Can You Tone Your Arms With Your Mind?
Getting arm tone took me a very long time. Thus, arm fat haunted me for a large portion of my life.
And the most difficult part of the whole arm tone war was an unstable level of motivation. Despite all my efforts, I could not stick with a program for a very long time.
And at times I would reach tipping points, throw my hands up in the air and give up all hope. Then, I would reward myself with endless cookies.
Luckily, I had a wakeup call one morning. I realized that this pattern of ups and downs was not sustainable.
As a result, I began searching for a way to maintain motivation and adherence to a program. The answer to my prayers was Dr David Burns MD. He created a method that revolved around the avoidance of cognitive distortions.
So without further delay, here are 3 cognitive distortions you need to avoid that you don't fall of the arm tone bandwagon:
1. All/Nothing distortions. These distortions provide the foundation for perfectionism. If you find yourself having to have the perfect day of dieting or not dieting at all, then you suffer from this distortion. Don't try to get everything right every single time. Don't worry about small hiccups and always keep moving forward.
2. Over-generalizing distortions. Just because you haven't been successful today doesn't mean you can't be successful tomorrow. You simply haven't found the right approach. Yet with this distortion, you assume that your past failures will keep on being your future failures. The key here is to keep on trying new things with a fresh outlook.
3. Mental filtering distortions. Make sure to always give yourself credit for the smallest of achievements. With this distortion you hardly focus on the positive and prefer to focus on the negative. If you have a test, for instance, and get 99 questions right and 1 wrong, you focus on the one you got wrong!
Keep the above distortions in mind and make sure you avoid them at all costs. Doing so will allow you to win the mental "arm tone" war. In the end, the person with the highest level of motivation always wins.
More importantly, however, is to develop the habit of rapid action. After all, this information will be useless unless you act on it quickly. - 17274
And the most difficult part of the whole arm tone war was an unstable level of motivation. Despite all my efforts, I could not stick with a program for a very long time.
And at times I would reach tipping points, throw my hands up in the air and give up all hope. Then, I would reward myself with endless cookies.
Luckily, I had a wakeup call one morning. I realized that this pattern of ups and downs was not sustainable.
As a result, I began searching for a way to maintain motivation and adherence to a program. The answer to my prayers was Dr David Burns MD. He created a method that revolved around the avoidance of cognitive distortions.
So without further delay, here are 3 cognitive distortions you need to avoid that you don't fall of the arm tone bandwagon:
1. All/Nothing distortions. These distortions provide the foundation for perfectionism. If you find yourself having to have the perfect day of dieting or not dieting at all, then you suffer from this distortion. Don't try to get everything right every single time. Don't worry about small hiccups and always keep moving forward.
2. Over-generalizing distortions. Just because you haven't been successful today doesn't mean you can't be successful tomorrow. You simply haven't found the right approach. Yet with this distortion, you assume that your past failures will keep on being your future failures. The key here is to keep on trying new things with a fresh outlook.
3. Mental filtering distortions. Make sure to always give yourself credit for the smallest of achievements. With this distortion you hardly focus on the positive and prefer to focus on the negative. If you have a test, for instance, and get 99 questions right and 1 wrong, you focus on the one you got wrong!
Keep the above distortions in mind and make sure you avoid them at all costs. Doing so will allow you to win the mental "arm tone" war. In the end, the person with the highest level of motivation always wins.
More importantly, however, is to develop the habit of rapid action. After all, this information will be useless unless you act on it quickly. - 17274
About the Author:
Author Katherine Crawford MS, a Harvard exercise physiologist and former flabby arms sufferer, is an expert on exercises for flabby arms for women. Discover how to get toned arms right now by exploring her website on arm flab.
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