It started when I sat down with my wife Katie and we began to search for answers to our weight problems. We first identified what each of us hoped to gain and why being slimmer would give us that. To be honest, we weren’t looking for much. Having more oomph to play with the kids was Katie’s number one goal. And she wanted to get rid of feeling self-conscious in her underwear.
The thing I first thought of was going out and buying nice clothes again, that actually looked good on me. And I SO wished to be fit enough to get to the top of our three storey house and still be able to breathe properly!
We did our research, and found that as well as considering how we look, we also have to consider how we feel about ourselves. Sadly, as we grow bigger, our self-respect dwindles. The majority of obese people think that fat loss will make them happy again. As overweight people ourselves, we completely identified with that. However, this is what we found –
Over time scientists have discovered that our sub conscious mind stores information, but can’t decipher whether that information is actually ‘real’. Therefore, whatever is dominant in our sub-conscious is transferred into our conscious mind. In other words it becomes a reality if it’s repeated often enough!
Take a little time to ponder on that one… For years we’ve probably been programming our mind about how over weight we are. We should tell our sub conscious what we want, not what we don’t want.
We should also make the rewards of being a lighter person our focal point – and not the effort it takes to get there. We began by making a list of everything we thought we’d like our slimmer selves to enjoy – We realised we wanted to do things like going for long walks, going to dances, being flirtatious, having great sex, swimming, having more fun, playing with the kids, beach games, cycling, confidence and excitement.
Next we conjured up visions of ourselves on vacation, looking fantastic in our new summer gear. Others smiled and welcomed us where-ever we went. Everything was fantastic!
Consequently, the weight came off (though not too much…) We both have 100 percent more energy and our new lifestyle brings laughter every day.
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