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Oct 102010

The littlest things in the world almost always carry the most power.
And this weekend, I really want you to consider what you’re about to read…
Are you aware that you can change your mood, emotions or even your LIFE with just one sentence? Not only is this ‘brain chemistry’ scientific fact, but I can also explain it to you practicality. Understand this… Your current life and body is a direct result of the thoughts and self-talk you have swirling in your hand at this very moment.
Don’t believe me? Try this exercise, right now:
Statement #1 = I will have the perfect body of my dreams in 12 weeks from now
Statement #2 = I am incredibly lean and my body fat percentage is ideal
Ponder those Statements one at a time.

Then, objectively and without conscious reflection, write down exactly what thoughts come to your brain the second you’re finished reading each statement.
What did you write? Moreover, how did each statement make you feel and how did your initial thought pattern make you feel? Whatever you wrote down and emoted… THAT is your current self-talk. And precisely why you likely aren’t where you want to be at this very moment. Self-talk is habitual, persistent and almost always something we don’t even notice. Yet it affects your life in the most incredible (often negative) ways. But, the possibility and method to ‘fix’ the situation is staggeringly profound and incredibly simple… Although not necessarily easy. It requires diligence and observation; to what you’re saying in your head and how you’re feeling about certain situations.

Now, that doesn’t mean you have to itemize and coordinate each and every thought you ever have flowing through your brain and, quite frankly, I would rather you just become proactive with this exercise instead.

I do want you to pay attention more closely than you have been.

Get a real flavor for what your current self-talk is.

Understand what aspects of your life (food, exercise, excuses etc) are influenced by what you say to yourself each and every day. But the proactivity part is something I truly want you to try. First, assess your goals – and be specific. Do you want to lose weight? How much? Do you want to fit into your old pair of skinny jeans? Do you want your abs to be visible? Whatever you ‘want’, create a positive sentence about it and be prepared to repeat it to yourself multiple times daily.

“I am 125 lbs of solid muscle”

“My skinny jeans slide on easy and fit perfectly”

“My abs look great with no shirt”

Say it.

Often.

To yourself.

Inside your head.

Proactively repeat your sentence to yourself every day; constantly. Brain chemistry is an amazing thing. What has been done, can always be undone. What your brain has forged as a reality can be re-created into a new reality. And goal attainment ALWAYS starts inside your head.

This isn’t about ‘believing’ your goals are real; this is about making your brain start to re-script its current patterns to ’see’ them as real.

I Am… [Insert your goal here]

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think… And how you intend to proactively get started on re-booting your brain right now…

Decide,

Donovan Owens
THE Boot Camp Godfather

P.S. Our boot camps are full but very soon I’ll be picking 4 selected people to participate in an extreme 28 day fat loss program that people have been begging me to bring back. The lucky few will train with me at my VERY PRIVATE home studio and lose a minimum of 10 pounds of body fat in ONLY 28 days…guaranteed. I posted this same message on Facebook yesterday and got flooded with personal messages from people ready to sign up. I’ll be sending more information soon. Oh… here’s my home studio right here:

Donovan Owens, is a Fitness Professional from Hutto, Texas, and invites you to connect with him over at his blog http://iDecideFitness.com/Blog and while you’re there pick up his FREE Rapid Fat Loss Report.

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HOW I LEARNED TO LISTEN TO MY BODY

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Sep 102010

By Patricia Yeamans, LMHC (State of Rhode Island) LPCC (State of New Mexico)

It came to me over time, after 30 years of dieting, extreme exercising and restrictive behavior management, that this awesome body I was “raising” could communicate to me if I had “ears to hear.” This meant doing whatever my body told me to do. If it was hungry, feed it, if it was thirsty, hydrate it. When it hurt to walk, it asked me for fitness. When I needed to move my bowels, it said, “put the right stuff in my digestive tract so I can eliminate it.” Oh, my body had a lot to say and it took me a long time to hear her words.

The echo of her words follow me and guide me yet today:

…Have enough sleep, so I have the energy to make it through each day;
…Bring interesting information to my consciousness, so I have curiosity and depth;
…Plan to take care of me when you know you will not have enough time.
NOTICE ME!
LISTEN TO ME!
…You are the only way I can live,
…I need you to take care of me.
…Don’t let me get sick, old, fat or ugly. (Ok, maybe I crossed a line)
Anyway, could I be a priority since we need each other to live?
…Finally, be gentle with me.
…And, by the way, find other bodies for me to love and who love me. I need
company and want to feel other bodies who are trying to find care, nurturing
and aware of the people in charge of them.
…I don’t like to feel afraid and lonely, abandoned and ignored.
…Please help me find passion, zeal, yearning and quest.
…Give me a mission, a reason, so it all seems worth the trouble.

“Thank you for listening,” she said, “And know that I know I am lucky to have a spirit with me who now really notices me and can hear my needs.” She made it loud and clear when I needed her help, these were her other messages I must listen for:

If you have eaten enough, I will make you feel satisfied – NOTICE ME!
If you need exercise, I will make you feel restless – NOTICE ME!
If I am bored, I will send a willingness to be open-handedly amused and entertained – Give ME A CHANCE – NOTICE ME!
If I am lonely, I will open you to opportunity for company – NOTICE ME!
If I am afraid, I will move deep inside – COMFORT ME!

No one but us will suffer and no one else will die if we die. I make this promise, ‘my precious being,’ to give you a voice I listen to and appreciate that only in working together will either of us survive living freely and fully.

I realize now when you gave me big hunger, it was you trying to protect me when you noticed I didn’t feel big enough in my own adult life. I got you too large and together we felt miserable and uncomfortable.

O got too fat and then it seemed necessary to starve you, thinking I would then feel better. I didn’t.

Often, I was compelled to retreat into food, and I used you, “precious” to contain me, and we both felt better. But it lasted only a short while, didn’t it? Then we both felt gross.

The many times you tried to scream, “STOP, clean me out, let me rest!” But all you got was junk food, and I deprived you of the wonder and taste of the sweetness of fresh fruits and vegetables that you so badly longed for. You wanted
to cry, and I did cry. Seemed I cried a lot.

You hoped I would see a professional. Oh, how I wish I had heard you much sooner.

How was it I could still your voice, not know you existed? I’m sure there were moments you wish you could take off on your own caring for yourself. How thankful, the time came we each understood, you needed me and I needed you.

You SENT ME SIGNALS,
Finally, I LISTENED,
For this I AM ALIVE,
For this, I AM GRATEFUL!