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The First
Step To Lasting Weight Loss
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My
husband and I recently watched A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crowe. It is
an amazing movie about the triumph of the mind. It really illustrates how much
we are able to control in our lives simply by deciding to do so.
I have written many articles about the
cornerstones of my motivational approach to weight loss, which are Knowledge,
Purpose, Inspiration, Application, Motivation and Attitude. Each of these
elements must be included in any plan of action we create for a change that we
want to make in life. But the most important element of this process begins
with a decision. I am referring to the initial decision to get started, the
decision to change the current state of affairs, the decision to respond to
lifes challenges differently than we may have in the past.
In the movie, Russell Crowe’s
character portrays the battles with schizophrenia of the real life
mathematician, Dr. John Nash. Nash believed that he was interacting with people
that, in reality, he was only imagining. He also believed that these same
illusions had the ability to direct and control his actions.
In the movie, a caring friend asks Dr. Nash
if he still sees the tormentors of his mind. He responds very eloquently:
“Life is a diet of the mind. Like a diet, I choose NOT to indulge in
certain appetites!” Later in the movie, he also states that: “We must
feed dreams… or nightmares to keep them alive!”
I think that what we must do to
realize success on this journey can be summed up quite nicely by those
sentiments. We must realize that life and our health is a diet of the mind. Our
mind controls our actions as well as our thoughts; therefore, we must CHOOSE
not to indulge in certain appetites.
What we eat is a choice. Twinkies do not
magically fly home from the stores, unwrap themselves and leap into our mouths.
We choose to buy them, bring them home, unwrap them and indulge in them. (Now,
we are even deep frying them, but that is another story!) As easily as we can
choose to do something, we can choose NOT to do that same thing. The choice is
yours.
Imagine that your excess weight is the
nightmare, and the body that you desire is your dream. You must feed them to
keep them alive and make them real. If you want the nightmare to be the victor,
then keep feeding it Twinkies, pizza, pie, ice-cream, fried foods and
sugar-laden soft drinks -- and soon, it will grow to be the mother of all
nightmares!
However, if the dream is what you seek to
nurture, alas, you must feed it too! If you feed it any of the nightmare’s
staples, you will soon have a sequel to your bad dreams. However, if you care
for your dream with whole grains, proteins, fruits, vegetables, water and
exercise -- you will be living a dream! A beautiful, healthy, fit and wonderful
dream.
Sweet Dreams!
Email Julia at
julia@juliahavey.com or visit her
website at www.JuliaHavey.com.
EDITOR'S NOTE: You've seen Julia on
the QVC home shopping network and The Sally Jesse Raphael show. You may have
read about her in Women's World, Successful Slimming and the National Enquirer.
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of Tony Robbins, enthusiasm of Richard Simmons and the humor of Jerry
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