Hi, Portland Boot Camp VIPs,
My Dad used to get me so mad.
Whatever it was, I would say, “I don’t want to.” And he would say, “You don’t have to want to.”
I was just sitting here remembering that and it occurred to me…
…99 out of 100 people don’t realize — or are unwilling to accept — what it really takes to achieve a fitness goal. Or any worthy goal for that matter.
The reality is, any goal has very specific steps and tasks that must be taken and completed. These tasks are not “maybe tomorrow” or “when I feel like it” tasks. Instead, they are tasks which absolutely must be done — no matter how you feel about them.
Like a child at bath time, you don’t have to feel like it. You don’t have to want to . You simply must.
No matter how you feel about the specific, necessary steps to reach your goal… know that by taking the steps, by completing the tasks, even when you don’t feel like it at all, you will eventually reach to your goal.
Lock step.
Think about that…
… the next time you are faced with eating a mind and body sustaining meal, or avoiding the meal and opting for junk because you “feel like it”.
Or when you don’t really “feel” like coming into boot camp and doing the work.
Or when planning your meals seems like “too much work”.
It IS work.
It DOES take time.
It IS tedious sometimes. But choosing not to do it just because you don’t feel like it in the moment is disservice to yourself.
Avoidance of what needs to be done is rooted in the subconscious thought, “I don’t enjoy doing this particular taks, so doing it is incorrect.”.
Not so.
We often get exactly what we want by doing what we don’t feel like doing.
The results are worth it folks.
Ask yourself…
Is there some form of self-ravaging I am engaging in which is hampering my results or slowing down my performance?
Am I doing anything which is aging me faster?
What areas of my fitness lifestyle need attention and tweaking? Food? Boot Camp attendance? Sleep? Water intake? Foam rolling? Stretching? Vitamins?
Take a moment to take stock and figure out the real score.
Be brutally honest with yourself and then take action doing exactly what you don’t feel like doing.
I promise, with each action you complete that you don’t feel like doing…but which brings you greater health and closer to a goal…you will grow in self-esteem and feel a supreme sense of accomplishment and earned pride.
And it all gets easier.
Before you know it, you have new goals which were invisible and psychologically untenable to you before. But now become worthy challenges which you embrace willingly.
And then – quite suddenly — you WANT to!
Go for it.
Cheers,
D
Hypnosis for Weight Loss?
Hey, Portland Boot Camp VIPS,
If you have trouble staying consistent with your diet plan, find yourself eating emotionally, and need some extra willpower… then check this out…
Medical hypnosis has been shown to dramatically increase the ability for users to stay motivated and focused.
In fact, the winner from The Biggest Loser in season two used it. But only medical hypnosis works. Not stage “hypnosis”.
In a 9-week study of two groups, the the group using hypnosis kept getting results after two years. The group without hypnosis did not. (Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985).
Another study with 60 women using hypnosis got results too. The hypnosis group lost an average of 17 pounds, while the non-hypnosis group lost an average of only .5 pounds! That’s pretty dramatic. (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986).
But there’s more.
I found this tidbit:
“In a meta-analysis, comparing the results of adding hypnosis to weight loss treatment across multiple studies showed that adding hypnosis increased weight loss by an average of 97% during treatment, and even more importantly increased the effectiveness POST TREATMENT by over 146%. This shows that hypnosis works even better over time (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1996).”
Anyway, I did a little poking around and here is what seems to be the best source:
http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/hypnosis/weight_loss.php
And if you like to read, here are some of the studies:
Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen, J. (1986). Hypnotherapy in weight loss treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 54, 489-492.
Kirsch, Irving (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments–Another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.
Allison, David B.; Faith, Myles S. Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obesity: A meta-analytic reappraisal. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 1996 Jun Vol 64(3) 513-516
Stradling J, Roberts D, Wilson A, Lovelock F. Controlled trial of hypnotherapy for weight loss in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders. 1998 Mar;22(3):278-81.
To your success!
-D