Make Up Your Mind: Beyond Diet and Exercise

What's going on Fit Fem'rs! It's your Fit Fem expert here to discuss THE most important factor of weight loss and that is mindset. So check it out; whenever we talk about weight loss, we harp on diet and exercise. In order to feel healthy and actually achieve your overall health and fitness goals, you must first make up your mind: weight loss goes beyond diet and exercise. Thinking positively, feeling good about yourself and being confident that you will get positive results will definitely help you get the body you want with less time and effort. Yes, diet and exercise for weight loss is one thing, but any exercise or diet program is just a part of your journey towards good health. What's most important is to perform diet and exercise with a positive mindset that keeps you going, makes you believe in yourself and deters negative factors that might discourage you in getting any further. A strong and healthy body is driven by a stronger mind. With a dedicated mindset, you should have no trouble in motivating yourself to push to the limits, get fit, and achieve weight loss and the sexy body you have always dreamed of.

You are probably reading this article and saying to yourself, yea right Syl, like I'm really going to achieve optimum weight loss through mindset. Well, I'm here to tell you this is not hokey pokey…it's freakin' real! The power of the mind to achieve things for the body was scientifically studied throughout time. The brain contains a lot of potential energy locked within its deepest recesses. This energy can be harnessed to achieve things and make thoughts a reality, whether in the positive or negative. The physical body mainly gets what the brain thinks; thinking positively brings good things and as so in the opposite. When you think yourself slim and sexy, you definitely will be in a matter of time. On the other hand, if you think that you cannot get or stay slim, that no program works for you and there is no hope for you to get that dream figure, well I'm sorry to say that you are attracting that same negative situation you've been thinking about. Yup, that means no weight loss for you. So make up your mind and go beyond diet and exercise. Use your mind's powerful yet untapped potential to attract what you want. Think positively and get rid of pessimistic thoughts. It simply works!

Make up your mind: achieve weight loss, you should not just want a healthy and fit body; you should have a strong desire for it. Desire is a strong force that can only come from the powers of your mind. Desire comes with a strong conviction and the unrelenting drive towards the healthy body you are aspiring for. Strongly think about what you want and commit to it. Physical effort is just one of the tools in your weight loss toolbox. If you make up your mind and go beyond diet and exercise for weight loss, your mind's desire shall push your body to work for achieving your goals and give you the results you've always wanted.

Confidence and motivation are also key factors to the successful quest for health and fitness. These two factors can only come from your mind. You should trust in yourself in attaining success despite difficulties and set your goals so you will be able to keep on going in the right direction. Set a definite timeline for reaching your goals and stick to it. Monitor your progress, whether fast or slow, and let this be a motivating factor for you to continue pursuing the body you want most.

So what are you waiting for?? Make up your mind and go beyond diet and exercise to achieve weight loss. Your body can only work to its full potential if you strongly think that you are up for it. Both the mind and body should always work in harmony for you to achieve what you desire. I'll let you in on a little secret? When I teach my fitness classes or workout on my own, I visualize the body I want. I intensely focus on what I look like and how I feel… and guess what, it pushes me harder than ever before. Think, commit and dedicate yourself in giving all-out efforts and discipline to be healthy and achieve weight loss despite temptations. Let your mind's vast power be the driving force towards your success. Your body can achieve what your mind can perceive.

Leave me a comment below to let me know that you've finally made up your mind to achieve your ultimate weight loss goals. So excited to hear all of your success stories. And remember, I'm always here for you.

Keeping the fun in fitness!

Keeping the fun in fitness!
Your fit fem personal trainer and expert in women's only fitness,
Syl