| Affirmations are simply a statement of what you wish | | | | fire a thought pattern (or repeat an affirmation), the |
| to achieve, crafted in such as way as to help you | | | | more rapidly it will become 'hard wired' as a neural |
| change your thoughts and feelings about yourself and | | | | pathway in your brain. So the more often you can |
| overcome any internal resistance you may have to | | | | consciously repeat your affirmation with vivid imagery |
| achieving your goal. | | | | and positive feelings, the sooner it will work for you. In |
| For best results these affirmations should be repeated | | | | general the best times to practice are first thing in the |
| many times, along with vivid imagination of your thinner | | | | morning and as you are drifting off to sleep at night. |
| self and the associated feelings of joyful success. | | | | These are times when you are naturally in 'trance like' |
| Here are my five top tips to get you started on the | | | | state and highly receptive to messages of change. |
| road to finding the thinner you. | | | | 4. Speak it into existence - Saying your affirmations |
| 1. Be honest with yourself - The first and most | | | | out loud and if possible also using your own name, is a |
| important step you can take is to gently raise your | | | | powerful tool because it allows your mind to recognise |
| awareness of some of the unhelpful or downright | | | | the authority and authenticity of your own voice and |
| horrible things that you regularly say to yourself about | | | | that is always of value. There are all sorts of ways |
| your size and shape. For example " I hate the size of | | | | you can do this. I worked with a lady recently who |
| my thighs", or " I look disgusting". Take a piece of | | | | loved to make up little rhymes and tunes and sing her |
| paper and fold it in half lengthways. On one side write | | | | affirmations as she was going about her day. Or, you |
| down those unhelpful statements. Bringing them out | | | | could leave yourself a voicemail message on your |
| into the clear light of day will help you to see how they | | | | phone, or even make yourself a simple recording that |
| have been slowing you down and will give you the | | | | you could play at bedtime. It doesn't have to be |
| chance to change your self-talk something more | | | | complicated or expensive, even just speaking your |
| positive that reflects what you do want. Be realistic | | | | positive statement out loud will be effective. |
| here, remember your unconscious mind has to be | | | | 5. Feel the emotion Or if that doesn't come naturally to |
| willing to consider your statement as real if this is to be | | | | you then 'borrow' the emotion from another time in |
| an effective strategy for you. | | | | your life when your feelings of success were strong, |
| 2. Write it down. Quite simply this makes them much | | | | then concentrate on the picture of what you want |
| harder for you to ignore and the very act of writing | | | | together with the associated positive at the same time. |
| out what you want gives you another chance to | | | | Another useful tip here is to close your eyes and |
| choose the very best for yourself. It's also important to | | | | imagine yourself living your affirmation, looking out |
| write down why you want to be slimmer. Not only will | | | | through your own eyes, as well as looking on. This is a |
| this be a sign of your commitment to change, it will also | | | | great way of bringing all of your senses into play and |
| give you really good guide for writing effective | | | | of really getting into the feeling of what you want. |
| affirmations. After all the more personal and specific | | | | Last but not least, expect to see evidence of change, |
| you can make your affirmations, the more effective | | | | whatever your next steps are to Finding the Thinner |
| they will be for you. | | | | You, I wish you well. Remember that the most |
| 3. Regular Repetitions - Psychologists tell us that it can | | | | important step you can take is in recognising the need |
| take up to 21 days to change a neural pathway in the | | | | to change, every step that follows after that gets |
| brain and we also know that the more frequently you | | | | easier and easier! |