You might wonder what mind power has to do with fitness, health and weight loss, after all, isn't it all about what you eat and how much you exercise?Eating and exercise are certainly two thirds of
equation, but remaining component is in your head, literally!
Motivation, desire, expectation and visualization are key concepts that, when understood and utilized, can be powerful ammunition that will accelerate your results.
Motivation to exercise and lose weight is probably what brought you to this page in first place. However, maintaining or renewing your motivation to exercise can be a fleeting thing. It's all too easy to become discouraged. There are a few tips on this subject in our article on motivation to exercise. Now I want to describe how mind power can drastically affect speed and results of your fitness/weight loss program.
If you've never read Deepak Chopras' views and explanations of mind-body connection in such books as 'Quantum Healing' or 'The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire' you should really consider doing so. His explanations of mind power are very involved and insightful, much more so than I'll write here as he has written whole books on concept. This is really powerful stuff!
Expectation and visualization are not often mentioned in fitness programs but they should be as mind power, or influence of mind over body is much stronger than most people realize.
When you focus power of your mind on goal you seek, you will begin to influence events that will produce desired results.
Sounds a little like magic but this power of positive thinking has worked in documented cases involving advanced and 'incurable' cancer (as well as other diseases) to spontaneously cause body to heal itself when conventional medicine had failed.
Why not direct this power toward all of your goals?
I am going to give you some instructions on how to use this 'mind power', which everyone possesses but few take advantage of, to reach your fitness and weight loss goals.
* Draw a clear picture of your goals.
Your purpose (goal) in persuing a fitness plan should be written down. -eg- I will again be able to fit into a size 4 dress..(yeah right!, like I ever could!) or losing 15 lbs of fat or gaining necessary strength or endurance to enter a competition. Your goals will be individual and they will be moving targets, that is when you achieve them (and you will) you set your sites on a new goal. The clear expectation that you will achieve your goals is a necessary part of 'mind power' so repeat it out loud every day.
