| Meditation is without a doubt the most important | | | | techniques, is you learn to combat stress, instead |
| step you can do to lose weight. How can a | | | | of allowing stress to combat you. Stress is |
| sedentary activity help you lose weight? We all | | | | reaching epidemic proportions and so is |
| know that we need to eat less and exercise | | | | overeating, the anti-stress response for tens of |
| more: so why are there now 200 million | | | | millions of people. Marcella Bakur Weiner, Ph.D., |
| Americans overweight? We are neglecting the | | | | psychologist and adjunct professor at Marymount |
| most critical aspect of successful weight loss - | | | | Manhattan College in New York says, "We have |
| our minds. If your mind/body were a business, | | | | developed an automatic reflexive reaction: We |
| your mind would be the CEO and your body | | | | feel stress—we turn to food. We eat and |
| would be the subordinate employee following | | | | overeat without thinking about the choices we're |
| orders. Meditation increases your self-awareness | | | | making." Meditation is a means to give your brain |
| so you're more in sync with what you're doing. By | | | | a true vacation from anxious thoughts and |
| bringing your body, mind and spirit into focus, | | | | achieve a heightened awareness by eliminating |
| meditation helps you achieve your weight loss | | | | distractions that deter you from reaching the |
| goals. Instead of eating mindlessly, you become | | | | weight loss goals you truly desire. |
| mindful of your actions which results in the | | | | When you meditate, you concentrate on your |
| 'domino effect' of increasing your minds ability to | | | | breathing while dismissing any distracting thoughts. |
| fine tune what your body really needs instead of | | | | This takes practice. After about 10 minutes a day |
| what it wants. You may want to eat cake, but | | | | of practice, you'l1 soon be able to get your mind |
| your body's needs would be better met with | | | | off of food in any stressful situation. If you slow |
| eating one of the 2 - 4 pieces of fruit | | | | down enough to meditate, you'll find you'll want to |
| recommended by the food guide pyramid. | | | | eat healthy and exercise. As an added benefit |
| Practicing meditation on a daily basis can both | | | | you'll sleep better and reclaim energy that will |
| eliminate cravings for foods that sabotage your | | | | direct you to rediscover the powerful vision of |
| health and increase your motivation to walk the | | | | your healthy self within. |
| path to wellness. After all, a journey of 1000 miles | | | | When you combine meditation, with breathing and |
| begins with the first step. | | | | positive visualization, you possess a powerful |
| Losing weight is so much more than sweating, | | | | weight loss tool that's available to you 24/7 that's |
| jumping up and down or lifting weights to burn | | | | easy and effective at helping you achieve your |
| calories and restricting what you eat. Until you | | | | goals. Consider any famous athlete, like the golfer, |
| make up your mind to do it, really DECIDE to do | | | | Tiger Woods whose ability to visualize exactly |
| it, your attempts will be futile. Something magical | | | | what he must do each time he swings his club is |
| happens when you meditate. Just like an aerobics | | | | paramount to being the greatest golfer of our |
| instructor's heart gets stronger every time they | | | | time. Prior to every game, Michael Jordon would |
| teach a class, your mindset to lose weight gets | | | | visualize exactly what he needed to do with his |
| stronger each time you meditate. You become | | | | feet and hands to become the legend that he did. |
| the exclusive master of your mind and your body | | | | This powerful combination is the missing link in |
| will dutifully obey rewarding you with a fuller, | | | | your diet that will increase your ability to put your |
| more functional life and slimmer, sexier body. | | | | weight loss plan into action and encourage you to |
| Another benefit to meditating, especially when it's | | | | take charge of your life. |
| combined with stress releasing breathing | | | | |