Master Your Mind

A lean, sculpted masterpiece of a body is first created in the mind, then by your actions. It's a game against your own human nature, it's going beyond your ideas of what's acceptable and reasonable to do to achieve your goals. Most people don't reach to their full potential, not because they don't have the basic knowledge about the key components diet and exercise -- but due to focusing all effort in the gym for working the physical muscles while giving no time to strengthening the mind.

You can have all the desire you want, but it will not take you far enough. You can have all the know -- how you like, but without real life application it will not take you far enough. You need to realize you are an intelligent human being, not a simple animal, hence you are in charge of your each and every choice you make.

The difficulty lies in understanding your body. You will need to feel comfortable with being emotionally hungry at times. A lean, muscular body is not a result from starving, it's a result from eating just what you need and not more. Since very low bodyfat is nothing the body wants, it will try to make you eat more, indulge more. It's natural. Your body is doing what it's taught to do to make you survive. Now, you wonder how you can suppress that annoying hunger? Well, you cannot. Cause usually the hunger is not physical, but mental. Your stomach is full, your mouth wants more. If you surrender to strong appetite suppressing medications that are dangerous for your health, what are you going to do the very day they are not working anymore? Or when you must discontinue? Then you stand there with a gruelling hunger, stronger than ever to compensate for the time you were not listening to your body's signals.

The key is to learn discipline, acknowledge the sensations and knowing where and why your brain is trying to sabotage your pursuit. Do not say you cannot help eating, cause you can. Remember that a thought is merely a thought. You do not need to act on the signal. And you cannot if your goal is to lose body fat!

Remind yourself that you will have thousands of meals to come. You will be able to eat every day. You know why you turn down certain foods. You know what it leads to: success. When you give in and fail yourself, you are actually proving you are not 100% committed. You are still not convinced consistency is a key component. You still believe you will get away with it 'cause it's the last time'. It's not the last time.

You are never going to be stronger than you are today, so be your strongest today. Learn selective listening: hear the mind's signals, don't listen to them blindly. If a rock hard body was created in the gym, all the people going there would be in excellent shape. I'm sure you know it's far from the truth.

Take time to master your mind. Take time to learn to be comfortable with feeling a bit hungry or a bit tired. It's natural, it's part of the game. Either you want to play it and win, or you will try to bend the rules and fail. In the hunt for the perfect body, you need to play by the rules and accept the rules. And yes, at times it feels like looking at grass growing, but remember it is a chess game where each move counts for the final outcome, so don't treat it like Russian roulette.

Pauline
www.fighterdiet.com