The Power of Thoughts on Weight Loss Results

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The Power of Thoughts on Weight Loss Results

Hey there, welcome to the eating habits for life podcast.

If you’ve been listening to the podcast, or you are receiving my weekly emails, you know by now that it’s not purely your actions that matter as far as changing your eating habits or loser it it’s also your thoughts.

Your mindset goes hand in hand with your thoughts, because mindset is just basically like a collection of thoughts or the way that you think about things.

And it’s also not just about thoughts and actions, but also emotions. Emotions greatly affect eating behaviors and also weight loss.

So I’ll explain how it all ties in together.

You have thoughts that occur in your brain and then these thoughts cause physical sensations in your body that are your emotions, your feelings. Feelings and emotions seem like they are taking over sometimes, but really what they are are just physical sensations in your body that are sent there from your brain. From your thoughts.

Are you following so far?

OK, so one thought creates one emotion in your body. It may seem like sometimes you have lots of different emotions going on in your body, you’re feeling lots of different things, but every one of those emotions is from a thought. So if you’re feeling three different emotions in your body, they’re from three different thoughts.

So you have one thought, creating physical sensations in your body which are an emotion, and those physical sensations cause either an action or inaction. So basically, your feelings, your emotions, cause you to do or not do something.

Now the action can either be super quick, very reactive, very automatic. Or it can be something that’s a little bit more slow or deliberate. And then an inaction, would just be not doing anything.

And then of course if you’re doing or not doing something that will result in something.

So let me just run through an example relating to eating and weight loss, so you can see the power of your thoughts on weight loss results.

Now envision this. You’re having a stressful day at work, putting out fires, rushing around, trying to meet the demands of other people. You just had lunch, but someone brings in cupcakes.

They offer you a cupcake and you have the thought “ohh I really want one, that will make this day better.”

Now, just a side note, We go through life not necessarily paying attention to every single little thought we have. So you may or may not be aware of some of these thoughts that you may have around food. And that’s actually where having a coach like myself is very valuable, because I help create awareness of these thoughts, and other thoughts that may be helping or harming you.

Once you have awareness, it’s much easier to than make a change to that thought if necessary. Which I also help you do. And I don’t mean going from a super negative thought to a super positive thought that is not believable to you. There are correct ways of going about it and in correct ways.

OK, since I went off on that little tangent let me just bring you back to your stressful day, where you just had lunch, and then someone offered you cupcakes and you had the thought that you really wanted one and that it would make the day better.

This thought might create a feeling of desire. Desire for the cupcake. Or it might create a different emotion in your body such as a feeling of anticipation. Anticipating how that cupcake will make you feel, or how you think it’ll make you feel.

My point is, that thought can create a different feeling, depending on the person.

And then when you have that feeling of desire or maybe anticipation, those feelings actually prime your muscles to reach out for the cupcake and eat it.

So our bodies were created to have emotions so that emotions actually drive your body to do or not do things. To actually make your nerves, muscles, tendons, ligaments, etc do or not do something.

So then when you do or not do something, that will always result in something.

And the results can be different for different people. So maybe after eating the cupcake despite already have eaten lunch, you might then feel overly full.

Or, your day feels temporarily better for about a hot second, but eating the cupcake didn’t really change anything. So that would be a result, you have some temporary pleasure, but then that temporary pleasure goes away.

Or maybe, if you were on a weight loss journey, the result would be that you’re not getting any closer to the weight loss results or the weight loss goal that you wanted.

Now, let me show you the power of your thoughts on your weight loss results in a positive way, by making a little shift to your thinking.

So we have the same situation, where you’re having a stressful day, you just had lunch, and someone offers you a cupcake. You look at the cupcake and you think that they look really good and the thought you’re having creates that feeling of desire.

There are lots of thoughts that you can have at this point to help you not act on that desire. An example one would be,” that cupcake will only provide a very temporary pleasure and is not worth delaying my weight loss goals.”

This thought would then create a different feeling, such as maybe restraint or disinterest. Those are emotions that would then create different actions, or in this circumstance maybe inactions. Like not reaching out for the cupcake and eating it. Maybe politely declining and walking away would be the action.

And then these would then have a different weight loss result. You wouldn’t be delaying your weight loss results. You would be proving to your brain that you don’t need the cupcake to make your day better. You’d also be proving to your brain that you’re perfectly capable of wanting a cupcake, but being able to just simply shift your thought to help you not eat the cupcake.

Because think about it, there are lots of things that we want to do, But we don’t necessarily act on it. That’s because our thoughts prevent us from acting on every little desire or impulse.

For example, if you saw your favorite celebrity that you’re physically attracted to on the street, you might have a desire to have a romantic moment with this person, but what prevents you from doing that? Your thoughts.

Your brain knows the potential consequence of doing something like that, and is like, “nah, not a good idea.”

And there’s lots of other examples I could give you in your life where you could have a desire, but not act on that desire. Well, you can do the same thing with food.

How do I know? Because this is my area of expertise. And I help my clients in this way., so that they can lose weight in a way that actually is sustainable. Because you actually change your way of thinking, and also i teach how to manage emotions, such as desire or an urge, or even stress or worry. And then of course the actions and inactions.

All of this makes changes in your brain. This is called neuroplasticity. The ability for your brain to actually change. That’s it in a nutshell at least.

So, if you want to change how you’re thinking about food, eating, different circumstances, your body, yourself so that you can more much more easily create the weight loss results you want, I can help.

You can do that by working directly with me via my 1:1 coaching program. To learn about that and see if it’s a good fit for you, just book a free consultation. You can do that right on my website, katemjohnston.com/consult or with the link in the episode description.

And if you’re completely new to me and aren’t ready to work together through coaching, then you can get my new free class called Lose Weight Simply. This is also on my website and I’ll link it on the episode page. This class is about losing weight without dieting, deprivation, and trying to rely on willpower. I teach you very simple ways to start eating with intention, not out of habit or due to emotions and cravings.

So either way, be sure to visit my website or the episode description and either get the free class or book your consultation.

The sooner you start, the sooner you can enjoy your lifelong results.

Alright, that’s what I have for you on the power of thoughts on weight loss results. Thanks for listening, take care.