Weight Loss Tips

As another New Year approaches it always happens, I start hearing the ‘R’ word more and more. In this case, the ‘R’ stands for resolution, as in New Year’s resolution. You know the routine, people everywhere will promise / swear / guarantee that this year they will finally; lose weight, quit smoking, get a better job, etc. They usually then add something to the effect of “And this year I mean it too. No excuses this time. I’m going to do it !!!”

So can you guess what the top two New Year’s resolutions usually are?

- Lose weight / get in shape

- Quit Smoking

While I commend them on choosing better health, why do so many of these sincere people fail?
It’s not due to a lack of information, resources, or products. After all, how many ads
for diet / smoking cessation products do you see a day? If any of the products worked
half as well as they claim they do it’s amazing anyone is overweight or smokes anymore.
Maybe the answer doesn’t lie in some new diet or wonder drug. Maybe the answer is your
attitude towards losing weight. Unfortunately, marketing gurus have figured out that if
they can blame your problem on someone / something else they can sell you something.

They tell you it’s not your fault you’re overweight:

- It’s your diet so try this NEW diet

- It’s your metabolism so try this NEW pill

- It’s your DNA so blame your parents. AND try this new diet or pill.

I guess their justification is that at a minimum, if you’re going to be unhappy about your weight,
you could at least be happy it’s not your fault. The fact that they’re making money on that isn’t so bad. Is it ?
But wait, I’ve got an idea. How about we take responsibility for being overweight and
actually do something about it.

Here’s a good starting point:

CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE INTO A POSITIVE ONE

Instead of thinking negative thoughts like
I’ll never lose weight - or - I gain weight easily

Try these positive thoughts

I can lose as much weight as I want - or - I control my weight easily.
Athletes have used this to improve their performance for decades. Instead of thinking
about missing a foul shot or dropping a touchdown pass, they focus on ‘making’ the foul
shot or ‘catching’ the touchdown pass. You don’t think attitude makes that much of
a difference? Let’s try this scenario:

You are the coach of a basketball team that is losing a game by 1 point. You
have one chance left to win the game so you call a timeout to talk to your 5 players.
Of those 5 players:

- 1 knows he can make the shot

- 2 think they can

- 2 aren’t so sure they can

Who do you want taking the shot?

Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, always wanted to
take the last shot. Did he make all of them? Of course not, but look at where
his attitude took him. The Hall of Fame.

When it comes to losing weight, which type of player are you? Are you sure you can
lose weight, thinking you can, or not so sure? Think about it. Losing weight is
not easy, but if your attitude isn’t right, how far will you get?

If you want to improve your attitude, try this 3 step approach:

Step 1

Starting tomorrow morning, I want you to notice every time you say or think
something negative about yourself and write it down. At the end of the day, read
your notes. If you have nothing written down, congratulations! If you do, look
over what you have written down. As you look over your notes, pretend someone
else wrote them. Now, ask yourself, do you think that person will lose weight?

Step 2

Starting the following morning I want you to notice every time you say or think
something negative about yourself and write it down. This time I want you to
try and write something POSITIVE underneath it. For example, if you have written down:

I have no will-power.

Write I have GREAT will-power.

At the end of the day, review your notes. Now look at your positive notes.
That is what you should be thinking, so start telling yourself that is what you WILL BE thinking.

Step 3

Starting the third morning you will start using your POSITIVE language.
Eliminate the negative. If you catch yourself thinking negatively, stop it,
and change it into a positive thought.

I want you to think of yourself as the Michael Jordan of weight loss.
You want to take the shot. You know you can make it. Remember, that may
not always be true, but in the long run, if you continue to work towards your goal,
think positively, and always believe in yourself, you’ll be in the Hall of fame.
Good Luck !!!

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Bill Schuchman, ACH, EFT-ADV

Bill Schuchman is the founder of Personal Mastery Inc specializing in personal growth products. He is a Certified Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, he has earned the EFT Advanced Certificate of Completion and he is a Subconscious Motivational Therapist.

Member:

* National Guild of Hypnotists
* International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association
* International Association of Counselors and Therapists
* National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists
* American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists

* American Board of Hypnotherapy

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One of the mistakes people make is turning a lapse into a relapse.

We all have lapses.

How well you manage it depends on how you think about it, what you focus on and what you do afterwards.

First, think about it as a temporary lapse, not as a relapse that erases everything you have been working for. If you think about it in this way, you will be less likely to go into a downward spiral with eating.

Second, focus on getting back on track as quickly as possible. Do not give yourself permission to keep eating since you “have already blown it”.

This is an excuse.

Be realistic - we all get off track many, many times over the course of getting to where we want to be.

Accept it.

This is a normal and natural path.

There is also a lot to learn in getting OFF the path.

You can learn what DOESN’T work, what triggers your eating, and you have an opportunity to create a new strategy for that situation in the future.

So don’t sabotage yourself.

Third, just like when you have an angry outburst, what you do afterwards is often more important than what you have already done.

That means thinking clearly, acting rationally, being kind and recovering as quickly as possible. You may be upset or frustrated with your own behavior, but it is not the end of the world.

It can be fixed.

You can get right back on the path without too much damage done. So FORGIVE YOURSELF and keep taking steps toward your goal.

Count as a win your ability to recover quickly, and keep going.

Carol Solomon, Ph.D. is a psychologist and personal coach who specializes in helping people who want to lose weight and eliminate food and weight issues.

By going from food obsessive to charge neutral (i.e. Did I eat today?), she became dedicated to making it easy for others to step off the vicious cycle and live free of anxiety about food and weight.

She is the author of “Lose Weight Now Stay Slim Forever,” a practical “how-to” manual for learning to lose weight without dieting.

Sign up for her free email newsletter, Slim Forever at: http://www.lose-weight-now-stay-slim-forever.com
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Research has shown that change occurs through a process, through a series of stages.

There is a certain “readiness” to the change process.

Knowing what stage you are in is helpful to create success with any kind of change.

If you attempt to make a change you are not ready for, you are setting yourself up to fail.

If you think about the way you have accomplished change in the past, you don’t just go out and make it happen. You may not be aware of the process, but it is still there.

Here is a brief description of the stages of change (Prochaska, et.al.):

1. Precontemplation - You don’t see that you have a problem. You are in denial. People in this stage have no intention of changing themselves and usually only seek help with strong pressure from others. They resist change and are often demoralized as well because they view the situation as hopeless.

2. Contemplation - You acknowledge that you have a problem and begin to think about solving it, but you feel “stuck”. People with food and weight issues often hang out in this stage. You know you have a problem. You may even know what you need to do to change it, but you are not ready to commit to action.

It is not unusual for people to spend years telling themselves that “someday” they will lose weight.

Fear of failure (or focusing on past failures) can keep you stuck in this stage for a very long time. It can look like searching for the perfect solution and reading lots of diet books, but not actually doing anything about it.

3. Preparation - You are planning to take action within the next month. You start focusing more on the solution than on the problem. You also start thinking more about the future than the past.

You are committed to action, but haven’t necessarily resolved all of the mixed feelings you may have. For instance, losing weight requires letting go of some behaviors that may have provided temporary comfort in the past.

4. Action - You take visible action steps. You may purchase certain foods you plan to eat or remove foods from your home that you plan to avoid. You take the steps you have been preparing for. However, the change process does not end here.

5. Maintenance - You work to maintain the strides you have made in the previous stages. If you don’t have a strong commitment to maintenance and a support structure in place, you can relapse back to a previous stage.

It’s the stage that no one wants to think about for fear of relapsing. If you go on a crash diet, you are ignoring the fact that maintenance is a long, ongoing process.

6. Termination - the ultimate goal. Your former problem behavior is no longer an issue and you have complete confidence that you can cope without fear of relapse.

Successful people often cycle through these stages several times before they finally exit the cycle.

Most people struggle for years to find effective solutions. While it may seem hard to appreciate the process, recycling through the stages gives you opportunities to learn.

If you take action and fail, you are much more likely to succeed the next time around than if you take no action at all.

So if you feel like you have been here before, you are not alone - and you may just be on your way to getting out of the cycle for good!

Carol Solomon, Ph.D. is a psychologist and personal coach who specializes in helping people who want to lose weight and eliminate food and weight issues.

By going from food obsessive to charge neutral (i.e. Did I eat today?), she became dedicated to making it easy for others to step off the vicious cycle and live free of anxiety about food and weight.

She is the author of “Lose Weight Now Stay Slim Forever,” a practical “how-to” manual for learning to lose weight without dieting.

Sign up for her free email newsletter, Slim Forever at: http://www.lose-weight-now-stay-slim-forever.com
http://www.LoseWeightWithEFT.com
http://www.MoreMoneyWithEFT.com

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