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10-07-2004, 06:28 PM
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As this section of the forum is designed to offer support in dealing with the mental aspect of foods and eating, I'd like to share a very interesting article about weight loss that just might get you to thinking about the way you approach it. It was written by John Assaraf, author of the best-selling "The Street Kid Guide to Having It All" - not me. It will require you to think!
"Deciding to lose weight is a total waste of time unless it is backed by the right mental preparation. People don't understand how their brain functions and therefore renege on their intentions 99% of the time within very short order. Using will power is absolutely the worst way to achieve your new goals because it is controlled by your conscious mind, which is only responsible for one sixth of your abilities.
The latest scientific research shows that the non-conscious and conditioned side of your personality controls five sixths of your behavior and perception and therefore your long-term results. Due to our habits we become conditioned to stay at the same weight we are at or to earn the income we do. An internal set point is created in each area of our life so that we don't have to think about the day-to-day activities we need to do to maintain it.
Once any habit is ingrained in our brain, we seek and behave automatically with everything that resonates with that "internal image". If you don't like the results you are witnessing, like your weight, you must break the old patterns and old conditioning that has caused the results.
If you do not "re-train " the non-conscious side of your brain at the same time as you make the decision to lose weight for example, you will within very short order return back to your old weight and in most cases gain even more weight back.
There is a "cybernetic trigger" in your brain that detects any change from your current weight and it overrides your will power and forces you to eat all the stuff you shouldn't be eating until you are back to your internal mental weight. It works exactly like the thermostat in your home that automatically picks up any change in room temperature.
It doesn't matter if you want to lose weight or gain weight, any deviation up or down sets off this trigger and forces you to adjust accordingly. It's the exact same mechanism that keeps airplanes, missiles or boats on course once they have set their coordinates into the system. This automatic "trigger" causes you to rationalize why you're not sticking with your diet and basically forces you to revert back to your old eating habits and patterns.
The word "rationalize" when broken into two words, really means "rational-lies". The internal self-talk you catch yourself doing is automatic and a result of the system doing its job to keep you at your internal mental weight. The outer body is only an expression of the internal image. If you want to see permanent changes on the outside, you must re-train the mental image on the inside first.
It takes about 30 days of everyday mental training to re-train the brain if you want long lasting and permanent weight loss or if you want to earn more money. By doing a few simple visualization exercises seeing yourself at your perfect weight or career, you start to recondition your internal image and you begin to erase the old image.
The more you do this the faster you'll see results. The good news is that you can't get a brain hernia if you overdo it. Another simple technique you can use is a written positive affirmation declaring, "I now weigh xxxx. My body fat is xxxxx. I feel and look great and I am at my ideal and perfect weight now".
The reason for using present tense affirmations is simple. The non-conscious side of your personality does not know the difference between an actual event and a lie or an imagined one and, it also does not understand the future. Once it is conditioned through repetition and experiences, it will immediately make the outside match up with the internal image. There are several other very useful and simple techniques to help recondition the brain."
Pretty heavy duty stuff, huh? What do you think?
chefbrian
www.dietdummy.com
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10-09-2004, 03:47 AM
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Originally posted by chefbrian@Oct 8 2004, 09:28 AM
As this section of the forum is designed to offer support in dealing with the mental aspect of foods and eating, I'd like to share a very interesting article about weight loss that just might get you to thinking about the way you approach it. It was written by John Assaraf, author of the best-selling "The Street Kid Guide to Having It All" - not me. It will require you to think!
"Deciding to lose weight is a total waste of time unless it is backed by the right mental preparation. People don't understand how their brain functions and therefore renege on their intentions 99% of the time within very short order. Using will power is absolutely the worst way to achieve your new goals because it is controlled by your conscious mind, which is only responsible for one sixth of your abilities.
The latest scientific research shows that the non-conscious and conditioned side of your personality controls five sixths of your behavior and perception and therefore your long-term results. Due to our habits we become conditioned to stay at the same weight we are at or to earn the income we do. An internal set point is created in each area of our life so that we don't have to think about the day-to-day activities we need to do to maintain it.
Once any habit is ingrained in our brain, we seek and behave automatically with everything that resonates with that "internal image". If you don't like the results you are witnessing, like your weight, you must break the old patterns and old conditioning that has caused the results.
If you do not "re-train " the non-conscious side of your brain at the same time as you make the decision to lose weight for example, you will within very short order return back to your old weight and in most cases gain even more weight back.
There is a "cybernetic trigger" in your brain that detects any change from your current weight and it overrides your will power and forces you to eat all the stuff you shouldn't be eating until you are back to your internal mental weight. It works exactly like the thermostat in your home that automatically picks up any change in room temperature.
It doesn't matter if you want to lose weight or gain weight, any deviation up or down sets off this trigger and forces you to adjust accordingly. It's the exact same mechanism that keeps airplanes, missiles or boats on course once they have set their coordinates into the system. This automatic "trigger" causes you to rationalize why you're not sticking with your diet and basically forces you to revert back to your old eating habits and patterns.
The word "rationalize" when broken into two words, really means "rational-lies". The internal self-talk you catch yourself doing is automatic and a result of the system doing its job to keep you at your internal mental weight. The outer body is only an expression of the internal image. If you want to see permanent changes on the outside, you must re-train the mental image on the inside first.
It takes about 30 days of everyday mental training to re-train the brain if you want long lasting and permanent weight loss or if you want to earn more money. By doing a few simple visualization exercises seeing yourself at your perfect weight or career, you start to recondition your internal image and you begin to erase the old image.
The more you do this the faster you'll see results. The good news is that you can't get a brain hernia if you overdo it. Another simple technique you can use is a written positive affirmation declaring, "I now weigh xxxx. My body fat is xxxxx. I feel and look great and I am at my ideal and perfect weight now".
The reason for using present tense affirmations is simple. The non-conscious side of your personality does not know the difference between an actual event and a lie or an imagined one and, it also does not understand the future. Once it is conditioned through repetition and experiences, it will immediately make the outside match up with the internal image. There are several other very useful and simple techniques to help recondition the brain."
Pretty heavy duty stuff, huh? What do you think?
chefbrian
www.dietdummy.com
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10-09-2004, 03:54 AM
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Originally posted by niggles@Oct 9 2004, 06:47 PM
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I would agree that losing weight is definitely, largely a state of mind. In the past I have lost weight successfully - only when my brain was "re-conditioned". I found a good way to do this was to have a support person or group to help and encourage you. Its a lot easier if you surround yourself with those who have the same goal as you. Although, this time around, all the brain `re-conditioning' I needed came from my clothes being too tight (and my larger image in the mirror)! Also I was not wanting to spend lots of $$$ on a new wardrobe.
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12-17-2004, 11:13 AM
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Huh, it sounds like bunk to me. We have molecules in our bodies called leptins that are elevated each time we eat and tell us to stop eating. Mice that have no functional leptins eat continuously and are obese. We often ignore our leptins because we gain pleasure from eating all the good foods there are to eat. I know how that feels when I know that I am full and should stop eating, but I don't because things still taste so good; that's when I've ignored my leptins. Now maybe that is where we need to consider the brain reprogramming: why do we ignore our leptins? But, there is a lot of biology known about the pleasure centers in our brains and how they work, and how they lead us to problems like addiction. There is more biology to our eating behaviors than mystery or brain re-programming. Our brains and bodies know what to do, we just need to listen to our leptins. We have more control than Assaraf implies we do, and our bodies know our ideal size and are constantly telling us when to eat and not eat to maintain it.
I've decided that it's time for me to listen to my leptins, and my pants that don't fit. I'm with you, Nicky, I can't bring myself to spend money on new clothes; I have lots of nice clothes already that I just need 5 pounds less to fit into!
Julie
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01-26-2005, 05:46 AM
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[attachmentid=8]Pretty heavy duty stuff, yes. But manageable.
Looking at other responses to your original post, and from listening to other people grappling with weight loss, one would realise that there is much that needs to be addressed.
Personally I feel in the discussions about weight loss, there is one aspect that we easily overlook. Our own attitude. I believe once a person realises how powerful their attitude is, they can surprise themselves by achieving what they once thought impossible to achieve.
Yes, yes there will be lots of steps to take and programs to follow. But there is also the question of 'what attitude is driving me here?'. And I am not referring here to the simple 'have a positive attitude' mantra.
By attitude I am referring to a way of responding to our environment that is derived mostly from our generalizations about others and the system. You adopt and express a certain attitude in order to preserve yourself from" harm" or to maintain a preferred personal status quo. Even in the face of advice or what is good for you.
I have included an attachment herewith to highlight the role that attitude can play in your success generally and specifically in weightloss.
Ke o agile
In TheZone
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