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Sovereign Michael Valentine
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Special Report #16
Part of the
“I see you to succeeding"
series
Healthier Behaviors:
Over
the last couple decades, I've had the pleasure of helping a lot of
people who succeeded with their fat loss goals and sustained them, as
well as some who couldn't seem to get past the launch.
What
we're talking about in terms of healthy, sustainable, long term fat
loss is replacing "not so healthy" behaviors with health-ier behaviors.
One
of the gems I've learned that helps assure success (but which also can
be used as a likely determiner of future success), is whether or not a
person is willing to replace an unhealthy behavior with a healthier one,
before giving up the unhealthy one.
In other words, most unhealthy
behaviors are coping mechanisms for [stress that may not even be
occurring anymore]. If you think of a war veteran who drinks alcohol and does
drugs to block out the images of war you get the idea. The war is over,
but the coping mechanisms continue.
Ultimately the coping mechanisms
(unhealthy behaviors) take a toll on the body and mind too...in other
words the coping mechanism that feels like relief in the short term ultimately kills the body and mind.
With
people who have a lot of fat to lose, (more than 30% body composition),
there is often an all-or-nothing mentality combined with a
rush-procrastinate emotionality.
In other words, I have found that if a
person hasn't been supplementing with the BNBBs for at least 30 days,
going cold turkey on SADCRAP (junk food), rarely works beyond three months, let alone three weeks!
SO, I suggest
increasing the nutrient density in the body (new, healthier behavior),
before eliminating the unhealthy behavior (SADCRAP). I can tell when someone isn't likely to stick to their program when I suggest to them to continue with their SADCRAP
habits for a month, but they go ahead and quit cold turkey anyway...it
just doesn't work.
Will-power is a function of a highly nourished brain.
You can have the "idea" of will-power but lack the fuel to carry it out
(ideas and behaviors are different parts of the brain).
Until the brain
has enough nutrition density and consistently enough, you won't be able
to over ride the impulse to withhold junk food that has been acting as
an emotional crutch (coping mechanism).
SADCRAP is highly addictive and
an antidote is nutrition density. Without enough nutrition density the
brain still "perceives" SADCRAP as an emotionally satisfying / good
thing. So the undernourished brain likes the idea of will-power, isn't
fueled enough to behave willfully, and doesn't have enough emotional
fortitude to withhold the junk food nor remember to take the supplements
(BNBBs) which would balance it all out.
Once the brain has enough
nutrition density, SADCRAP is about as appealing as cardboard.
So, yes, I
am saying that eating junk food is an outward sign of a brain that
doesn't have enough nutrition built up, for itself.
The all-or-nothing
idea relates to someone who doesn't live an average healthy life but
suddenly begins to exercise excessively for their goals.
An example
would be giving the homework of doing a 1/2 mile walk, but then during
the next session being told that the client instead walked 12 miles the
first day, but didn't feel like walking again on subsequent days. The
rush-procrastinate phenomena in relation to fat loss is when the client
suddenly realizes they want to LOSE WEIGHT NOW, but once they get their
assigned workouts, get too busy with life to find time to do the one
hour workout 5x / week...then a few days later they kinda' come out of
the "cloudedness" of being too busy to take care of themselves, say
they're in a hurry for a new workout and once received, get too busy
again.
The
point being that the primary factor for healthier behaviors is you have
to make a non-negotiable contract with your spirit, the same as any
other business contract...we're talking personal integrity, here.
Before you can successfully remove unhealthy
habits, you literally have to make appointments with yourself to eat
whole food, take your supplements and exercise properly for your goals.
If you don't, the
unhealthy behaviors take precedence because they have already been well
established as unconscious habits... which don't require the brain to be
fueled to carry them out! Nutrition density (BNBBs), make it much easier
to build healthy habits, since they tend to / seem to (for lack of
better term) balance the emotional center of the brain so that we
unconsciously gravitate toward healthier food choices, activities and
circles of influence.
To not have the BNBBs on board would be like
trying to force a horse to drink...bass-ackwards!
Attempting to use your
"will-power" without having nutrition density in the brain is the same
as trying to take a road trip without fueling up your car ahead of time.
SO! HINT-HINT... If long term success is what you want, add new
healthier behavior(s) before taking away the unhealthy behavior!
By
doing so, the usual psychological stressors and perceptions of
deprivations are mostly eliminated, thereby making the transition
easier and success more likely.
Notice: Do you experience the
all-or-nothing attitude or the rush-procrastinate emotionality?
Success
in any endeavor is about averages over the long run, so being "up" and
gung-ho in the moment but not following through is a symptom of impulse
control.
As adults we can choose to manage impulsivity in relation to fat
loss, by simply sticking to the plan whether it seems convenient or
not...all new habits and skills feel unfamiliar in the beginning...even
the ones tied to goals we want to achieve...getting something different
requires behaving differently!
I can tell you from my own experience as
a previously sugar addict, the BNBBs make ALL the difference in the
world.
Do it now, do it consistently!
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