11-Apr-2006
============= Power Programming Bi-Weekly Newsletter ============
In this issue:
1. ) Success Stories from the counselors office
2. ) Book News
3. ) Cool Stuff
4. ) Feature article: You Snooze You Lose
5. ) Ask the expert
6. ) Free offer
7. ) Quote of the Week
1. SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE COUNSELOR’S OFFICE
(To protect confidentiality, the name used in the following example is not real)
Ok, I have another success story to share. I’ve been seeing this gentleman for weight-loss for several weeks now. The first session we went over everything he needed to change. He knew, consciously, exactly what he needed to do but just couldn’t do it. Now all of that has changed and three weeks later he’s trying to figure out how his eating habits have changed so dramatically. The big meals, snack foods and soda are gone from his diet and he just can’t figure-out why. Ah hah!
Well, it’s simple in fact. His subconscious is now rewired—re-programmed. He can try all he wants, consciously, to figure-out why his eating habits have changed so much, but he’ll be beating a dead horse. Look at it like this, before power programming, he was trying so hard to figure out why he couldn’t put-down the hotdogs, Pepsi and chips. Now he’s trying to figure-out how why he eats so healthfully. That’s the conscious mind for you, always trying to figure things out but never succeeding. Remember, our habits are things that are embedded subconsciously so it makes sense to utilize this part of them mind when trying to change them. The conscious mind can’t do it. For this gentleman, it was a positive shift. New habits are now embedded in his subconscious.
2. BOOK NEWS
We’re getting close. Soon the marketing plan and cover art will be assembled.
Target release date is still the Winter season.
3. COOL STUFF
Check-out this cool website, http://www.realage.com/. Complete the questionnaire and you’ll get a full breakdown about your health and what your “actual” age is. You’ll really enjoy it. I did it myself and my real age was……………….. If you want to know, go to my discussion board and ask. http://www.fatproof.net/dicussion.htm.
Ok, are excuses still affecting you. Try out The “Busy Persons Excuse Workbook” at http://www.yourlifestylefitness.com/lifestyle_fitness_home_workout_program.shtml.
These folks have some awesome fitness strategies, including a free weekly audio-zine.
4. FEATURE ARTICLE: YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE
You Snooze You Lose: How To Use Your Subconscious To Get You Out Of Bed And on the Treadmill
Imagine your alarm clock next to your bed. I want you to picture it clearly in your mind. What color is it? Are the numbers red or green? Are they small or big? Now, imagine the sound it makes. You can hear it clearly in your mind right now, can’t you? Does that buzz or beep make you cringe? Is it soft, loud or does it make your heart feel like it’s going to jump out of your chest? Whatever your alarm clock does, I’m sure of one thing: it is one of the worst sounds in the world, because when you’re snuggled warmly under your covers and that alarm clock shock wave sends shivers down your back, the most tempting thing to do is to hit snooze and roll back under the covers. So there’s definitely nothing exciting about your alarm clock, unless of course you’re a child on Christmas morning or you’re a golfer with a 7:00 A.M tee-time at Pebble Beach.
How about this: does your alarm give you a kick-start, encouraging you to get out of bed and exercise? My guess would be no, nothing of the sorts. I bet the snooze button is practically worn off the surface. But what if I told you that you could train your mind so that you’ll feel excited to go to the gym or go for a run when you hear that “bone-chilling” buzz or beep? Would you believe me? Read on.
When people come to my office for weight-loss, the number one excuse that I hear for not exercising is that there’s just not enough time. And when I say, “how about getting-up a half hour of forty five minutes earlier in the morning and doing it then,” most of my clients cringe. But I can tell you this; I have helped countless people to do just that, including myself. It’s all relative; whatever your mind believes, it will produce, and when it associates exercising at 6:00 A.M with being tied to a whipping post, it’s not likely that you’re going to get out of bed and do it. But this is changeable. You just have to change the way your mind thinks.
Power Programming is a system I created that will teach you how to train your mind to associate excitement and determination with waking-up and getting to the gym. It’s pretty simple in fact. The techniques are simple. Here’s are some basics:
1. The first step is to dedicate 15 or 20 minutes of your time, several times a week. Go find a comfortable place with no distractions. Close your eyes and begin breathing deeply and let your mind drift into a comfortable, relaxed place for a little while. Anytime you do this, you are opening your subconscious reservoir, and this is the part of your mind that is easily programmable. This is how you change the way you react to your thoughts.
2. Once you’ve reached a relaxed state, the next step is to use some simple imagery. First see an image of yourself, exactly how you want to look and feel. Make the image vivid and get excited about it. Make it your goal. Next, imagine yourself feeling more motivated than you’ve ever felt before. See and feel yourself walking or running briskly on your treadmill. See and feel yourself pumping iron at the gym and feeling good about it. Create whatever you want, but feel it baby, feel it.
3. Finally, imagine the sound of your alarm and say to yourself over and over again in your mind, “from now on the very first thing I think as soon as I hear that alarm is leaping out of bed and exercising.” Surprisingly, you’re going to see that this indeed will be the first thing running through your mind when you hear that alarm. And instantly, all of those positive feeling and images you created earlier are going to emerge. You will actually feel motivated to get out of bed and after you do it for a couple of weeks you’re going to start feeling excited about it. I know it sounds too good to be true, maybe even a bit quirky, but I’m telling you it works. Everything is mind over matter. Soon, getting-up and getting-in your workout in the morning will just be another part of your day, much like brushing your teeth or taking a shower. You just have to dedicate the 15 or 20 minutes of mental work to make it happen.
If exercising in the morning is something you long for, or, if you are in a little bit of a rut with your workout routine, training your mind should be the first thing you do. Soon you will see that the agonizing sound of your alarm clock isn’t so agonizing after all. It’s all in your head and once you learn how to change what goes on up there, anything is possible.
5. ASK THE EXPERT
If you have any questions, please go to my discussion board at http://www.fatproof.net/disc.htm.
6. FREE OFFER
go to http://www.fatproof.net/newsletter.htm. Don’t forget to send this link to a friend
7. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“You need to play with supreme confidence, or else you'll lose again, and then losing becomes a habit.”
-Joe Paterno
