Holistic Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance
You obviously take your weight loss seriously or you wouldn't be reading this!
You are probably an expert on the whole "diet thing" but still searching for the Perfect Diet. It's likely that you have never felt totally successful or that, having succeeded, you need to keep the weight off.
And do you know why?
Because you didn't fine-tune your mind and body first, so that it could really benefit from your choice of diet.
Holistic Weight Loss and Weight Loss Maintenance are all about getting the best conditions for losing weight and maintaining it by preparing your mind and body.
This holistic weight loss article deals with the Mind.
1. Stop thinking of yourself as a failure because you are overweight. Our culture bombards us with images of perfection. We feel that only beauty counts and that we are an underclass because of our body shape. This mind-set makes losing weight even more difficult.
So, what you need is a daily work out. (No, not down at the gym although of course that would help as well). You need some regular mental attitude exercises.
2. Imagine how you would like to be, how your life is going now and your plans for the future. Write them all down and then make them into a list of positive statements by writing "I love ..." for each one. For example, "I love meeting the right partner" or "I love getting on well with my son/daughter etc". If you want to reach an ideal weight or size, imagine yourself there and write "I love being size (x)" or "I love reaching my goal weight of (x) lbs".
Remember this is Holistic Weight Loss, which means treating the whole person. So don't forget other aspects of your life as well, such as good health, more money, and (most important of all), "I love myself". Because if you don't, then others will have greater difficulty loving you.
How many statements you have is up to you. Perhaps start with ten and increase as you want to. Say them to yourself mentally, or out loud, several times a day, but especially first thing in the morning and last thing at night. ( I recite my positive statements when travelling)
Always say "I love",
Never say "I want" or "I need",
Because you will stay in the state of wanting. You have to visualise what it is that you love having and put yourself there already.
3. There are always negative people around you trying to ruin your efforts, particularly those close to you. Similarly, try not to take any notice of your own criticism and self-doubts. We all have faults, and we do try to overcome them, but when we make mistakes we have to learn from them and move on.
4. Most of us can become swamped by feelings of depression or negativity at some time. Try to use your positive statements when you feel like this. Depression, or feeling low, often leads to 'comfort eating' which obviously will not help your holistic weight loss or maintaining your goal weight.
So keep on top of those thoughts which creep in unexpectedly and lower your self-image.
5. However, if you fail, shake yourself off and start again - several chocolate biscuits or a binge is not the end of the world. Try not to think that there is no point continuing. Use your statements and set off once again. "Put it down" as they say, and move on.
Put your list of positive statements for holistic weight loss somewhere prominent- perhaps on the fridge door- as it may well be the first place you go when life starts to fall apart! Eventually, you will know them off by heart.( My list is so long that they help me to fall asleep as I recite them!)
Live in the now!
So now is the moment to change. Make a resolution to yourself to start changing your life today.
How are you going to do it?
1. Start to feel good about yourself.
Decide where you want your life to go, how you want your relationships to develop, how you want to look and who you want to be.
2. Use your positive statements and change them if necessary, as your life changes.
3. Try to ignore unhelpful criticism and advice - you know what you want!
4. KEEP POSITIVE. Use your statements to overcome feeling blue. (Also try humour as a remedy: watch a funny DVD, meet up with a friend, take a good long walk with the dog or a friend, take a bike ride or anything that lifts you out of those negative feelings and thoughts.
5. Always be ready to start again, if necessary.
If you follow these 5 tips then you will soon find that your whole approach to life and yourself will have dramatically altered. More to the point, when you look in the mirror you will start to see the new slimmer you looking back at you!
Good luck!
Milly
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