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Weight Loss and the Mind-Body Connection: How to Use Your Powers of the Mind

Clever marketers use the mind-body connection every single day to make us believe that food fills our emotional needs - is this belief making us fatter?

You are probably wondering what is the mind-body connection in the context of losing weight? Well, it refers to the way your body responds to the way you think, feel and act around food and eating. Read on to find out more!


Mind-Body Connection

For example, you may feel strong food cravings when you are stressed out, anxious or upset.

You may crave scones or muffins when you feel unloved, alone or unsupported emotionally.

Or, feel like munching crispy sweets when frustrated, eat spicy foods when bored or downright binging when harboring dark, unpleasant feelings and want to numb yourself and just forget about everything.

You know what I’m talking about, right?

As crazy as it sounds, as a society, we’ve been shrewdly maneuvered into erroneously thinking that “comfort food” is the solution to emotional conflicts and releasing stress, that “happy meals” are the answer to our natural desire to be happy and fulfilled.
Food industry’s marketers, who are trained in using the powers of the mind, use the mind-body connection to lure us into believing that food can fill our emotional needs.

Well, guess what.

When food is used as the outer solution for our inner needs, there can never be enough. Yes, food can fill us up, but it can never fulfill us.


Mind-Body Connection Explains How…

…being overweight is not merely a physical problem; it is rather a problem of your whole being. Whether you like it or not, your body is a reflection of your thoughts, feelings, attitudes and beliefs – a reflection of your emotional health. The good news is that you CAN change your body using your powers of the mind.

Stop for a second and let this sink in.

By accessing the mind-body connection you can overcome negative thoughts and limiting beliefs, learn to recognize and avoid people or situations that drain your energy, learn to process painful emotions before they make you fat, unfit and ultimately, sick.

Believe it or not, it is your power of the mind that holds the formula for fast healthy weight loss and successful weight maintenance.

Mind-Body Connection

Your attitudes and beliefs are great forces of your mind - no less powerful than pills or expensive medical treatments. You can shift negative attitudes and beliefs and replace them with positive, empowering ones – and the best is that you can do it for free.

By learning to use your powers of the mind you can alter your body.

Enlightening, isn’t it?

Self motivation, mindful eating, proper goal setting, lifestyle choices born from positive attitudes and beliefs, high self esteem and self confidence, are not only required to achieve your perfect weight; they lead you to optimum health, great vitality and happiness.

You CAN allow food to nourish you rather than use it as a reward, a bribe or to temporarily “medicate” unpleasant feelings.


Mind-Body Connection is the Principle…

…on which some of the most effective weight loss tools are based. You may have heard of some; others may be new to you…

  • Hypnotherapy
  • Neuro-linguisitc programming (NLP)
  • Affirmations, or Mind-scripts
  • Meridian tapping, or emotional freedom technique (EFT)
  • Acupuncture
  • Breathing therapy
  • Integrative fitness like Yoga or Pilates (which is a set of mindful body-weight exercises combined with proper nutrition and adequate sleep/relaxation resulting in optimal wellness; Joseph Pilates, the founder of Pilates Method was one of the first Westerners in modern times to advocate the mind-body connection)

Discover in the articles below how you can use powerful mind-body tools to heal your relationship with food and finally solve the underlying cause of your weight problem... Find out how to neutralize self-sabotaging thoughts, upgrade limiting beliefs, boost your motivation, change unwanted habits and restore your emotional health:


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Self-Motivation Skills: How to keep your weight loss motivation up
Positive Thinking Phrases: Using positive self talk to change your body
Weight Loss Affirmations: "Nutrition" for your mind?
List of Affirmations for Weight Loss: Use these, or create your own
Effects of Stress on Health and Your Body Weight: Do you get these?
High Cortisol Symptoms: Are you unable to to lose abdominal fat?
Reducing Cortisol Levels: 2 Tips for anxiety and stress management
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