One: If you notice that your internal dialog is speaking in the negative – start to notice this and change it to the positive.
EXAMPLE: If you say, “I want to lose weight” or “I want to lower my cholesterol” this needs to be changed to “I want to be healthy” (which is a positive statement).
The reason for changing how we word our thoughts and how we talk to others, is because our mind does not take in negative suggestions. A great example of this is, if I were to tell you – “Do NOT think of a purple elephant.”
>okay I am giving you a second to NOT think of that<
What did you do? I told you not to do it and yet… you did. So, by telling yourself “I want to lose weight” your focus is on your weight – where it should not be. Your focus should be on the positive ways to make you healthy. IE: start reading books that promote health (check favorites list), start adding one or two new staple foods to your diet (check list), drink enough water, etc.
Two: Start writing 21 affirmations at night, in cursive, right before you go to bed. An affirmation is something you would like to see for yourself in the future, something you want to see as already true. Do this for 21 days. Tell me about your progress!
If it is a weight or health issue – a good affirmation is “I love myself and I make time everyday to explore how to be good to my body with healthy food decisions.”
Monday, February 25, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Direction of your motivation
There are two directions of motivation. Either toward what we want in our life or away from what we do not want. Which direction your motivation runs can greatly affect your life. Both directions can be useful as well as hazardous – depending on the situation.
We can all understand the importance of moving away from something when it is dangerous or negative. OR when we notice all those great places we could go or the nice people we could meet or be around, it is understandable how wanting these things could motivate us to make it happen.
In a sense, we are either motivated away from pain and failure or we are motivated toward our own images of pleasure and success. What is your motivation direction?
Are you feeling sick – and you are motivated to make healthier choices so that you do not get worse? OR…did you notice the next door neighbor who looks great and you are motivated to look as good or better? Can you imagine yourself looking great? Could this motivate you to clean out your cupboards of all sugars and toxins?
Many times if you are only using one form of motivational direction it can hinder your success. One example is when people are motivated to eat healthy because they are sick, and then tend to slide back into old habits when they feel better. If they KNOW they are motivated to eat healthy because they are moving away from sickness they can then consciously start utilizing the motivational direction of moving toward being healthy because it looks and feels good.
Think about it and try to find out what motivates you. I will talk more about this topic later.
We can all understand the importance of moving away from something when it is dangerous or negative. OR when we notice all those great places we could go or the nice people we could meet or be around, it is understandable how wanting these things could motivate us to make it happen.
In a sense, we are either motivated away from pain and failure or we are motivated toward our own images of pleasure and success. What is your motivation direction?
Are you feeling sick – and you are motivated to make healthier choices so that you do not get worse? OR…did you notice the next door neighbor who looks great and you are motivated to look as good or better? Can you imagine yourself looking great? Could this motivate you to clean out your cupboards of all sugars and toxins?
Many times if you are only using one form of motivational direction it can hinder your success. One example is when people are motivated to eat healthy because they are sick, and then tend to slide back into old habits when they feel better. If they KNOW they are motivated to eat healthy because they are moving away from sickness they can then consciously start utilizing the motivational direction of moving toward being healthy because it looks and feels good.
Think about it and try to find out what motivates you. I will talk more about this topic later.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Imagination Motivation!
How many times have I sat up in the morning with good intentions to be good to my body? One? A hundred? Um… Ten years? 20?
Today I woke up with GREAT intentions. It is now 1:12 p.m. and I still have not exercised. This always happens if I do NOT change my clothes. A great motivator is to change into some work-out clothes. When I get finished posting here…I am changing my clothes!! Nothing motivates me more than when I look in the mirror, with my work-out clothes on, and imagine the body I want to see there. I will get it - it is already mine. It may not match exactly to my imagination…but it will.
The goal this week IS to jump-rope until tired and walk 20 minutes - daily. Along with that - stand about three feet from a nice wall and do 20 push-ups against the wall. If it is too hard…move feet forward, too easy move feet back. It should be hard but not impossible. My goal this year is to do 20 REAL push-ups before summer. Upper body strength is very important. Of course, strong arms with a little muscle has a nice look to it in a swimming suit!
Tonight, at bedtime - I will close my eyes and imagine 3 things I am doing to benefit my health. For example, close my eyes and I can imagine how in the morning and every morning I wake up feeling refreshed and ready for my day. Waking up and working out (with my work-out clothes on). I can imagine how good I feel after the 20 minute walk and how much energy I have after drinking a green smoothy. I can imagine being aware of how much water I am drinking and to make an effort to drink at least 6 eight ounce glasses of water, if not more.
Let us see the goals we want to accomplish.
Let us see (in our minds eye) those goals as if they were already accomplished!
Today I woke up with GREAT intentions. It is now 1:12 p.m. and I still have not exercised. This always happens if I do NOT change my clothes. A great motivator is to change into some work-out clothes. When I get finished posting here…I am changing my clothes!! Nothing motivates me more than when I look in the mirror, with my work-out clothes on, and imagine the body I want to see there. I will get it - it is already mine. It may not match exactly to my imagination…but it will.
The goal this week IS to jump-rope until tired and walk 20 minutes - daily. Along with that - stand about three feet from a nice wall and do 20 push-ups against the wall. If it is too hard…move feet forward, too easy move feet back. It should be hard but not impossible. My goal this year is to do 20 REAL push-ups before summer. Upper body strength is very important. Of course, strong arms with a little muscle has a nice look to it in a swimming suit!
Tonight, at bedtime - I will close my eyes and imagine 3 things I am doing to benefit my health. For example, close my eyes and I can imagine how in the morning and every morning I wake up feeling refreshed and ready for my day. Waking up and working out (with my work-out clothes on). I can imagine how good I feel after the 20 minute walk and how much energy I have after drinking a green smoothy. I can imagine being aware of how much water I am drinking and to make an effort to drink at least 6 eight ounce glasses of water, if not more.
Let us see the goals we want to accomplish.
Let us see (in our minds eye) those goals as if they were already accomplished!
Exciting News… weightloss/health
I have been in talks with a local fitness club and it looks like we may get the ‘green light’ to do a 90 days to health workshop!
What this would entail is having a set amount of people sign up who are willing to use hypnosis to achieve their goals - as well as attend a few classes that will reinforce a new way of thinking about health and talk about the issues that will come up during our 90 days to health.
When I get the complete ‘green’ light - I will document daily and keep track of what is working and what needs to be tweaked. It will be a great amount of fun - so put this on your favorites list and keep checking back.
If you would like to be a part of 90 days to health via this blog - just email me and let me know you are interested. Depending on the response of how many people want to take part via ‘webland’ will give me a heads up on how much information to put on this blog!! For bloggers - I will make available a self-hypnosis guide with step by step instructions.
How EXCITING. I can’t wait. If we can get this up and running by the middle of March - it will be just in time to have healthier bodies for SPRING time weather! That is the best!!
What this would entail is having a set amount of people sign up who are willing to use hypnosis to achieve their goals - as well as attend a few classes that will reinforce a new way of thinking about health and talk about the issues that will come up during our 90 days to health.
When I get the complete ‘green’ light - I will document daily and keep track of what is working and what needs to be tweaked. It will be a great amount of fun - so put this on your favorites list and keep checking back.
If you would like to be a part of 90 days to health via this blog - just email me and let me know you are interested. Depending on the response of how many people want to take part via ‘webland’ will give me a heads up on how much information to put on this blog!! For bloggers - I will make available a self-hypnosis guide with step by step instructions.
How EXCITING. I can’t wait. If we can get this up and running by the middle of March - it will be just in time to have healthier bodies for SPRING time weather! That is the best!!
Almost Raw
The best part of change is the journey. As a disclaimer (I am laughing) I must point out that most of my recipes or advice on eating healthy comes from my own paradigm. I have made drastic changes in my life and in my health. If you see a recipe that I post and you notice that it might have one or two things in it that, although healthy, are not raw - just remember - I am ALMOST Raw.>grin<
One might ask… why have I not hypnotized myself to be a raw foodist, since that would help with my transition. There are a few reasons. The first and most important is - I am not completely convinced it IS the way I want to eat. I do know that a ‘mainly’ raw foods diet does eliminate many ailments a person may have. However, I also know that once you give up certain foods your body isn’t keen on allowing them back in (ie: dairy). I personally dislike all dairy (I have researched dairy and I find it to be nasty and the mucus a person gets from eating and drinking dairy simply isn’t worth the trouble) so that isn’t a problem. But it brings to light that if there is one food… there may be more. I simply do not know enough to make an informed decision to be completely ‘raw’ for life. I do know eating a diet that is loaded with fruits and veggies, nuts and seeds - will with no doubt, help a person improve their health. I also know that not only would a person improve their health on a Cooked Vegan/Raw diet they would also improve the environment. I currently enjoy a Cooked Vegan 20/Raw 80 diet.
Bottom line: Until I know more (by researching it and experimentation) I am happy being ALMOST Raw.
One might ask… why have I not hypnotized myself to be a raw foodist, since that would help with my transition. There are a few reasons. The first and most important is - I am not completely convinced it IS the way I want to eat. I do know that a ‘mainly’ raw foods diet does eliminate many ailments a person may have. However, I also know that once you give up certain foods your body isn’t keen on allowing them back in (ie: dairy). I personally dislike all dairy (I have researched dairy and I find it to be nasty and the mucus a person gets from eating and drinking dairy simply isn’t worth the trouble) so that isn’t a problem. But it brings to light that if there is one food… there may be more. I simply do not know enough to make an informed decision to be completely ‘raw’ for life. I do know eating a diet that is loaded with fruits and veggies, nuts and seeds - will with no doubt, help a person improve their health. I also know that not only would a person improve their health on a Cooked Vegan/Raw diet they would also improve the environment. I currently enjoy a Cooked Vegan 20/Raw 80 diet.
Bottom line: Until I know more (by researching it and experimentation) I am happy being ALMOST Raw.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Change is not (r)a(w)ll or nothing!
After a few emails, it has come to my attention that some people are grouchy that I am advocating mixing fruit juice into my ‘raw’ green juice. I just want to point out - many people FAIL at eating healthy because they take too big of steps. This isn’t all or nothing. A person does not have to go crazy and switch their eating habits over night. If a person is capable of doing that - great! From my experience, however, many people find it difficult to stick with the healthy plan because they take too big of steps. So, I say…keep the yummy juice in the mix. When a person gets good at drinking a green smoothie every day… by all means, cut back on the amount of juice and try making it as healthy as possible. I am not a raw foodist. I strive to be healthy and advocate making changes that may benefit people. I may, one day, change my diet to be all Raw - I feel good when I do it. At this time, I am mostly vegan with my eye on Raw. Small steps… many times, make the biggest improvements.
Green Smoothie
Here is a great addition to my day. I thank myself every time I make it!
1 bunch of Kale - wash, cut, and spin in a salad spinner. Have ready in the refrigerator at all times for a healthy drink!!
In a Vita-mix:One big handful of chopped Kale (the flowery nature of this plant - one big handful should take up about 3/4 of your blender) One handful of chopped spinach (lays on top of the Kale like it is barely there) One ripe banana,
1 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup apple juice (or my favorite; in a separate container I mix up a frozen Dole juice (Orange, peach, mango) and use 1/2 cup of this juice instead - it really cuts the green taste - great for beginners) BLEND until you no longer see dark green flakes. ADD WATER AS NEEDED if you want it to be thin and watery.
If you have a smaller blender - just place the Kale and spinach in first with 1/2 cup water and blend. Blend again (about two 8 oz glasses) Just note - the reason I use Apple or Dole juice is because…getting healthy doesn’t mean we should completely deprive ourselves of good taste. After being on the SAD (standard American Diet) for so long 'good taste' has been altered. We need to slowly alter our taste buds to enjoy the vegetables that no longer taste good to us. This process (of altering taste buds) usually takes about 3 weeks of eating/drinking the food we would prefer to like (such as veggies and vegetable drinks). By using juices when we first start out on this healthy journey, we increase our chances of making this smoothie again tomorrow and again the next day. Let us plan to succeed. Making changes that will promote more good changes tomorrow. Also, a good note: I rinse my blender immediately with hot water. I place my blender in the dishwasher ever now and then, but all it really needs is a good rinse in hot water so it will be clean and ready to use again later. If I do not rinse immediately - then my blender sits next to the sink dirty or in the dishwasher waiting for the next load. What a waste - when I might want another smoothie later in the day. Making things easy for myself has increased my chances of doing it again!
If you have a smaller blender - just place the Kale and spinach in first with 1/2 cup water and blend. Blend again (about two 8 oz glasses) Just note - the reason I use Apple or Dole juice is because…getting healthy doesn’t mean we should completely deprive ourselves of good taste. After being on the SAD (standard American Diet) for so long 'good taste' has been altered. We need to slowly alter our taste buds to enjoy the vegetables that no longer taste good to us. This process (of altering taste buds) usually takes about 3 weeks of eating/drinking the food we would prefer to like (such as veggies and vegetable drinks). By using juices when we first start out on this healthy journey, we increase our chances of making this smoothie again tomorrow and again the next day. Let us plan to succeed. Making changes that will promote more good changes tomorrow. Also, a good note: I rinse my blender immediately with hot water. I place my blender in the dishwasher ever now and then, but all it really needs is a good rinse in hot water so it will be clean and ready to use again later. If I do not rinse immediately - then my blender sits next to the sink dirty or in the dishwasher waiting for the next load. What a waste - when I might want another smoothie later in the day. Making things easy for myself has increased my chances of doing it again!
If you need more nutrition information on kale - try this link: http://health.learninginfo.org/nutrition-facts/kale.htm
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