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Hi there all you awesome Wellness Warriors, What emotion is evoked in you by the following words? 1 Loser 2 Lose 3 Change Are they positive or negative emotions? What memories do these words bring up in your mind? How do you feel when you lose something or someone? In what way are you potentially impacted in situations when you 'lose'? Dealing with people who wish to re-sculpt their bodies and either reduce their clothing size or increase it, the phrases such as 'lose weight'' change your eating patterns' are just 2 of the emotion provoking phrases used. There are many reasons for people gaining and retaining mass that is not muscle eg yo-yo  dieting, hormone imbalances, incorrect eating programmes, lifestyle stresses to name a few; yet I am seeing that- at a gut level, the emotion of 'losing' something plays a very important part in the sabotaging of any mass reduction and lifestyle programme undertaken by people. The purpose being to maintain