The Diet Guy

Letter To Yourself

Please don't read this exercise below and think it sounds good but then don't do it. I promise you this is so useful and really can help you but does need about half an hour's effort to do it. I hope you do give it a go and let me know how you get on, if you want to!

Ok sit down with a pad and then write out

1. What exactly is happening with your diet/weight at present?

2. What would you rather happen instead ?

3. When did you first realise that you wanted this new goal ?

4. What have you already been doing to get your goal ?

5. What are you going to continue to do to get to your goal ?

6. What are you going to stop doing immediately which is stopping you from getting to your goal ?

Now pick a time in the future, this may be a special event you have planned, or it may just be 1,2 or even 5 years from now.

Get a sheet of paper and write the date in the future at the top.

Imagine that the period of time has passed between now and this date, you are sitting there in the future on that date having got to your goal, you are truly happy in your life, doing what you want to do and being the real you.

Write 'Dear Me'

And then start to write to yourself, tell yourself how the journey has been, what you did that worked really well, what techniques and ideas you found to 'cope' with certain issues and what good things you have achieved.

Explain to yourself what you had to drop along the way and the benefits in doing that.

Try and keep the letter bright, breezy and fun, you are so excited at having your goals that you want to tell yourself just how amazing the journey was.

Go into minute detail of what you did, what you learnt, who you used for advice and what little hints and tips you can give yourself now.

Don't worry if it seems far fetched or unlikely, just go with the flow and really put yourself in the mindset of the successful goal getter.

Then when you have finished the letter leave it for a few days, then read it back to yourself, bring yourself back to now and read the advice as you will know it is all excellent advice and very relevant to you as you wrote it!

I promise you this little exercise is fantastic and well worth the effort.

Emotional State Check

Do you ever pay attention to the emotional state you are in during the day? Are there times of the day when you become aware of yourself and how you are feeling? If you ask yourself now how you are feeling and start to notice the emotional state you are in ?

How do does you body feel? Are you calm, relaxed, tense, tired or full of energy?

What occupies your mind and your thoughts? Are you thinking of people, jobs, the future, the past, today?

Are you feeling any emotions? Happiness, guilt, anger, loss, anticipation ?

Where do you feel those emotions? In your head, chest, abdomen, knot in your stomach or ache in your back?

Your emotional state and physical state are inexplicably linked and therefore what you think you physically feel and vice versa.

Most people don't realise they are in a certain emotional state, the reality is you are always in an emotional state regardless of where you are or what you are doing.

The key is learning to realise what state you are in and making sure it is state that is working for you,  in NLP terms we call is resourceful and non-resourceful states.

A resourceful emotional state would be happy, inspired, motivated or creative whereas a non-resourceful state would be angry, guilty or fearful.

Diet Motivation Technique

This is a technique I use 1-2-1 with people to motivate them to get slim.

Ideally print this out and give it your full attention and really go at it 100% and you may be surprised by the results.

1. Stand up, relax your body, allow your shoulders to drop, close your eyes and take in a few deep breaths

2. Imagine a time and a situation in the near future where you are REALLY proud of your dieting success and what you have achieved.