Next time you picture your favorite food pay attention to what your thinking about it.
For example, Pizza Pizza!
Warm and gooey straight hot right out of the oven and so cheesy you have to use two hands to keep all the toppings from melting off the bread.
Does this picture sound horrible to you? Most likely not. Now stop drooling piggy piggy.
As human beings we are hugely motivated by feelings of either pain or pleasure.
Naturally we think of dieting and exercising as some kind of punishment or deprivation. Negative feelings.
Sandwich dry without mayo? Ick.
Sweating at the gym until your sticky and stinky? Gross.
Skipping dessert? pooey.
Lunging until your muscles are burning? Ouchhh.
No wonder it's so hard to change our habits into GOOD habits when we're associating them with feelings of feeling BAD for ourselves!
We look at a batch of chocolate chip cookies and think subconsciously "Pleasure Pleasure Pleasure".
It's out of habit, it's not your fault. But what if we flipped it?
What if we began to channel our feelings into feeling TERRIBLE while looking at those cookies? As horrible as we would feel as if we were told we weren't allowed to eat anything but celery all day?
It may be easier to pass...
I am going to make this a habit every time I come across something that's not good for me.
I am going to picture standing in my swimsuit in front of lots of people feeling self conscious and out of shape. Or picture running with my friends and not being able to catch up, maybe visioning me uncomfortably full and sluggish.
And when I workout I'm going to smile with the sweat and the burn because I will associate it with my body getting stronger, leaner, and sexier and being able to relax for the rest of the day.:)
Your mind is the most powerful thing so it makes sense that what you think about ultimately determines your results.
So here's an easy homework assignment: Next time you eat something or go to the gym, PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR MOOD.
Catch yourself if your feelings aren't in check. Talk yourself into changing a feeling of pleasure to pain or pain to pleasure.
Sure, you may not believe yourself right away. But just like good pathological liars do, the more you start telling yourself that something is true (you hate cupcakes, you love running) over and over and over again. You start to believe it. Your body starts to believe it. Trick yourself into making good habits forever and watch your body transform!
