By Shazad
It is a New Year and new beginning. Many people will commit to becoming healthier and more specifically, leaner. That commitment is part one of the process but what is part 2 that helps us stay lean and healthy?
Part one is like being on a road trip to see your cousin in the USA. You just keep driving. You don't stop for long site seeing in between. You get the job done. This part is about doing the exercise and eating the right amount of real food. This is not about being balanced and its not supposed to be fun. Suck it up and be regimented.
Part two is about not reverting back to old habits and patterns. What is the minimum amount of exercise that will do everyday? What is the minimum amount of good food that will your body needs? Life throws challenges but our self image has to be that of a fit person who eats good food and works out. This self-image is key to transforming yourself and becoming that better person. If you think of yourself as aging, short, fat, slow or other negative way, you will remain that way. If you do happen to change to a leaner version of yourself, you may snap back to your past life just like an elastic band returns to its original shape. This is why changing your mental image is fundamental to creating a new you. If you believe there is an incredibly healthy, strong, smart and ageless person within you, you establish that as your new baseline. Your mind must constantly see your best self as your natural state and everything you do as the process towards that state of mind and body. Work on your personality every day to make the body manifest what is in your mind. For example, if I have Daniel Craig fit body (see Skyfall movie) for myself in my mind's eye in Ultra HD clarity, I can make a rich identity in my mind. I can then strive to achieve that very specific physical result through fitness and diet programs...minus the special gadgets and dangerous stunts. This new physical self-image that I created for myself is very specific and detailed outcome which can help me achieve a very real result. Each one of us needs a specific self-image that matches us in a realistic way. This is the way we can stick to our commitments once we make a pledge to transform to the best version of ourselves. The New Year is a great time for reflection and reinvention. So, what's your new self-image going to be this year?