Effective Slimming Methods – Insights

Katie, my wife, and I badly wanted to lose weight. So we thought carefully about what it was we wanted and why. We were surprised to realise that our goals were fairly simple. My wife’s dearest wish was to have more energy when playing with the kids. And she wished for greater confidence in her beach clothes and lingerie.

My main wish was to be able to purchase clothes that fit properly! Also, as our home is on 3 levels, I just longed to be able to reach the top floor and not feel my heart pounding violently!

We did our research, and found that as well as considering how we look, we also have to consider how we feel about ourselves. It seems that evidence suggests we have less regard for ourselves the more weight we put on. Most overweight adults believe that being slimmer will restore their happiness. We’d like to offer some of our insights, as we can absolutely identify with this assumption.

Medical research tells us that our sub conscious mind has no scope to differentiate between actual reality, and perceived reality. This means it ‘tells’ our conscious mind anything that pre-dominates. Tell it the same notion many times; it becomes the principal thought and consequently the reality.

Mull that thought over for a moment. The chances are you’ve been repeatedly telling yourself that you’re too large. Our subconscious needs to be fed a diet of what we actually want to be real.

If we concentrate on the positive things we’ll enjoy when we’re slimmer, it’s easier to get through the tough times. And so each of us thought of activities and things that would be enhanced by being slimmer. We realised we wanted to do things like going for long walks, going to dances, being flirtatious, having great sex, swimming, having more fun, playing with the kids, beach games, cycling, confidence and excitement.

Next we conjured up visions of ourselves on vacation, looking fantastic in our new summer gear. We got the respect and esteem of people as we confidently mingled with others. Life became a breeze.

And so we went through the motions and the pounds came off. Though we’re not what you’d call thin, we’re a heck of a lot slimmer than we were. We both have 100 percent more energy and our new lifestyle brings laughter every day.

(C) Scott Edwards. Browse WeightLossDietWar.com for logical diet advice on slimming products and weight management program.