What you eat and what you do for exercise is often the least important part of the equation when it comes to losing weight and getting in shape.
Here are a few strange concepts that can help you get into the right place mentally to finally shed that unwanted baggage, for good!
1. What you see is what you get.
Your reality is the way you see things - it is up to you to see them the way you want them to be!
The goal therefore, is to see more beauty, look at beautiful things more - focus on the good stuff! See more beauty - your life becomes more beautiful. It's a wonderful catch 22 - it's up to you to make it an upward spiral...
2. Self Respect, Love & Acceptance
Self-respect makes it harder to make poor food choices, harder to miss a workout (unless you are showing signs of over-training, which you will also be able to recognise if you stop fighting) and so much easier to make better choices.
If you believe that you are worthy then your behaviour will naturally fall in line with that belief. You won't have to fight your way through your programme - the programme is designed to allow your lean, healthy self to emerge and develop. You don't 'have to train' but you 'get to train'!
3. Awareness - Where Are You Now?
The first thing we need to learn before we can change things, is to be aware!
We need to become aware of what we are doing - this is why writing a food diary is such a powerful tool, as most people are blissfully unaware of what and how much food they are actually consuming.
Being aware of our feelings when we eat, of our emotions, of the situations in which we respond with overeating is all part of being able to make changes.
Awareness, then acknowledgement, then understanding leads to total transformation.
Some things need more work than others, as they will be deeply embedded habits. But until we can identify what might be going wrong, we will never be able to address it!
Sometimes, simply by drawing attention and awareness to a habit, belief or behaviour can be enough to see it off for good - but other things will take a bit more time and need some of the other approaches in this book to neutralise or replace.
4. Honesty
There is no area in life where we more consistently delude ourselves than health, nutrition and fitness!
If you ask yourself honest questions and give yourself honest answers, you should be able to identify the areas on which you need to focus.
If you do this, you will not need to follow the latest fad or craze - if you listen to what your body really needs it will become obvious!
If you are honest with yourself, would you truly expect worthwhile results to be easy? And would you want them to be?
Caroline Radway is a fitness, nutrition and lifestyle coach. You can get your FREE report, The MIRACLES Success Solution, and get access to more top tips and advice here: FREE FITNESS TIPS!
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