Part 4 continued…

The 8th, Monumental Habit of Action:

To react in a healthier way to stressful situations

Results:

It's important to react in a healthier way when dealing with stressful situations (psychological and physical trauma) so you’ll avoid unnecessary side effects such as a weakened immune system that can make you more susceptible to colds, coughs and infections. Also, there will be a lessened chance of developing arthritis and asthma due to stress as well.

Do you know that stress causes a hormone called Cortisol to be secreted from the pancreas inside your body? As a result it actually eats away at your muscles so your body can use the tissue for the energy that's needed in greater supply during that stressful moment. That won't help you to get shapely, will it? So, if you find it difficult to react in a healthier way to stress during the day and feel anxiety, a pitter-patter heart along with tightened muscles... then take control and stop it by changing your thoughts and behavior in a positive way!

Your 8th Empowering Decision:

"I'll react in a healthier way to stressful situations."

Pleasurable result of making that empowering decision:

Painful consequence of not making or breaking that empowering decision:

Do you Agree or Disagree with the 8th empowering decision?

(circle or type out your answer)

The 9th, Monumental Habit of Action:

To sleep for 7 to 9 hours a day, for 6 days each week

Results:

If you get 7 to 9 hours of sleep a day, for 6 days each week... you’ll feel more energized, alert and will improve your chances of maintaining a good mood (not saying that you’re usually in a bad mood since I personally don’t know you!). Do you know that if you aren’t getting enough sleep on a regular basis that it can cause you to store more body fat? Yes, it's true!

Recent studies have proved that a lack of sleep may cause you to have an increased appetite for food during the day, which can lead to overeating and new body fat to follow. Additionally, sleep loss may elevate blood levels of glucose (a basic sugar that comes from the breakdown of carbohydrates). Excess glucose promotes the overproduction of insulin (a hormone that carries glucose and other nutrients to organs, muscles and body fat storage compartments), which can promote the storage of fat, and can also lead to insulin resistance, a critical feature of adult-onset diabetes. Not only that but a lack of sleep will also prolong any muscle soreness that you've encountered from weight training since your body regenerates itself during sleep.

Your 9th Empowering Decision:

"I'll sleep for 7 to 9 hours a day, for 6 days each week."

Pleasurable result of making that empowering decision:

Painful consequence of not making or breaking that empowering decision:

Do you Agree or Disagree with the 9th empowering decision?

(circle or type out your answer)

The 10th, Monumental Habit of Action:

Take 1 day off each week to eat naughty foods and give yourself a rest from exercise

Results:

By eating some of those sugary and fatty foods that you enjoy and taking a day off from your workouts, you’ll increase your motivation to get back to your active and healthy lifestyle the following day. It will be a reminder for you as to why you’ve switched to this new lifestyle. Not only that but it’s a break from the routine and allows for flexibility as well.

Your 10th Empowering Decision:

"I'll take 1 day off each week to eat naughty foods and give myself a rest from exercise."

Pleasurable result of making that empowering decision:

Painful consequence of not making or breaking that empowering decision:

Do you Agree or Disagree with the 10th empowering decision?

(circle or type out your answer)

If you didn’t use part 3 b and 3c within this article series... then move ahead to part 5, reading through the following if you wish.

A Tip From Rich: To participate in the following assignment, simply print off this article then write down your answers on a separate piece of paper, or type them out inside a text file as you go.

Question 1: Go back to the blank canvass that's inside the picture gallery of your mind once again and paint a new picture of a productive behavior (one of the monumental habits of action) that you’ve already decided to adopt as a result of feeling positive towards the altered unhealthy belief (I'm overweight at this time yet not for long!) about your body. Make sure that you can see the painting clearly inside your mind before explaining in your own words how you're behaving when drawing the picture on a separate piece of paper.

Example of an altered unhealthy belief: I'm overweight at this time yet not for long!

Example of a productive behavior: I’m excited and motivated to lose all of my stubborn fat for life! Due to this I'm going to perform 3, 20 minute cardiovascular workouts each week using the Cardio-Burn workout plan that’s found inside ‘No FAT Lies: The Absolute TRUTH on How to Lose Stubborn Fat for Life’.

Example of how I’d paint a picture of that behavior: Since I’m going to focus on behaving this way on a regular basis, I’m definitely going to use the same large canvass so the painting feels close to me. The colors that I use to paint myself will be full of life and the background will be sunny and bright, which expresses my positive feelings. My paint strokes will be fast paced since I feel energetic. I’ll be wearing my workout clothes as I’m power walking on a treadmill inside the gym. There is going to be a smile on my face and a look of determination!

The productive behavior:

The painting (draw your picture on a separate piece of paper):

If you ever find yourself feeling negative about the way you look in the future and are tempted to behave in any unproductive fashion, then you must take control. Once again, yell out “SPLASH!" and destroy the old painting of the unproductive behavior that you envisioned and thought about resorting to. Use the power of your mind to change the interpretation of the image, sounds or feelings that you're expressing to yourself from a negative to a positive.

Immediately afterwards, create a new painting that displays a more productive behavior that’s linked to your new positive feelings and act it out. Repeat this technique as many times as needed making sure to remind yourself of the painful consequence that you’ll experience for once again adopting that unproductive behavior. In exchange, think about the many ways in which you’ll be rewarded by sticking to your productive behavior!

Awesome! You’ve now made your empowering decisions of action that will soon become habits of your own and understand the expected results, while also knowing the consequences if you break them. Though, I must warn you that life does have it's unexpected moments! As humans we do get temptations and urges. Other highly emotional moments can come up as well. This can make it difficult to stick with one or all of those decisions to behave in a productive way even after those behaviors have become a habit.

When confronted by these unexpected situations, your mind automatically searches for a way to fulfill your body’s need to become satisfied and content. It’s possible to fulfill your body’s needs and remain glued to your empowering decisions without resorting to your old and unproductive behaviors. That topic will be covered in part 6 of this ‘No FAT Lies secret psychology for fat loss success’ series.

But first we must take a step back… as within the 5th part of this article series, you’ll take the empowering decisions that you’ve already made and learn how to do everything in your power to avoid procrastination by performing…

Small But Consistent Steps Of Action