The Gabriel Method was espoused by Jon Gabriel who lost 225 pounds without dieting or surgery. The book was born from the effort to explain how the author learnt to embrace himself and live in a healthier and more natural way.
What makes the book unique and valuable is the holistic approach to losing weight. It instructs you not just on what to eat but also on the right mental attitude, belief systems and techniques that can help you lose weight in a natural manner.
This is one of those personal diets in which the story is as important as the method itself. Jon Gabriel’s story is inspiring and a lot of people find it motivating.
The Gabriel Method: an overview
A highly practical and innovative program, the Gabriel Method is all about ‘thinking yourself thin’. To do this, the book advocates three techniques:
- Do not deny your body its right quota of nutrients
- Put mind over matter and harness the power of visualization
- Stay tuned to the messages sent by your body
The three techniques might look very simple. But, the book argues – perhaps rightly so – that most of us have lost touch with what our body wants and ignore even the basic principles of joyful living.
The thrust of the book is not just to make the body thin but to encourage a change of the mindset from fat to fit. Some of the wonderful, highly practical and useful tips suggested by Gabriel go like this:
- Chew food slowly
- Drink plenty of water
- Eat living fruits and veggies
- Eat grass-fed meat
- Consume Omega 3 fatty acids
- Exercise
- Practice good eating habits
The Gabriel Method Review
The emotional dimension of eating is given a lot of importance in the program. Most people who have attempted to lose weight through stringent diets are on the weight loss merry-go-round for their entire lives. But, once they are able to let go of the ‘diet’ mentality, they become free to lose weight. Thus, the book explores the reasons behind the failure of most diet programs.
Pros:
- Very practical
- Very much doable
- Advocates holistic wealth loss
- Emphasizes the importance of exercise
- Moves towards a diet rich in proteins
- Advocates lifestyle changes
- Seeks to unleash the power of the mind
- Dispels the myth that you need pills and shakes to lose weight
Cons:
- Advocates the use of the mind to measure weight
- No diet plan
- Very slow in bringing results
- Not very original
In conclusion
The ideas in the Gabriel Method are nice though the results may be slow in coming.
People struggling with various diet programs may find it useful and educative to learn how the mind can become your greatest ally – or foe – in any endeavor, including weight loss. The book is also a call to bring back some of the healthy habits that our ancestors had, which we have lost on the way. But, if you want immediate results, you may be disappointed by the lack of direction in the book.
