In keeping with my last post, “The Unconscious Mind”, I am setting some short and long term goals. According to Tom Venuto (see earlier post again), a good goal must be specific, measurable, personal (emotionally attached), positive, and deadline-driven. It should be written as an affirmation in the present tense - as if you have [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2009 by hotwings
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I have been reading about the power of setting goals in Tom Venuto’s The Body Fat Solution. The unconscious (sub-conscious) mind is fascinating. Our brains are like a goal-seeking supercomputers. Like a computer, we can program and re-program our brains. Because of this, our minds work like a guidance system - like a torpedo that [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2009 by hotwings
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Last weekend was my son’s 8th birthday. We went to a city about 2.5 hours away so that we could go to the zoo and stay overnight in a hotel. So, that night I decided to have my free meal for the week - I usually save it for the weekend. I was really hoping [...]
Posted on September 5th, 2009 by hotwings
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Have you ever seen one of those movies or shows where the person is trying to make a tough choice, and they show a little angel self sitting on one shoulder and a little devil self on the other? That about sums up how I feel every now and then.
For example, yesterday I stopped to [...]
Posted on August 21st, 2009 by hotwings
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The majority of this entry was posted on the 3FC forums earlier today. But, as it sums up what I have learned so far quite nicely, it will be my first post here.
July 5, 2009 I started on my final weight loss journey. I know it is the final journey. I have changed dramatically in [...]
Posted on August 17th, 2009 by hotwings
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