| When you go on a diet and decide you want to lose | | | | lines. |
| some weight, most people think "I'll stop eating so | | | | The words you use program your sub-conscious mind. |
| much, maybe do a bit of exercise and be my ideal | | | | When you say things like this you are giving a strong |
| weight in just a few days". Sadly, these people end up | | | | message to your subconscious mind which takes it all |
| disappointed and usually heavier than when they | | | | on board. |
| started. | | | | The same if you say, "Why can't I lose weight?" or |
| Dieting is not just a physical process but a mental one | | | | "Why am I always eating so much?" or anything like |
| too. If you do not have the mental processes right then | | | | this your sub-conscious mind will give you the answers |
| your diet will be a struggle and possibly fail. By having | | | | and tell you why! And how will that make you feel - |
| the right mental approach and being in control of your | | | | not so good I imagine! |
| brain you can turbo charge your way to your ideal | | | | Being in control of your mind means being in control of |
| weight. | | | | what it says to you - it doesn't operate on its own |
| So how do you get in control of your brain then? | | | | doing what it wants, it operates in a pattern that it has |
| Before I reveal that, you need to know that you are | | | | learnt over the years from you. And the nice thing is, |
| made up of two parts. You have your conscious mind, | | | | this habit - you can change it! |
| which is your ego - the part that chatters on all day. | | | | So the first step is to become aware of what you say |
| Then you have your sub-conscious, which is the part | | | | to yourself when you talk about your dieting and |
| that grows your hair, your nails, pumps blood around | | | | weight. What do you say? Think about this now ... |
| your body and so on. | | | | Is it positive and encouraging? Or is it not? |
| This is a very powerful thing to know, because most | | | | Over the next week, listen to how you talk to yourself |
| people fail in their diets because they do not have the | | | | about your weight, your appearance and your diet. |
| sub-conscious mind working with them, and so it | | | | Now you are more aware of what you are saying to |
| sabotages their efforts. Consciously you want to lose | | | | yourself about dieting and losing weight, you can start |
| weight, but sub-consciously you enjoy the extra weight | | | | to reprogram yourself and get rid of those patterns. |
| for various reasons, e.g. security, lack of attention from | | | | When you hear yourself say something that is |
| the opposite sex, etc. | | | | discouraging or negative about yourself stop yourself |
| The first step in making any change is awareness. | | | | immediately and change it into something positive and |
| This means you become aware of the way your brain | | | | encouraging - something that makes you feel good. |
| works and how you think about yourself and weight | | | | When you start doing this you will soon notice that |
| loss. | | | | your diet becomes so much easier and the weight |
| For example, lots of people will say, "I'm struggling to | | | | disappears! |
| lose weight" or "I hate dieting" or something along those | | | | |