Our Health Journey

Everyone’s buzzing about the bestselling book The Secret these days. Although I haven’t read it (yet - it’s on my summer reading list for our upcoming vacation), I am well aware of it’s core message - the power of positive thinking. This concept itself is not new - far from it - it’s called Cognitive Therapy, a solid well-grounded philosophy that’s been around for many decades and with much research behind it.

So how does it apply here? Amazingly, studies show that when one maintains a healthy, positive attitude towards their weight-loss efforts, combined with positive mental reinforcement, one can achieve a greater success and lose more weight than someone who has a negative attitude and gets discouraged easily. In other words, if you believe you can do something - really believe it - then you can.

So if you tell yourself “I am strong. I can resist temptation because I really want to lose weight and be healthier” you can actually will yourself to stronger willpower (this concept is much better explained in The Beck Diet Solution).

The point is this - if you think thin you can get thin (and stay thin). You have the power within yourself. You possess “the secret” which is really no secret - just believe in yourself. Make up your mind today that you are going to make your own health your number one priority. Believe that you can achieve it, and you will.

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