I Don’t Have Time To Go On A Diet…
Does this sound familiar? I don’t have time to go on a diet! How many times have you thought and said those words to yourself: “I should start a diet, but I don’t really have the extra time for it.”
Now, think about this seriously for a second (If you’ve got one!)…
Does it take more or less time to eat less food?
Of course it takes less… then where is the problem really?
As you must know by now our problems are alive and well in our thoughts. So many people complain that it is too hard to go on a strict diet and go to work-out at the gym 3 times a week, but isn’t it worth the effort?
Sure it is. But again, how do we do that?
Well, changing habits takes between 21-30 days of practicing new action habits on a daily basis. But how will you find the time to go to the gym everyday for the next 30 days???
You don’t have to!
Research shows that by exercising 20 minutes 3 times a week (even a fast walk is enough) you can find activities that you already do daily and just make sure you keep doing them 3 times a week for 20 minutes.
For example:
1. Play ball with your kids.
2. Take a walk with your spouse.
3. Walk to the supermarket (find one that is a 20 minute walk away) and meet your spouse there, do your shopping and drive back.
4. Go on an outing with your children. It will be fun for all. Have some family fun time. Put on some music and jump around or dance together.
5. Find a home exercise tape and do it for 20 minutes.
6. Take the dog for a long brisk walk.
7. Wash your house floor and clean the windows.
8. Walk up and down the stairs for 20 minutes (only if your health allows it).
Be creative! But make sure it happens.
Here are some tips that will help you keep your new habits for 30 days:
1. Write them down on your calendar.
2. Hang them up on your fridge.
3. Ask your family members to help you and monitor yourself.
4. Ask a good friend to join you on the voyage and you can remind each other.
5. Print out: “I practice happily for 20 minutes 3 times a week, have I practiced today?”
Be excited!
Find what you like to do that involves physical exercise and just do more of it.
Remember the research that we mentioned in our book:
Hotel maids who were told that their daily work is going to make them lose weight and lower their blood pressure have seen a remarkable change. All this can be done with no extra work!
So if you tell yourself that only with a little more effort then you used to do – you will lose lots of pounds, this is what will eventually happen!!!
Have Fun!
Nehama and Adi
www.whyaminotthinyet.com
The Secret to Weight Loss is Love Yourself As You Are Today
Many people ask us what the secret of losing weight and keeping it off is. The one thing we know for sure is: Love yourself exactly as you are here and now. In other words, love who you are today with your excess weight, with your lack of success, with your disappointment from being a disappointment for others.
Do it in the here and now; otherwise you will be unable to attract the self-confidence, approval, and self-love you require for the success of the process. If you possess a lack of self-worth, or feel shameful, or feel that you are a failure, these things will be central to defining your life.
When asking people what their motivation is to lose weight, we have received a variety of answers. The most prominent answer among them was to improve the way they feel about themselves. They all expressed a desire for their loved ones to also view them in this light and feel good being around them. It means that once we start to feel better about ourselves, we want to share it with others. So why not start right here and now?
If you want to feel beautiful and increase your self-image—get started. Why wait?
If your answer to the question above is, “I am overweight and frustrated and will never be able to experience positive things,” think again. It means that you believe that being overweight is the source of all your troubles. Is that really true? And is losing weight really the solution to all of your troubles? Do you really believe that all thin people love themselves and have high self-esteem? Do they alone hold the key to happiness? Of course not all of them—only those who feel good about all aspects of their life. Self love and confidence come from within and not as a result to external circumstances, such as weight. Start loving who you are right now and your weight will follow.
Do you really believe that if you were thin you would possess total happiness? If you were thin but lost all the good you have currently in your life (i.e. eyesight, family, job, etc), would you really be happy? Happiness is an emotion generated from your innermost being. You have the power to determine your identity and how you feel towards it, no matter what circumstances you face. If, like Barry Kaufman, a man whose son was diagnosed with autism, chose happiness, you can too.
Don’t ever forget how amazing and fascinating you are! There is no one in the world like you. No one can bring to the world what you can. You are one of a kind. Along with the negative characteristics you possess (or think you possess), be assured that you also have extremely positive ones. Allow them the distinguished place of honor and attention they deserve in your life and start truly loving yourself as you are now.
The day your love for yourself increases is the day you will find yourself taking giant steps toward liberating yourself from food. Not only will you be a “thinking-thin” person, but you will also turn into a much happier and content person.
Remind yourself every day that you’re amazing! Adopt these phrases as mantras and repeat them over and over again:
“I’m amazing”
“I’m wonderful.”
“I’m healthy and happy.”
During difficult times, remember to be thankful for what you have right now. Remember that the negative thoughts controlling your conscious mind aren’t really yours. These thoughts infiltrate from your surroundings and from the people who you were exposed to and who have influenced you throughout your life. Choose differently!
When you have the courage to choose to accept and see your inherent beauty, everybody else will follow.
To Your Success,
Adi & Nehama
Nehama Sever and Adi Shaviv
Authors of the book “Why Am I Not Thin Yet?”
Founders of “Gold Mind The Science of Prosperity”
International Self-Development Speakers and Mentors
Think Your Way Thin Webinar
Look Good and Then Lose Weight
You have been thinking about starting a diet for weeks now. You have considered the Atkins diet, Weight Watchers, a no-carb diet and never decided which one is the right one for you.
Then one day you see your reflection in the mirror and terrified by what you see you make your mind up to start the diet tomorrow.
You are convinced that you need to look bad in order to stay on a diet. Well, did looking bad help you before or for that matter diet and lose weight?
Probably not, otherwise you would have lost those extra pounds by now.
The point is that looking bad and wearing clothes that make you look worse is what is driving you to eat.
You ask how does that happen? Well, it is Subconscious Negative Reinforcement.
People on a diet are all too familiar with the sentence: First I will lose a few pounds and then I will buy myself some new clothes.
But how does that work for us if we have been overweight for years?
The point is that when our closet is filled with clothes that look like rags we wear them and we look bad. That makes us feel insecure about ourselves and we compensate ourselves with food.
Your subconscious is exposed and moreover vulnerable to your appearance and self-image reinforcing the reality of the way you look.
To start looking better and lose weight we need to modify the subconscious image, your self-image, perceived in the mirror.
To do that:
Go through your closet and take out all the clothes that look bad on you and put them away. You don’t want to give yourself any opportunity to look bad.
Make a decision to look better all day. In the morning make a little effort and put on some make-up, lipstick, do your hair. It only takes a short time and the effect is amazing and worth it
You will immediately start looking good and attracting into your life more of the same, in addition to having pleasant feelings.
You deserve to feel good about the way you look right now. There is no need to delay. This is the key to looking better in the future and of course to lose weight and be triumphant.
To Your Success,
Adi & Nehama
Nehama Sever and Adi Shaviv
Authors of the book “Why Am I Not Thin Yet?”
Founders of “Gold Mind The Science of Prosperity”
International Self-Development Speakers and Mentors
Think Your Way Thin Webinar
Why Do Diets Fail? Great Tips for Successful Dieting
When so many people know how to lose weight and they can even write a book about it and when there are so many diet options available, why do so few people actually succeed with diets? We’ve asked hundreds of people how is it they don’t get slimmer faster if they know all the latest dieting tips.
Here are a few common responses:
- “I don’t have time for a strict diet program and to cook all that special food.”
- “My will power isn’t strong enough to keep me on my diet.”
- “I hate sports and I love carbs.”
- “Between work and taking care of my kids, I’m just not able to follow a strict diet program.”
- “My weight problem is genetic; I just can’t lose those extra 10 pounds.”
- “I hardly eat and I still can’t lose this extra weight.”
- “I can’t get skinny fast or even slowly.”
Common to all of these statements is the fact that they are all just thoughts. What’s more, they are all limiting thoughts that prevent people from following a diet and achieving their weight loss goals. Despite having opposite intentions, thoughts as “I don’t have time” or “I don’t have strong enough will power” cause you to stop your diet.
Which of the following diets have you tried? Atkins diet? Low Fat diet? Cabbage Soup diet? South Beach diet? Did you lose weight? Did you stay slim, or did it all come back after a while?
Changing your diet (what you eat daily) is not enough. In order to keep your desired weight you must change your thinking and accordingly your eating habits! By fighting what you eat – it can’t last! You must love your new way of life in order for it to continue!
Healthy, productive thoughts motivate us into action. Stressful thoughts (i.e. “I have to stop eating and start exercising”) lead us to non-action, leaving us just as we were before with no considerable change and without the results we desire.
What if there was a practical way for you to achieve weight loss without having negative thoughts? What if you could get out of the diet “war zone” forever and maintain your ideal weight without being at constant battle with yourself? Wouldn’t this be better than what you’ve experienced in the past? We’re betting that you’re answer is an immediate and emphatic “Yes!”
So here are some great weight loss tips:
- Get rid of all the clothes that don’t fit you right now or make you look unattractive. Get dressed like a model everyday no matter what your weight is at the moment. By looking good now, your subconscious will raise your self-esteem and help you keep your diet. Maybe it sounds “unusual”, but only after you try it you’ll understand that it really does work! Try to imagine it now. Every time you open your closet you have great clothes to wear (go get a new outfit that looks great on you now too!)
- Take out one gorgeous pair of pants that is one or two sizes smaller than what your current size is. Hang it where you can see it on a daily basis and PROMISE yourself that you are going to wear it soon! Be happy about it! Be excited about that!
- Find a photo of yourself where you are happy about the way you look (thinner, happier, etc.) Make at least 5 copies of that photo and hang it up all over your house and office. Remind your subconscious the way you want to look!
- Make the new supporting thoughts that are listed below a part of your internal dialogue and life from now on:
“Whenever I walk around the house I lose weight.”
“Every time I look at the mirror I see how good looking I am.”
“Each apple I eat makes me thinner.”
“I lose weight even when I am asleep.”
“I enjoy keeping my diet.”
If you want to learn more tips and techniques that will help you lose weight fast and stay slim forever, you are invited to sign-up for our free newsletter up on the top right, or on: www.WhyAmINotThinYet.com
Gratefully yours,
Nehama Sever and Adi Shaviv
Authors of the book “Why Am I Not Thin Yet?”
Founders of “Gold Mind The Science of Prosperity”
International Self-Development Speakers and Mentors
Decide to Lose Weight and Be Healthy
How many times have you decided to start a new diet? Whatever diet that was (Low Carb Diet, Mediterranean Diet, South Beach, Cabbage Soup Diet, Protein Diet, Liquid Diet, etc.), did you manage to stick with it?
Let’s talk about deciding to diet.
The word decision comes from two Latin words.
“De” –meaning “from”, and “Ceadere” - meaning “to cut”. This is when you make a decision to do something (in this case starting a diet) and at that very moment any other option is not even considered. Even if we meet difficulties staying on the diet we have no choice but to carry on.
When we start a new diet every week we are not making a decision to diet we are only making a wish to lose weight. The problem is that your subconscious receives the message that you are not serious about dieting. Thus the diet never works.
When do decisions regarding diets actually work?
When people experience a trauma such as an illness, or when they lose someone close to them due to being overweight, they are more motivated to totally change their habits and suddenly it seems that following a diet is easy. They discover that they don’t have “to go on a diet” every other day and most likely will begin to live their life differently.
How can you follow your diet program without difficulty?
There are two major elements to be aware of about your decision to diet:
One: Having an important reason to diet helps keep you committed to the task and the diet is transformed into a healthy life style.
Ask yourself: What are your reasons for losing weight? Is it your health, or maybe your children, or your desire to be attractive to someone, or feel great about yourself? Maybe you want to be able to go to the beach without feeling ashamed of your body? What if you promised your loved ones or yourself to lose weight for these reasons? What are the odds you will succeed this time?
Two: The role your subconscious has on the success of your diet program.
If you have decided to diet many times before and failed, your subconscious will invariably fail you again. This pattern of deciding to start a diet and failing to follow it becomes a habit and your subconscious identifies it as such.
Following the same approach you will unconsciously fail your diet.
What you need to do.
Change the way you make decisions regarding diets.
The subconscious mind needs new programming regarding your decision to diet. It’s about time you stick to your decision to diet. To do that, decide to diet one day at a time.
Yes, every day, when you wake up, decide if you want to diet today. If so declare your decision to diet by saying out loud to yourself: “Today I promise myself and the people I care for, to keep my diet, to be healthy, happy and powerful. I will stick to my decision to diet all day. Tomorrow I will decide again.”
The decision to diet for one day at a time is much easier to follow. Your subconscious now sees that you stick to your decisions and promises about dieting and weight lose becomes natural.
Promising yourself and others to follow your diet today makes your commitment to your diet stronger.
Even if one day a week you decide not to diet remember that all together you managed to keep your diet 88% of the month! It is better than nothing!
Another very important decision we recommend is this:
I promise to love and respect myself no matter how I look, to see all the good in me and make it stronger and better.
Gratefully yours,
Nehama Sever and Adi Shaviv
Authors of the book “Why Am I Not Thin Yet?”
Founders of “Gold Mind: The Science of Prosperity”
International Self-Development Speakers and Mentors
Lose Weight – While Eating Chocolate Chip Cookies
“How do you do that? How do you eat cookies and cakes every time I see you, and still stay thin!?” This is something I hear all the time. Well, there is an easy answer for that, but it is never easy for the asking side to hear it…
My answer is: “I just eat it, and stay thin…”
I am deeply sorry if this is annoying you too, but here is the great news: I learned it and practiced it (and still am) so ANYONE can do that too!
It is truly easy, but the only thing you need to do in order for that to last forever, is forget all those things you’ve learned until now, and be willing to at least try what we are talking about for 3 months.
What is the worst thing that can happen? You’d lose some pounds?
So here are the main things that I practice:
1. I learned to LOVE what I see in the mirror, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WEIGH!
2. I love my food. I eat with joy, and I thank my food for helping me keep my health and figure.
3. I stopped fighting and accusing myself for what I ate after eating. I actually FORGET what I eat, and give it no second thought after I eat.
4. I practiced with my subconscious to believe that the house chores that I do are helping me keep my weight off as if was exercising at the gym.
5. I practiced with my subconscious to believe my metabolism is getting better everyday.
Trust me, when you manage to do the same for 3 months (on a daily basis) your success is promised.
Learn how to practice these weight loss tips & techniques… and more!
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Sincerely yours,
Adi Shaviv
Diet Tips - How To Diet and Enjoy Food
Have you wondered what some great diet tips could do for you? All of us have had this feeling of declaring war with oneself when starting a diet. The point is that the minute you think of going on a diet you start thinking of all the food you’re not supposed to eat.
You try to go on a cabbage soup diet, and all you can think about is chocolate and bread that you are not allowed to eat. How can you follow your diet and stop fighting your desire to eat the forbidden food? Well, here comes your first diet tip…
The first thing you do is to give yourself the permission to eat one little treat a week or even every two days. How come? When you are allowed to eat something it stops being so attractive.
Keep only 2-3 treats you can eat every week in your house. A little trick on the subconscious mind is to keep them in the drawer where you keep those 2-3 allowed treats, like an apple, a carrot, a cucumber and other things you are allowed to eat while on a diet. Make them your treats too.
This way, when you feel like treating yourself, open the drawer and decide which treat its going to be today. You’ll be surprised to see that sometimes you actually choose cucumber over a little chocolate bar.
When you decide its OK to eat one to three treats a week it becomes a fun diet with no need to fight the desire to eat the forbidden foods.
We hope you enjoyed our first diet tip and invite you to our webinar filled with weight loss tips. You will learn how your thinking affects your weight and how to change your thinking to achieve your goals.
Enjoy and see you on our next blog!!!!
Nehama & Adi