How to Be Forever Slim

Do you ever wonder how some people seem to never have a problem with weight? Or have you ever wished that you could be like that person who doesn't crave sweets or unhealthy foods - the person who, without even thinking about it, just eats healthy. Yes, there are some people with higher metabolisms who can eat McDonalds on a daily basis with no sign of weight gain, but there are many more who just naturally make healthy decisions for their body.

What goes through their mind as they walk through a grocery store? What makes them think like they do?

There's a huge amount of information about the brain, memory, and conscious and subconscious behavior. As I read articles on dieting and explored mental exercises for permanent weight loss, I began to connect what I knew as a researcher and hypnotist to what I learned about naturally thin people.

This article describes that connection. It details three characteristics of the mind that, once known, will help you more effectively apply the suggestions given in the many excellent articles and books about weight loss and dieting, thus allowing you to take those and more easily modify your behaviors to achieve your desired results.

There exists a screening device located at the base of our brain called a Reticular Activating System (RAS). This net-like group of cells helps to decide what we are to be conscious of as it filters out other information. It allows only vital and important sensory input into our conscious awareness.

For example, you are not aware of the shirt on your back until I mention it; or the temperature of the room, or all the sounds in your environment. Thankfully, this filter exists or else we'd go crazy having to acknowledge every color, every sensation, every blink of the eye, and so forth.

What makes understanding the RAS so interesting is that we can shift our focus such that we can become conscious of things normally blocked from our awareness. Just as mothers can hear the slightest "peep" from their babies over many other louder sounds, we can soon become aware of the healthy food choices normally overlooked in a grocery store, for example.

When you first started driving your new car, you thought that not many drove the same model. But soon you began to see these everywhere. People didn't rush out and buy the same car. They were always there. You just made it important to you and thus, your Reticular Activating System allowed that information through. Once you make eating healthy and exercise important enough to get through, you will be in a new world of ideas and positive behaviors.

I have a close friend who never eats anything the slightest bit unhealthy. We can walk through a grocery store and she will see healthy items - items that I know about and have eaten - that, for some reason, I never realized were even in the store despite my being there many, many times. She sees things that my mind doesn't register even though my eyes pass over it. But after being with her and seeing the things she saw, it was like the grocery store started carrying items seen only in a health food stores.

When being healthy becomes important enough to you, you will come across healthy recipes and food items that taste great and you'll wonder why you never considered these before. It's how your mind works. And it's not limited to food choices, but extends into all aspects of your life - your career, family, relationships, and so on.

I've hypnotized people and taken them to their youth. Some described episodes totally forgotten in their present memory, while others would not believe what they saw until a relative confirmed the experience. Under hypnosis, some people can accurately recall license plate numbers and other details of an accident they were previously unable to remember.

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