"The
Truth About Will Power
And Weight
Loss"
Why
‘Will Power’ Is Really No Power At All!
2004 by
Dr. Frank B. Smoot, MA, DD
www.CoachFrankSmoot.com
If you’re serious about trading “fat” for “fit,” here’s how to
eliminate one of the biggest roadblocks to your success.
Forget About
“Will Power.” It's Worse Than Useless!
New research makes it clear: Even if people do manage to lose some
weight through will power, they won’t keep it off. Even worse, they
typically gain back more than they lost! What could be more
frustrating? You might as well have stayed home, relaxed, and pigged
out!
But we always thought will power was the one thing we needed more
of, right? So how can it be so un-powerful ? The first problem is
that your will power is the product of your conscious mind. Why is
that a problem? Because what you actually do (or don’t do) in any
given moment is determined not by what you consciously want to do,
but by your unconscious motivations.
And why is that a problem? Because our unconscious motivations
“live” in a part of us we don’t have ready access to--so we really
don’t even know what they are! Which means that we really don’t know
why we do a lot of the things we do.
So we end up not doing the things we
promised ourselves we’d do--and doing what we swore we wouldn’t do!
Like cream puffs
instead of sit-ups. (Sound familiar?)
But there’s an even bigger reason will power is so lame. Our
unconscious motivations are also more powerful. So our healthy,
conscious desires are not just outnumbered, they’re outpowered.
Question: What do you think happens in your life when your healthy,
conscious desire to get fit is not supported by your own deeper
motivations? Answer: No matter how committed your conscious mind is
to success, you’re constantly getting “blindsided” by your own
unconscious motivations--which makes it virtually impossible to
reach your goals.
But why in the world would your unconscious motivations try to
sabotage your healthy, conscious fitness goals? There are lots of
possible reasons--but that’s another article.
Our point here
is this:
If you have a history of struggling
with your weight, then you can be 100% sure you have some powerful
but unseen motivations that are not supporting your healthy,
conscious goals. You have a “hidden agenda” that’s continually
sabotaging you. Maybe not pleasant to think about, but undeniably
true.
So if you’ve ever felt frustrated by
your lack of progress, at least you now understand what you’ve been
up against.
And now you know why will power is useless as a weight loss tool,
because it puts you at war with yourself! Unfortunately, it’s a war
you can’t win--as long as long as your self-sabotaging motivations
remain unchanged.
The good news is, there’s now a way to turn those powerful “inner
enemies” into equally powerful allies. Just imagine for a moment
what would happen in your life if all of your motivations--both
conscious and unconscious--were aligned toward your success.
Now it would be just
as hard to fail
as it once was to succeed!
Sounds almost too good to be true, doesn’t it? But hundreds of real
people have already done it. In fact, people all over the country
are now experiencing the kind of success they’d once only dreamed
about. If you’d like to know exactly how they’re doing it, you can
get more information below.
Yours in total health,
Dr. Frank
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Dear Friend - If you'd like to slash months, years,
or decades off the time it takes to
reach your personal goals,
or just get the truth for a change,
please visit my success coaching
web site at
www.CoachFrankSmoot.com or send me an email at
DrFrank@CoachFrankSmoot.com or just give me a call at
540-567-2050.
And don't forget to inquire about your FREE 30-minute "sample"
coaching session. Is it your turn for
success yet? If so, I'm ready
when you are! Yours in total
health, Dr. Frank B. Smoot, MA, DD
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Dr. Frank B. Smoot, MA, DD, is a professional weight loss
success coach and the creator of the "Get
Motivated For Life! /
7 Weeks To Lifelong Weight Loss"
and "Weight Loss God's Way"
success program (www.WeightLossGodsWay.com)