Positive affirmations are a powerful tool to get the law of attraction working for you in manifesting the thin, strong body you want. But there are definitely plenty of “wrong” ways to use affirmations, or perhaps I should call them “ineffective” ways. Some people think that just reciting an affirmation is enough to transform their body, but the words you say have no power to change anything. Rather, all of the power contained in an affirmation is in the way it makes you feel.
Think for a moment about the specific outcome you are trying to achieve with your affirmations. In this case, a slender body. But do your thoughts usually focus on that slender body, or your intense dislike for the extra pounds on your body. Whatever you focus on the most is what you are going to attract.
What do you focus on the most regarding your body? Do you have a constant mental recording of thoughts like these: “I’m so sick of being fat. I’m tired of feeling embarrassed about my weight. I have to lose weight no matter what it takes because I will never be happy until I do”? As you think thoughts like these, you can feel a strong sense of frustration and anger inside. That means you are only attracting more situations that will make you feel frustrated and angry. To attract your healthy, slender, beautiful body, you have to start choosing thoughts that stimulate more positive feelings about your body – which is exactly how you will feel when you DO have that slender, beautiful body.
You may have heard that affirmations must also be phrased in present tense. For example: “I weigh 120 pounds. I’m proud of my body. I easily slip into a size 5.” Can you see why affirmations like that don’t usually work? Because you know darn well they aren’t true. When you say them, you can feel resistance coming up inside you – that is your subconscious mind saying, “This isn’t true.” So nothing changes.
It is possible to overcome this by persistently repeating the affirmation all day long every day, but that takes a ton of energy and focus. Instead, an easier way is to simply change the phrasing of the affirmation so your subconscious mind won’t resist it.
Examples: “I feel so light and free at 115 pounds. My body has been good to me over the years. Size 6 clothing sounds so good to me.” Can you feel the difference in these affirmations? You aren’t trying to battle your existing beliefs. Instead you are just saying that these ideas make you feel good. Even if you know they aren’t true YET, you are still “tuning into” them and adopting that lighter, happier frequency, so you begin attracting the essence of it.
Just remember that the words you choose for your affirmations must make you FEEL GOOD when you say them. If negative feelings like doubt, frustration or disbelief come up, the affirmation needs more tweaking. Your goal is to feel the essence of the outcome you desire every time you say the affirmation. If you keep triggering that feeling within yourself often enough, for long enough, the outcome must manifest!
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