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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Lose Arm Flab With Your Mind

By Katherine Crawford M.S.

Ok, you do need to diet and exercise in order to lose arm flab. BUT, for most women, diet and exercise aren't the rate limiting factors when it comes to getting rid of the jiggle.

In reality, there is so much information on diet and exercise floating around, that any woman could gain an insane amount of knowledge on the topics.

So, the top factor that hold women back from reaching their sexy arm goal, is a poor mental strategy.

You see, a poor mental strategy will lead to massive undulations in motivation. And keeping a high level of motivation all the time is the key to sexy arm stardom. I grappled with this issue for a very long time. But I found a cure.

My cure? Dr. David Burns. He created an outstanding method based on cognitive therapy that virtually anybody can use to change their thought processes indefinitely. After learning and applying his method, I was able to maintain high levels of motivation for very long periods of time.

So without further ado, here are 3 major cognitive distortions you need to know today so that you have motivation tomorrow:

1. Coercive statements. The "no pain no gain" attitude that pervades our culture has kept this type of cognitive distortion alive and kicking. If you find yourself saying, "I should exercise today" or "I must exercise today", stop immediately. Should and must are coercive words that will make you feel pressured and will eventually kill your desire to keep moving forward.

2. Label statements. If you mess up with your diet one day and call yourself a "loser" or a "failure", you are well on your way to motivational breakdown. The issue here is that abstract labels imply that there is something internally wrong with you. For example, how do you fix a loser or a failure? You can't because these terms are immovable and set in stone.

3. Minimizing statements. This type of distortion will make you go from warrior to worrier. Why? Because when you minimize, you see your potential as being much much smaller than it actually is. Do you know anyone that seems to have everything going for them but is constantly putting themselves down? This would be a minimizer. The key here is to not assume you don't have what it takes until you've actually tried.

If you want to lose arm flab, you have to have the right mental game plan in place. Without it, your motivation is likely to fade with time. Keeping the above in mind, will bring you one step closer to constant motivation. - 17274

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