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Motivation Psychology For Weight Loss And Exercise

By: Alan B. Densky, CH Home | Health-and-Fitness | Exercise


If you've made the decision to reduce - congratulations! For many, committing to their own health is a difficult part. But even with self-motivation, many people realize they do not know what exercises to perform for rapid weight loss.

There are three key kinds of exercise: aerobic exercise, such as biking or running; flexibility exercises, like yoga and other forms of stretching; and strength training, such as resistance exercises and weight lifting.

Aerobic and strength training will help you work off the most calories. Since how much weight you lose depends on either burning more calories or taking in less, it is best to concentrate on these in the beginning to guarantee your self motivation persists as you lose body weight.

Generally, thirty minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week is best. Increase the time and frequency as you move forward.

But many people whose self-motivation has encouraged them to begin an exercise for weight loss program neglect the importance of strength training. Aerobic exercise burns more calories in the beginning, but lifting weights increases muscle mass, and muscle burns more calories than fat. A pound of muscle needs 35 calories per day to function at rest; a pound of fat needs just two calories for the same function.

The fitness consensus used to say that to "build" muscle, you should use fewer reps (3-5) with heavier weights, and to simply "tone," higher reps (12-15) with lighter weights was best. But there's no such thing as "toning." Definition that results from what's incorrectly called toning happens because you have lost the layer of fat on top of the muscle, making the muscle more visible. The size of the muscle underneath depends on how vigorously you train.

You must "tear down" the muscle so it can rebuild itself afterward. In fact, you do not create muscle while working out but you do in the days after when it is "resting." The common rule for strength training is beginning with three sets of 8-12 reps at a weight that leaves you nearly incapable of executing the entire set. Then, rest for 30-60 seconds before starting your next set.

Do not be discouraged if you are not able to accomplish all of the reps on every set. In fact, use that to determine when to add weight. If you're completing each set without any muscle strain, you will want to add weight.

Self-motivation compelled you to begin, but most have difficulty maintaining the pace. It helps to know that the source of our motivations is a belief. Consider it: If you did not believe the gnawing sensation in your stomach meant you were hungry, you wouldn't feel motivated to eat.

Understanding what ideas motivate you is vital to losing weight, because when you feel powerfully motivated, you will exercise consistently. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is a form of hypnosis. And there are NLP techniques that can trigger exercise motivation because, over time, desire to exercise for weight loss alone likely won't be enough to keep you going. Exercise hypnosis motivation therapy can help.

Your first task is identifying the most important things in your life. We call these things your highly valued criteria. Highly valued criteria are typically intangibles: money wouldn't be highly valued criteria, but the security, freedom or fun that money can provide would be.

Next, establish what you need to believe to feel highly motivated to exercise. It's vital to bear in mind that logic has nothing to do with belief. Things do not have to be logical to believe them. You may find you already have a belief that goes against this new idea. That is okay.

While understanding what motivates us is valuable, hypnosis exercise motivation therapy can put these ideas to work by ensuring self motivation lasts. Hypnosis for motivation does this by changing the computer codes in your brain, so you believe ideas that motivate you.

Belief systems are based in our unconscious mind, which is like a computer. Computers do not have the capacity to reason. The input controls the output. The techniques used in exercise hypnosis motivation therapy can make you believe nearly anything, as long as you're willing to believe.

You start by making an image in your mind's eye that illustrates something you already believe, like, "I love my children." Then you learn to calibrate the elements or 'Submodalities' of that mental belief picture.

Next, you make a mental picture that illustrates your motivational idea. Let's say your motivational idea is, "If I exercise, then I will look great and my marriage will improve." Then you learn how to alter the Submodalities of this mental image to correspond with the Submodalities in your calibrated belief picture. On the other hand, if a belief is holding you back, the same technique can change that belief to doubt.

Self-hypnosis for motivation that incorporates NLP can give you something of an internal personal trainer. Using an exercise hypnosis motivation program ensures that the passion you started with remains until reaching your objective, and then helps you maintain that objective.



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Alan B. Densky, CH has specialized in all aspects of weight loss hypnosis cd recordings, including hypnosis for exercise motivation CDs since 1978. Visit his Neuro-VISION self hypnosis website and enjoy Free hypnosis newsletters, videos, and articles.

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