You Are What You THINK

Posted on September 3rd, 2008.

If you are new to my site, this article is part of an on-going series I host on my blog, called MID-WEEK MOTIVATION. Each Wednesday, I will post something of inspiration that will help motivate you in your efforts of becoming healthier. I invite anybody and everybody who reads my blog, to post a comment telling me and the other readers, exactly what your goals are for the rest of the week. We all know how hard it can be, to keep a health kick going… especially as the week progresses on… and my hope is that by telling others what your goals are, you will commit yourself and have the inner drive to keep on going.

 

Most people think that living a healthy lifestyle – like exercising regularly, eating nutritiously and caring for your body, is a matter of physical diligence and physical endurance. While that is partly true, the MAIN factor that leads to living a healthy lifestyle – and MAINTAINING a healthy lifestyle – is all in the way you THINK.

It’s what you THINK about exercise… it’s what you THINK about vegetables (think their gross? or think they’re yummy?)… it’s how hard you THINK your body can exercise… it’s how you THINK you look to others… it’s how you THINK it’s too hard or too easy to live a healthy lifestyle. The way you THINK affects your mind, your body and your spirit. The things you THINK are true, are things that ARE true to you.

 

{Before you think I’ve gone completely nuts, and have had a few too many spinach shakes, read on.}

 

THINK about it. If you THINK that you can’t lose weight, you won’t… because you won’t believe enough in yourself to try. If you THINK it’s too hard to eat healthy foods, you’ll continue to buy junk and ignore wholesome fruits, veggies and whole grains. If you THINK you don’t have enough energy to exercise, you are right… and you will continue to sit and lounge around or wimp out during your workout. If you THINK you are too fat, too ugly, too wide, too gangly… you will believe those things and bring upon yourself sadness and gloom.

ON THE OTHER HAND…

 

If you THINK you can reach your physical fitness goals, you will… because you will work hard, be diligent and give your all to achieving them. If you THINK that healthy foods taste wonderful and if you THINK you are a lucky person to have access to such a large variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, you will eat them with gratefulness. If you THINK you can push yourself harder in a workout… you will mentally boost your energy up and get excited to energize your body and work your muscles. If you THINK your body is beautiful and if you THINK accepting thoughts toward yourself, you will have a positive attitude, you will smile, and you will radiate “beautiful-ness” to the world around you. 

 

 As you try to keep your motivation up for living a healthy lifestyle, or if you need the motivation to START, THINK about this… and how every aspect of YOU is the direct result of your THOUGHTS! 

 

“If you think you are beaten, you are,

If you think you dare not, you don’t

If you like to win, but you think you can’t

It is almost certain you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost

For out of the world we find,

Success begins with a fellow’s will -

It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are,

You’ve got to think high to rise,

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go

To the stronger or faster man,

But sooner or later the man who wins

Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!”

 

Make it a habit to THINK positive thoughts regarding your body, your nutrition and your exercise goals. Doing so, will ensure that you life the healthy and happy lifestyle that you want to live. You will feel uplifted and free – knowing that sometimes all we have to do is THINK a little differently to get ourselves to where we want to be. 

 

So, tell me what you are going to THINK about this week regarding your health. Are you going to THINK it’s awesome and energizing? Are you going to THINK that yes, you can do 30 minutes of cardio three times this week? And are you going to THINK that you can push yourself hard enough to actually break a sweat? Are you going to THINK that you can do 30 more squats and really challenge your muscles? Are you going to THINK that you have an awesome body… even though it may not be exactly at the fitness level you want it to be?  

 

I want to hear what YOU are going to THINK this week! Tell me baby!  

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