Top 3 Ways To Avoid New Year Resolution Disasters!

Hi everyone, Doreen Hall here, and I want to take a moment to introduce Mr. Tim Shurr, MA, CH, as a guest contributor to WeightLossForAnyone.info.

Through his training, I began my successful weight loss journey, which got me to where I am today. Below is Mr. Shurr’s Article,

“Top 3 Ways To Avoid New Year Resolution Disasters!”

Doreen Hall Welcomes
Mr. Tim Shurr, MA, CH,
As A Guest Contributor.

Step 1: Expect to succeed! If you expect to fail, you will. Many are just re-setting goals
that were not achieved the year before. People who expect to fail make comments such
as, “We’ll see what happens. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Hopefully I’ll make it this
time.” Instead of being totally committed, they start out from a place of fear. The worst
possible scenarios are imagined, you tell yourself how hard it’s going to be and how long
it’s going to take, which instantly causes you to lose momentum, and the negative self fulfilling
prophecy is set into motion.

Step 2: Use your imagination to prepare you, not scare you! The most common self sabotage
that destroys New Year Resolutions occur when you unconsciously associate
emotional pain to the goal and pleasure to the activities that are keeping you stuck. For
example, you wish to lose 30 lbs, yet your mind associates massive pleasure to food
(love, comfort) and massive pain to exercise (no pain, no gain.) As a result, you eat more
and procrastinate on the fitness, which results in another failed weight loss attempt.
Think of yourself as an athlete who is mentally preparing to go out onto the court.
Mentally rehearse being in situations that cause you difficulty, yet this time imagine
yourself behaving exactly the way you want to in that situation. See yourself making the
right choices and feeling incredible about yourself afterwards. In this way, you are
associating pleasure not only to the goal, but also to each step that it takes to achieve your
goal. This is the secret to staying motivated long term!

Step 3: Create a supportive environment to thrive in! The people, places, and
information you surround yourself with are constantly influencing you. Thus, if you’re
sincere about achieving your goals, you must get constructive feedback from reliable
sources and surround yourself with information that reinforces your desire to succeed.
Find the right kind of coach, pastor, peer group, and classes to attend. Join pro-active chat
groups online, rent audio books from the library, and watch inspirational movies. Hang
around the type of people you wish to be like and it will help you immensely.
Come January, my hypnotism practice will once again be filled with people who want to
accomplish their New Year Resolutions and I will tell them as I tell you now. Forget
about resolutions and focus on creating a Revolution! A revolution in the way you think
and approach attaining goals. Begin using the movies of your mind to create your life by
design and this will be the year you succeed!

Tim Shurr, MA, is Director of Indy Hypnosis. He is an award winning speaker,
Hypnotism trainer, and author of Get Out Of Your Way: How to eliminate self-sabotage
and win your life! www.IndyHypnosis.com 317-579-7500