Next Up

The next program that I would like to recommend and this really is a personal favourite from a very well respected member of the Health and Fitness community Mr Tom Venuto.

Tom's programs advice and personal coaching have helped 1000's of people across the world to achieve the fitness and the bodies they desire.

Not only the author of online products Tom has also recently released are Hard Back publication called 'The Body Fat Solution'

I am really looking forward to introducing you to him as much of the success he achieves is based on his deep understanding of the importance of the mind, beliefs, values and rules around who we are, what we do and when we do it.

A man after my own heart (even though he has been preaching this stuff for way more years than me!)

Intermittent Fasting

As promised I was going to review the popular and amazing Eat Stop Eat program by Brad Pilon, however I have already reviewed this in a recent Hub Page and so thought it would make much more sense simply to provide you a link to that.

So here it is:

How Intermittent Fasting Can Help You Lose Weight

Personally I think this program has some very valid points and for many people who are looking to both lose weight and keep it off this builds an incredibly strong mindset and as we know this is is one of the corner stones to long-term weight loss.

Have a look and if you have any questions or even if you disagree let me know

Beliefs Changed? - Let's Focus On Design

Once you've changed your beliefs to make it easy to lose weight, get fit, change jobs etc. It's then time to set about designing your life around what you want.

What you really want!

The biggest reason that people fail is because they fail to plan. We all need direction in life and for that reason it is important to get focused.

I suggest going somewhere quiet, locking the door and settling down with a pen and pad, this will allow you to brainstorm without interruption.

Identify what it is that you really want to achieve, maybe it is weight loss, if that is the case it is important to ensure that you are specific with your goals.

Simply writing down 'to lose weight' will not work becuase subconsciously as soon as you lose 1 or 2lbs you have completed your goal and sabotage your real goal.

If you want to lose 14lbs then write that down, then put a time frame on it.

Goals need to be timed, your subconscious will know when you are able to achieve this by, let it guide you.

Now you have your goal and a time frame you need to work break it down into more manageable chunks (many small steps are much easier to achieve than huge ones) you are also less likely to become bored when you see yourself achieving these smaller steps.

Who or what do you need to help you achieve your goal, are these resources you already have or do you need to find them?

Perhaps you need to join a gym, hire a personal trainer, seek the advice of a dietician.

This may seem like a lot of work but believe me planning leads to success.

So, let's review:

You have a Goal and it's specific

You've set a time frame

You have chunked it down into smaller more manageable steps

You have examined the resources you need to support you.

What else is needed?

Remember in the previous post we looked at the benefits of achieving or changing a behaviour, you do then lets do the same here.

Why do you want to lose weight?
What will it change for you?

What will happen if you don't lose weight?
How will life be in 10 years if you continue on you current path?

Remember we do things for one of two reasons:

To Gain Pleasure or Avoid Pain.

We need to make sure the pain is more than we can accept and that the pleasure is something we can become really passionate and inspired by.

Get this right along with the previous steps and you will achieve your goal.

The last ingredient is accountability and more importantly public accountability.

What do I mean by this, we achieve much better results when we become acountable for our actions, by setting a goal you have made yourself accountable to you.

Now lets make you accountable to other people, friends, work colleagues, partners or if you are really determined post a video diary on You Tube for example.

For a good example of someone who has experienced massive results in this way check out Adam Waters who at the age of 33 and after 6 years of failed diets got himself into the best shape of his life.

Mindset For Weight Loss

The food and diet industries are massive business and the physology they use in their marketing is extremely clever and very covered, by that I mean it speaks to us often on an unconscious level, convincing us that there product is the one that is going to solve our problem.

Yes, it might seem perfectly plausable that what they are saying is correct that is because they are playing on all of the beliefs and values surrounding yourself, your weight and your previous inability to lose weight.

Without even questioning we buy into this, chasing the idea that we will be able to lose weight easily, without dieting or exercising.

This isn't going to happen!

Through experience I have learnt that in order to achieve long term weight loss it is first necessary to explore the underlying problems behind our weight gain.

Not the reason you tell yourself, but the real reason.

You see, as humans we are subject to external influences all the time and all too often the reason we seem unable to lose weight is the result of several supporting negative influences, these are controlled by our subconscious and once exposed can be discounted through investigation of our other beliefs and values and then replaced with more positive supported beliefs.