If you want to get into better physical shape/or lose weight you have to treat yourself well, very well.

You have to feed yourself the right types of food, eat the right quantities and you need to exercise. That’s a perfect start…but it’s only half the story.

The reality is, you can only treat your body as well as you feel about yourself on the inside. This means your thoughts, emotions and self-beliefs need to be a match.Before you attempt your self-transformation you need to get your inner mind programming working for you and not against you. Thats when your body will follow. Most of us do this backwards.

Your Inner Dialogue –

One of the most powerful shifts you can make is learning to speak kindly to yourself.

Self-criticism tears down motivation, while self-encouragement builds it up. Instead of repeating “I can’t” or “I always fail,” begin replacing those thoughts with “I’m learning,” “I’m improving,” and “I deserve this change.”

The same way you nourish your body with better food, you must nourish your mind with better thoughts. This creates an inner environment where positive habits can finally take root.

We tell ourselves that we will feel better about ourselves after we lose the weight but it doesn’t work this way.

You need to feel better about yourself FIRST so you CAN get a healthy feel-good body.

Becoming overweight can mean that you are not looking after yourself properly. Eating the wrong types of foods, too much of them and avoiding exercise is never going to serve you well and the outcome is you become stuck in a less then feel-good body. So to reverse this we need to ‘fix’ up the inner mind programming first so it doesn’t derail you time and time again no matter how many eating plans or exercise programs you begin.

Misinformation and negative thoughts about nutrition, dieting and exercise can combine with some plain old self-delusion to poison our learning opportunities.

If our thinking is clouded with unhelpful doubts and pessimism, just as junk food is unhealthy for our bodies, junk thoughts are unhealthy for our state of mind and if it is not changed you will continue to be stuck.

Your Mind Body Connection –

When you harness the power of your mind/body connection, you’ll discover a powerful tool that not only helps you lose weight but helps keep it off too.

Before you can accomplish any major goal you must be able to see yourself doing it first in your mind’s eye. You need to believe and keep on believing that the life and body changes you need to make to achieve it are worth doing for the long-term. It all begins in the womb of your thoughts.

These are the important lessons that need to be learned first because they are key to successful, body transformation without having to go on any type of restrictive diet. Sadly almost every single traditional weight loss system on the planet still ignores this aspect. Little wonder 95 percent of them fail.

The key to getting your mind to assist you to reach your goals is to stay focused on the solution.

Instead of focusing on the negative and the problem and what you have to give up for example, focus on what you are going to get by getting into better physical shape – what it will mean to your life. All the good things, like fitting into your clothes better, feeling fantastic, being able to really play with the grandchildren and so on.

This is where your focus needs to be because whatever you are focusing on, you are creating. We get more of what we put our attention on. When we are overweight attention is mainly focused on food, your weight, scales, calories, fat, diets, carbs and so on. That’s putting focus on the problem – moving into negativity in your mind.

Focus on adding things like better food choices, proper exercise, getting enough sleep and doing things to nurture and take care of yourself.

And don’t forget to celebrate small wins along the way. Every time you choose water over soda, take a walk instead of sitting, or pause to breathe instead of stress-eating, you are proving to yourself that change is possible., so pat your self on the back. These tiny victories build momentum, and momentum is what eventually carries you to lasting transformation. By honoring progress rather than demanding perfection, you make the journey enjoyable instead of exhausting.

Reprogram your mind to start identifying more with a slimmer, healthier version of yourself rather than the heavier, less energetic and unhappier version by focusing on what you want not what you don’t want. Only then will you automatically start believing, thinking, acting and doing the things that will bring forth your slim vision.

It has been well proven that when your mind creates a positive expectation of success it also creates a powerful energy shift. The body and life actions (healthy eating and proper exercise) begin to align with your new intentions because they are laid down in the pathways of your brain. The old roadblocks have been removed and will no longer sabotage you at every turn and your goals will be realised without struggle.

As time goes by on this journey to health and fitness not only will your body transform but your mind will too and things like self-discipline and motivation continue increaseing and it gets easier. The end result is it’s no longer just something “you do” but someone “you are.”

“Happy is as happy does.”

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