New Year’s Resolutions And Natural Weight Loss

It’s that time of year when millions of people resolve to make this year the year that they finally lose weight. Natural weight loss plans, diet pills and potions, exercise equipment and videos, and gym memberships are purchased at record rates during January every year. By February, most weight loss resolutions have fallen by the wayside and have given way to the return of poor eating habits and a lack of exercise.

What happens in that few weeks? So many start out with high motivation and the best of intentions to follow through on their weight loss plans, but very few maintain that motivation long enough to lose even a few pounds, much less meet their long-term weight loss goals.

Our minds begin to work against our weight loss goals. Most people of course do want to lose weight, but the problem is that subconsciously they want to continue to eat unhealthy food and be lazy even more. The mind then works towards what they want the most by sabotaging their weight loss plan. “A couple of cookies just this one time can’t hurt.” “I can exercise tomorrow.” And then they wind up cheating on their weight loss programs more and more until they are cheating all the time and the weight loss program has no chance of working.

Our minds are often programmed at a subconscious level to want certain foods and to enjoy certain unhealthy behaviors. Furthermore, the mind may be programmed to view healthy diet and exercise as painful or distasteful. We can take control though and through conscious effort re-program our minds to help us achieve our weight loss goals.

With a little bit of time and effort, using techniques such as those promoted byTony Robbins, Emotional Freedom Technique, the Sedona Method, and others, you can program your thoughts to make healthy eating and exercise as pleasurable as all of those bad habits you enjoy so much right now. Natural weight loss can be yours if you work on your mind before you work on your body!

 

About the Author:

Dr. George Best is a holistic healthcare provider in San Antonio, Texas. To access additional resources and specific information on how to train your brain for weight loss, please visit his website on Natural Weight Loss.