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What Are Limiting Beliefs?

Whether we like it or not, our beliefs hold sway over our lives more than we care to admit.

In our health, we use excuses such as lacking the time and energy to start an exercise program.

In our relationships, we use excuses, such as work keeping us busy from building up the kinds of relationships we would really like.

In our wealth, we use excuses such as lack of business knowledge or capital to keep us from starting in the first place.

These beliefs are called limiting beliefs.

Thinking Equates Results

In each of these cases, our limiting beliefs creates the results that we keep seeing, which only strengthens those beliefs, which keeps limiting us and keeps us in bondage.

The simplest way to reinforce or change our limiting beliefs is to change the thinking that brings about those results in the first place.

When we are able to see changes in our results, we see that a change in our thinking has the power to change our lives.

Imagination Leads to Affirmations

It’s easy to say that we can change our results by changing our thinking. Yet, we have the chicken-and-the-egg problem. How can we affirm what we want when we have a hard time believing it in our hearts?

We have a discrepancy between what we think and what we are. In the end, what we are beats out what we want to think.

Imagination then is the key to affirmations. Imagination acts as a bridge between what’s now possible in our current reality and what seems impossible in a different reality. Imagination lets us jump from here to the impossible.

When you engage in the daily practice of visualization and affirmations, your thinking slowly changes over time. What was at one time impossible soon changes into what is possible.

You start to feel good because in your visualization, you are already the person you want to be. And of course that makes you feel good. Feeling good leads to you doing more of the same, even if right now it seems far-fetched and impossible. Overtime, you will start believing in what is impossible.

If you are feeling bad, then what you want is likely wrong for you. It’s really as simple as that.

We’re told to think logically. Only illogical, irrational people think with their feelings. When you are able to mix logic, rationality, and feeling good together, then you are headed in the right direction.

Shift Your Perception

If what you want still seems impossible by any stretch of the imagination, try shifting your perception. Ask yourself what someone who already has what you want or has done what you seek to accomplish would do in your shoes. Then take action and do as they would do.

Above all, be brave, embrace failure, and keep taking action. You will likely fail hundreds of times before you find success. Knowing what does not work is just as important as knowing what does work. After all, we learn as much more from our mistakes as we do from success.

Over time, you will build up your intuition, which only comes from building up experience and reference points. And the only way to build up experience and reference points so that you can then call upon your intuition is to just keep trying new things.

Meditate Daily

Meditation helps you to accept without judgement any thought that enters your mind. The only power a thought or belief has over us is when we choose to give it meaning.

Meditation serves another purpose: It builds up willpower. Willpower is like a muscle. It needs to be constantly worked out in order to get stronger. When we have strong willpower, then we will focus more and more on what we do want, which causes us to take action daily.

Everything suggested today is synergistic. When we visualize, we also start shifting our perceptions in the use our imaginations. This helps us see how to make what we want possible.

Because in our visualization we keep seeing what we really want as already fulfilled, we start living in that vibration. Something unexpected happens over time. We start building up future memory. Future memory is our memories occurring in the future. We put our minds into our future selves and ask what we did to get to here (in the future). Back in our present reality, we start doing and trying those things.

Putting It Together

If you dislike where your life is headed, start by looking at the results you are getting. Then change your thinking to change those results.

A change is thinking though is easier said than done, for our thinking mainly comes from the paradigms and mental models of other people.

This requires a creative use of our imaginations to leap to what we do want but seems impossible from where we currently are. Oftentimes, it is necessary to shift your perception in the use of your imagination. When you start feeling good about what you see in your visualizations, then you are heading in the right direction.

That positive feeling will come into play when you meditate and when you practice your affirmations, which only leads to you doing more of the same. When you can finally believe in yourself, you will start taking meaningful action towards what you do what. Overtime, you will start to break your limiting beliefs.

And even if you fail many times in the process of going after what you truly want, you are building up reference points and experience to hone your intuition.  Your intuition will in time guide you towards the right direction. But you can only build up your intuition by building up your experience and your reference points.

In other words, you have to take action.

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Doing a review of your weight loss and fat loss results can be a huge benefit. The only way to improve is to know where you went right or wrong. Getting at the truth behind your weight loss, fat loss and subsequent weight regain can sometimes be painful.

The bottom line: you want a healthy, lean body that will give you the best chance to live healthy for a long time! You need to know the reasons why your weight loss and fat loss efforts failed.

As a personal trainer, I have seen many reasons why people fail at weight loss and fat loss. Here are 10:

1. You MUST make a long-term commitment to change behavioral, eating, exercise and health habits.   That means you won’t quit even if you lose some battles along the way. One bad day or bad week won’t stop you—you will get back up and keep trying.

For example, part of a Penn State University study was to examine results found at the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR). For the past two decades, NWCR has focused on a single group of people. To qualify, they have to lose at least 30 pounds and keep the weight off for at least a year. The findings aren’t surprising. The participants were successful primarily because of the following habits:

• Exercise at least an hour a day, almost every day
• Follow a low-fat, low-sugar, low-calorie diet
• Eat, more or less, the same foods all the time
• Minimize TV watching
• Eat breakfast

2. Don’t try to burn fat and lose weight all by your self. You need help to accomplish your weight loss goals. That could be a trainer, a friend, a spouse or other family member. Research proves that those who have weight loss buddies are more likely to succeed.

3. Some people are haphazard with workouts and eating habits. Consistency is critical if you want to succeed.

4. You have the wrong workout routine and you’re stuck doing the same workout week after week (with little or no results). It matters how you workout. A personal trainer can offer valuable guidance and feedback.

5. You’re not working hard enough. It takes hard, smart work to change your body composition.

6. You’re depending on a fat-burner supplement, powder or weight loss patch to change your body. Stop wasting your money! 

7. If you are afraid to set goals for fear of not reaching those goals, then you will find some way to sabotage your efforts. For example, you set low goals or no goals and that’s what you achieve—very little!

Or, your goals may be unrealistic.  Build your best body and not what you see on a magazine cover.

8. If you have low self worth, it will affect everything you do, including your efforts to change your body and lose weight. Somehow, you must workout because you’re worth it and its good for your health and lifestyle. This is a very positive behavior and will lead to permanent lifestyle changes.

9. You experienced quick weight loss without exercise and without fat loss. In other words, you didn’t change your body. You didn’t build muscle. You lost muscle mass. The weight came back on with a vengeance when you started to eat again and not starve yourself.

10. You can do your own weight loss and weight gain review. It will be well worth your time. Ultimately, you will succeed if you learn from your successes and failures. You can do it!

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Mark has been a fat loss expert and fitness author since 2006 and is the owner of Her Fitness Hut, My Fitness Hut, Sports Fitness Hut and Your Fitness University.  He has helped thousands transform their bodies to lean with lasting weight loss.  

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The decisions you are making in real time is killing your ability to be productive and get things done. I’ve found that  by making small changes in my daily routine I could boost my productivity many times over. The fewer decisions I make “in the moment ” the more likely I am to get things done. That means more time for the things and people I love.

If you automate certain tasks so that you don’t have to think about them, you’ll be less stressed and find that they actually get done. This makes you more efficient resulting in a day that flows more smoothly. For instance, if I take my gym clothes out the night before, I get to the gym with time to spare. No more procrastinating or dropping the ball because I “couldn’t find anything to wear” 

Many people think of automation as a process done via computer software. The truth is that you can automate any routine by simplifying it. This ultimately saves you time and brainpower. You can use those brain cells for more pressing matters like crossword puzzles and fun DIY projects.

Here are the top 3 things I automate or pre-plan in order to lower my stress levels and be more productive:

Meals

This is by far the chore that gives many of us, especially busy moms, the biggest headache. I’ve done meal plans in the past but never fully committed to the process. They were always an afterthought. At the suggestion of a friend, I picked it back up along with utilizing my crockpot. It’s been a total game-changer for me. It takes 5 minutes to crank out a meal plan and jot down a quick list of items I need from the grocery store then I stick it on the fridge as a reminder. Done and done! 

The rest of the week I know exactly what’s for dinner. I’m able to use those fine critical thinking skills elsewhere or I can take a load off and relax. 

Another timesaver is buying healthy food items that are pre-prepared for breakfast and lunch. However, the biggest time saver by far is meal prepping. Prepare your weekly lunches or dinners on Sunday and freeze them. If you know you’ll have a busy week ahead filled with late meetings and activities, then meal prepping to the rescue! There are a ton of recipes on Pinterest for this sole purpose so you can save that time as well.

Bills

Another way I free up valuable time and headspace is with automatic bill pay. I use auto-pay to pay all recurring bills. It’s a great way to set it and forget it. Many people are leery of auto-pay because they like to view their bills first. I understand because I used to share this sentiment, however, if a bill doesn’t fluctuate take advantage of auto-pay. You may even get a discount!

In this digital age, you can pay bills in minutes by going online and picking the date you want bills drafted. I highly recommend this as an item do knock off your to-do list. Use that hour to grab coffee with a friend!

Clothes

Another task that will save brainpower and frustration is picking out your clothes the night before. It’s an oldie but a goodie yet something most of us hate to do. The key is having the discipline to prepare your clothes the night consistently. It can positively affect your entire morning since it’s one less decision you have to make in the moment. Who wants to spend the morning haggling with kids or going through a million pair of pants?

If you have older kids, have them choose their own clothes on Sunday and iron them. I don’t have experience with older kids so this may come with some struggle but if you can get them to pitch in you’ll thank me later. There are even tools such as closet organizers that allow you to sort clothes by the day of the week. If you can remove this chore from your daily routine, you’ll have more time and energy each day for the things you enjoy.

I hope you’ve thought about some tasks you can streamline to make your life more enjoyable. Your time is better spent on hobbies, work, and family.  

What tasks do you automate or preplan that help you be more productive ? Leave a comment below!

Nia Hughes, is a freelance writer and digital marketer at Nia On Social  Nia’s specialty is copywriting and content marketing for small businesses and entrepreneurs in the health and beauty industry.

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