Mind Over Matter: Slimming Starts in the Mind
When people want to lose weight they often do so because they are fed up with the way they look and feel bad about it. They want to make changes and resolve to make a difference in the way they eat by going on diets or with their body by taking on a exercise program.
This typical approach is based on not liking what you see in the mirror giving you motivation to make a change, which may work at first instance to give you that “need to change” but it’s not the type of motivation that is long-term or helpful in making positive changes.
Building a positive self image and feeling toward yourself is essential for making any positive changes in your life. So the next time you think you should change because you are dislike what you see, ask yourself: “Why is this change important to me?” If you answer that you are wanting to love what you see in the mirror then you solution focused in your approach to this change.
If you answer is because you no longer want to be fat, or want to stop hating what you see in the mirror – there is good work to be done!
Our minds are goal seeking mechanisms are what it seeks to fulfill is based on what is predominate in your awareness. Basically, what you focus on the most will expand into your experience of life. So by thinking “I don’t want to be fat” what actually comes to mind? What does this look like to you? What images pop into your mind when you think that thought?
It’s probably a image of you being fat…
This is fail strategy for your mind and by learning that how you focus your mind creates the foundation for you to gain the motivation and energy to make a positive change that will support your goal of slimming is essential.
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