Act As If
Get out of “if…then” thinking. Many people are guilty of this “If…Then” thinking when it comes to our bodies. We never stop and enjoy – Now.
In the book, Drive by Daniel Pink he talks about this in relation to management and leading a team in a company. This was interesting stuff which I immediately started to think how I could apply it in our business. He talks about using intrinsic motivators as the way to drive people to give their best long term instead of using “If….Then” motivators or extrinsic motivators.
And then I realized this is also a very powerful concept to use with my clients and the people I coach. In his book, he touches on using this with your health and weight loss as well and it made me think….
Many women are in the mindset of “If…Then.” Especially when it comes to the scale- “If” I weigh X “then” I’ll feel good. Feel Good starting NOW and start to act as if! Start to tune in to how you feel and the intrinsic motivation you have to drive yourself to accomplish what you want to accomplish.
I was actually reminded of this recently because I have a Red Covertible Toyota Solara that I have had for 6 years. It is paid off and I still enjoy it. For my birthday recently I decided to get it all fixed up and get all of the evidence of anything I had ever backed into removed(I am infamous for backing in to things…). For the 6 years I have owned it I had accumulated quite a few dings and I hadn’t been parking it in our garage. I started to think….eventually when I get my next new nice car then I’ll take care of it. But then I realized that I was using “If…Then” thinking. “If” I had a new, nice car, “then” I will park it in the garage and take care of it. I decided that I would get my Toyota fixed up, looking brand new and start parking it in the garage and treat it exactly AS IF it is my brand new dream car. It is amazing how instantly my car now feels like a brand new dream car to me.
This is the same as your body. You will never enjoy your body, if you keep putting off enjoying it until….you weigh X amount of weight or until you are a size such and such….
Are you guilty of “If…Then” thinking? Start to catch yourself and change your mental dialogue. Enjoy your fit female body today and start acting as if and really tune in to how it feels to be fit and feel good about yourself!
Re read the Fit Female Credo in my first book, The Female Body Breakthrough, and keep yourself focused on making progress but also enjoying the progress you have made so far.
