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Visualization can play an important part in gaining weight and maintaining a
healthy lifestyle. Gaining weight can be difficult for many people who don't
use their minds to help in the process.
Visualization is a powerful technique that can help you make lasting lifestyle
changes. Just by "day dreaming", you can significantly improve your chances in
achieving your goals.
Visualization is a great weight gain tool and its as simple as visualizing your
body as you want your body to look like. This mental image of yourself is then
transferred to your subconscious mind, which in turn starts to work on your
body, shaping it in accordance with your mental image.
This means that if you program your subconscious with a mental image of yourself
as a more muscular person, through persistence your mind will accept this and
aid your body to conform to this mental image.
Once your mind is programmed with the proper mental images, it will start to
work in assisting you to gain weight. I can't stress enough how important it is
for you to believe in your visualization goals. You have to let go of your past
failures and refuse to entertain any negative images that come into your mind.
If you can visualize your body at its perfect proportions, the subconscious mind
will work to make it become a reality. It will then begin to positively
reinforce your body into aiding the metabolism and eating habits.
Programming your mind into believing that you can gain weight, and to visualize
yourself with your perfect proportions is of the greatest importance.
Try to think of a different image of yourself, then let your subconscious do the
work for you. If you think of your body as being out of shape all the time,
then the subconscious mind will find ways to make it so.
The sub-conscious looks after all of all your vital functions, it is the cause
of all your good and bad habits, and also regulates the muscles of the body
(The muscles are controlled by the sub-conscious) and body-fat composition on
the body.
Try to visualize your body as lean and as muscular as you would like, and your
mind will work on that image. The mind can be a great partner in gaining
weight.
Relaxation
Relaxation the best way to reach the sub-conscious and will slow down the mind,
turn off the exterior world so as to tune in to one's inner self. The best
times for these sessions are in the morning and late at night right, just
before going to sleep.
Perform two sessions, one in the afternoon (Primary) and the other before going
to sleep (Secondary) but once a day is quite sufficient. Sessions usually last
20 minutes, which isn't time consuming especially when taking in the benefits
received.
It has been stated that one of these sessions is equivalent to 2 hours of deep
sleep and upon waking you will feel revitalized and full of energy. Believe me
instead of worrying about time constraints; you will be looking forward to the
next session.
When you begin your relaxation sessions, make sure you won't be disturbed - lock
the door, take the phone off the hook and loosen all clothing. Now find a
comfortable position, whether it is lying down or sitting in a comfortable
chair.
Sitting may be preferable as you may fall asleep if you become too comfortable.
You want to be conscious and not asleep in order to tap into your sub-conscious
mind.
Try to exhale all the air from your lungs completely and then breathing in
through the nose. Take ten seconds to fill the lungs with air (not to capacity,
but comfortable) hold for ten seconds and then exhale slowly through the nose
for another ten seconds.
Each one of these breathing cycles should last for 30 seconds, complete five
cycles and after each cycle you will be feeling more and more relaxed.
Having reaching this calm relaxed state, start your visualizations. Put together
images that power your emotions. Make them alive and colourful. Make the scenes
as real as possible and imagine yourself as muscular and toned as possible.
Picture yourself ten weeks from now on the beach, walking briskly and
confidently to your favourite spot, your breathing is normal and relaxed. You
smile to yourself; you could keep walking like this for miles without feeling
fatigued.
You lay your towel out and begin to take your clothes off revealing a muscular,
toned, well conditioned body. You have just bought a brand new swimming suit
which just weeks before would have been lying in your closet waiting to be
used.
Glancing around you notice the beach is busy, you catch the eye of someone of
the opposite sex, they smile at you and you smile back. You walk confidently to
the water and swim a couple of hundred yards with no problem or fatigue.
Or try this:
Visualize your family and friends complimenting you about how good your body
looks. Try to view the scene as it is happening this instant - in the present,
not in the future.
Using these visualizations you can construct in your mind any scene that desire.
See yourself exercising, socializing, in the company of friends. Try and hear
people complimenting you about your new muscular body, and watch their admiring
glances. Make the mental image as real as possible.
· Remember set a goal for your ideal weight
· You must want to gain weight
· Visualize yourself at your ideal weight
· Use positive images at every opportunity
Practice these sessions on a daily basis and over a period of ten weeks you'll
be on your way to become more fulfilled, happier and muscular.
Gary is the author of several e-books, including "Maximum Weight Loss in Ten
Weeks" - the complete e-book and time-saving solution for burning away unwanted
fat, and "Maximum Weight Gain in Ten Weeks" - easy-to-use and follow techniques
that serve as a guide to muscle growth without having to "live in the gym".
Visit
Gary's website at http://www.maximumfitness.com/
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