SHIFT Q & A RESOURCE

You write their name and FB should present you with it and click on the name and write the post and we will be notified by FB that you tagged us.

It is located in it own user area under “Resources” you can also find it here: Shift Loss Calculator

How is your wifi--it sounds like you may need a stronger signal? Or maybe try refreshing or using a different browser or even device--that should do the trick.

Most of the online entries for counting calories will also calculate your macros automatically. Macros are helpful to make sure you are in balance and getting enough protein. But research shows that for long-term weight management tracking calories is more accurate and allows you to predict your results more clearly.

Your app will adjust for you or you can go back and use the calculator again--as you get smaller so will your metabolism AKA physics--that is when exercise helps the most to be able to continue to eat more.

Kitrics Nutrition Label Scale

Think of it this way.... The smaller we are, the less power (fewer calories) we need to move our bodies around the world. Your app will reduce the calories because the smaller you are the fewer calories your body requires--this is why slowly adding exercise works so well so that we are burning more and therefore not having to reduce our calorie budget if that makes sense.

Yes "Create Food" works really well. The good news is you eat this often and once you create it--it's in your log and it's one click of a button!

With the 3 bite rule I just say 3 bites of anything decadent is 100 calories keep it simple it usually is correct enough.

You could experiment--one way is for every bite you put another bite in a cup and track it that way. I will give myself taste calories for 50 or 100 or whatever I feel like I will need to test for I do the same with dough if I am baking--it helps keep me honest.

Here is what you want to just make sure on all of these Fitbit and Apple devices, their exercise tracking is 100% accurate sometimes or it can be off by A LOT–up to 50%. They may have improved things in the last few years but there was a report out on these devices in there in accuracy a few years ago you might check on Google and just look it up and see if anything has changed. I’m not saying don’t get to watch but just be aware that your calories for exercise may be overinflated and that might be great in the short term but frustrating in the long term if you aren’t getting the results that you expect.

The meditation sessions begin with Shift Day 1. Each of the 4 parts of the Shift will have its own different meditation session.

The meditation doesn't go as deep and is specifically guiding you to focus on the day ahead.

Yes, if your mind wanders don’t worry–that is your conscious mind. Your subconscious mind is following along. Just try to focus only on Rita’s voice and relax. Even if errant thoughts come in,  try to relax and let them pass on through, all the while focusing on Rita’s voice.

Falling asleep is okay--it happens sometimes--so you can sit up and listen--that might help?

Great question--you can just keep going-most of the hypnosis sessions in the program are all repeated a couple of times.

Can you try it while doing something else--like stretching or cooking or folding laundry? That is something you can do that doesn't require thought but you are in a relaxed and open mind-the hypnosis will still be effective that way.

Here are some coach responses to this question:

• I used to fall asleep in the beginning , but Rita assured me that things got through anyway and I think it did. I think that maybe I was just in such deep relaxation that I felt I had been sleeping. I felt I didn't remember anything and had a much deeper relaxation than normal sleep. After a while as I continued, I could feel how much more seemingly effortless it was to follow what I needed to do to Shift!
• Same for me! I was sleep deprived for about 5 months and would fall asleep almost immediately when I lay down to listen to meditation or hypnosis. I just went with it, but I also listened at other times, such as while cleaning the kitchen or walking my dogs in a place with no traffic.
• I always fell asleep, and it worked anyway. Just go with it.
• I like to do my hypnosis in a comfy chair in my living room. It’s not a recliner so my feet remain on the floor but I am able to find a relaxed enough posture to sink into the chair and relax but keeping my feet on the floor keeps me from nodding off.

Great questions--I like your idea of keeping it the same but varying a bit--in the beginning the most important thing is to get the emotions feeling--so after awhile the same thing may become "old" and you may need to change it up or get more specific to evoke the emotion if that makes sense?

They do tend to build on each other and I usually direct people just to go with that day’s lesson. But I don’t think there’s anything wrong with doing more than one in a day. I’ve often gone back to an earlier one I already completed just for reinforcement of that particular lesson.

You could certainly do this. The alternative is to continue in the monthly program. Lisa has mentioned it. We continue skill building and have new monthly meditations and hypnosis. You have this program for a full year so you can always revisit it.