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?

Weight Loss Change

This is what I am on about, challenge, what ever challenge we have in life when come through the other side we are generally a strong, better person.

You can't spell challenge without change .
If you're going to rise to the challenge, you have to be prepared to change.

This reminds me of the Anthony Robbins quote:

"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. "

So set yourself that challenge to meet your weight loss goal and you will see the change. Myself Can Do Craig and Mindful Mark are here to support you through that change with lots of free advice, tips, eNewsletters and 3 FREE eBooks.

So make that change and make that difference.

You can do it!
Can Do Craig

You are not fat

Such a great perspective to have and I love this statement made on tumblr it really made me think.

You are a soul. You are a mind.
You are not fat. You have fat.
You also have fingernails, but you aren't fingernails, are you?
You have hair, but you aren't hair, are you?
You have fat, but you are not fat.
You are beautiful.

This is really quite profound and is a very clever statement because it enables us to think of our weight loss in a new way.

Some of use have longer fingernails or more hair than others but we do not define ourselves or get in an emotional muddle over it, if the fingernails are too long we just cut them to our desired length. If we do not like our hair we change it to a style we like. These two brilliant examples of fingernails and hair do not define us, so why should we let fat do the same. If we are happy with our weight and feel we have enough fat great, if we have too much then lets remove in with a similar mindset to how we change the length of our nail and hair. No real emotional attachment, just do what is best for you.

You are amazing please do not define yourself by something you have too much or too little off, define yourself by your soul and your life purpose.

Best wishes
Mindful Mark

A Diet Is Just For Christmas Not For Life

With Christmas and the New Year coming up very fast most of us will be thinking about losing weight and getting healthy, you could call it a New Year resolution.

So why do so many make this promise to yourselves that they are going to lose weight and keep it off, however week or a month you are back to the same habits.

You see the first thing we think about when we want lose is go on a diet. This is the biggest factor in why you will put it back on. 90-95% of people that go on a diet will put it all back on, I will say that again 90-95%WILL PUT IT ALL BACK ON. Now do I have you attention! Good!

The reason dieting does not work is YOU are unique, there is not another YOU.

So why should a dieting work when it is not made for YOU.

To lose weight and keep it off for ever is to find out WHY you put on weight in the first place. Find out what beliefs are stopping you keeping the weight off and remove them. We have so much information to help you on this very blog to help you.

“You Get more of what you focus on the most”

Good Luck
Can Do Craig

Take Control of Your Weight Loss

I love this quote because it encourages us to take total ownership of all we do to gain the best weight loss results. By realizing that nobody other than ourself can make the changes in our life empowers us to make everything happen.

"Today is my tomorrow.
It's up to me to shape it, to take control and seize every opportunity.
The power is in the choices I make each day.
I eat well, i live well.
I shape me."

Friday Weight Loss Affirmation

Say this to yourself over and over as an affirmation today and see how you feel at the end of the day.

It doesn't matter if you say it out loud or if you say it in your head, just say t over and over to get yourself in the correct mindset to lose weight.

"Today I will do my best!

Today, I will try my best to make choices that are healthy and make me feel good.

Today, I'll work on my goal!"

Happy Fantastic Friday To You All!

Best wishes
Mindful Mark

Eat Slowly

There really is something worth investigating about eating slowly, the naturally lightest person I know is also the slowest eater I know, he chews his food, putting his cutlery down to give him to time to savor the food.

The theory behind eating slow is that it gives the body time to deliver messages to the brain to state that you are full, it also gives you change to fully be aware of the food you are eating. You can then decide if it appropriate for you. Sometimes we eat food so quickly that we do not give ourselves time to realise if this is the correct food at the correct time for us.

If you would like to try this method why not use the suggested technique of chewing your food 20 times between each mouthful.

Please comment below or email us to let us know how you get on because along with eating consciously this method makes a huge difference to your weight loss.

Kind regards
Mindful Mark

Physical Hunger

The image above helps demonstrate the differences between to the two forms of hunger and by listening to our bodies we will be able to tell the two apart.

Physical Hunger

• Comes on gradually & can be postponed
• Can be satisfied with any type of food
• Once you're full you can stop eating
• Causes satisfaction, doesn't cause guilt

Emotional Hunger

• Comes on suddenly & feels urgent
• Causes specific craving, Pizza, chocolate, ice-cream etc
• Eat more than you normally would. Feel uncomfortably full
• Leaves you feeling guilty & cross with yourself

These are fantastic signs to look out for to help you clarify which type of hunger you are responding to. A really great tip is to only eat when we are physically hungry and register our self on the hunger scale between 3 and 7. Learn more about the hunger scale.

Paul McKenna in his book 'Hypnotic Gastric Band' has developed an visualisation exercise to help you re-tune you mind to recognise physical hunger:

1. Think of a time when you were really, really hungry - so hungry you felt faint and even a crust of stale bread would have tasted delicious. Remember that.
2. Now think of a time when you were absolutely stuffed - when you'd feasted and eaten so much you were in pain, even nauseous. remmember that.
3. Do this several times so you emphasize the difference between starving and stuffed.
4. OK, now relax. Those two feelings are the extremes. You never have to feel either of those awful feeling again. you never have o be hungry and you never need to feel that full.

A brilliant mindfulness exercise there from Paul McKenna, if you liked it I can only recommend you purchase his books 'Hypnotic Gastric Band' and 'I Can Make You Thin' because they are full of useful techniques and philosophies that will help you lose weight.

Kind regards
Mindful Mark

Just keep moving

This piece of weight loss advice comes from a genius, Albert Einstein stated:

"Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving."

This is genius advice because it doesn't matter if your are moving at the speed of a Tour de France professional cyclist or the speed of pensioner cycling to the shop, either way you are moving forward towards your weight loss goal. And if you are moving forward toward your goal you will in time reach it, be it the end of the race, back home putting the shopping away or your ideal weight you have to just keep moving toward it.

Amazing things happen when you just keep moving! So do just one thing each day which is a positive move toward your weight loss goal and in the end those little changes will make a big difference.

If you would like support to start your movement toward your ideal weight please get our 3 FREE eBooks and our informative eNewsletter.

Kind regards
Mindful Mark

50 Snacking Alternatives to Try

Distraction is a great way to get yourself through snacking cravings and this Mind Body Weight Loss audio file shares an amazing 50 alternatives for you to try instead of snacking.

We have lots of other interesting audio files for you to listen to at the Mind Body Weight Loss SoundCloud page

The Power of Imagination for Weight Loss

This quote by Albert Einstein helps demonstrates the power of imagination and this post will share why I believe it can help with your weight loss:

"Imagination is more important than knowledge.
For Knowledge is limited to all we know and understand,
while imagination embraces the entire world,
and all there ever will be to know and understand."

How I  interpret this quote is that our imagination includes all the knowledge we already know but is also open to receiving new and wonderful ideas created by your mind in visualization or meditation. With this in mind, excuse the pun, you can see how the day before yesterdays post called 'The Importance of The Mind For Weight Loss' links in with this because if you think something there is a big chance you will talk about it and behave in that way and make the new ideas from your imagination a key part of your weight loss.

If you would like to get started why not try this visualization or learn more about the strengths of visualization and your imagination.

Speak soon and take care
Mindful Mark

Genius Idea for Fitness Weight Loss.

Who ever thought of this is nothing short of a genius because it changes the attitude to fitness by focus on saving money and it feels we are getting something for free when actually what we a train ride and a healthier body.

I wonder if this idea can be extended in any other ways. If you can think of any please comment below.

Start Where You Are

This post is similar to the theme of yesterdays in that just control, do and use what you can to make your weight loss method as effective as possible. The quote suggests:

Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you want.

So lets break this down line by line:

Start where you are - means to me that in this moment right now with everything the way it is the best time to start losing weight and taking control of your life is definitely now.

Use what you have - translates as find your strength and working them to get the best outcomes, it could also mean getting the most out your knowledge, support groups, shop and food.

Do what you can - With the knowledge you have what can you do to make this happen with full desire, belief and expectancy it is going to happen. You can also look at lots of different method to help you lose weight like The Gabriel Method, Weight Loss Attitude, Fat Loss Code, The Silva Method for Weight Loss, Hypnosis for weight loss and Program yourself thin to name a few.

So lets get started, both Can Do Craig and I here to help support you to lose weight in every way we can. You can also get our free eBooks and sign up for our eNewsletter here.

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

Change Your Thoughts

Today I would like to share with an amazing quot by Norman Vincent Peale the author of The Power of Positive Thinking.

"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

 Think about it for second, if you change what you think about, you change what you say, if you change what say you are much more likely to change your actions and behaviour you are most definatly going to be in a different place than if you had not changed your thoughts. So I for one am a great believer in this quote.

Why not watch and listen to your thoughts today and if you have one that you do not think is going to create the weight loss world you want. Realise that in that moment you have the power to change it to a thought that will create the world you do want.

Start Today

It is so true isn't it that if you look back and think where you would be today if you started living healthy one year ago.

So why not visualize yourself in a years time and think about how you will look and feel.

Then in a years time you can be amazed at how you have actually made your visualization a reality just like many others before you.

Take care and speak soon.
Mindful Mark

It's Not a Diet

This quote seems to wrap up an overall theme for this week and that is being healthy and seeing food as a fuel, your body as a machine and to put the best fuel in your body to operate and live as long as possible. I guess it is also called a healthier lifestyle which has the side effect of weight loss.

I hope this has helped and if you want more information on how to gain a healthier lifestyle why not checkout the 'Best Weight Loss Tip Ever' post we did a little while back.

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

Your Body Affirmation

This image is such a great affirmation to use, I just really wanted to share it with you today:

"My Body is like canvas
Motivation is my brush
I control every curve
and make no excuses
I turn heads
and hold my head high
I have no bad angles
I am confident in every light
I break limitations
quitting is not an option"

I really felt this was a powerful and motivating affirmation to repeat to yourself over and over to get you in the right frame of mind to lose weight and take control of your body.

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

5 Ways To Think Yourself Thinner

These are the five ways Lauren Conrad suggests to think yourself thinner:

1. Out of site, Out of mind: Clean out your kitchen and get rid of the junk food to eliminate temptations
2. Portion Control: Trick the mind into thinking you are eating more by putting meals on smaller plates
3. Drink up!: Sip on water in between meals when you think you might be hungry. Chances are you are just thirsty
4. Eat until 80% full: Taking smaller bites, eating slower, and avoiding distraction like TV will make a difference and help you slim down faster.
5. Take a hike: When you're bored and want a snack, get and take a walk instead.

Food is Fuel

I have just found this Fuel is Food metaphor to help you lose weight and I really had to share it with you!

"You wouldn't starve your car of fuel and expect it to run efficiently would you?

Successful weight loss is not about starving, it about fueling your body with the healthy, low calorie food it needs to help you lose weight."

This fits in with what we at Mind Body Weight Loss feel is the best weight loss tip ever!

Take care and speak soon.
Mindful Mark

Stop Trying To Lose Weight

I know this sounds very odd advice coming from a motivational weight loss blog like Mind Body Weight Loss, but it is true in so many ways.

The first and most important part of 'trying' is that to the subconscious mind and with in hypnotherapy 'trying' presupposes failure. This is because it gives you the option to fail, you are not pledging to do it, you are just saying you are going to attempt it and the easiest way out of an attempt is to fail or quit.

So if we should not try to lose weight, what is the other option? Well I think Yoda from Star Wars put it best - "Do or Do Not. There is no try".

Can you see the difference in 'trying' to lose weight you leave yourself the easier option of failure, but by choosing to do weight loss or choosing not to do weight loss you are choosing one of the absolute options and are therefore much more like to achieve your weight loss goals.

So if you want to 'do' weight loss why not read our blog or website, sign up to our eNewsletter and checkout some of the fantastic products Mind Body Weight Loss believe can help you.

Take care and speak soon.