Did you know that "laughing" is a great weight loss booster? Yep, it's true!!! So when you are doing great on your weight loss journey or when you are struggling the best thing you can do is, LAUGH Ha Ha Ha!!! Here are a few reasons why: - *Humor stimulates both sides of your brain and shuts off the flow of harmful stress hormones (epinephrine, cortisol, and dopamine) responsible for your increased weight-gain
- *Laughter is a true internal jogging: it increases your breathing, your body temperature, your metabolism, your heart rate, and your pulse
- *Laughter is great aerobics: it provides a good workout for your midsection and your diaphragm, boosts your blood flow and increases your body's ability to use oxygen to burn off more calories
- *Laughter is an all over body workout; it massages your abdominal organs, improves your intestinal functioning, tones and strengthens your facial, respiratory, leg, and back muscles
- *Laughter increases your energy and self-esteem, making you more likely to perform physical activities that you might otherwise avoid
- *Ten minutes of hearty laughter daily would burn an average of five pounds a year (I know this does not sound like a lot, but most adults gain at least 10 lbs a year, this takes care of half of that weight gain)
Ok, so I am a Weight Watcher addict meaning I've done it a thousand times and haven't ever been to my goal weight. Every pound in the past has been a feel good "tease." I truly believe this time will be MY success story. Not only do I yearn for success, but I feel like my mind is in the game. BUT-not succeeding in the past has made me want to look for the reason for the weight. Although I love the taste of food I know it's not the underlying cause for my "obesity." I decided as hokey as it sounds that I would look up Dr. Phil's 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom:
- *Key #1: Right Thinking
Lay aside self-defeating, invalid mindsets that do not work. They have the power to keep you from making different choices or developing new behaviors. Too often, we let these negative notions go unchallenged, and we act as though they were true. You must monitor what you're thinking and challenge whether it is true. If it's not working, replace it with thinking that works. - *Key #2: Healing Feelings
Overcome emotional overeating by managing inappropriate reactions to stress; solving problems rather than dwelling on them; changing self-defeating thoughts, since more often than not, feelings follow thoughts; gaining closure on unfinished emotional business; and learning new ways to cope without resorting to food. - *Key #3: A No-Fail Environment
Design your world so that you can't help but succeed. This involves removing temptations to eat and rearranging your schedule in order to avoid or minimize triggers to overeat.
- *Key #4: Mastery Over Food and Impulse Eating
There's only one reason why you haven't changed the bad stuff in your life. You're getting something out of it. I'm not saying that you're getting something healthy or positive, but people do not continue in situations, attitudes or actions that do not give them a payoff. This key helps you identify those payoffs, unplug from them, and replace bad habits with healthy behavior. - *Key #5: High-Response Cost, High-Yield Nutrition
To lose weight, you must choose foods that support good behavioral control over your eating, that is, high-response cost, high-yield foods, organized into a moderate, balanced, calorie-controlled plan to ensure weight loss. - *Key #6: Intentional Exercise
Prioritize regular exercise into your life most days of the week — walking, jogging, aerobic dance classes, yoga, playing a sport, or lifting weights. Exercise does more than simply burn calories; it changes your self-perception so you stop labeling yourself as a couch potato. - *Key #7: Your Circle of Support
Surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people who want you to lose weight and succeed at your health and fitness efforts.
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