My BodyBlog

I’ve touched on this topic in previous blogs, but as time goes on I can see how critical it is to success.  I am talking about one’s attitude, mindset and knowledge, and how that impacts on the whole idea of working out and healthy living.  From looking at my own history, I can see how I was slowed by negative thinking, false assumptions and fears, and a host of other factors that had no connection to what I could accomplish physically.  I wasn’t held back by lack of money, time, or physical capacity, it was my own foolish mind that kept me from ‘being all that I can be’.

I see this all the time when I read people’s comments and blogs on this site.  The biggest obstacle people have to overcome before significant progress can be made is the way they perceive themselves and relate to the rest of the world.  That’s to be expected, it’s what make us human.  This site is all about body transformations.  I think it is also about mind transformations.  Anyone starting out with negative thinking, false assumptions, irrational fear, and little knowledge must go through a mental transformation if they hope to succeed with a physical transformation and permanent lifestyle change.  You have to make an effort to do the pysical part.  Your mental state can make it harder to start the physical part.  However, I believe that the physical effort impacts on the mind.  The exercise makes us start to think differently, and over time we undergo a mental transformation.  I’m not saying it’s easy or automatic for everyone, and it certainly isn’t a complete transformation - even the fittest of us has hidden fears or thinks negatively now and then.  What I’m saying is that people who transform their body also naturally transform their mindset from negativity to positivity, from fear to confidence, from ignorance to knowledge.  The transformations make them not only healthier people, but happier people as well.

I often read blogs of people new to working out and eating right who are immediatly down on themselves for some reason, or who are proclaiming why they can’t do something.  I like to reply with a comment that is positive and encouraging, yet honest and frank, meant to make them think about why they feel the way they do and show them it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way.

So whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned bodybuilder, the next time you find yourself having a negative thought about your body or lifestyle, I hope you will catch yourself and remember that your mind can be your biggest enemy….and your biggest asset also, if you want it to be.  

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