Silence Your Mind and Change Habits

Silence Your Mind and Change Habits

We all know we need to eat right and exercise. Yet, most people don't even though they want to lose weight and know that's the only way. Sound familiar? Do you want to know what really stops you from taking positive action and changing your life? The answer is fear! You truly want or need to lose weight but you stop yourself because you are:

• Afraid you'll fail
• Afraid it will hurt
• Afraid of changing your lifestyle
• Afraid of working
• Afraid of how others will react
• Afraid you will have to stop eating things you love
• Afraid you will have to exercise 24/7

Change isn't possible without action. Action will not take place if you have fear stopping you dead in your tracks. Fear affects different people in different ways and can affect anything in your life. Have you ever seen someone freak out when they see a spider or to travel in an airplane? You may not be bothered by either of these examples. When faced with your fears the negative emotional response you feel is real.

That's usually when the little voice inside your head floods your mind with excuses; "I don't have time," "I'm too tired," "I'll start Monday," "I'll go tomorrow," "Eat it," "Have seconds even though you're full because it tastes so good."

That little voice is nothing but your ego trying to protect you. Whenever you feel anything negative; bored, rejected, angry, sad, lonely, the voice will come. The voice speaks the language of 'excuse' - it is fluent - and its goal is to get you as comfortable as possible. When it comes to weight loss the way you react to the Voice will determine your results.

But, even when you did step up and took action... why didn't it last? Changing habits is one of the most challenging things you can do. Unfortunately, most people don't experience long-term results, because they didn't give themselves enough time or reinforce the new positive habit.


It only takes two weeks to establish a new habit. But, it takes an average of 60 days to reinforce that habit until it becomes permanent. There are 3 stages of habit changing:

1) Excitement - Weeks 1 to 2 (14 days)

2) Reaction - Weeks 3 to 5

3) Reformation - Weeks 6 to 8 (up to 60 days)

Changing a bad habit may seem impossible but it isn't when you know how. You have to get your Mind Right. You literally have to stop the old habit and do something else that's productive. The ability to break the bad habits that are affecting your fat loss goals depends on three things: awareness, acceptance, and positive action.

Awareness: Think about your bad habits. What do you do that is unproductive or bad for you? Some examples include: frequently dining out, drink alcohol every day, fast food, overeating portion sizes, being inactive, etc.

Acceptance: Accept your bad habits are that, bad, and they keep you from your weight loss goals. Accept that you have to change if you want to lose weight. How? By taking action.

Action: Acting in a positive way!

I want you to be successful and reach your goals in a healthy, sane way. It is my mission in life. I know how hard and overwhelming it can be trying to break bad habits. Trust me I've been there and done that but it is possible. Act by taking these steps: Analyze the bad habit then stall or replace it!

So how can you work on changing your bad habits? If you can't think of anything then ask yourself if you're really ready to change? Do you really want to get rid of your bad habits once and for all?

If not then go online and find pictures of people who continued the bad habit you also share that are miserable because of it. For example, if you want to stop overeating search for binge eating forums and see how other people are suffering because they continued the bad habit.

Know that if you don't change NOW, you will be paying the consequences, too! Print pictures and quotes from that affect you the most and put them around your house to constantly remind yourself how your habit can hurt you if you don't change. If you want something better and you can have it now. Take positive action. Practice makes perfect.

You can't get your body tight unless you first get your mind right.

If I can do it, you can do it!

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