{"id":892,"date":"2009-02-15T09:11:37","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T13:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifetosuccess.com\/?p=892"},"modified":"2009-02-15T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T13:11:37","slug":"the-little-thing-in-your-head-thats-keeping-you-fat-or-from-anything-you-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifetosuccess.com\/blog\/the-little-thing-in-your-head-thats-keeping-you-fat-or-from-anything-you-desire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat (or from anything you desire)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a great article by Tom Venuto, a master at fitness and weight control. This article does not only apply to weight control but also to attracting anything that you desire. I also recommend getting his great program at\u00a0www.BurnTheFat.com<\/a><\/p>\n

If you can master the steps he lays out in his program you can accomplish anything.<\/p>\n

Here’s to Your LifetoSuccess,<\/p>\n

John Clark<\/p>\n

—————–<\/p>\n

The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Tom Venuto<\/strong>
\nwww.BurnTheFat.com<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n

I have no doubt that a scientist somewhere just read the title of this article and said out loud, \u201cYES! Venuto is right! That little thing in your head \u2013 the hypothalamus \u2013 it IS the thing that is keeping you fat! By George, that Venuto guy isn\u2019t a dumb bodybuilder after all \u2013 he\u2019s been doing his research!\u201d At which moment, I will be shaking my head and thinking, \u201cyou need to get out of the laboratory and into the real world, with real people, buddy.\u201d Okay, okay, to be fair, Neuro-endocrine control of appetite and body fat really is quite fascinating. But today, I\u2019m talking aboutPSYCH-<\/em>ology, not\u00a0PHYSI-<\/em>ology. The little thing in your head that\u2019s keeping you fat is actually just a\u2026.<\/p>\n

Limiting belief!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Self-limiting beliefs are among the biggest problems that people deal with in their struggles to achieve a healthy ideal weight. They\u2019re also one of the reasons that so many people start to falter or fall off the diet and exercise wagon as early as late January or early February in their New Year\u2019s goal pursuits.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re that science guy I spoke of and you\u2019re about to bail because you\u2019re thinking, \u201cHere we go again\u2026 another psycho-babble, self help article,\u201d then think again. A belief is the force behind the placebo effect, which is well known by every scientist and medical professional. A respected doctor gives a patient a pill and is told it\u2019s a powerful drug. The patient gets well immediately, not knowing that the \u201cmiraculous\u201d substance was a dummy pill. Inert. Sugar. The miracle was in the mind.<\/p>\n

But beliefs are not only involved in the mind-body connection, they are unconscious programs that control your behavior. The most important factor in whether you achieve the body and the health you want is NOT what diet or training program you follow. It\u2019s what makes you follow your diet and training program. And guess what? What you believe controls your behavior – whether you will stick with your program or sabotage it with cheating, bingeing or inconsistency.<\/p>\n

What to do about limiting beliefs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ok, so now you agree that beliefs are psychological factors that affect you physically by controlling your behavior, including your eating, exercising and lifestyle. What now? 3 steps. 2 questions.<\/p>\n

STEP 1: IDENTIFY LIMITING BELIEFS<\/strong><\/p>\n

You are fully aware of many of your beliefs. For example, beliefs about spirituality or politics are usually in the front of your conscious mind.<\/p>\n

But the beliefs that hold back your health and physical development the most are usually the ones you don\u2019t even know you have. They are like unconscious \u201cbrain software,\u201d running silently in the background.<\/p>\n

So the first step is to bring those unconscious and potentially damaging beliefs up to the surface so you are aware of them. You can\u2019t fix a problem if you don\u2019t know you have one.<\/p>\n

2 Quick Questions That Will Help Draw Out Your Beliefs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beliefs can go back to childhood, but don\u2019t worry, you don\u2019t have to go to a psychotherapist and be regressed back to kindergarten. It\u2019s simpler than that. But it does pay to do this questioning process as a formal \u201cexercise\u201d with serious quiet time, with pen and paper (instead of just thinking about it).<\/p>\n

Question #1<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a0What causes me to be overweight (or unhealthy, or not having the body I want)?<\/p>\n

Question #2:<\/strong>\u00a0What\u2019s preventing me from getting leaner? (or healthier?)<\/p>\n

Spend some time with it and see how big of a list you can create. Ask yourself whether each belief helps or hurts you. Does it move you forward or backward. Does it empower or disempower you? The ones that hurt you or hold you back will be obvious. You may come up with beliefs such as:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m overweight and I can\u2019t get leaner because\u201d:<\/p>\n

I have no time
\nI\u2019m too old
\nI can\u2019t stop eating
\nI hate exercise\u00a0
\nYou just can\u2019t do it when you have 4 kids
\nIt\u2019s impossible after having a hip replacement<\/p>\n

But the million dollar question is: are these beliefs actually true?<\/p>\n

Beliefs are not facts. You may hold your beliefs as absolute reality, but when you deconstruct them and challenge them, you may see that they don\u2019t hold any water.<\/p>\n

Self limiting beliefs are false interpretations (negative thought patterns) that hold you back. And you keep holding on to them because making excuses and staying the same is a lot more convenient than changing, isn\u2019t it? Change requires hard work, effort and leaving your comfort zone.<\/p>\n

Your mission now: weaken the limiting beliefs and get rid of them<\/p>\n

STEP 2: CHALLENGE THOSE BELIEFS<\/strong><\/p>\n

How do you challenge a belief? 4 ways:<\/p>\n

(A) Challenge it directly:<\/strong>\u00a0Is the belief even valid at all? See if you can find a \u201ccounter example\u201d that disproves your belief. For example; if you think that after you\u2019ve had 3 or 4 kids, it\u2019s impossible to get a nice flat stomach, what will you say after I introduce you to a dozen of my clients and readers who had 3 or 4 kids and went from bulging belly to rock-hard flat stomach? If they did it, then how could your belief be valid? Answer: It WASN\u2019T! You believed something false and inaccurate and it was holding you back!<\/p>\n

(B) Challenge the source:<\/strong>\u00a0Is it\u00a0your<\/em>\u00a0belief, or have you been living what your parents, peers or culture handed down to you? Just the realization that a belief wasn\u2019t yours to begin with is enough to shatter it.<\/p>\n

(C) Challenge the usefulness of the belief:<\/strong>\u00a0Ok, so you believed something when you were younger. Does still believing it has any usefulness today? Does it help you move closer to what you want in your life today? If not, then wouldn’t today\u00a0be a good time to get rid of it?<\/p>\n

(D) Challenging the belief by weighing the consequences:<\/strong>\u00a0If you keep this belief, what is it going to cost you? What will the pain be like? What will you miss? And what will these consequences be if you don\u2019t change it NOW?<\/p>\n

STEP 3: INSTALL A NEW BELIEF<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nature abhors a vacuum, as Spinoza once said. You don\u2019t simply get rid of a belief, you must also replace it. What things would you want and need to believe instead that would create positive behaviors that would move you toward your goal? Write them down, then massage them into an affirmation. For example, if you\u2019ve hung your hat on the belief that you didn\u2019t have time to exercise, could you write a new affirmation of belief similar to this?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a very busy person, so that means I must set clear priorities and I must keep my health and body on the top of my priority list. I always schedule time for my most important priorities, I am efficient with my training, and I use every minute of my day wisely. And if Barack Obama, the busiest person in the world, can train for 45 minutes a day 6 days a week, there\u2019s no excuse for me. I can do it too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Write down your new belief affirmations and read them, right along with your goals, every day.<\/div>\n

Then \u201cactivate\u201d this affirmation by doing what Olympic and professional athletes do: engaging in mental rehearsal. Visualize yourself carrying out the behaviors that this belief would generate. Think about and feel what it would be like to take those positive actions steps and play mental movies of how your life would change by doing so. Involve all your senses: see it, hear it, feel it.<\/p>\n

Keep it up until you start to see your behavior change and your habitual actions come into alignment with your goals\/intentions. If you\u2019re diligent, you\u2019ll see changes in attitude and behavior with 21-30 days. It may happen sooner. It may take longer if you\u2019ve carried deep, lifelong limiting beliefs. But in less than a month, the roots of the new belief pattern will be formed.<\/p>\n

Then you can update your goals and affirmations to reflect your current priorities and move on to the next goal you want to achieve or the next limiting belief you want to change. Keep THAT up, and pretty soon, you will be LIMIT-LESS!<\/div>\n
\nBELIEVE ME, spending quality time understanding and working on your beliefs is a lot more productive than spending time in forums arguing about whether a low carb program is better than a high carb program\u2026 or even whether the cure for obesity is found in the arcuate nucleus of the lower hypothalamus. It\u2019s in your head all right\u2026 but most people have been looking in the wrong place.<\/div>\n
\nTrain hard and expect success,<\/div>\n

Tom Venuto
\nFat Loss Coach
\nwww.BurnTheFat.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/a><\/div>\n

About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Venuto is a fat loss expert, lifetime natural (steroid-free) bodybuilder, independent nutrition researcher, freelance writer, and author of the #1<\/a> best selling diet e-book,\u00a0Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle: Fat-Burning Secrets of The World\u2019s Best Bodybuilders & Fitness Models (e-book)<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which teaches you how to get lean without drugs or supplements using secrets of the world’s best bodybuilders and fitness models. Learn how to get rid of stubborn fat and increase your metabolism by visiting:www.burnthefat.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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