Testimonials
The Gabriel Method has created healthy, effective weight-loss for many people. Here are some of the inspiring experiences that people have had with the Gabriel Method.
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Recommendations from professionals
Brilliant, simple and sensible
I'm reading your book, it's brilliant.
Below is an email I sent last week to all my clients.
Hey everyone,
I'm reading this book below called "The Gabriel Method" by Jon Gabriel of Western Australia.
For years I always thought people were fat or obese because they eat too much or in some instances eat very little, either way eating the wrong things.
I have now discovered (thanks to this book) why most people don't lose weight no matter what diet or exercise program they follow.
Most people will never lose weight UNTIL you address the underlying cause of your hidden "mental and emotional stresses"... and if you were born in the last 100 years you've got em...
GET THIS BOOK, it's for real, it's brilliant and yet so simple and sensible to follow... It's all good - and good gets even better!
Grant See
The only method I want to recommend
I have read your book and agree with EVERYTHING you said. I am a Naturopath and I have my own website called www.proven-natural-medicine.com. At the moment I am researching the topic of weight loss and all of my supplements or herbals or methods have to be proven to be included. After much research and my own experiences (I test everything) I have concluded that your method is the only one that I want to recommend on my site. I spent hours reading and researching different diets and none of them I agreed with or could show long term results because no-one can stick to a drastic diet change.
Kristin
Life coaching gem
I wanted to tell you how fantastic your book is. I did not need to lose weight but am a Life Coach and coach clients on weight loss. Your book is not only for overweight people but anyone who wants to be healthy. I love it and recommend it to all my clients. Thanks for putting what the world needs to know into an easy-to-read guide.
Sissy
A great and professional job
You have done a great and professional job with your product. I truly do admire what you have achieved in your life as well as with this book. You have made it simple and easy to understand, affordable, and given the person everything they need to make the changes in their life if they so choose... I will be happy to promote this very much.
Roxene Cossill
Hypnotherapist, counsellor
Comprehensive and scientifically meaningful
I'm a physician in Idaho, associate professor of Family Medicine at Idaho State University, and director of the integrative medical services here. I'm also medical director of the Endobiogenic Integrative Medical Center ( www.eimcenter.com).
I have recently finished reading your book and found your approach to weight loss to be the most comprehensive and scientifically meaningful method I've ever encountered. I've recommended your book to several patients and peers.
Now I'd like to offer to teach a weight management course for the Continuing Education Program at Idaho State University. I think it would be a great way to reach the general public with this understanding....
I'm writing to you because I would like to base my teaching on your method and would like your permission to do so (to offer the course as "The Gabriel Method of Weight Reduction")....
I'm impressed that your method goes beyond lifestyle modifications and actually presents ways to alter one's physiology at the deepest level, addressing the endocrine and neurological obstacles to weight loss.
In the setting of a global obesity epidemic, I want to thank you for opening new doors and reviving hope for the millions of people who have struggled fruitlessly to lose weight.
You can also mention that Dr. Bolkelman just gave her first presentation to the faculty at the University of Idaho. The presentation was called The Gabriel Method of weight reduction.
Dr. Jean Bokelman M.D.
I will refer
I currently work in a community health center in Burlington, Iowa. My specialty is internal medicine....I see dozens of patients who weigh over 300 pounds (136 kilos), and many greater than 400 pounds (182 kilos)....
At our clinic, as elsewhere, we have few resources to help these people... Few have the wherewithal to exercise and diet properly. Society at large provides almost no resources for the obese.
Until now, I have usually recommended that people...join a health club, and try to obtain some consultations with a nutritionist and/or fitness instructor.
Now, I will also refer people to your book and website.
Eli Goodman
Integrative and advanced yet simple
I'm a physician in Cuernavaca, Mexico, working both in private practice and at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH)...
As I have a formation in Gestalt psychotherapy as well as the medical faculty conventional formation, and the interest in integrative medicine as well as in medical anthropology, I found your book to be an integrative and advanced - yet very simple for non-MDs to follow - approach to such a complex entity as obesity...
It is my opinion that a similar approach should be followed for every medical condition....
Ana Cecilia Sánchez Mtz., M.D
Comprehensive
I am a Family Practice physician and I am glad to learn of your method. A comprehensive way of addressing the emotional causes of obesity has long been needed. I will be recommending your book and reviewing its results with some of my patients.
Dr. Keith O Bodrero
Huge paradigm shift
I usually don't promote any one particular product, but I have recently come across an extraordinary book on obesity and weight management, which truly provides a huge paradigm shift in how to approach this health issue.
Anyone who has ever had to deal with being overweight, or is still battling the bulges, would do well to obtain a copy of this remarkable book...
To read about his own Journey is truly inspiring and apparently he is having great success with many others, using the same techniques he employed on himself.
Peter de Ruyter
Natural Therapist
Return to normal weight
...Whatever your method it seems to allow for a much healthier return to a normal weight status...
Dr. Scott A. Brenman M.D. F.A.C.S
Fitting nutritional approach
I'm really enjoying your book. The nutritional approach you outline fits with much that I've learned about nutrition. Keep up your wonderful work!!!
Dr. Nimi Singh, MD, MPHMA Division Head, Adolescent Health and Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics
Weight-loss stories
Like a dream come true
Just wanted to let you know that my success with weight loss is continuing. My starting weight was 242 pounds (110 kilos), now only after three weeks, I weighed in at 222 pounds (101 kilos) this morning. I am feeling super-energetic and positive and I have not had any cravings and am never hungry. It's like a dream come true. Who would have thought I could do this, without exercise and hunger pains? My goal for 187 pounds (85 kilos) now seems realistic and permanent. [At work] I feel far more in control, organised and am getting through the work day far better...I am getting a far better nights sleep and am waking up full of life.
Grant Black
Saved my life
Happy days are here to stay! I received your book approx. June 9th 2008 and now it's the 24th of June 2008 I am proud to say I have dropped weight from 330 pounds (150 kilos) down to 301 pounds (137 kilos) today, hard to believe for some, nearly 2 pounds (1 kilo) lost per day. I am extremely impressed but not surprised. You have the answer. Thanks for sharing such a remarkable, winning weight loss solution for obesity, this has saved my life Jon.
Allen Scotty Davison
Weight has dropped with very little effort
I have just found your website and I am glad that I came across it....
The weight has dropped with very little effort. I've lost 39 pounds (18 kilos) in 12 weeks.
When people ask me what the secret is, I have to be honest and say that I don't know - it's like a switch has been turned off and my body wants to change. They laugh at me, but after seeing your website they understand a lot more.
Raelene Sherwin
Healthier and more energetic
I've lost 13 pounds (6 kilos) so far and...I feel far healthier and more energetic than I have in years!
Chloe Angel
Exciting transformation
Your book came along just at the right moment for me. I was ready for a new approach and tired of losing weight through restriction, only to regain it all and usually more. By applying the principles in the book I have lost 36 pounds (16.5 kilos) without feeling restricted...just being given permission to eat whatever I desire is so liberating. Your suggestions are based on sound scientific research yet applying them couldn't be simpler. I am very excited to see the transformation of my own body (and life) as I know it is only a matter of time until I am at a perfect weight.
Denise B.
My eating habits have changed
Just wanted to let you know I have nearly finished your book and I already have lost some weight.... my eating habits have changed I can now say no to the cake my husband buys and chocolate. I am feeling healthier already. I have not weighed myself as you say wait six months, but I am able to get into a pair of work trousers that hasn't fitted me for the past 12 months. I eat heaps of fruit at work instead of chocolate and lollies. I also have yogurt for desert instead of pie and ice-cream. I am never hungry. Thank you for sharing your book. I have never been able to lose weight. I am happy now my husband is impressed with my attitude to life now.
I am expecting my fourth great-grandchild in August and by then I will have more energy. I have told all my friends to buy the book.
Evelyn
Communicate effectively with your body
I am doing well, believing in your system, and now lost four notches in the belt and feeling great! It is amazing and I can't believe how this NOT diet works so well! It is amazing once you can communicate effectively with your body!
Lawrence Mauga-Reid
Lost 11 pounds (5 kilos), just talking to my body
Exactly today a month ago, you gave me your book what was sort of an "eye opener" to me. Today I went onto the scale to find out I lost 11 pounds (5 kilos), just by talking to my body and visualizing and eating consciously. Thank you, Jon, for sharing your experience and transformation, by writing a book that could change a million people's lives.
Angela C.
Key to weight loss
I am 19 years old and have always been slightly overweight/pretty overweight during my teenage-hood. I read your book at the beginning of this year and have come down from a weight of 204 pounds (93 kilos) to about 180 pounds (82 kilos) and stayed there for a period of time. Your book IS the key to weight loss and it makes perfect logical and emotional sense. Your method is the way and I am forever grateful for having read and applied it. Thank you...thank you for writing and inspiring this method, it is by far what most if not all people should read and apply in life.
Martin Lopez
Lost 17 pounds (8 kilos) without any deprivation
Firstly, can I say that I bought your book a few weeks ago to help me shed some weight for a new cricket season, and I have been so impressed. The practical and entirely logical method to amend eating habits is great in itself - I have already lost 17 pounds (8 kilos) without any deprivation. More importantly I feel healthier and have more energy, my complexion has improved and I no longer even WANT to eat the crap I used to put into my body.
Ian Pearson
Feeling healthy
So far - I've released 48 pounds (22 kilos) and dropped three dress sizes. Best part is feeling healthy and having lots of energy. Many thanks and kind regards
Nikki
Active, healthy and lighter
For years I never truly believed it was possible for me to lose the weight that had become me. Six months later I have an active, healthy and 42 pounds (19 kilos) lighter body and a confidence that I can now truly do anything by applying the principles you have introduced to me.
Conrad Kenyon
Recommended to others
As this year draws to an end I thought I would email you and let you know that 2008 was the year that I FINALLY lost weight with the help of your book and CD... I have been using your book and CD for five months now and have dropped five dress sizes in that time without effort. I eat regularly now instead of once a day or so and I eat better foods and am more picky about what goes into my mouth. Thank you for your book, your CD and your courage in telling your own story. I have just ordered another two books as gifts and I have already recommended you to many people. With gratitude...
Jacqueline Munro
Best I have ever felt
Thank you Jon for your wonderful book! Finally, something that makes sense! I've only been using your 'Method' for six days and I feel the best I have ever felt in my life. I no longer have a voracious appetite. Amazing! I now easily make better food choices; my cravings for sugary and fatty foods have pretty much gone. I don't weigh myself anymore, but my clothes are telling me I'm getting smaller.
Meghan W.
Powerful visualization
I have lost about 15.5 pounds (7 kilos) from 220 pounds (100 kilos) with a target of around 176 pounds (80 kilos). I find one of the most powerful parts is the visualization and mental aspects you teach. It is great not to have to beat yourself up and as you say actually acknowledge that your body may finally be changing for the better. I am not sure what has changed but I have religiously listened to the CD since it arrived and I now look forward to it as a night time ritual. I fall asleep quite fast so I can only hope it is working on my subconscious as I really don't think about food during the day. It is amazing.
Dave P.
Praise for the Gabriel Method
A simple no nonsense approach
Thank you for the book! I received it on Wednesday and finished it in a couple of days. I am amazed! Here are all the things I have been working towards on my own, yet not quite getting it. Then I read your book and it makes so much sense because I know this stuff. I am a scientist. I have been working with a meditation teacher for a few years...
You have put all this together for me in a simple no nonsense approach. I know I will be able to follow this new life style and never feel guilty again....
Well I thought I'd just write to say thanks. I have never written a thank you letter like this before! I will let you know how I go. I am also ordering more books to give to friends as they're not getting mine.
Leanne
Calm about food for the first time
I was a mother of three at the age of 36. I have struggled like many others all my life with my weight. I had lap band surgery three years ago. I lost around 110 pounds (50 kilos), but I just could not keep the weight down. I always felt the lap band surgery starves you to slimness but never teaches you the correct way of eating.
I used to lose the weight up to a point then I felt it was like a dam bursting and I would be so hungry that I could almost not fill the hunger inside me. This went on until I was at the same weight again so even with the lap band I continued with the yo-yo dieting. I even tried weight watchers but all the counting of points made me panic when I see my points were getting less for the day and that made me want to eat more. I was too focused on what I eat all day and keeping score did not help it much.
I read about you online during December, got your book and finished it on the 2nd of January and then I started my new way of living. I feel great. It's not long yet but I feel the change, for one I don't worry about my next meal, I know it will be there not like with the lap band where I was worried and starving with my liquid veggies or with weight watchers where I was worried my points were not enough to get me satisfied.
I am now for the first time calm about food. I eat more nutritional food. And my cravings are quiet.
Your book meant so much to me because you were the first one knowing exactly how I felt and could put a name to it.
Thank you for your book and hard work you put into it so we can also share with you in your success.
Thank you.
Annelize J.
Fat no longer defines me
Finally a book that deals with the root causes of why people hang on to the fat. I definitely relate to having an emotional obesity issue of rebellion and using my fat to hide from the world ... I'm not sure how to explain it but today I am filled with excitement and hope. My fat no longer defines me. I no longer give my power away to food. YIPPEEEE.
Thank you Jon, a well researched and well balanced approach to weight loss.
Nicola Allen
No urge to binge anymore
First I want to say thank you for your life transforming book. I had an eating disorder for over 15 years and your book came at the perfect time when I had dealt with all my issues and was finally ready to go after the life I want: not getting on the scales is difficult as it is a habit I have had for a long time, especially when I know I am losing weight and want to see how I am doing.
This method just makes a lot of sense and I do feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders, literally!...I don't have the urge to binge anymore, which is incredible as I have been doing that for such a long time. ...I am just not that hungry anymore, it's amazing!... Once again, thank you for the lifesaving book.
Melonie Harpham
Compelling story
Jon is a miracle and a blessing waiting to be shared with the world.
Very rarely do people lose so much weight. But then to maintain it and have no sagging skin is remarkable. His story is very compelling and alluring but what's more compelling is the way he's going to go out into the world and completely transforming it.
Khaliah Ali
You are an inspiration
It's a book, when I pick it up, I have trouble putting it down, I identify with so much of the content. I think all good doctors should be advising this book, even if you have no weight to lose, it's a guide to healthier back to basics living......emphasis on "living". Jon, thank you from the bottom of my heart, you are an inspiration and I hope to catch up with you at one of your seminars one day.
Grant B.
I feel wonderful
I would just like to take the time to say I really love listening to your CD every night, no matter how tired I am, I always listen to it before bed, and although I don't have much weight to lose, the CD gives me so much more than just that.
I am walking taller, speaking more confidently, smiling wider and attracting such positive feedback, I feel wonderful. Thank you so much.
Dana Topchian
Knowledge, guidance and inspiration
I purchased your book in late March, and I'm on my way to a slimmer me! I've hidden the scales but my clothes feel looser and a few people have commented on how good I'm looking (even my dad and he never makes comments like that!)
When I really analysed my past approaches to weight loss, all I kept thinking is that my body just didn't want to respond, that something was holding me back. I searched online for any ideas (or the newest fad!) and was drawn to your website, and I'm so glad I followed through and got your book. It's like you pulled all the random thoughts out of my head and made them make sense! Although I'm just at the beginning, you have given me the knowledge, guidance and inspiration to do this and I thank you for that.
Rose Rigano
CD is just the best tool
Your CD is just the best tool, both myself and my daughter (who also suffered from severe insomnia) have never had such good night's sleep since listening to your CD. And I can honestly say our lives are already getting better, we have such a positive outlook and feel happier.
My job had me dealing with customers (some who are very grumpy) this used to stress me out so very much, now I handle the job with ease and do not get stressed.
I just wanted you to know how much your book has helped and how wonderful your CD is!
We look forward to our ideal body which we know will come.
Marie and Melissa
So relevant
Hi Jon, I have been reading your book ever since I received it and can't put it down. In fact tonight I have been secretly congratulating myself that you wrote this book solely for me, just me. So far it is all so relevant. ... THE GREAT THING ABOUT YOUR BOOK - you immediately feel comfortable and not at all threatened or intimidated in any way. It's just wonderful - I reckon I'll finish it by tomorrow afternoon - but then be using it like a bible for evermore just to keep on track.
Carol
It really does work
I am astounded at the difference it has made to my life. I have lost 15 pounds (7 kilos) so far and I just don't have the hunger pains I always used to have. When I read your website I see the same testimonials, it really does work. ... It is just too easy. Thank you so much for sharing your story with the world. I will be spreading the word.
Melinda C
It all makes sense now
I saw your story in the Who Magazine ...The book arrived yesterday and ...I am simply stunned. It all makes perfect sense! .... I have already phoned three people today and my husband last night could not believe what I was reading. I had to keep stopping to repeat passages out loud. My mum kept saying to me today that it all makes sense now! ... Oprah needs to hear about you. I can go on forever... Long story, short - IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW ... Thanks so much for sharing your findings with the rest of the world.
Vicky C.
Huge ripple effect
First, thanks for being so available. A quick search of the web shows me this is very real and important to you - and you do truly care about helping others make their lives work by helping them take control. Your book has given me tested, easy and concrete things to do which are perfectly aligned with the ideas I deeply believe in. I truly look forward to achieving that deep sense of peace I hear in the words of your book. THANK-YOU for sharing your experiences - the impacts you will make go well beyond those that you touch who go on to lose weight. It will influence all their relationships with others, and help them be the people they are supposed to be. That ripple effect will be huge!!
Leila
Reconfirms our direction
We have been reading it and started listening to the CD. It makes so much sense. It ties in so beautifully with what we have been thinking and the changes we have already been making in our life in the past year and it reconfirms for us that we are going in the right direction for us to live a fulfilled life in all areas. We are still amazed at how wonderfully we are lead to our next step and the right teacher (right book) appears at just the right time. So thank you in advance for the weight loss and the health (and life) improvements for the whole family.
Shane and Jeanne A
Helped transform my life
As I told you in person, you have helped transform not only my body (there's still a long way to go - but I'm on the way) but also my LIFE. I have cried oceans of tears of pain in my life but now I am crying tears of joy. I don't think I have ever felt such happiness and love of life. THANKYOU.
Helen Duhigg
Other Gabriel Method benefits
I feel fantastic
My family and I have been following your program (and book) for six weeks now. From day one, we stopped drinking soft drinks (drinking only water) and we also followed your advice to eat a lot of "live food". After having been sitting on my bum for ages I also started to do walks. The first weeks I thought I was going to die while exercising but now by now I am walking six kilometres in the morning and five at night. I sleep for eight hours every night (have not done that in 20 years). I feel fantastic. The energy I remember from my youth has returned and I have become a very happy person.
Arild
Tools for lasting change
Your book has been nothing short of life changing! I am SO glad that I bought it and that I am FINALLY taking action to improve my health... I'm feeling MUCH better already. I've lost 7 pounds (3 kilos) without any exercise (although I have joined a gym and will be starting an exercise program next week).
I have tried MANY diets before but this time I know that I will succeed with my weight loss goals because I am not dieting.....I am changing my lifestyle and I feel like you have given me the tools I need to really make a lasting change.
Tania Burhala
Skin tightening
I am experiencing tightening of my skin. It would appear as though my body is in process of reducing my 'volume'. Disappearing is the 'wobble' so to say, being replaced by compacted mass as my skin tightens day by day. Thanks.
Andy Bruce
Astonished at the quick response
The book is great and your concept seems to work after 4 days already. I feel more positive, stand straighter, move faster and more. I can feel my waist firming up... I also eat less without controlling it consciously. I am astonished at the quick response. Maybe it is because I started the process because it was time for me. I am very excited. Thank you!
Sigrid T.
A big thank you
I would like to let you know that I have been using the CD every night for about a week and a half and am experiencing a LOT less pain with the Rhuematoid Arthritis, fibromyalgia and CFS .... A BIG THANK YOU...
Julia Lyons
Thanks for the inspiration
I am now 15 pounds (7 kilos) lighter than when I first contacted you....I love the sunshine session in the mornings before I start the day and listen to the CD at night, so it's all helping. Thanks for the inspiration and bye for now.
Val Carland
Walking on air
I have only been on this program for six days now, I am finding this the most wonderful experience in my life. I feel like I am walking on air; the positive emotional state you speak of has happened all at once for me.
Nancy Young
Success is here to stay
An absolute life changer
The eighty pounds I've lost are only a small part of The Gabriel Method's impact on me. Jon Gabriel's insight that many of us are 'starving' and compensate with food has led me and several of my friends to look inside ourselves and become better people. At first I thought it was too good to be true, but it's all based on sound logic and biochemistry, and the real proof has been in the results. I have re-discovered my passion, which has led me to stop fighting the logic of my body and I've never been happier. This book is an absolute life changer.
Greg Dinkin
Thank God I got hold of your book
Exciting news .... my BGL was 4.4 this morning. It has been between 15 and 8mmol/L for the past five years. That is the fasting one on arising in the morning. 4.4. I'm ecstatic because the doctor said I would need insulin because "exercise and diet does not work with these BGL levels".
Ha ha .. thank God I got hold of your book. My waist is down 17cm. My clothes are baggy. ...weight [down] about 17.5 pounds (8 kilos) now.
I have a life mission now. I want to be a diabetes educator. It seems no-one is teaching anything other than managing symptoms. As your book says, it is the cause that ought to be examined and eliminated.
I am a registered nurse working with older adults with diabetes but I would like to be working with type I and type 2 people and making a profound difference to them....I will be able to teach diabetics how to heal themselves as well as manage their medications.
It's so excited Jon! Thank you!
Jackie Brown
Held the weight off
I have read your book a couple of times and have listened to the cd countless times. I have lost about 22 pounds (10 kilos) (from 105-95 kilos) and have held the weight off give or take a kilo up or down for about a year. This includes travelling Europe for five months straight with a combination of lots of walking mixed with lots of exotic food and beer!
Mike S
Without dieting lost 88 pounds (40 kilos)
After listening to you CD for six months I have found that I have lost nearly 88 pounds (40 kilos)! And I did it completely without dieting. Thank you so much Jon!
Carol S.
Look outside the square
As I told you in person, you have helped transform not only my body... but also my LIFE. I have cried oceans of tears of pain in my life but now I am crying tears of joy. I don't think I have ever felt such happiness and love of life. THANKYOU.
I identify with every aspect of your transformation and will be forever grateful to you for the gifts and knowledge that you have unfolded and are sharing with all the heavyweights of the world.
I feel indebted to you and, of course, everyone who sees me hears of the wonders of Jon Gabriel....The pain and frustration of not being believed for over 30 years is indescribable and I know you relate to this....
My passion now is not only to share my joy with other suffering weight bearers but to enlighten anyone who will listen, especially my doctors and the media - that there is more to weight loss than just food intake. If [only] they too could 'look outside the square' and see that the power of our mind can play such a role in the weight loss process. In other words, I want to spread the Jon Gabriel Method.
Helen Duhigg
