Have you ever seen ads on tv advertising a new way to get a six pack fast? There are literally hundreds of diet, exercise, and fitness programs out that promise to give you your dream body and six pack abs in no time flat. Some of these exercise and diet programs might actually work but they all neglect one vital part of any fitness plan that will deliver desired results over the long haul, goals.
According to Tom Venuto, the biggest mistake you can make when trying to attain six pack abs is fail to make written goals. Over the course of your lifetime you mind develops habits and a body image that it try's to maintain at all costs. When we go on our quest for six pack abs and change our diet and exercise program our mind and body does everything it can to go back to the way things were. In order to get your mind wrapped around the idea that you're looking fit and trim instead of fat is to make those new fitness behaviors into habits. Tom says the only way to do that is to create written goals and look at them frequently throughout the day.
Create goals as if they've already been accomplished. Lets say you have a goal to eat 5 meals per day with a lean protein and dark green vegetables. Wrong way to write the goal:
1. I'm going to eat as often as possible and fit lean protein and veggies whenever possible.
2. In order to eat 5 balanced meals per day, I won't eat pizza, Mexican food, soda, or cake.
3. In the future I'll eat balanced meals which include a lean protein. When ever I go out to eat I will make healthy meal choices.
Goal #1 falls short because they are not concrete and are vague. Goal #2 definitely won't work because Tom says that your mind can't process deletion or words like "won't" or "avoid". So your mind will interpret "I won't eat pizza" as "I eat pizza." The final goal won't work because anything set in future tense is not as powerful as a goal set in the present or as if it's already been accomplished.
Here's a better way to write the above goal: I have achieved 6 pack abs and an ultra low body fat of 10% by eating 5 meals a day. These meals have consisted of a lean protein such as chicken, fish, or egg whites and dark green vegetables such as broccoli and spinach. I am proud of the way I look and love to show off my 6 pack abs on the beach.
This goal is properly written because it's specific, written with emotion, and written as if you've already been successful in attaining the body of your dreams. This goal will help your brain accept the new dietary and exercise behaviors and soon see them as habits that come naturally. Soon your mind will see you as the lean and fit individual that you're striving to become not the out of shape one that you're leaving behind. So if you want to get a 6 pack and keep them forever, write your goals down and look at them all the time! - 16004
According to Tom Venuto, the biggest mistake you can make when trying to attain six pack abs is fail to make written goals. Over the course of your lifetime you mind develops habits and a body image that it try's to maintain at all costs. When we go on our quest for six pack abs and change our diet and exercise program our mind and body does everything it can to go back to the way things were. In order to get your mind wrapped around the idea that you're looking fit and trim instead of fat is to make those new fitness behaviors into habits. Tom says the only way to do that is to create written goals and look at them frequently throughout the day.
Create goals as if they've already been accomplished. Lets say you have a goal to eat 5 meals per day with a lean protein and dark green vegetables. Wrong way to write the goal:
1. I'm going to eat as often as possible and fit lean protein and veggies whenever possible.
2. In order to eat 5 balanced meals per day, I won't eat pizza, Mexican food, soda, or cake.
3. In the future I'll eat balanced meals which include a lean protein. When ever I go out to eat I will make healthy meal choices.
Goal #1 falls short because they are not concrete and are vague. Goal #2 definitely won't work because Tom says that your mind can't process deletion or words like "won't" or "avoid". So your mind will interpret "I won't eat pizza" as "I eat pizza." The final goal won't work because anything set in future tense is not as powerful as a goal set in the present or as if it's already been accomplished.
Here's a better way to write the above goal: I have achieved 6 pack abs and an ultra low body fat of 10% by eating 5 meals a day. These meals have consisted of a lean protein such as chicken, fish, or egg whites and dark green vegetables such as broccoli and spinach. I am proud of the way I look and love to show off my 6 pack abs on the beach.
This goal is properly written because it's specific, written with emotion, and written as if you've already been successful in attaining the body of your dreams. This goal will help your brain accept the new dietary and exercise behaviors and soon see them as habits that come naturally. Soon your mind will see you as the lean and fit individual that you're striving to become not the out of shape one that you're leaving behind. So if you want to get a 6 pack and keep them forever, write your goals down and look at them all the time! - 16004
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