(this is a repost of her words from her site, I can’t help but share this vital information!)

Notes from Tricia: A Bevy of Boob Jobs

If you live in Los Angeles, it isn’t hard to notice the sea of medically augmented breasts among us. In fact, plastic surgery is to Los Angeles, what the Red Sox are to Boston (btw, sorry about your loss, Boston).

I’ve lived in LA for 5 years now, and I still cannot adjust to the idea that women are so quick to go under the knife to enhance their bra size and cleavage. (And with a chest as flat as mine you’d think I’d be more understanding!) It boggles my mind. I mean big boobs are so plentiful here, that there isn’t any allure or mystique to them anymore…you pretty much assume they’re silicone-induced and from there the beauty is quickly lost.

Now, for any boob-enhanced readers, please forgive me, I don’t mean to offend you!

The reason for my rant is that there is a correlation between boob jobs and modern culture’s weight loss quick-fixation. The point is, that we are accustomed to seeking an outside, superficial solution, to an inside, psycho/spiritual problem. What I mean is, when people go under the knife the reason is usually, (they will tell you), “To feel better about myself”, “To feel sexier”, “To be more attractive”, “To finally look and feel normal”.

But the truth is that self-esteem, sensuality, attractiveness, and feeling “normal” are all qualities that must be realized on the inside before they translate on the outside. Sure, you may “look” more attractive, sexy and “normal” from plastic surgery, but how deep does that feeling go? Does it really reach that inner, empty place, from which these original negative feelings spawn?  And if you focused on healing these feelings within, would you have the same compulsion to change your outsides in such a severe way? I don’t think so.

In fact, I believe that 98% of all diets fail because people are looking to feel better on the inside by altering the outside; however, when that is all they do, those familiar feelings of loneliness, fear and discontent begin creeping back into their lives and the best antidote for such feelings is…why, food, of course!

And this is exactly why we have designed the first, ever, “Weight Loss from the Inside Out” event here in Los Angeles. The purpose of this event is to shift the focus of weight loss away from the idea that we can manipulate our bodies in numerous ways and magically lose weight…for good. We want to reinforce, instead, that the “Mind, Body, Spirit” approach to weight loss is the only way to enjoy lasting success. That is, when we change how we feel about ourselves, how we think about ourselves, how we nourish ourselves and how we care for ourselves, in all ways, then we can expect to have a healthy relationship with food and with our bodies… and lose weight.

So I hope you’ll join the new revolution in weight loss by registering now for “Weight Loss from the Inside Out”. Tickets are selling fast, and the early bird deadline will be over before you know it!

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