowly savoring every bite. The nature of food addiction is not in the taste of the food, so much as the effect of having consumed it. "Eat slowly" translates to "delay your effect" when in the paradigm of food addiction, but it translates into "enjoy your meal fully and sensually" when working outside of the paradigm. Much of the products of LSC deal with installing an extra-paradigmatic view.
I'm using the past tense when talking about these tricks because I'm really not too concerned with my weight at this juncture. However, talking about them has perked my interest on seeing how well I can re-apply them.
