When it comes to losing fat or performing at your peak, most of the attention always turns to your workouts and what you eat. Obviously, this is crucial to your success, but in my experience if you don’t have the right mindset, none of that will matter.
There is a difference between thinking you should workout because “it’s good for you” vs. working out because you are tired of the way you look and feel and will not stand for that anymore. Which one has more juice behind it?
Saying “I have to work out” vs. “I am working out so I can look and feel great” is the difference between not only doing it but doing it well or not just going through the motions. That simple mindset sometimes makes all the difference to your health and fitness success.
“Cease negative mental chattering. – If you think a thing is impossible, you’ll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.”
The above quote speaks to the countless clients I have had realize that it was not their nutrition and workouts that were to blame for their lack of success but their negative or limited thought process. Most people are working out but not believing for a second that they can lose weight because “they have always been fat.” Believe it or not, we are like the genie from Aladdin. When we have a thought, our wish is our command. We get what we believe in, good or bad, right or wrong.
The mind is a powerful tool that, when nourished with positive and supportive thoughts, allows us to accomplish anything we put our mind to. The problem is most people simply do not believe this and continue to fail because of it.
There is a simple saying: “get your mind right and you get things done.” Apply this to your health and fitness and you will be amazed at what you can accomplish!
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Great post.
This is the secret to overcoming the patterns of self-sabotage. The brain is not wired to go all-out after something it doesn’t truly believe is possible.
Desire + Belief + a proven Strategy = Awesomeness.