For the past 5 years, one of my grandiose new years' resolutions is to run a 5k in less than 30 minutes. I have walked/run three 5k's in my life, and my time is nowhere near 30 minutes. So it seemed like a great goal to really push myself. But the reality is that in 5 years I have made zero progress on this goal! ZERO!!!
So in November of this past year I decided it was time to get serious about this goal. I challenged myself to do a really tough (non-cardio) workout for 10 days in a row. I completed that challenge and was feeling strong and confident. So with all this momentum behind me, I decided it was time to re-introduce the treadmill. I set a new 10-day challenge to do a 10-minute (yes - you read that right -- only 10 minutes) workout on the treadmill! By the third morning, I couldn't even talk myself into doing 5 minutes on the treadmill. The first challenge was a harder challenge to complete, but I had no trouble motivating myself to do it! That's when I realized that I wasn't failing my goal, my goal was failing me!!! I just needed to set a completely different goal!
About that time a friend invited me to go to a Jazzercise class with her. I had never been to a Jazzercise class before, and I was pretty much hooked from the first session! So what was my 1 new years' resolution this year? To do Jazzercise at least 3 times/week. Do I have any trouble motivating myself to go to Jazzercise? No! I am having a great time; I love how I feel all day after doing the workout (one week I even did a few extra workouts!). My favorite part of doing Jazzercise is walking past the treadmill in my Family Room with ZERO guilt!
Two months into the new year, I am still going strong on my new years' resolution!!!
Is there a new years' resolution (or any other type of goal) that has been failing you all these years? Maybe it's time to set a better goal for you!
Showing posts with label Weight Loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weight Loss. Show all posts
Friday, February 25, 2011
Friday, March 5, 2010
30 Days in a Row?!?!?
When I learned the "30 days in a row -- without missing a day" secret, I had been trying to lose weight for over 10 years. I had listened to affirmations, I had written affirmations, I bought several self-development courses -- without any success! I noticed that a lot of people who had success would say they read their Vision Statement or watched their goal movie -- or whatever they did -- for 30 days in a row -- without missing a day!
Then I heard Jack Canfield tell a story about a test NASA did several years ago. They were testing the physiological and psychological impact of spatial disorientation on potential astronauts. So they put convex goggles on these astronaut candidates that made everything appear upside down. They had to wear these glasses 24/7 -- without ever taking them off. So everything appeared upside down all the time. At first, the astronauts were under a lot of stress and anxiety, but eventually they started adjusting. About 30 days into the experiment, something amazing happened! The men's brains had created new neural pathways so they started to see everything normal -- even though they were still wearing the glasses that made everything appear upside down! They did the experiment again, this time taking the goggles off partway into the experiment, but the new neural pathways did not form. The brain needed about 30 uninterrupted days for the new neural connections to form within the brain.
When I heard about this experiment, I decided to try my own experiment. I took a 15-minute self-hypnosis session on weight loss from a highly respected weight loss hypnotist and listened to it EVERY night for 30 nights in a row! I didn't feel different in any way; in fact, at times I wondered if it was even working! But I was determined to see the experiment through to the end.
After the 30 nights, I stopped listening to it to see if I really attracted anything different into my life. Within a few weeks, one of my sisters called and told me about a new weight loss program that many of her friends had lost weight with. Intuitively, I knew this was what I had been looking for. To make a long story short, I lost 30 lb in the next 2 months -- after going for 10+ years with zero success!
Try your own experiment -- just be sure that you do it for 30 consecutive nights! I find it most effective to listen to the recording as you are waking up or going to sleep because that's when your subconscious is the most receptive to new ideas -- as it is coming out of and going into theta brain frequency! I would love to hear how your own experiment goes!
Then I heard Jack Canfield tell a story about a test NASA did several years ago. They were testing the physiological and psychological impact of spatial disorientation on potential astronauts. So they put convex goggles on these astronaut candidates that made everything appear upside down. They had to wear these glasses 24/7 -- without ever taking them off. So everything appeared upside down all the time. At first, the astronauts were under a lot of stress and anxiety, but eventually they started adjusting. About 30 days into the experiment, something amazing happened! The men's brains had created new neural pathways so they started to see everything normal -- even though they were still wearing the glasses that made everything appear upside down! They did the experiment again, this time taking the goggles off partway into the experiment, but the new neural pathways did not form. The brain needed about 30 uninterrupted days for the new neural connections to form within the brain.
When I heard about this experiment, I decided to try my own experiment. I took a 15-minute self-hypnosis session on weight loss from a highly respected weight loss hypnotist and listened to it EVERY night for 30 nights in a row! I didn't feel different in any way; in fact, at times I wondered if it was even working! But I was determined to see the experiment through to the end.
After the 30 nights, I stopped listening to it to see if I really attracted anything different into my life. Within a few weeks, one of my sisters called and told me about a new weight loss program that many of her friends had lost weight with. Intuitively, I knew this was what I had been looking for. To make a long story short, I lost 30 lb in the next 2 months -- after going for 10+ years with zero success!
Try your own experiment -- just be sure that you do it for 30 consecutive nights! I find it most effective to listen to the recording as you are waking up or going to sleep because that's when your subconscious is the most receptive to new ideas -- as it is coming out of and going into theta brain frequency! I would love to hear how your own experiment goes!
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