Have you tried on your swimsuit yet? If you have and it appears to have shrunk in the wardrobe funny how they do that, isn’t it?), then maybe it’s time to start thinking of getting in shape for summer. The good thing about dieting at this time of year is a) Salad feels better in summer than winter and b) you have a defined goal – looking great in your swimsuit, or more probably not looking awful in it.
This may sound harsh, but in hypnotherapy we talk about goals being either ‘towards’ or ‘away from’ AKA carrot and stick. So towards might be: ‘I want to look great’ whereas away from is: ‘I don’t want to embarrass myself on the beach’. Some people are more away from, others more towards, but in the main, when it comes to weight loss, it’s ‘away from’ that tends to be more effective.
How do you apply this? Get an image in your mind of how you don’t want to look on the beach this summer and concentrate. If you want an even more effective, but a bit cruel, motivator, find a picture of yourself looking not so good and pin this where you can see it. Awful but effective!
Special offer on Summer Weight Loss
As it is almost bikini season, I am offering my Bikini Panic Diet Kit at a special price of £19.99. The kit includes a food plan, shopping list, recipes and tips, plus an exclusive hypnotherapy CD. It’s as close to the pack I give my one-to-one clients as possible, but at a fraction of the price and convenient if you live outside London. Give it a try if you want this summer to be the one when you are proud of your snaps. FIND OUT MORE
If you’ve failed on diets before, it’s easy to lose hope.
