Happy New Year

Can Do Craig and I would like to wish you a fantastic 2014 and we hope you achieve your wishes and goals through out the year ahead.

If one of you goals this year is to lose weight and keep it off you may be able to get your year of to a great start by checking these out:

• The Gabriel Method
• The Fat Loss Code
• Weight Loss Attitude
• Program Yourself Thin
• Weight Loss Hypnosis Pro

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

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

Make That Change

This quote is really quite empowering because it tells us that we have the power to make any changes we wish to improve our look.

"If you keep doing what you've always been doing
You're going to keep looking how you been looking"

 It also reminds me of lines from the Michael Jackson 'Man in the Mirror' song:

"I'm Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right . . ."

and

"I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change"

By taking the responsibility to change youself for the better you also make the world as a whole better too, because if you are happier with yourself the world as a whole is a happier place too. This is how much power we each have as individuals. So make that change!

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

Be Brave and Make Some Changes

Making changes can be scary because we are in a rut and use to our current routine and lifestyle. It can take bravery to make a change. By recognising what life will be like if you did not make the change compared to your life if you did is a great way to get you motivated to take the required action.

A quote from the film 'We Bought a Zoo' helps come up with a solution for us to be brave enough to change and make difference to our lifes:

"You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery, and I promise you something great will come of it."
Source - moviequotesandmore.com

This advice helped his son in the movie ask a girl out because 20 seconds of bravery is achievable to make that change. The choice of having a better lifestyle for himself was worth that 20 seconds of insane bravery.

This is all you need to get started on your weight loss journey too. 20 seconds of courage and the changes have started.

We, at Mind Body Weight Loss, will be here to support you in any way we can, with regular updates, tips, advice, product suggestions and eNewsletters.

Take care and speak soon
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

Control the Controllables

Control the Controllables is an important life lesson because it includes accepting certain truths, like we can only control so much of what goes on around us. The crux here is that the things we can control can make a huge difference to our lives, so it make sense to only focus on those things.

Here are some questions to make you think about what you can and can not control:

• Can you control the quality of the food your eat?
• Can you control where you eat your food?
• Can you control how much you eat?
• Can you control your emotions?
• Can you control your hunger?
• Can you control the weather?
• Can you control your family and friends?

As you may guess I think most people can control the top five where as the last two you most probably can not control totally, however the weather you can prepare properly for the event nd family and friends you can at least influence.

For example you can influence what others may buy when they go shopping, or you may influence the choice of the restaurant.

Gerry Pritchard The Mental Coach at the New York Red Bulls explains his understanding of control the controllables in relation to soccer. It is really interesting and can be equally applied to weight loss



The part which jumped out at me in the video is the acronym of E.A.R to describe what you need to control the controllables and they are: Effort, Attitude and Response.

So this all comes down to a weight loss attitude of focusing first on the things you can control, then on the ones you can influence and the rest which can't just ignore, prepare for in advance or stay as far away from as you can.

Why not make a list of the things you can control, the things you can not and the thing you can influence.

I hope you found this helpful.

Take care and control those controllables.

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

You Feel What You eat

This is the whole purpose of eating, is stay alive as long as possible in a happy and healthy way so we can spend time with the one we love. A side effect of eating well and clean is that we will operate at optimum weight, so weight loss would be fixed as a by product of eating healthy.

Eat Crap = Feel Like Crap
Eat Nothing = Feel Like Nothing
Eat Healthy = Feel Helathy
Eat Well = Being Well

Is how I would change the quote because we have the power in this moment to choose what to put in our mouth to make us feel like either, Crap, Nothing, Healthy or Well. In this moment what are you going to choose?

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

Clean Eating

So what is clean eating?
A lifestyle centered around eating mainly unprocessed foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats and wholes grains.

So what should you eat?
All fresh fruits and vegetables, organic lean meats (like Beef, turkey, chicken, salmon etc.), nuts, natural nut butters, greek yoghurt, whole wheat bread, tortillas and pasta, whole grains(quinoa, brown and wild rice, etc.), rolled oats, hummus, omega-3, enriched eggs, almond or soya milk, coffee, tea, water.

What should you avoid?
Soda and other sugary drinks, fast food, fried foods, white bread, pasta and rice, foods with added preservatives, dried fruits, choose fresh fruits and vegetables over canned ones, products labeled 'reduced fat' or 'low fat', chips, juice, candy bars and cereal.

The 80/20 Rule
Eat healthy, whole and minimally processed foods 80% of the time, indulge 20% of the time!

This advice comes from healthy-craving but is quite a comprehensive list to help you shoul you want to follow the best weight loss tip ever from David Wolfe which is to add healthy foods into your diet and gradually sideline the unhealthy foods.

If you would like to learn why we should avoid the foods in the list you can checkout our review of the documentary 'Hungry for Change'

Take care and speak soon.
Mindful Mark

Don't Eat Less, Eat Right

The premise of ' Don't eat less, Eat Right' is pretty much self explanatory but has some reallt really interesting points hidden inside.

One point being that if we eat healthily we will lose weight as side result. So make you aim to eat healthy and don't focus on the weight loss because it will happen.

The next point is that this piece of weight loss advice fits in with what we at Mind Body Weight Loss believe is the best weight loss strategy ever:

"The best strategy we have got is to just add in good stuff and eventually it will crowd out the bad stuff. It’s so simple and deactivates the mental neurosis we have about diets and what we have to eat"
Source – David Wolfe

 The final point that I feel this tip falls under is the 'Eat Less CRAP, Eat More FOOD' because if you eat less crap and and eat more healthy food you are still eating the same amount, but the difference is that you are eating more healthy and as a result the weight will come off.

I hope you found this post helpful.

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.

Walk, Cycle or Drive?

This nice little image sets the scene for a question to ask yourself before you go anywhere. And that question is 'Shall I Walk, Cycle or Drive to my destination?"

Walking and Cycling are the ones which run on your fat and saves you money.

Where as Driving runs on money and makes you fat.

To me this bit of information is a game changer in relation to changing our behaviour to aid weight loss.

I hope, like me, you can see how this question can effect your weight loss.

Kind regards
Mindful Mark 

A Letter to The Body

 Below is a letter to the body which really made Can do Craig and I think.

Dear Body,

I'm sorry I've treated you this way, feeding you the wrong foods and not taking care of you. I promise to do better and get you back to the best shape and fitness level you can be.

We can do it!

Sincerely,
Me

This letter is great at placing us in a point of acceptance from which we can build from, it sets out a plan with a clear goal for us to achieve and work towards and most importantly we will know when we got there. We will have reach our goal when we are back to the best shape we can be.

I hope you liked this letter as much as we at Mind Body Weight Loss do, it is great find from Tumblr.

Take care and speak soon
Mindful Mark

Real Fast Food Is Not Fat Food!

This image above helps me understands that most 'Fast Food' just has one letter too many and could be called 'Fat Food'

"Real fast food isn't fat food'

Also this quote and picture has firmed my belief that the fasted food you can eat is natural fresh foods like apples, carrots, broccoli, bananas. You see the advice for true fast food should go like this; if it has no packaging, if it has no labels, if you are sure edible and healthy, if you can eat it raw or cooked then this is true 'Fast Food' because it isn't 'Fat Food" it is "Fab Food" for you, your health, weight, life longevity.

Some other website posts which you may find helpful which relate to this post are - Eat less CRAP, Eat more FOOD, The Best Weight Loss Strategy, Helpful Weight Loss Rules and The Key to Weight Loss.

I hope you found this post helpful.

Speak soon
Mindful Mark

7 Amazing Tips On How to Visualise Losing Weight

 

 

We at Mind Body Weight Loss know how important visualization is, however you may not know how to use it in your day to day. Well! Have no fear Can Do Craig is here! Mmm, sorry about that, any way lets get to it!

 

Now let us start with a few home truths. You are not going to be able to do this right away you will have to practice, practice and practice. Also love the process, enjoy it and know that it will work for you! Because it will work!

 

 

1. Write down as many things as you can that you love about your self, do this every day!

 

2. Sit down or lie down and relax for 20-30 minutes, without any distractions. Practice until you feel relaxed for the whole 20-30 minutes.

 

3. When you have mastered number 2 focus on your breathing inhale though you nose and out through your mouth counting to 5 as your exhale. Again practice, practice and more practice. You will feel so relaxed, I know I do!

 

4. Ok! Sit down or lie down and repeat 2 and 3 together remember Practice!

 

5. Now you have practiced 2 and 3 together it is time to relax all the muscles in the body starting from your head all the way down to your toes.

 

6. Now it is time to visualise what you will look like when you are at your target weight. You will have to really feel what it would feel like, for example! Think of your self on a beach taking in the rays of the sun, putting sun lotion on your perfect new body, here the sound of the sea and birds.

 

7. Finally, my last tip is to smile. This really makes you feel good and happy.

 

I hope this little guide is helpful. Just remember to practice! It really does work it has been proven time and time again. Read more post on this very blog to see for your self.

 

Can Do Craig