At this time of year a record number of people are preparing to start a New Year diet as part of there list of New Year Resolutions. It’s an inevitable part of Christmas. As part of that, people are often worrying about how that they are going to make their diet stick to they can have long term weight loss that has eluded them in previous years. Well this year the secret food for diet success can be part of everyone’s diet. But its not what you thought.
The food you put in your mouth is important for diet success. Keep putting the wrong stuff and you’ll start to fail with your New Year Diet. However as important as the food you put in your mouth is, it is not as important as the food you put in your brain. This is the real secret of a weight loss programme that succeeds over the long term.
There are a whole host of reasons but basically it boils down to the simple fact that every action you take, every decision you make around food goes on in your brain. Go to the burger stand or walk by? It’s in your brain. Salad or Piazza? It’s in your brain. Go for the walk or stay in front of the TV? It’s in your brain.
Everything is a series of choices. Absolutely everything! If your diet has failed on previous occasions, chances are it will down to this. That point where you started making decisions to stay seated, to not exercise or to grab that extra slice of whatever.
Don’t be too harsh on yourself though. We make so many decisions each day and they happen so quickly they’re virtually invisible and we don’t recognise them as decisions. But now that you do know, you’re ahead of the game. Better still, once you learn that you can control those thoughts and that you can get to a point where the right decisions are automatic you can put your New Year Diet on the road to success.
The secret, the real secret to a successful New Year Diet (or any diet for that matter) is getting your brain ready to be successful. To do that, you have to help it make the right choices for you. And it all works on a simple rule
You Get What You Focus On
So you have to focus on what diet success will look like to you. There are so many things you can do and as you learn each one you can add them to your arsenal. Right now however you have to spend some time thinking about what the new you will look like. You need to picture yourself living the life you will enjoy as a result of being the way you want to be. Don’t focus on what you want to avoid, focus on what you want. See it as vividly as possible. Do it whenever you have some spare time. Make that 30 second daydream count for something.
There are a whole range of techniques that you can build into your mental diet and they can be done quite easily. It’s vital that you make these a key part fo your diet to ensure long term success. Once you have these and are staying on track, imagine the boost you’ll get as others start to fall at the fences and you are coasting along knowing you know the real secret behind successful diets.
The secret to long term weight loss has become this years hottest diet topic. Ed Thomas has been trying to get this message out for years. His blog at http://superdietsecret.blogspot.com where he’s gathering techniques for permanent weight loss for everyone.
