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GETTING IN A "ZONE" (Page2)
by Garrett J. Braunreiter, CSCS, The Energy Coach

The yo-yo dieter is a person who won't let go. "Oh, I've lost weight before, and I felt and looked really good. But I'm just afraid I'm not going to lose it. I don't know if I should do this anymore; I'll resign to living out of shape and unhealthy."


Your approach needs to be "ready, FIRE... aim!" You know what you want. Start IMMEDIATELY toward getting it. The path you take to get there will never stay the same. You'll go through hills and valleys, streams and oceans using your legs, a bike, a car, a plane, a boat. The point is, your destination must stay the same - stay focused on that. But how you get there will change along the way. Be flexible and keep going.

5. Means to an end. This person thinks, "I HAVE to lose 30 pounds in 90 days, or else I'll be miserable, life will suck, and I'll have no reason to be lean and fit."

(That darn number. Amazing how many people LET it be so powerful , how it controls some people's LIVES.)

Performance is rushed, forced. The result is failure.

Taking care of yourself, making money, having a balanced life, or whatever, is a process, a journey. A journey to ENJOY. Did you know there are more than FOUR DOZEN benefits of exercise and healthy eating?

When you take care of yourself every day, YOU ARE BENEFITING EVERY DAY. Less stress, more energy, increased self-confidence, reduce risk of disease, yada, yada. You know what I'm talking about.

But too many people won't consider that. They're concerned about what's on the surface.

So you didn't lose a pound this month. There will be times like that. SO WHAT. How do you feel? How do your clothes fit? How's your energy? THAT is what matters.

Whatever the goal is, DON'T FORCE IT. If you're doing the right things, RESULTS WILL HAPPEN.

Review these mental blocks again. Be aware of them and take a self-awareness audit to see if they're causing you to come up short of reaching your full potential.

When you're in a zone, you feel:

1. Optimistic You feel good about yourself and what's going on. You welcome challenge and are confident about the outcome.

2. Focused You're totally involved with what you're doing right now, mind and body. YOU ARE IN CONTROL.

3. Flow There's an automatic, natural flow between mind and body. Success is not a struggle anymore - it's expected and effortless.

4. Energized Like a second wind. You're relaxed and mentally alert. You're healthier, have high energy, and more ALIVE.

You already know the power of suggestion. We not only have the ability to replay past experiences as if they're happening again, we also have the ability to create our own movies in our minds and pre-play the future.

Since the mind can't distinguish between a real experience and one that is repeatedly and vividly imagined, we are, in a sense, the screenwriter, director, producer, and main character. You can make your movie as awesome as you want, or you can make it a soap opera.

So it all depends on the messages we give ourselves before, during, and after our daily activities. Champions perform in the zone because they are disciplined thinkers. They understand the relationship between how they think and how much pressure they put on themselves.

They know that the real pressure that people feel, is that pressure they place on themselves.

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