Ah its a brand new year and youre certain that youre going to succeed at dropping that extra 15 pounds and running 10 miles a day on your treadmill. So, you immediately eliminate every crumb of sugar from your daily food intake and buy a brand new pair of running shoes and hit the ground running literally.
But wait a second. Its now January 31st and you find yourself with a 15 oz. chocolate bar in your hand half eaten, and your wonderful running shoes still smell like they came off the shelf at your local fitness store? What happened to those steadfast resolutions you made on January 1st?
Research over the years has concluded that about 80% of all New Years Resolutions are broken by January 31. And if your resolution involved anything to do with health and fitness, (working out, losing weight, quitting smoking, etc), 90% of you will have given up the fight by the end of January.
Heres why your resolutions have bit the dust - you didnt change your inner thought patterns to create new habits.
Yes, its that simple. Our subconscious (and conscious) mind are filled with our old habits that weve held on to for years and years. Unless you reprogram your mind with more positive words, then all the resolutions in the world wont help you to lose weight or achieve any new goals.
The easiest and fastest way to reprogram your thoughts and beliefs is to practice self-hypnosis and listen to Self-Hypnosis and Positive Affirmation CDs daily. As most of you know, it usually takes 30 days for a new belief to become a habit, but through utilizing the power of self-hypnosis, most people can lessen this adoption time to 21 days.
Here are 3 easy ways to reprogram your thought patterns:
1. Make an Affirmations List instead of a Resolution Must-Do. Cut yourself a bit of slack at the beginning! Those pounds didnt mysteriously appear on your body, did they? Of course not! So, set up a realistic (and I mean REALLY realistic) list of what you would like to achieve in 2010 and assign timeframes to have these changes implemented. If you want to lose 10 pounds, allow yourself 5 months to accomplish this goal. This way you can safely lose 2 pounds per month without adopting radical dietary changes which I can guarantee you that youll stop after 3 months.
2. Adopt a Positive Mindset through Positive Affirmations. Repetition is the key to making this step work. The more often you listen to positive statements, the faster your sub-conscious brain will begin to sit up, pay attention, and start turning those thoughts into automatic habits. If you need help finding great Self-Hypnosis or Positive Affirmation CDs to listen to, visit my website and find the ones that resonate with you and match your Affirmations List.
3. Learn the art of Self-Hypnosis. I know I keep saying this over and over, but learning the art of self-hypnosis makes your success rate soar. By retraining your conscious/sub-conscious mind, you increase your chances of achieving " and maintaining " weight loss by at least 80 to 90%.
Let 2010 be the year that you FINALLY become the happy, healthy, slim and trim YOU that youve always wanted to be!
