The true reasons behind weight related issues

Mind control

Everybody you meet, all the TV weight-loss programmes you watch, and most of the diet books you read will tell you that if a person is motivated with endless amounts of willpower they will be able to lose weight. My message to you is that weight loss has nothing to do with willpower.

At this point, you might be saying to yourself “this guy is crazy — he doesn’t know what he’s talking about!”

So let me ask you a simple question:

Pretend for a moment that I’m a skilled magician and that merely by snapping my fingers I can make you wake up tomorrow morning slim, trim and at your goal weight — will you be happy for me to transform you?

Assuming the answer is “yes” my next question to you is:

Once I have snapped my fingers and you have lost all the weight you wish to lose — will you be able to maintain that goal weight for the rest of your life?

If your answer is “yes” then put this book down now. However, if your answer is “no”, I recommend that you read on . . .

Personal belief systems

Whether we are aware of it or not, we all have a personal belief system which underlies how we go about our everyday tasks. We “absorb” our past experiences and translate them into the gospel truths of our lives. This is the reason why — time and time again — someone who has lost weight ends up putting all or some of it back on again. They may have lost weight but they have not transformed what is at their core — their eating habits.

Does everyone do this? Yes, almost everyone. Basically, we believe that our past experience equals our future reality. In other words, because we have lost weight before and ended up piling it all back on again — and more — we have been conditioned to believe that the same thing is going to happen every time we lose weight.


Fear factor

Some say that human beings strive on hopes and dreams. Unfortunately, in my professional experience, the majority of weight-loss attempts are motivated by something much more primal — fear. The fear of your partner leaving you for a slimmer and younger person; the fear of rejection by the opposite sex; the fear of being ostracised by society.
It’s a sad truth that Western society has labelled fat people as being lazy, unmotivated and lacking in willpower. Nowadays, people are even being turned down for jobs just because they are overweight. On the other hand, even if a person has achieved their goal weight, he or she will still live in a state of constant fear — for example, fear of putting the weight back on, or fear that their goal weight is still not good enough for their partner. It’s easy to see why plastic surgery is so popular in our age — it’s an industry fuelled by our fears.

to be continued.......