Health & Happiness: Positive FOCUS
Many people view weight-loss as the key to restoring happiness in their lives. We completely identify with this - and thought we'd offer up some of the insights and thoughts that we had along the way.
Scientists tell us that our sub-conscious can't tell the difference between what's real and what's imagined. So it 'programs' our conscious mind with whatever dominates it.
Tell it something enough times and that becomes its dominant thought, and hence, it's reality.
Think about it for a minute - how long have we been telling ourselves that we're fat, and therefore sabotaging our chances of becoming slim?
We need to reprogram our subconscious to work FOR us - not against us.
We should also focus on the positive aspects of our slimmer self - in other words, make the 'Prize' bigger than the 'Price'.
We knew the negatives that obesity brought, (we were dealing with those every day,) but sometimes it seemed easier to put up with them than make the effort to change.
We started by writing a list of all the things we were missing out on due to our weight issues: Things like going for long walks, dancing, flirting, great sex, swimming, having fun, playing with the kids, beach games, cycling, confidence and happiness.
Then we imagined going on holiday and choosing a new wardrobe of summer clothes; where we had lots of cool styles to choose from, and everything looked great. We got admiring glances from the people around us and our confidence soared. Life was GOOD!
As a result of this process, we're both much slimmer, (not stick-thin!) but a lot slimmer. Equally, we both feel fabulous, and the fun is now well and truly back in our lives.
Good luck - you're in safe hands... Click on the 'smiley' to continue...