Fat Free Mind

I love this optimistic quote from Lewis Carroll: “Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

Carroll’s imagination brought him ideas that were creative, exciting, daring, and risky - and his heart allowed him to believe the impossible.

As a weight loss surgery patient, you may not feel as optimistic as Carroll. Maybe you are worried you won’t be able to change your old ways enough to do the impossible - to lose all the excess weight and keep it off, and more than that, create a really satisfying life.

Take these three simple steps to bring about the “impossible” in your life:

1. Sort Out What You Really Want

Many people say they want to be thin, or rich, or attractive, or popular. While all these things may be true, they are not the whole of your wants.

As countless unhappy models, movie stars, and millionaires have demonstrated, being any of these things is not a guarantee of contentment and joy.

Set a timer for five minutes and write down in a journal, “I want ….” Start listing what you want, but don’t stop for the whole five minutes. After awhile you’ll be amazed at what comes out of you. Wanting to be thin, etc., has a deeper want attached to it. Discover what that want is.

2. Clear Your Mind

Being too busy is a way of telling yourself you are not worth making time for. It’s a subtle form of self sabotage.

Meditating is a surprisingly easy way to take time for yourself, and it is an activity from which you can reap great rewards, but only if you do it.

There are many books written about meditation, but you can keep it simple. Just sit quietly for five minutes, close your eyes, and focus on breathing deeply, four counts in and four counts out. In and out.

3. Visualize and Feel Your Ideal Future

As hard as it is to believe, you can achieve a goal by taking time each day to focus on the experience of having achieved your goal.

Each time you visualize yourself experiencing the achievement of your goal, allow yourself to feel the feelings associated with achieving the goal.

Feel how great it is reap the rewards. By sitting quietly, visualizing, and feeling the change, you can create the change.

For those of you who think and feel this is “psychobabble,” you’re right. And for those of you who think and feel these steps will change your life, you’re right!

Your Assignment:

This week, go through this three-step process daily. While it may sound like a lot of work, you’ll find it only takes about fifteen minutes a day to execute them. And you’ll be amazed at the results. Let me know how you do!

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