This week in my meetings I am touching upon one of the most seldom used tools in weight loss, the imagination! I find it sad and yet revealing that as children we are encouraged to “pretend’ or imagine. But as adults we are admonished/punished to not sit around and imagine…why? The guys at disney do it and get paid alot for it. So what am I saying?
Imagine yourself running, I mean running hard and fast, the wind whistles through your hair and your legs are pumping really hard. Short of breath…do you feel it? Your heart will start to race and your muscles will get tense and you may even sweat a little more. Its because your BRAIN doesnt know that you are not actually running. How does this affect your weightloss?
Now imagine its the holidays and your at your folsk or friends or whomevers and you see all the food there, what are you going to do…no…not eat it all or alot of it. How will your “imaginary self” handle the situation? See you can practice what to do ahead of time and be “prepared” for almost anything. Oh yeah…its called your imagination.
How about the day you reach your weight goal, what will that day be like and sound like and what will you do and maybe even wear.
This is a great tool we seldomn use, see for yourself and use and see what happens!
Have a great week!
Mark
