Read My Lips

Don't you inwardly groan whenever the subject of weight loss comes up?  In conversation or on tv or in a magazine? The mere mention of it makes me a bit melancholy.

We have a lot of resistance to the whole idea of weight loss and fitness, even though it's one of the things we want the most!  How can that be??

I think it's because our minds are at war with themselves.  There is the "comfort" part of us that wants to eat hot bread, salty chips and cookies until we're wrapped up in them like a warm blanky.  In the opposite corner is the "mature" part of us that wants to be able to move freely, wear cute clothes and be full of energy.

So doesn't it make sense to try to reconcile the two parts of our mind so that we're all-ahead-full in pursuit of our health goals?

That's why I think a big component of weight loss and fitness is your BRAIN rather than your body.  After all, your body just follows along with whatever flowchart your brain comes up with.  We may not be spending nearly enough time training our brain for weight loss, bypassing it straight to the body.

One of the easiest ways to engage your brain for weight loss is… reading.  Get some good books about health, fitness, weight management and scatter them all around your house, wherever you spend time: near your comfy chair, by the bedside, next to the computer, even in the bathroom.  Everywhere!  Then as you go through your day, pick them up and read a few pages while you're just sitting there.

Good books are Portable Game Changers.  If you were to read about weight loss three or four times a day for a few weeks, I fully expect you would lose some weight without even thinking too much about it, because your subconscious mind has been engaged.  It's deep down there, working away at a goal without you much noticing.  You have set it on its track by what you've read.

Obviously, you'll lose weight faster when you fully engage both your conscious and subconscious but the power of the mind is so great, I think you could lose weight on reading alone!

If you're currently on a dietary program, or you're tracking or otherwise formally attempting to lose weight, try adding books to your diet (read them, don't eat them) and see if it doesn't smooth the way.

There are tons of good ones but here's a quick tour through some of my favorites.

More reading, less eating!