Do you see a person that is beautiful, capable, and self confident with a healthy self esteem? Or do you look at yourself and see just the opposite? What do you say to the person you see in the mirror? Do you say things that you would never say to someone else? Why are you so willing to hurt your own feelings and fiercely tear yourself down?
I don't have an answer for you any more than I have one for me. One thing I do know, however. we will never be able to be all we could be, or encourage those in our circle of influence to be all they can be, as long as we insist on being our own most negative influence.
Paul McKenna's video training titled, "Your Perfect Body", on his website, www.mckenna.com, addresses this issue in a powerful way. We don't have to wait till we are thin to begin to love who we are. For me this is wonderful training. I encourage you to watch this video with an open mind, and if it addresses a need in your life, then be willing to seriously give it a try.
What do YOU see when you look in the mirror?
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
McKenna's Techniques
Yes, the rules are great, and they are critical to attaining and maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle. However, those of us who have an 'over sized' size, need help with other issues related to our desire to eat and not stop until there is nothing left to eat. Right?!?!
Many of us are emotional eaters. We eat when we are happy, or sad, or mad, or anxious, or excited, or, well, you know. Sometimes we don't need and excuse to eat. We eat just because it is there and we walked by it, saw it and smelled it. In fact we seldom eat just because we are hungry because we never let ourselves feel that hungry feeling. We eat before we get hungry.
Sometimes we have certain things we crave. Chocolate, diet drinks, peanut butter, etc. We eat or drink those things just because we want to. We think we can't make it through a day without them. These are major contributers to our lack of control.
Another contributing factor to our difficulty in losing weight is that we sometimes have a slow metabolism. This means that our bodies are burning calories at a slow rate and the extra calories we eat are stored as fat in our bodies.
Many of us have self image and self esteem problems. We feel unworthy of being loved or experiencing love. We look in the mirror and hate what we see, but then tell ourselves that we deserve to look this way. Because we think of ourselves as being a person of no merit or having no worth, and that no one should love us even if we were thin, we eat more which makes us larger, once again confirming our unchanging self loathing. Yes. These are strong word. But some of us experience strong emotions when we think about ourselves.
Yes. Paul McKenna does address these issues in his programs and on his website. Tomorrow I will begin to discuss his techniques.
Many of us are emotional eaters. We eat when we are happy, or sad, or mad, or anxious, or excited, or, well, you know. Sometimes we don't need and excuse to eat. We eat just because it is there and we walked by it, saw it and smelled it. In fact we seldom eat just because we are hungry because we never let ourselves feel that hungry feeling. We eat before we get hungry.
Sometimes we have certain things we crave. Chocolate, diet drinks, peanut butter, etc. We eat or drink those things just because we want to. We think we can't make it through a day without them. These are major contributers to our lack of control.
Another contributing factor to our difficulty in losing weight is that we sometimes have a slow metabolism. This means that our bodies are burning calories at a slow rate and the extra calories we eat are stored as fat in our bodies.
Many of us have self image and self esteem problems. We feel unworthy of being loved or experiencing love. We look in the mirror and hate what we see, but then tell ourselves that we deserve to look this way. Because we think of ourselves as being a person of no merit or having no worth, and that no one should love us even if we were thin, we eat more which makes us larger, once again confirming our unchanging self loathing. Yes. These are strong word. But some of us experience strong emotions when we think about ourselves.
Yes. Paul McKenna does address these issues in his programs and on his website. Tomorrow I will begin to discuss his techniques.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Paul McKenna, and His Interesting Weight Control Techniques
I watched Paul McKenna's show last night. In fact there were two episodes on and I watched them both. I also registered on his website and began reading through the material posted there.
I have found in his program, of which I have only studied a part, to be a combination of techniques I already knew, and some that were totally knew.
When I first heard of him, my fears were that he might be somewhat mystical and 'new age'. However, thus far I've found none of that in his program. For the most part he is teaching people how to reprogram their brains to make positive associations and negative associations.
He also strikes me as one of those people who are trying to tell people how to loose weight and have not one day in their life had a challenge with eating and weight. I would also bet money that he is hyperactive. He does have tremendous energy and enthusiasm.
In spite of these things, I have decided to 'give his program a go'. One step at a time.
He has Four Golden Rules listed on his website which should result in weight loss. There are additional techniques for stopping emotion eating, stopping cravings, increasing metabolism, and improving self esteem.
His website once again is: www.mckenna.com
I have found in his program, of which I have only studied a part, to be a combination of techniques I already knew, and some that were totally knew.
When I first heard of him, my fears were that he might be somewhat mystical and 'new age'. However, thus far I've found none of that in his program. For the most part he is teaching people how to reprogram their brains to make positive associations and negative associations.
He also strikes me as one of those people who are trying to tell people how to loose weight and have not one day in their life had a challenge with eating and weight. I would also bet money that he is hyperactive. He does have tremendous energy and enthusiasm.
In spite of these things, I have decided to 'give his program a go'. One step at a time.
He has Four Golden Rules listed on his website which should result in weight loss. There are additional techniques for stopping emotion eating, stopping cravings, increasing metabolism, and improving self esteem.
His website once again is: www.mckenna.com
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