Work your mind for weight loss

We at Mind Body Weight Loss have always believed that if you work deal with your mind first you will not lose weight quicker but you will also keep the weight off. Arnold Schwarzenegger is so right with his quote and belief:

"The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you."

With this in mind it shows the importance of addressing the mind when it comes to your weight loss. It may seems difficult to do but really it is not as the quite a few products that will help you do this. these include:

• The Gabriel Method
• The Fat Loss Code
• Weight Loss Attitude
• Weight Loss Hypnosis Pro

Why not check them out?

Correct Your Mind

What a lovely quote by Lao Tzu, it really does show that proper planning and structure of your mind can help you achieve your goals, for me this was extended upon by something Gandhi said:

"Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words.
Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions.
Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits.
Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values.
Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.”

So very poignant and show how we can achieve anything just carefully watching our thoughts and correcting our minds.

We at Mind Body Weight Loss believe that everything starts from the mind which is why we share lots of tips, information an product information to help you get correct your mind to give you the best change of achieving your weight loss goals.

Take care
Mindful Mark

Weight Loss Begins in Your Head

It is clear that any change that we action in our body start from our head, it starts with a thought which, turns into words, behaviour, actions and beliefs. Weight Loss is no different what you think at the start ripples through to your final results so when I found an amazing article on topendsports.com that shared an amazing 9 exercises for you to use to get your head in gear I had to share it with you.

The nine exercises are:

1. Self Examination
2. You can be what you want to be
3. Keep a journal of your daily successes
4. Go easy on yourself, you are beautiful work in progress
5. Forget about the past
6. Resolve to change today
7. Write a plan for your life
8. Carry affirmation cards about yourself
9. Change your eating habits

You can see read more about these exercises here. They look fantastic to use and I would love to hear how you get on and which ones you found most helpful.

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

Getting Started with Weight Loss Tip

This Getting Started with Weight Loss Tip is great and a fantastic way to getting motivated and in a way fits in with what David Wolfe advices in his great weight loss philosophy of adding in more good food, rather taking away the bad and unhealthy.

It is a really positive piece advice that can have a big different on any ones life. Just be aware of how good the first step feels and understand that you can make that multiply by taking bigger and bigger positive steps in the coming hours and days.

"Start today,  Start Now! Even if it is small.
Drink a glass of water, Eat some fruit, Take a walk outside.
Those small changes will become bigger and you will be glad you started now"
Source - fitnessflirt

Please let us at Mind Body Weight Loss know how you get on with this tip and where it takes you on your weight loss journey.

Speak soon.
Mark

Mother of all Motivations

I just had to share this motivational quote I found on Tumblr it really made me think about what I want to achieve and has helped me focus my mind and body on achieving it.

"Your mother didn't spend 9 months forming you body in her just so you could destroy it. Love it and make it the best you can."

Now I know there is an element of guilt built in to the quote but as we know there is nothing we can do about the past but what we can do is right now pledge to make our body and indeed our life the best it can be.

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

Meal Sizes and Portion Control

I found this quote which really made me think as it fits in nicely with what I read about Buddhist weight loss.

"Eat Breakfast like a king, Lunch like a prince and Dinner like a Pauper"
Source - Work Out Box

The reason behind this is best illustrated in the picture above. but also a quote from a post entitled 'The Five Contemplations While Eating' suggests why it is better to eat more in the morning according to Buddhist monks:

"I have read an interesting way Buddhist Monks eat only in the morning and why. The theory goes something like this; In the morning one hour before and one hour after sunrise the large intestine are at the most productive. The technique the monks use is to not eat until there is enough sunlight for them to see the lines on the palms of their hands. They will eat as much as they like at this point up until the sun is at its highest point (midday). The rest of the day the can drink as much water as they wish. They say that water is a great way to plug the hunger should they have any, however if they are hungry at any point through out that day, the next morning they will have more appreciation for the food and the people who supplied it."
Source - www.mindbodyweightloss.info

We would love to hear from you if this method of eating alot for breakfast, alittle less for lunch and a small dinner is something you have tried yourself and if so what results you got.

Kind regards
Mindful Mark

Zen Weight Loss Tips - Part 2

Hello and welcome to this the second part of Zen Weight Loss Tips. I hope you find these as helpful as the first part:

Tell people around you what you’re doing. This will keep you motivated to continue. Don’t ask for their support, but say “I’m on this new thing where I’m going to kick my butt at the gym/road/bike today and” whatever.

As Can Do Craig says knowing what to do is only the first part actually getting up and doing it is the main part as with out this nothing will get done. So the above tip is a great one.

Weigh yourself but also take your measurements. Sometimes your scale won’t budge but your waistline will.

This is a very good point as you may feel because you have not lose weight you are not succeeding but your waistline says something else. This reminds me of an Einstein quote "...If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid."

Focus on one thing at a time. Everything we do is based on habits. If you’ve got to both get into the habit of eating great AND exercising daily, you run a big risk of getting overwhelmed when you’re not seeing results or you slip a little.

This weight loss tip is about being kind to ourselves, taking one step at a time. 'Every journey start with the first step' is something I hear over and over again and it is true because you are still going to lap the person who hasn't started. If you are kind to yourself and take it in gradual steps you are more like like to reach your weight loss destination. Think of the story of the tortoise and the hare.

Focus on health and NOT weight loss. It is far more important that you live a happy, healthy life than look good naked. You’ll thank yourself when you are 80 and still lead an active life.

I could not agree with this more as I discussed in a recent post called 'Good Health a Great Way to Live' that living healthy means we can spend more time on this planet with our family, friends and loved ones, the side effect of living healthy is that we will most probably lose weight with out any neurosis about but focus on our health and the one we love.

I hope you like this second part of the Zen Weight Loss Tips, the third part will be with you soon.

If you would like to learn more you can check out the other parts in this series:
Zen Weight Loss Tips - Part 1
Zen Weight Loss Tips - Part 3
Zen Weight Loss Tips - Part 4

Best Wishes
Mindful Mark

Good Health a Great Way to Live

Today I would just like to share a quick quote which moved me and really made me thing and clarify a belief of Good Health a Great Way to Live.

The quote is this:

"Good health is simply the slowest way a human being can die."
author unknown

It moved me for 2 reason one is the realisation that, as much as we may not want to, we are all going to die. We can see this all around us there is nobody alive today who was born 150 years ago. From this we work out that we are only here for a limited time only. There is nothing we can do about it. However from the quote above shares with us that with good health we can slow the dying process down. And surely slowing down so we can spend more time on this planet with the ones we love and care is great thing to do. I say this for the reason of motivation because with good health comes our optimum healthy weight. Our weight loss can just be a by product of living healthy to spend more time with our family, friends and others. So please consider this as option, stop focusing on weight loss and concentrate on being healthy and dieing (no I did not miss the 't' out of dieting, I said dieing) as slowly as possible.

Some of the best way we can get health and slow down our dieing process is by reading these blog posts:

• Eat Less CRAP, Eat More FOOD
• Quote which makes you think about the Importance of Food
• The Best Weight Loss Strategy
• Good Food to Eat for Weight Loss

I hope you found this post thought provoking and made you think about weight loss in a different way and motivated you to try to live in a healthy and lose weight as a by product of a healthy lifestyle to live longer.

Kind regards
Mindful Mark

p.s. If you wanted read more about living a longer life, I found the above quote in the above on this website.

Behaviours That Stop You Losing Weight

David Meine a qualified hypnotherapist and author of 'Think: Use Your Mind to Shrink Your Waistline' believes there are 10 behaviors that keep people from losing weight and/or getting healthy.

1. Not consistently getting a good night’s sleep
2. Not dealing with stress appropriately
3. Not being able to visualize having your ideal body shape
4. Allowing sabotage from yourself and others
5. Not drinking enough water
6. Eating too infrequently
7. Eating quickly
8. Eating until (or past) full
9. Eating and drinking too much sugar
10. Lacking the motivation to create a healthy body shape through consistent exercise.

These are really helpful suggestions for behaviours to change and we have various post on host you can change these behaviours. By clicking the links above you can see our post which will help you change the behaviour and work towards your weight loss goal.

Take care and speak soon.

Mindful Mark

Non Judgement

Please be kind to yourself during your weight loss journey.

I found a really interesting quote today which helped me realise why this is important:

As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all.

How I interpret this is to be kind to yourself through out your weight loss journey as this ensures that a happy path towards your destination is walked rather than one of upset.

The scales of justice is quite an apt image for weight loss because we need a balanced mind and approach to our weight loss.

Louise L Hay states "To spend our time berating ourselves for being too heavy, to feel guilty about every bite of food we eat, to do all the numbers we do on ourselves when we gain weight, is just a waste of time."

If we come from point of loving and accepting exactly as we are then we do not need to blame or judge our self. 

Kind regards

Mindful Mark

Heal Your Fat With Your Thoughts

We have mentioned Louise L, Hay a few times before on this blog because she is an amazing person and has a vast amount of experience in helping people not only love themselves but to heal their body and life too. Recently I was reading 'Heal Your Body' to help heal a sore throat (Yes it did help and I happy to say now better.) I came across a really interesting section in the book which shared Louise L. Hays thoughts on why we may be fat on certain parts of our body. She then lists the 'Probable Causes' and suggests a new 'Thought Pattern' to overcome the probable causes. My suggestion to you is NOT to buy the 'Heal Your Body' book, but to instead purchase the 'You Can Heal Your Life' book because it includes the Heal Your Body book as its final chapter and the rest of the book is amazing at helping you learn to love yourself and life in general.

So back to what Louise L. Hays suggest the 'Probable Causes' and 'New Thought Patterns' are to help overcome Weight Loss. The suggestion is that you repeat to yourself over and over the new thought pattern and it will help you achieve your goal and overcome your problem.

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Problem: Overweight:

Probable Cause: Fear, need for protection, Running away from feelings, Insecurity, Self Rejection, Seeking Fulfillment.

New Thought Pattern: I am at peace with my own feeling. I am safe where I am. I create my own security. I love and approve of myself.

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Problem: Fat

Probable Cause: Oversensitivity. Often represents fear and shows a need for protection. Fear may be a cover for hidden anger and a resistance to forgive.

New Thought Pattern: I am protected by Divine Love. I am always safe and secure. I am willing to grow up and take responsibility for my life. I forgive others and I now create my own life. I forgive others and I now create my own life the way I want it. I am safe.

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Problem: Belly Fat

Probable Cause: Anger at being denied nourishment.

New Thought Pattern: I nourish myself with spiritual food and I am satisfied and free.

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Louise L. Hay also goes on to explain the 'Probable Causes' and 'New Thought Patterns' for Arm Fat, Hip Fat, Thigh Fat as well as many other forms of illnesses and ailments, Louise herself hails this method as a successful part of her strategy to overcome Cancer.

Now I know this method may not be for everybody and it may bring up alot of strong feelings against it and that is fine. If so this method may not be for you. However if like me, you believe there is something in this strategy then give it ago. What have you got to lose? Nothing except the fat and weight you want to lose already.

Please comment below as I would love to hear your views on this post.

Take care and speak soon

Mindful Mark