There is no hope for a project that begins with the expressed thought:

“I WANT to LOSE…10 pounds”,

“I NEED to LOSE…20 pounds”, or

“My GOAL is to LOSE…100 pounds”

Even though they are all noble and achievable goals, what the mind hears is “I’m gonna LOSE”; and 99 times out of a hundred that is exactly what happens.

You LOSE; your wasteline GAINS…following your instructions exactly.

Most of us “career dieters” are already on our 5th, 10th or 55th attempt to achieve that ideal weight.

But no matter the activity or your skill level, if you keep repeating mentally and verbally that you want to LOSE…YOU WILL!

It doesn’t matter if the activity is golf, grade point average, or baking a cake. A desire to LOSE soon becomes a reality.

Controlling one’s waistline is a mental activity as much as a physical one.

In fact, everything we do involves the mind first, whether it is to achieve that ideal weight or to put a person on the moon.

First the idea is born…then the mind and body go to work to make the idea a reality. Over the last half century we have seen innumerable “impossibilities” come into existence and become parts of our daily lives:

How about the cell phone you are currently using; or

Fed Ex—overnight delivery anywhere in the world; or

Microwave cooking?

The list goes on and on.

They all began as an idea; and you can be sure that none of the minds behind these seeming “miracles” ever pursued their dreams with an “I will LOSE attitude.

The challenges became stepping stones, learning experiences, and eventual progress toward the goal.

It’s been the WINNERS not the LOSERS who have made the biggest difference in the world; and in their own personal lives.

Back to the original premise of this article: If you started your current diet program to LOSE, you already have.

You probably can find, somewhere in your house, a chart that lists your current weight in the UPPER left hand corner, with your goal weight listed in the BOTTOM right hand corner.

That chart literally screams out at you, “If you LOSE enough, you will get DOWN to your goal”. LOSE…DOWN…LOSE…DOWN–hardly an inspiring campaign slogan.

It’s not completely our fault. There are over twenty-nine million diet and diet related pages on the Internet. Most of those pages probably revolve around this “LOSE…DOWN” idea.

Everything from the lowly cabbage soup diet to the star-studded commercials for Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, or NutriSystem; all extol LOSING as a desirable goal.

Forget LOSING. We really don’t want to be LOSERS…we’re WINNERS by nature.

Instead of LOSING WEIGHT, why not ACHIEVE A WEIGHT GOAL?

Now, ask yourself if you’d prefer being “DOWN AFTER A LOSS” or “UP AFTER AN ACHIEVEMENT”.

For a start, turn your weigh-in chart UPSIDE DOWN. List your current weight on the BOTTOM left; and your goal weight on the UPPER right. Feels better already, doesn’t it?

Instead of ACHIEVE your WEIGHT GOAL?

And finally, are you more likely to continue an activity that is pleasant, positive, and produces almost instant results; or would you prefer an endless horizon of tofu and cabbage soup?

But where to find such a list of healthy foods that you truly enjoy? And how to build a diet around them?

Here’s a couple of links that have helped us along the way. See for yourself at: Eat and Lose Weight and Lose Weight Plan

And don’t forget the basic increase immune system tips, it IS important to stay healthy.

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