The Mental Side Of Losing Arm Flab

By Katherine Crawford M.S.

For the most part, diet and exercise are not what holds women back from reaching their "lose arm flab" goal. The truth is that diet and exercise are actually the least important aspects of reaching sexy arm stardom!

In reality, there is so much information on diet and exercise floating around, that any woman could gain an insane amount of knowledge on the topics.

So, the top factor that hold women back from reaching their sexy arm goal, is a poor mental strategy.

This fluctuating motivation undermined my progress for a very long time. I used to read a lot of motivational books and listened to a lot of motivational speakers. I found, however, that these sources only provided temporary motivation that would always end up fading.

What was my saving grace? The one and only David Burns M.D. He wrote an excellent book which provided easy to use methods for optimizing thought processes. Central to his method, was the identification of major thought distortions.

So without further delay, here are some major things you need to look out for if you want lasting motivation when learning how to lose arm flab:

1. Pressure phrases. Unfortunately, the "pain is weakness leaving the body" culture we live in has perpetuated the existence of pressure phrases. Never tell yourself you "should, must or oughta" go workout. Doing so will make you feel pressured and apathetic. Over the long run, these types of phrases will murder your motivation.

2. Labeling phrases. Never give yourself a label when messing up. Labels indicate that there is something internally wrong with you which is NOT the case. So don't call yourself a "loser" or a "slob." Instead, describe the situational circumstances that led to the hiccup so that you can prevent it from happening again.

3. Minimization. Doing this will make you feel one inch tall. You see, with minimization you assume that your "true potential" is much smaller than it actually is. Always assume that you can do something, never assume that you can't. Test your distorted assumptions with action.

If you want to lose arm flab, you have to have the right mental game plan in place. Without it, your motivation is likely to fade with time. Keeping the above in mind, will bring you one step closer to constant motivation. - 31521

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