If you want to be successful in controlling your weight, you have to prepare yourself. Every success begins with a powerful thought. Your mind has to be stimulated properly to begin the process

Losing weight is going to require hard work and sacrafice. There is going to be discomfort. You are going to have to defer pleasure to get a reward in the future. Do you want it badly enough to do what it takes to lose weight?

You can start by making a list of the most important reasons why you need to lose weight now. The stronger your reasons why, the more motivated you will be. Be sure to make the list and keep it handy so you will see it often. Put it on your bathroom mirror.

To help you get started, here are a few examples. "My back and knees hurt all the time from carrying around all this weight." "My mother has diabetes and I was told I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant." "My doctor told me I had high blood pressure and high cholesterol at my last physical. He said losing weight would help." "My son is getting married in June and I want to look good at the wedding."

Now make a list of all the problems you will experience if you do not lose weight now. "I will be passed over for promotion because I do not look like an executive." "My teenage daughter will be embarrassed to be seen with me." "I will die of a heart attack before my grandchildred grow up." or "I will end up in a wheel chair due to degenerated joints from holding all this weight all these years."

Have you ever been successful in losing weight before? Do you know someone who has done it? If anyone has ever succeeded in what you are attempting, you can do it too. How did they do it? What kind of thoughts did they hold in their mind? What did they visualize? Model successful people you know or know of. Talk with them not about diets or exercises but about what they think and feel while working on losing weight.

After you have given this a lot of thought and you are feeling confident and motivated you must decide that once and for all you are going to control your weight. Do not be afraid to tell others about your intentions because this will only strengthen your resolve. You need not fear failure because you never fail unless you quit. Set backs are only feedback, not failure.

If one strategy is not getting you the results you want, learn from the feedback, and make a new plan. Keep notes as you discover more and more about what works for you.

A valuable tool for running your mind is the affirmation. You need to create one or more strong, positive statements about what you will be. You will say in your mind several times per day your affirmations. An example is "nothing tastes as good as slim feels" or "I am lean and fit. I am getting healthier every day." These statements focus your mind on your objectives.

Several times per day yu should close your eyes as you sit in a quiet, dark room. Say your affirmations and visualize yourself as you will look when you are slim and fit. See yourself doing the things that slim and fit people do. Burn that image into your brain. Your brain will give you the desire to be more active and exercise. You will develope the taste for healthy, low calorie food. Your metabolism will become like that of an athlete. Your mind will seek congruence with your mental images.

An idea that is firmly belived to be true is very potent medicine. It is a "magic bullet" for the weight control you seek. A perfect drug personally created for your own unique body that will give you the health you desire with no side effects.

If you are to truly control your weight you must maintain weight control in the mind. You must nourish the thoughts every day like a blood pressure pill you must take every day to maintain good blood pressure. Your affirmations and visualizations must be done every day. Once you have a prepared mind you are ready to take action, and sustain it to completion.

Most diets are started without much planning and without first getting personal leverage. Then in no time you begin to think that maybe you should wait until tomorrow to begin. Maybe a different diet strategy would work better. "Just one piece" or "just one scoop" will not matter. You can see how fast your old habits will overcome your weak decision to control your weight.

Prepare your mind to make a powerful decision and then feed the brain with positive affirmations and visions to keep your power. The longer you sustain your motivation, the easier it will get as your brain grows strong neural pathways to the body you desire to have.

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