Are You Really Willing To Put In
the Work?
by Nancy Georges C.Ht
Ok, so everybody wants to change right? We all have a laundry list
of outcomes. Lose 10 pounds, get rid of
the flabby underarms, and stop yelling and husband and kids. (You do that?) The
laundry list goes on. But the question
is; what are you doing about it? And the next question is what are you willing to do about it. See writing down your goals and then praying
and/or dreaming about them at night is a good start.
But, if you really want to lose 10 pounds (or whatever) and tighten up those abs, you will at some point actually have to do
something about it.
I have a delightful saying that my Mom used to use when I was a
child growing up it goes like this… “Wish in one hand, and spit in the other,
and see which one fills up faster”. Oh, your Mom used that too huh? I actually
tried it one time, not only was it distracting to wish and spit and the same
time, I never did manifest the toys on my mind into the palm of my hand. It was only after hours of babysitting, and
painstakingly saving my money and not buying Now and Laters
every day after school, that I actually had enough money for what I wanted, but
even then, I had to ask my Mom to take me to the store, then I had to go pick
it out, then pick a color, then we had to go wait in a line, then I had to part
with my “hard earned” money, and finally, yes finally I had my toy. So it was a process that was planned, saved
for and took time to actually achieve.
OK, so what is my point this week? Well, I think you know what it
is, yep, it has to do with us and our exercise and
nutrition programs. How we get
distracted one day and throw our hands up in despair and say, oh well, forget
it, I guess I am just big boned anyway.
Or, eh, I didn’t really want to feel better, breath easier, have more
energy, be physically more fit, and feel awesome about
myself. I am doing ok the way I am. So,
we rationalize, and our desires get stuffed down to the bottom of the basement
to be replaced with monotonous repetitive mediocrity. BLECH!!! Just thinking about that option
makes me cringe.
So what is it that stops us from getting what we want? It is
exactly this…. Sour grapes. You know, you reach for the grapes reach for
the grapes, can’t reach, can’t reach, no ladder….. Forget it; those grapes were
probably sour anyway. The fact of the
matter is those grapes are not sour. Any
idea presented to you in the form of a wish, or a desire or a goal, is worthy of
your attention and worthy of you letting go of the excuses and getting down to
business and getting those goals achieved.
The reason we all are struggling so much is that we are working
with our “will power” which is only approximately 10 percent of our mind
power. The other 90 percent, plus or
minus a bit, is running on automatic, and it actually takes work to make a
change, this is our subconscious mind.
It takes in information and learns things, and things become known and
they become good, things we do not know, become bad. We only have two feelings to be very crude about
it, and they are good or bad. We are
either feeling good, or feeling bad or some sort of combination of the
two. When we want something, to get fit,
get in shape, eat healthy, or whatever the goal and we do behaviors that are
contrary to that, there is a little voice inside our head, but we usually stuff
it down, and that is where the rationalizing comes in. I will start my diet tomorrow… It is just one
bite… I don’t feel like getting on the treadmill, I think I hurt my back or
something. Now these little voices have
to be louder than the voices in our head saying that we want a certain
thing. The truth of the matter is very
simple. We have to just get up, stop making excuses and go do it. We have to a first just actually put the fork
down and push ourselves away from the table.
We have to keep the fridge closed. We have to consciously make an effort
and not give in to our automatic habits. That is why there is so much business
about taking 21 or 31 or 14 or whatever days to make a new habit, because we
are in a trance. That’s right we are in
hypnosis, a trance that is autopilot and it is not in the benefit of our higher
good or our best interests. We have to
go in there and deprogram our minds, and condition them for success. We have to realize, we are not big boned, it
is not ok to achieve mediocrity and we can be successful and feel great and
have a wonderful life. We deserve it as
much as the next person. Consciously we
know this, but in the subconscious is that voice that says, see I knew you
couldn’t do it, you are fat, you have always been fat
and always will be. Those are huge
obstacles to overcome, our own limited thinking and programming.
What ever it is you need to do, you already know what that is,
take a moment right now, and stop. Get a
piece of paper and a writing utensil and write down the first three things that
come to your mind as to what you need to do in order to achieve your
goals. You already know what they are
you were thinking them as you were reading.
You were saying, yeah I should call Amanda and we can start running in
the mornings, she has been asking me to run with her. Or maybe you got a flyer from work for an
early morning boot camp that fits perfectly into your schedule. Whatever it is
for you right now, write them down… go ahead.
1.__________________________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________________________
Now, don’t you feel better? You have taken the first step. Now, regarding one of those items, right now,
not later but now, make it happen, take a step in the direction of your
goals. Stop giving excuses about the
things that you want as if you really did not want them, and just go after
them. It is time to put your heart and soul into the most important thing in
your life…… YOU!! That’s right go for it with
determination and commitment. See how
exciting and exuberant your life can be, get up and go do it, NOW!!
Wishing you health and happiness,
About The Author:
Nancy Georges runs a private hypnotherapy
practice in