Ask yourself this question: can you really be your perfect weight?

Do you really feel like it’s possible for you? Or do you feel like it could be possible without the struggle of having to obsess about exercise and diet?

If you’re in the 7% of the U.S. population that exercises regularly and is able to maintains a healthy weight without any problem and no mental anguish, great. You can stop reading now.

But, if you are like most people, you aren’t at your ideal weight. Or even if you are, it’s a constant struggle to stay there.

So, if you know being your perfect weight will make you pain free, energetic, confident, fit comfortably into clothes, why aren’t you there now? Why isn’t it as easy as setting a goal and reaching it?

Is it really even possible to become your perfect weight and stay there? Or will you be stuck in this pattern for life?

To understand this, you must first realize what happens after we set a goal.

We have two parts of our mind, our conscious mind and our subconscious mind. When we set a goal to be 145 pounds that idea gets impressed into our conscious mind. We are conscious of our goal.

So, why then do we grab extra cookies in the evenings or why do we succumb to the extra treats at work or why do we skip our exercise class, even though we know we SHOULD eat healthy and exercise?

Because in addition to our conscious mind, we also have our even more powerful subconscious mind. This is where our old patterns and beliefs are stored.

If you’re struggling with your weight, there is some pattern or belief in your subconscious mind that is keeping you stuck.

Think of your mind like an iceberg. If you look at an iceberg on top of the water, it is enormous. But, what’s even more amazing is that 2/3 of that iceberg is actually underneath the water. So, even though the top part of the iceberg stands out and seems huge, the bottom is twice as big as the top.

So, even though you feel like setting a goal in the conscious mind should make the change, only when you make a change to your more powerful subconscious mind (or past beliefs) can you really make any headway.

Here’s a few examples of those past beliefs that may be keeping you stuck.

Let’s say you have wanted to reach your goal weight, but dreaded the thought of giving up chocolate. You think that if you have to give up chocolate to get there, it just isn’t worth it.

But, think about it, do you know anyone who eats chocolate and is at a healthy weight? So, where did you get that belief that eating chocolate equals gaining weight?

The same belief can be said about bread. For awhile it was a real scare that if you ate bread, you would gain weight. But, anyone who’s been to France knows that’s simply not true.

Your thoughts are incredibly powerful. If every day you thought about how eating chocolate or bread will cause you to gain weight, you get to be right, they will. Your mind attracts whatever it is you think about most.

Anxiety over weight comes from fear. Fear is (False Evidence Appearing Real). Or that if you do “x,” “y” consequence will come about. Most of the time these x’s and y’s aren’t true.

Here’s a few more examples:

If you don’t exercise for 60 minutes a day, you can’t reach your ideal weight. So, then what happens when you get busy or life gets in the way? You surrender to the fact that you just can’t do it.

But, do you know someone who is their ideal weight that doesn’t work out 60 minutes a day?

Not that we want to compare ourselves to other people, but it’s important realize that a lot of the beliefs we have about ourselves come from past patterns and are in fact, not true.

Feeling stuck or frustrated with your progress can also cause you to look outside yourself for what you need:

“If I just had a chef, then I could eat healthy!”
“If I could just work part time, then I’d have time to work out!”
“If I had more money, then I could afford a trainer and get in shape!”

But, you probably know people that have all of these things and are healthy and people that have all of the above things and are overweight or have a lot of anxiety concerning their weight.

Just having “the thing” or having something outside of you, won’t cause a change. The change happens with a shift is made inside YOU!

Sometimes we halt our progress because we worry that we might not reach our goal. So, because we fear failure, we either don’t set the goal or give up before we might get disappointed.

As a perfectionist growing up, sometimes I would be afraid to try something for fear I wouldn’t do it “perfect!”

But, now I’ve begun to realize that my thinking actually keeps me stuck.

Another reason we might give up on being our goal weight is because of all of the “work” it might take to get there. This thought pattern that it will be “work” to get there comes from the same erroneous thinking that tells us if we eat chocolate, we’ll gain weight.

So, how do you get rid of past beliefs and patterns, so you can reach your goals?

The best way is to identify what they are and then go through a process of releasing them.

This can be done through reading books, meditation, hypnosis or meeting one-on-one with a trained professional.

You can also use a structured program of release such as the 30-Day Transformation Program.

Choose whatever method works for you knowing the real long term change happens when you uncover the patterns that have halted your weight loss or the erroneous thinking that keeps you obsessing about your body.

Peace and blessings,
Jeanie