Re: A realization and sharing an article on affirmations

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Sue,

I really like the way they use this affirmation.

   Livingston

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To: insideoutweightloss

Sent: Sun, July 24, 2011 1:25:06 PM

Subject: A realization and sharing an article on

affirmations

 

Hi, Everyone.

The other night, I found myself bingeing on Pringles when I wasn't hungry

(and till I was in pain). I hadn't been bingeing before that so I

inquired what that was about--and I realized because I had some sort of

virus (flu like symptoms, aches and fatigue etc.) I was trying to give

myself energy.

In hindsight I should have just gone to bed...

But I had this " Aha " in the middle--didn't stop finishing the whole can as

my binge, but I did a double take. I was determined to FINISH the can

even though I knew I wasn't hungry and I knew it was for some other reason

than hunger (although at the time I didn't know it was fatigue and

irritability--I was a little confused that I wasn't sad or angry or the

usual things that would trigger me to eat emotionally)

The aha? Once I had started doing this, I wanted to PUNISH myself for

bingeing by eating to discomfort/pain. Later I apologized to my body

since I realized I was punishing HER, not " me " .

The next day I got back on track--in fact, I've been doing this exercise

where I am looking for instances where I judge my body, and then I put up

a mental image of a stop sign and choose something else to focus on that I

like about my body.

I thought my experience might help other people. And this is a great

article because I tend to go into " yeah, right! " mindset myself when I try

to affirm something like " I have a flat stomach " .

Blessings

Sue

Inner Weight Loss Thin Thoughts Daily E-zine - www.innerweightloss.com

Affirmations and Weight Loss: The Right Way to Do It

Affirmations for weight loss are a great way to start activating the Law

of Attraction and manifesting the slimmer, healthier body you desire.

However, there are right and wrong ways to go about it - or should I say

effective and ineffective ways.

Many people believe that just saying the words of the affirmation is

enough to magically melt away the pounds, but the words themselves hold no

power whatsoever. Instead, the most important element of an affirmation is

the way it makes you FEEL.

Consider for a moment the essence of what you are trying to accomplish

with your affirmations. The Law of Attraction is activated by your

dominant focus - which includes your most common thoughts, beliefs and

expectations. This dominant focus triggers corresponding emotions that let

you know exactly the type of outcome you are in the process of

manifesting.

If your dominant thoughts about your body are: " I hate my body. I hate

being fat. I hate feeling self-conscious. I hate feeling embarassed about

my body. I hate these excess pounds. " You can feel a strong, buzzing

essence of dissatisfaction and unhappiness flowing through you, right?

In order to manifest a slender, healthy body, you need to choose thoughts

that will make you FEEL the way you would feel if you did indeed have that

slender, healthy body.

One common approach to affirmations is to state them as if they were true

right now:

" I am slender, fit and healthy. I love my body exactly as it is. I wear a

size 5. I weigh 125 pounds. "

Just reading those affirmations probably gave you an idea of why they

won't always work for everyone - in the back of your mind you KNOW they

aren't true, so you feel a bit of resistance coming up. That resistance

will block the manifestation.

You can overcome this resistance by persistently reciting the affirmation

over and over, dozens of times a day. In time, you will eventually wear

away the resistance and start resonating on that frequency and manifest

the outcome.

But that's taking the long way around.

An easier way is to adjust your affirmations so that they feel better to

you right now.

Let's rewrite the above examples so you can see how a little tweaking

makes them feel so much more believable:

" It would feel so good to be slender, fit and healthy. I can imagine being

totally in love with my body. Wearing a size 5 would make me feel so sexy!

The ideal weight for me would be around 125 pounds; at that weight I would

feel very healthy and light. "

Notice that these affirmations are not contradicting your existing

beliefs, but at the same time they are helping you to TUNE INTO a

different vibrational frequency: that of a slender, light, healthy person.

To use affirmations for weight loss effectively, you need to choose

phrasing that makes you feel good when you say the words. If you feel

neutral, disbelief, anxiety or frustration when you recite the

affirmation, it needs to be adjusted further.

Keep going until you can FEEL the ESSENCE of what you are trying to

accomplish with the affirmation, whether it's lightness, freedom, joy,

self-love, empowerment, or any other quality. Saying the words should

trigger the corresponding emotion.

And when you trigger the corresponding emotion often enough, for long

enough, the manifestation must come!

Today's affirmation:

I can FEEL whether an affirmation is working for me, or not.