For lasting weight loss, a shift in mindset is often useful as “what the mind thinks, the mind proves.”
The idea is from Robert Anton Wilson but many self help author, starting with James Allen in ‘As a Man Thinketh’ in 1903 already, focus on the importance of thoughts for change.
We recently came across this great story from Mark Manson on “winning the mental battle for for weight loss”.
A key takeaway: “if we’re going to successfully change our bodies, then we must change how we perceive ourselves and think about ourselves”.
To lose weight during quarantine or after, we like to say it’s not the knowing, it’s the doing.
And in order to do, we need to change what our mind thinks, develop a mindset for weight loss. “Belief creates behaviors” writes Neale Donald Walsch.
The amount of information, fad diets, and laudable initiatives to better inform consumers is limitless.
Yet the trend has still not shifted, obesity continues its rise. Harvard recently cautioned: “close to half of U.S. population to have obesity by 2030”.
In spite of knowing about all the health benefits associated with weight loss, we still don’t do.
And the weight keeps piling on.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Habitlauncher’s new habits guide for weight loss is aimed at getting readers to do.
Part of doing is the change in mindset that needs to happen.
For that, affirmations and visualization help.
Think yourself healthy, think yourself sporty, affirm it, write it down every morning and you may find yourself proving it to you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson put it best: “once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”
For weight loss during quarantine, see our guide here, also available on Gumroad here.