This is the most important information you will ever learn regarding weight loss. Unless you embrace completely what you are about to read then you will probably fail to lose weight again.
Most people will tell you that they can?t lose weight because they don?t have the willpower, they are the wrong body type, they have the wrong genes etc. All perfectly reasonable excuses. But all absolute garbage! Anyone can lose weight, provided they take the right steps.
What do all these people, who have failed, have in common? Their desire simply wasn?t strong enough. ?I did have a strong desire to succeed but I still didn?t get there?, I hear you say. Sorry, but if you didn?t succeed, then your desire wasn?t strong enough. Plain and simple.
Our number one priority is to get our brains on our side. We must get our minds right before we can have any chance of succeeding.
WHY WE MUST SET GOALS?
All truly successful people have a huge desire to succeed. They know clearly in their own minds what they want. We must learn from them before we can hope to be successful ourselves. So what do these people do that we don?t?
These people, without exception, are goal oriented. In other words, they have set themselves a series of goals and their lives are focused around achieving them. Have you set yourself any goals?
You probably have said to yourself, ?I?d love to be slim and I?ll do anything to succeed.? Or ?I want to start jogging to get fit and lose some weight,? or something similar. These are all very worthy intentions, but that is all they are, intentions. We all know about the road to hell being paved with good intentions. We become too easily distracted when all we have is good intentions.
So, what must we do to change our intentions into reality? What must we do to create that burning desire? We MUST write our goals down. We MUST commit them to paper.
WHY WE MUST WRITE OUR GOALS DOWN?
Do you know why it is so important to write things down? When we put pen to paper we turn our thoughts into something tangible. We can see it, touch it and smell it if we want. Our goal is no longer a thought. It becomes something which motivates us and creates a gut feeling inside us. Even the act of writing it down makes a much stronger impression on our subconscious. So when we read, re-read and read again our goals, the impression on our mind becomes deeper and deeper and influences our subconscious more profoundly and this is where our desire, our willpower starts to flourish.
Bear in mind that our subconscious is a very powerful ally. It can be your best friend. The more positive the instructions we give it, the more positive the result. The more we feed it in the right way, the more it will help us along the way. There is something almost magical about writing things down which makes achieving them an almost certainty. So write your goals down.
When we are setting out our goals the first thing to do is set ourselves a deadline. We must set a date when we intend to accomplish our goal by. Be specific. Don?t use ?as soon as possible? or ?by the end of next month. Write down, ?1p.m. on the 25th June 2007. By setting a deadline, we create a sense of urgency and this will prevent us from putting things off.
Next we write down the goal itself. There are four things to make sure of when writing our goal.
Write it in as much detail as possible. The more detailed the instructions are to the subconscious, the clearer the outcome will be. Don?t write, ?I want to lose 28lbs.? Write, ?I want to lose 28lbs. I want 15% body fat. I want firm, toned arms, a flat belly, shapely legs, glowing, healthy skin,? etc. Make it as detailed as possible. Close your eyes and visualize your new body. If you can see it clearly, so can your subconscious mind and so your motivation will be huge.
Write down what you want, not what you don?t want. Don?t write, ?I don?t want a beer gut anymore.? Be positive. Write ?I want a six pack with strong ripped muscle.? We are giving our subconscious a set of instructions to carry out. It cannot differentiate between good and bad. It can only act on what we tell it. So, be positive at all times.
Write your goals in the present tense. Don?t write, ?I will lose 28lbs.? Write, ?I am losing 28lbs.? The subconscious mind will do nothing about something which might happen in the future.
