Author: Jonathan Wong, Singapore Personal Trainer And Fitness Expert
Fat Loss Motivation - The Champion Mentality
To start off talking about fat loss motivation, I'll talk a bit about one of my hobbies. I coach youth basketball in Singapore boys age 13-19. Some of my players play well in critical situations, some simply don't. It's not about skill, it's about mental stability, toughness and strength.These guys who excel in tough situations are those who have the champion mentality. They refuse to lose, they believe they will win, and they will do whatever it takes to get the job done.
Isn't it the same for fitness and fat loss success? It's a long battle and there are times when it's easy to give up. But the champion mindset only looks ahead to future success.
I have found that as a personal trainer in Singapore, part of the champion mentality is to have only a positive image of what the end result should be. I know many people who have been fat for years and only think of themselves as fat. THAT HAS TO STOP.
Fat loss motivation is not just a vague mindset. In practice it means that you not only need to think of yourself as lean, healthy and strong. You have to "experience" it before it happens. That means touching your waistline and "feeling" the hard muscles below, that means speaking about your success as if you have already achieved it, that may even mean buying clothes 3 sizes too small because you WILL get to your goal.
It certainly also mean disagreeing with those friends who say "you've tried this before, it won't work". Such words have no place in the champion's mind.
The other thing is to avoid what are known as self-sabotaging thoughts. I read about them in a book about business... Very interesting.
Our conscious mind wants something (money, muscles, fat loss whatever) but there are those sub conscious thoughts that get in the way. At the risk of sounding like meaningless psycho babble, here is an example. (This has been effective for many of my clients who do personal training in Singapore with me.)
(Conscious thought): I need to eat well to lose some fat. I want to get lean. I know that means no starchy foods unless I just did some exercise.
I choose a few meat and leafy vegetable dishes from the restaurant. I begin to sit down and look at my plate
(Sub-conscious, self sabotaging thought): This is not going to make me feel full, where is the pile of rice I usually eat?...
(to me, the most damaging thought): "What is a meal without rice/noodles/potatoes?"
With all those self defeating thoughts, the conscious mind can only overcome for a while, and it cannot continuously overcome them. And people quickly fall off the fat loss plan. It will not be you. Fat loss motivation is not a very fancy thing. It is a conscious decision in the will that sets all the other parts in place.
Written For www.CoachJon.com Singapore Personal Trainer & Fitness Expert
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