Sunday, October 14, 2012

Self vs. Self Image

I wanted to touch on this subject today and I sort of touched on it before.  But, I think that it's such an important subject and a HUGE part of the weight loss journey--YOUR WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY!

Some want to change their body for all of the wrong reasons.  If you are one that is on a weight loss journey, ask yourself this question, "Why do I want to lose weight?"  Please really, really think about it.  What is REALLY motivating you to lose weight?   This is one of the very first questions I ask a client that has hired me to train them.   I need to know what is motivating them.  What is motivating you? 

It is important to truly understand your motivating factor(s) behind what your motivation is in this journy.  Because if in fact the motivation is coming from the wrong place(s), this can become a toxic journey for you, or a journey wherein you may not learn anything about yourself - because OH this journey can BE an awakening for you. Lastly it could be a journey that will lead to a dead end.  My job is to help this journey be a success for you.  My job is to help you see what your true potential is. I take it pretty hard when my clients fail.  Some I have had to let go as clients. Why? I have had to do this because I know they are not doing it for the right reasons and they are truly not even present when I'm training them.  When they leave our session, that session didn't mean anything to them. It was robotic. They basically just went through the motions.  Now, some trainers may not care about that.  They are just 'training' their clients and collecting their money.  I AM NOT THAT KIND OF TRAINER.  Your mind is a part of your body.  YOUR SOUL IS YOU.  So if your mind, your soul are not aligned that tells me I have work to do with you there FIRST before I can train your body.  That is what sets me apart and I TRULY believe this is so important.
After training these two beauties (my friend Angela on the right - breast cancer SURVIVOR!)

So let's get back to something basic.  Self vs Self Image.  Do you know the difference?   Self image is how OTHERS look at you, your outer appearance.  Self is how YOU look at yourself.   I want to encourage you to do something.  Now, it may be tough at first if you do not believe in yourself.  But believing in yourself is an EXERCISE that one should do daily just as if they were working out to lose weight.  These two things go hand in hand.  But, I want you to go look in the mirror.  Take a deep breath and say to yourself while looking yourself straight in the eyes, "I am beneath NO ONE.  I am WORTHY of a truly happy life. I am, me and I love me. I AM  a masterpiece."  Do this everyday until you believe this and feel this throughout your entire being.  One of the things I would like to invite you to do if you are having some trouble with this.  Take up yoga.  Yoga will truly help you to learn how to BE.  Be in balance and harmony with your mind and your body, your soul.  Yoga will help you to get centered.  So many of us, and A LOT OF US are NOT centered.  Yoga will train your mind and body to be in the moment.  Try some yoga, be consistent with it.  Let me know in a couple of months how you feel.  Let me know how this practice in the mirror is going.  I want to know.  Because YOU are special and YOU matter.  When you do THIS WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, every single bit of it...YOU HONOR YOURSELF!


So let's get back to the title of this article.  Self? What does self mean?  Self is who you see yourself as. Not how other's do, how YOU do.   How do you see yourself?  Saying those words, truths, meanings to yourself and really believing it will truly help you in this journey.  If you don't believe in yourself then we have to figure out why.  Because NO MATTER what has happened to you, doesn't define what will happen to you in THIS moment or in the future.  See, here's the thing, I want you to say this out loud, seriously, ok get back up, go back to that mirror and say these truths, "I AM NO GREATER THAN THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK."  Say these words because it is true.


Now wait, are you projecting in life your  IMAGE or your real self?  Do you work in life from your core? Most do not.  So in the journey if you are not working from your real self, there could be some failures and more of that 'being hard on yourself' thing going on with you and you have done enough of that to yourself, you have got to stop it.  Getting back to you, your true self, your core has got to come out to make THIS work.

Do you love yourself?  Do you? Do you REALLY?  When you are in love with someone, so in love, is there anything wrong with your life? NO...You are in a state of bliss aren't you.  YES!  When you are in love with someone you want to be the best you can be don't you! YES.  You are on cloud 9!  Now, imagine that being in love feeling and projecting it into you -- loving yourself! Do you see where I am going with this?  You do don't you.  When you truly LOVE YOURSELF - nobody, NOTHING can get in your way.  Use that love , that love energy and become THE BEST YOU CAN BE FOR YOU!


Once you can get to your true self and and can come from a place of conviction, motivation, and an unstoppable attitude, this weight loss journey is going to be one that you will succeed in.  Then when I ask you the question as to what is motivating you to lose weight, you can answer that you are doing this FOR YOU because YOU are worthy of a healthy body and mind.  You are worthy of feeling good about yourself.  YOU are worthy of having an abundance of healthy energy to LIVE and be happy.  When you don't believe in yourself, you then look to someone else to believe in you for your. That is what I call BANKRUPTCY OF THE SOUL. You put your entire worth in someone else's hands.  THAT IS BANKRUPTCY OF THE SOUL.  Don't do it.  Practice that self talk and believe in yourself.  FEED YOUR SOUL.  Have that talk with yourself. 


I want to leave you with just these things I have shared and go no furthere in this article.   Let me know your thoughts.  Come back and talk to me, tell me how yoga went.  Tell me if that talk you are having with yourself in the mirror is helping you.   You ARE WORTHY! NOW -- GET YOUR LIFE!

With love,
That Gym Girl

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