thats why i do yoga in addition to my cardio and lifting routines

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"what we think about ... comes about"
The power of possitive thinking is a wonderful thing!

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I take water aerobics and don't think much about the exercise. It is also a social thing. Maybe thinking about the muscles I am using would be better, but I would not stick with it if I had to do this all of the time.
I have been taking the aerobics classes at 7 am 2 days a week for the past 8 years and love it.

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There is one book that comes to my mind "Creative Visualization" Im pleased to see a greater emphasis (research) on the mind-body connection so that hopefully more of us will use these vast resources within our brains.

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The greatest diet aid is: incentive.

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Actually, for years, I have lost weight (not working out) e.g. 5-10 pounds, by CONCENTRATING on it. It works for me and I have never been obese or more than 7 or 8 pounds over what I WANT to be. I live in a two story home and make at least 20 trips up and down, a day. Also do my own housework in a 5 bedroom house. Yes, I love sweets and love to cook and indulge in all of it.

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So true. Ironically, as you think your way through a work out, you automatically breath slower, are relaxed, and are able to concentrate without external worries or complications. Staying focused is very beneficial. I, as well as many other people, use exercise as mediation or "mental downloading" time. Concentrating strictly on the action at hand, being able to filter and distinguish the true importances in life. Being healthy.

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To a certain extent I agree but we all have to learn self-discipline. Like any goal, it has to be important enough to achieve. I eat less by eating small meals each day...I believe we think too much about diets, food, weight...it's always on our minds and thrown in our faces on TV in magazines. We all need hobbies and other interest's that make us happy. We don't have to eat until we're full. Eat a small portion, get up, drink water and walk away. Don't fill the refridgerator so much...

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Another weight loss/exercise tip is to defeat 'defeatism'.
Remember that you're HUMAN and far from perfect. (or you wouldn't be needing to lose weight/exericise in the first place right?)

If you start a diet or exercise program and 'fall off the wagon' one day....don't give up, do not accept defeat....instead take a 'mulligan' and start fresh the next day.

If you eat that cheesecake and blow your diet, don't feel defeated.....feel human. Accept that you made a mistake today but vow to start fresh the next.

So many people feel defeated if they cheat on their diet/exercise program then convince themselves that the ONE mistake has ruined the entire goal. The "defeatist" attitude sinks in, their diet is blown forever and they give up.
NO.
Never give up!

Learn from your mistakes and start each day fresh and new......it WORKS, eventually you will achieve your goal as long as you do not become a 'defeatist'.

I weighed 210 pounds at 5'7"......I'm now 135 and I've maintained my weight loss for over 4 years.

I almost became a 'defeatist' but accepted that I'm human...I allowed sleep to wash away the sins of the day before......and continued on.
It would have been so easy to just QUIT!

I REFUSED to give up and I WON!!

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I totally agree and am going to get back to focusing on the body part as opposed to the reps or getting it over with. Hey, in a way its being in the moment and a form of meditation!

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