Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Good point Amie! Thanks! B. in SC > > I think it's the most effective to keep out pictures that we love as > motivators, rather than pictures we don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 Good point Amie! Thanks! B. in SC > > I think it's the most effective to keep out pictures that we love as > motivators, rather than pictures we don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2004 Report Share Posted December 20, 2004 That book really changed my life. it was recommended to me by a friend after my asthma got really bad and the doctors said i might never run marathons, especially like i did before, and was taking so many medications at the age of 30. I just knew and believed and now, I don't take any medications for asthma - occasionally I use my inhaler just to be safe - and last year I broke my PR for the marathon without even trying that hard. Anyway, I think sometimes it's still easy to fall back into negative thinking - that one weekend on here, I had my turn. But if things around us are positive, we have less of a reminder of that. If I am having a bad day, and I look up and saw a picture of myself that i am embarassed about, etc, it's easier to fall backwards into negativity than seeing good ones. Visualization is so powerful, too. When I am out running and feel like I can't go much farther, I think about this year's gold medalist Japanese marathon runner Mizuki Noguchi during the final miles of the marathon, face filled with pain and determination as she pushed through the hills and heat of Athens to finish first, or American Deena Kastor who pushed from 18th place to take the bronze. I don't care what anyone else says, it's what's inside ourselves that counts, all we have to do is make sure it's positive and what we really want. I also think the negative people in our lives should be gotten rid of or just ignored, as well. They can physically drain us and detract us from our goals, even make us question if we are right or not after enough of it! I have trouble with that from my family, who don't really support my sports and lifestyle. They just don't understand it. And so I'm thinking of moving to Colorado or back to California - for me, it's important to be around healthy people who are really 'into' fitness. I don't wnt to cut out my family, but I CAN try to find others and an environment that will be supportive of what I'm doing, who don't act like I'm obsessed (well, you sort of have to be) or crazy! -Amie From: Alice Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 11:29 AMTo: South-Beach-Diet-Getting-It-Right Subject: Picture Amie... This is wonderful advice... so very positive and consoling!! I couldn't agree more... Thanks for taking the time to express yourself so beautifully and meaningfully!! - ALice (<--- going to put away my chunky photos and replace them with the fit and fabulous ones.. ) Picture I think it's the most effective to keep out pictures that we love as motivators, rather than pictures we don't like. Another great book, "Excuse me your Life is Waiting" by Lynn Grabhorn talks about this exact thing. We need to focus on the things we want - not on the things we don't want - in our lives. If it's being thinner, fitter, etc, we need to not only visualize that, but also think about the way that would make you feel, be it being on the beach, being able to run 10 miles or just fitting into that dress we haven't worn in ages. It doesn't matter if you don't currently think it's possible to be a size 'whatever'. It doesn't matter if anyone else thinks it's not possible- your relatives, friends, doctors, strangers - anybody. The key is that you know in your heart, that's what you want. I don't think we should ever focus on the negative. Our thoughts and feelings are like magnets - we attract into our lives what we focus our thoughts and feelings on. I say, take the bad picture and put it in a shoebox somewhere. Fill your house and your mind with the good pictures!!! -Amie Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. For more on this WOE please read "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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