Visualization Technique to Lose Weight
DURING my series of talks in Sri Lanka and India, a number of participants asked me if I had a visualization or mental technique to lose weight.
I said yes. There is definitely a powerful mental technique to help people lose weight without having to do heavy exercises or following a debilitating diet.
But this visualization technique requires discipline and daily practice to obtain good results. It requires the use of one’s whole brain, meaning both left and right hemispheres of the neocortex, as well as the limbic system.
The left half of our brain is responsible for verbal thinking, analysis, logic and abstract ideas. The right half is responsible for nonverbal thinking, such as imagination, creativity, intuition, synthesis, depth and perspective, etc. The limbic system is involved with emotions.
Let’s talk about how to use the left, analytical brain in goal setting. Your goal must be stated in a very specific and concrete way. It should focus on the results you want; it must be time specific and measurable.For example, your goal may be stated thus: “I want to reduce my weight by 10 pounds in 30 days.” In just one sentence you have complied with the requirements of your left analytical brain.
Difficult but fun
Now comes the more difficult part, but which really is fun to do. It is this part that will spell the difference between success or failure in meeting your goal. I refer to the right brain’s role in goal-setting and achievement.
You should be able to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch (or feel) your goal once it is achieved. In other words, you should be able to describe in as concrete and as detailed a manner possible, the outcome when you achieve your goal.
You can create a form where you can write down your answers to the following right-brain questions:
1. What will I look like when I achieve my goal of reducing my weight by 10 lbs (sense of sight)?2. What will I smell when I have achieved my goal (sense of smell)?3. What will I hear (sense of hearing)?4. What will I taste (sense of taste)?5. What will I feel (sense of touch)?
If you cannot describe the outcome of your goal in specific terms or reply to all the above questions, you may have difficulty achieving it. This is what makes this whole-brain type of goal-setting different from others you may have come across.
Detailed notes
After this, you should write down in detail the emotions you will feel or experience when you have achieved your goal. The limbic portion of your brain is engaged here. Write every positive emotion you can think of when you achieve your goal.
Lastly, you should enumerate the pay-off you will get when you achieve your goal. What are the benefits you will get out of this? What is the return on investment or ROI? What good is it to you to reduce your weight by 10 lbs?
As pointed out earlier, this mental technique requires practice to take effect. How often should you do this visualization for weight reduction? You should visualize your goal or practice it for 15 minutes twice a day, once in the morning after waking up, and once in the evening before sleeping.
If you can answer all these questions in concrete detail and practice it daily as prescribed, you will surely achieve your goal, no matter how difficult or impossible it may seem.
The above goal-setting technique, however, is not only for weight reduction. It can be used to great advantage for any worthwhile goal. There was, for example, a group of nuns whose application for Social Security System loan to construct a building was disapproved.
Upon learning of this visualization technique, they reapplied but, this time, they did the visualization religiously twice a day. They got their loan this time, to their great amazement.Needless to say this technique should never be used to harm others, or to put others at a disadvantage. Try it and watch the results.
Note: Send e-mail to: innerawareness_2005@yahoo.com.ph. Listen to my Sunday radio program 7:30-8:30 p.m. on dzMM radio 630 khz. For inquiries about seminars offered by the Inner Mind Development Institute, please call 8107245, 8926806 or 0917-6193998.
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I said yes. There is definitely a powerful mental technique to help people lose weight without having to do heavy exercises or following a debilitating diet.
But this visualization technique requires discipline and daily practice to obtain good results. It requires the use of one’s whole brain, meaning both left and right hemispheres of the neocortex, as well as the limbic system.
The left half of our brain is responsible for verbal thinking, analysis, logic and abstract ideas. The right half is responsible for nonverbal thinking, such as imagination, creativity, intuition, synthesis, depth and perspective, etc. The limbic system is involved with emotions.
Let’s talk about how to use the left, analytical brain in goal setting. Your goal must be stated in a very specific and concrete way. It should focus on the results you want; it must be time specific and measurable.For example, your goal may be stated thus: “I want to reduce my weight by 10 pounds in 30 days.” In just one sentence you have complied with the requirements of your left analytical brain.
Difficult but fun
Now comes the more difficult part, but which really is fun to do. It is this part that will spell the difference between success or failure in meeting your goal. I refer to the right brain’s role in goal-setting and achievement.
You should be able to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch (or feel) your goal once it is achieved. In other words, you should be able to describe in as concrete and as detailed a manner possible, the outcome when you achieve your goal.
You can create a form where you can write down your answers to the following right-brain questions:
1. What will I look like when I achieve my goal of reducing my weight by 10 lbs (sense of sight)?2. What will I smell when I have achieved my goal (sense of smell)?3. What will I hear (sense of hearing)?4. What will I taste (sense of taste)?5. What will I feel (sense of touch)?
If you cannot describe the outcome of your goal in specific terms or reply to all the above questions, you may have difficulty achieving it. This is what makes this whole-brain type of goal-setting different from others you may have come across.
Detailed notes
After this, you should write down in detail the emotions you will feel or experience when you have achieved your goal. The limbic portion of your brain is engaged here. Write every positive emotion you can think of when you achieve your goal.
Lastly, you should enumerate the pay-off you will get when you achieve your goal. What are the benefits you will get out of this? What is the return on investment or ROI? What good is it to you to reduce your weight by 10 lbs?
As pointed out earlier, this mental technique requires practice to take effect. How often should you do this visualization for weight reduction? You should visualize your goal or practice it for 15 minutes twice a day, once in the morning after waking up, and once in the evening before sleeping.
If you can answer all these questions in concrete detail and practice it daily as prescribed, you will surely achieve your goal, no matter how difficult or impossible it may seem.
The above goal-setting technique, however, is not only for weight reduction. It can be used to great advantage for any worthwhile goal. There was, for example, a group of nuns whose application for Social Security System loan to construct a building was disapproved.
Upon learning of this visualization technique, they reapplied but, this time, they did the visualization religiously twice a day. They got their loan this time, to their great amazement.Needless to say this technique should never be used to harm others, or to put others at a disadvantage. Try it and watch the results.
Note: Send e-mail to: innerawareness_2005@yahoo.com.ph. Listen to my Sunday radio program 7:30-8:30 p.m. on dzMM radio 630 khz. For inquiries about seminars offered by the Inner Mind Development Institute, please call 8107245, 8926806 or 0917-6193998.
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