your
body and losing weight. You’ve got to decide, and real y believe, that
you can be good at losing weight. As you learn to eat healthy and incor-
porate exercise into your daily routine, you will observe yourself mas-
tering weight loss because the scale and the measuring tape will reflect that f BIRD
act. You will change your personal truth to reflect the new reality
you’ve created. And as your personal truth begins to change, you wil
stop beating yourself up for all the mistakes you’ve made in the past.
Then you behave your way to success because once you’ve changed your
thoughts and beliefs about yourself, your behavior fol ows.
42 | The 20/20 Diet
Out with the Old
You need to begin this program with an open mind and a clean slate,
not just about who you are but also about diet and exercise. Whatever
you think you know about how to fuel your body and help it release the weight clearly hasn’t worked for you so far, so we’re going to introduce you to some new theories and tips that could hel INC.
p you succeed
this time.
Perhaps you haven’t been applying information you learned in the
past correctly. For example, you heard once that a low-fat diet was the
answer. So you bought every candy labeled “low-fat,” ate the whole
damn box, and then couldn’t figure out why the pounds weren’t melting
away! You thought, “Hey, the packaging says it’s a ‘low-fat food’ so I can eat the whole damn box!”
Well, guess what? Refined sugar, which is what that candy is made
of, doesn’t have any fat in it, but d BOOKS,
o you really think you could eat
four pounds of it a day and not gain an ounce? Of course not! We now
know that the excess sugar, or what’s referred to as “simple carbohy-
drates,” gets converted to fat once it’s in your body, which translates to more pounds on the scale. You have to be armed with both the right
information and the correct way to apply that information. Now we
know better in so many areas that impact your body.
Right now, I want you to spend 30 seconds writing down all the
ways you’ve tried to lose weight in the past. If you’ve tried fasting all week and then p STREET
igging out on the weekend, write that down. If you
believe that the only way to get thin is to starve yourself, get that
down on paper. If you’ve tried existing purely on sliced turkey and
hamburger patties, add that to the list. Think of every diet, exercise
program, system, cleanse, product, and procedure that you’ve tried
and put them all down on paper.
BIRD
Once they’re in black and white, go through the list and cross out
each one that has failed you. As you cross them out, I want you to
acknowledge that these ideas did not work for you, but that you can stil succeed in reaching your weight loss goals. Now, crumple up the paper
and throw it away. Be as dramatic as you wish to drive the symbolism
Getting Out of Your Own Way | 43
home; I don’t care if you light it on fire (as long as you don’t burn your house down!). The idea is that you’re using your 20/20 hindsight to let
go of the past, start fresh, and open your mind to the new information
you’re going to learn and master.
Your Mind/Body Connection
A powerful tool you should have in your weight loss arsenal is cal INC.
led guided
imagery. Psychologists use this when working with cancer patients. They
ask them to think of their disease as ants attacking them, or to picture their own immune cells as Pac-Man characters gobbling up all the cancer
cells. This gives patients a sense of power and control over what can be a terrifying diagnosis. It also lowers stress and anxiety, alters brain waves, and has even been shown to increase the body’s natural immunity. It helps patients dealing with serious il ness, and it can also help you lose weight.
First, create a visual symbol for th BOOKS,
e extra fat on your body. It could
be prison bars that are figuratively encasing and restricting
body and losing weight. You’ve got to decide, and real y believe, that
you can be good at losing weight. As you learn to eat healthy and incor-
porate exercise into your daily routine, you will observe yourself mas-
tering weight loss because the scale and the measuring tape will reflect that f BIRD
act. You will change your personal truth to reflect the new reality
you’ve created. And as your personal truth begins to change, you wil
stop beating yourself up for all the mistakes you’ve made in the past.
Then you behave your way to success because once you’ve changed your
thoughts and beliefs about yourself, your behavior fol ows.
42 | The 20/20 Diet
Out with the Old
You need to begin this program with an open mind and a clean slate,
not just about who you are but also about diet and exercise. Whatever
you think you know about how to fuel your body and help it release the weight clearly hasn’t worked for you so far, so we’re going to introduce you to some new theories and tips that could hel INC.
p you succeed
this time.
Perhaps you haven’t been applying information you learned in the
past correctly. For example, you heard once that a low-fat diet was the
answer. So you bought every candy labeled “low-fat,” ate the whole
damn box, and then couldn’t figure out why the pounds weren’t melting
away! You thought, “Hey, the packaging says it’s a ‘low-fat food’ so I can eat the whole damn box!”
Well, guess what? Refined sugar, which is what that candy is made
of, doesn’t have any fat in it, but d BOOKS,
o you really think you could eat
four pounds of it a day and not gain an ounce? Of course not! We now
know that the excess sugar, or what’s referred to as “simple carbohy-
drates,” gets converted to fat once it’s in your body, which translates to more pounds on the scale. You have to be armed with both the right
information and the correct way to apply that information. Now we
know better in so many areas that impact your body.
Right now, I want you to spend 30 seconds writing down all the
ways you’ve tried to lose weight in the past. If you’ve tried fasting all week and then p STREET
igging out on the weekend, write that down. If you
believe that the only way to get thin is to starve yourself, get that
down on paper. If you’ve tried existing purely on sliced turkey and
hamburger patties, add that to the list. Think of every diet, exercise
program, system, cleanse, product, and procedure that you’ve tried
and put them all down on paper.
BIRD
Once they’re in black and white, go through the list and cross out
each one that has failed you. As you cross them out, I want you to
acknowledge that these ideas did not work for you, but that you can stil succeed in reaching your weight loss goals. Now, crumple up the paper
and throw it away. Be as dramatic as you wish to drive the symbolism
Getting Out of Your Own Way | 43
home; I don’t care if you light it on fire (as long as you don’t burn your house down!). The idea is that you’re using your 20/20 hindsight to let
go of the past, start fresh, and open your mind to the new information
you’re going to learn and master.
Your Mind/Body Connection
A powerful tool you should have in your weight loss arsenal is cal INC.
led guided
imagery. Psychologists use this when working with cancer patients. They
ask them to think of their disease as ants attacking them, or to picture their own immune cells as Pac-Man characters gobbling up all the cancer
cells. This gives patients a sense of power and control over what can be a terrifying diagnosis. It also lowers stress and anxiety, alters brain waves, and has even been shown to increase the body’s natural immunity. It helps patients dealing with serious il ness, and it can also help you lose weight.
First, create a visual symbol for th BOOKS,
e extra fat on your body. It could
be prison bars that are figuratively encasing and restricting
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