Another Weight Loss Gadget
I like to try out the new fitness equipment and gadgets that come out on a monthly basis for a couple of reasons. One, I like to see what all the hype is about and two because I know sooner or later one of my clients is going to ask me about it.
I try hard to stay on top of things, although a few do slip through my fingers and I never get to try them out. However, I did get to try out a new product that I was reading a lot about. A former Biggest Loser contestant advertised it has bringing him success. I even read about it on a couple of my boards.
What is it, you ask? It is the Hypnosis CD for weight loss. Let me be honest, I was very skeptical at first, as I am with many weight loss gadgets. I thought how in the world a simple CD would ever hypnotize someone into losing weight. I am not one able to quiet my mind or body for longer than a couple of minutes, so I felt for sure I was not the right candidate for this.
However, I tried it anyway. I put in the CD, found a quiet spot in my house (at least as quiet as it can get), I turned my phone on silent, and I laid down to relax and listen to the woman on the CD. I listened to this CD two separate times just to see what would happen.
Now let me tell you, I could be mistaken and this could really work for someone, after all it is just suggestions. But why do we need this special CD? We know what to do to lose weight; we know that it takes leaving the junk on the table and grabbing the clean foods. We know that it takes getting off the sofa and time outdoors to lose weight. So why would you spend $100.00 to have a woman on a couple of cds tell you the same thing but this time your going to believe it!
It doesn’t cost any money to lose weight. Sometimes, yes we need to pay someone like a trainer or a nutritionist to help educate us and motivate us, but we don’t need to drop $100.00 in the bucket on a silly gadget like this.
All this is teaching us is to listen to this lady’s voice when it comes time to make better food choices. Now, if I am not mistaken, we were already created with this same voice in our heads, “our inner voice,” which tells us when to run from danger or fight for our lives. If this inner voice is that powerful, than don’t you think it is something we can trust to tell us what we should and shouldn’t be putting into our bodies.
We also know the only way to lose weight is too move more. Do we really need to have someone put us into a calm state to tell us that? We know what to do; sometimes we just don’t want to do it. I know I don’t want to get up at 5:00 am every morning to push myself to the limit doing some sweaty bout of cardio. But you know what, I do want to be healthy, have energy, live to be fit and young at 80, and I want to look good in a bathing suit. Those goals are very important to me and give me enough motivation to stop hitting that snooze button.
We are all blessed with an inner voice. This voice steers us from danger and keeps us on the right path. Maybe we should listen to it more and not some soft spoken voice on a tape. Maybe the problem is, we just don’t have enough important goals
Trust yourself, not someone else. Set your own goals, something that you have always wanted to do, but were too scared to reach for it. Just do it today! Why wait any longer to live the life that you always dreamed of having. Go on, lace up those sneakers and go for a walk. When you get back, replenish your body with a clean well balanced meal, and a big glass of water. You’ll feel much better and it didn’t cost you a dime.
Love yourself today,
Julie
