Mind Set

It occurs to me how much of all of this life style changing stuff is actually mind over matter. None of it is complicated, difficult or inherently challenging other than getting into the actual mind set of it all. Now obviously I have been committed to making changes probably since the back end of February, and a lot of things have been gradual, and its only really the last week that I have started doing things that make a LOT of impact.

And it's that where success is to be found, I remember when I lost all of the weight before, it was always so simple, mathematical even, calories in needs to be less than or at least equals to calories out, and this was always where when people would stop me and want all of my "secrets" the one thing I could never get across to them.

Obviously there is a underpinning knowledge to what I am doing, and out of safety an understanding of how to do physical acitivity safely, but none of that is anything that out of this world, or needs a degree for. I think this is an appropriate juncture to mention my very good friend Professor Paul Gately, who has taught me pretty much everything I know on this subject through going to, and then working on the Carnegie Weight Management Summer Camps, (www.more-life.co.uk) when I lost all of the weight before.

To me this process is simple as I said, its easy, "mathematical" but then controlling the mind set is possibly where the challenge will come in, and that, just like comfort eating is a bit of a spiral, so is the weight loss, a little bit of success spurns you on, and on and on. That's what the "Diet" industry really should try to bottle and sell, because that, certainly to me is the vital and key ingredient!