I was always confused when I was on my last diet why I hadn't done it sooner! I was loving the fact I was feeling healthier, had more energy, was able to buy lovely clothes and was getting loads of compliments...therefore why would I not enjoy the ride?
I used to talk about Slimdom as if it was a town that I was going to arrive at. I used to joke about when I got to Slimdom I was going to be building a nice big four bed detached and settling down there for the rest of my life. I could even picture myself slim in my nice big house in Slimdom!
Therefore, I had a target in my mind and, even better, I never doubted the target or the result and in no way did it feel unachievable or alien to me.
It is important to laugh and enjoy the ride because, for example, if I say to you now how many FOR SALE signs did you see last time you put your house up for sale and looked to move, or when you were getting a new car how many more of that make and colour of car did you suddenly seem to notice?
The human mind has a system for finding what it is expecting to see. So if you are looking for the fun and enjoyment of being on a diet and what that can offer you, then you will find it.
If you think that being on a diet is a hard time and not much fun then that is exactly what you will look for and find.
Because the mindset of dieting is just a perception, for example Jo and I went out on Saturday night and played Bingo! I knew I would be bored stiff and not want to be there but she already knew that she would enjoy it and love crossing out random numbers for cash.
Therefore that is exactly what happened, I didn't like it and she did! Now we both experienced the same Bingo session, we both sat there crossing out legs eleven and yet she perceived it as fun and I perceived it as boring.
But ultimately she enjoyed the experience and I didn't...she also won £20 but there you go!
So turning this to you, do you enjoy dieting? If not, are you looking for the good stuff? With whatever diet you choose and whatever weight you may be starting from there are always short term gains, medium term gains and then the big final result of you being slim.
If you don't believe me by the way that it can be fun then just try it for one week for me...for one week just realise how amazing you can be at reducing weight...whenever you think you are struggling or may have trouble then look for the positives, look for something to make you smile, and of course remind yourself of why you want to be slim and visualise yourself being there.
And as my final point to hopefully prove this, just say this sentence for me
FUN SMILE HAPPY SLIM LAUGH JOKE ENJOY LAUGHTER
And then tell me that you couldn't start to feel like you wanted to smile? Because your body can't stop itself reacting to what you think. Therefore believe you can and you will.
As a final thought before you mail me and say what about the tough days etc...I sat there on Xmas Day 2005 not eating anything and watching nine people eat their Xmas Dinner...to keep myself amused I wired up 12 party poppers to all detonate at the same time and shot them across the dinner table half way through dinner, now I was looking for something to enjoy about the experience and I found one.
I hope you have an amazing, fun, smily, happy, laughter filled, jokey Saturday and cya next week.
Mike :-)
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