Wednesday, October 21, 2009

How To Lose Arm Fat-Wining The Mental War

By Katherine Crawford M.S.

Having the right diet and exercise approach is the least important part of losing arm fat. Having the right mental strategies, however, is what will control success or failure.

Why is a mental game plan so critical? Well, no matter how good your arm fat burning program is, you WILL eventually get tired of it. Psychology and biology dictates that you simply cannot stay highly motivated towards a singular pursuit for extended periods of time. Thus, your mental plan will ultimately carry you to victory.

So here are 6 tips for winning the war on arm fat:

1. Change the way you value food. As a society, we have come to value convenience and low cost. After all, junk food is the cheapest and fastest source of calories you can buy. Accept that the healthiest food for your arm fat journey may cost a little more.

2. Eliminate all self criticism. Even small amounts here will have devastating consequences. Never be self critical when evaluating your body. In the long run, this will deplete you of any energy to keep moving forward.

3. Believe in compliments. How many times have you received a compliment only to disregard it as a nicety? Well, outside compliments are usually extremely accurate, so do not dismiss them!

4. Do not check your weight on the hour every hour. This is ridiculous yet so many women do it! Not only does your weight constantly change no matter what you do, but it is a very poor indicator of progress.

5. Truly accept that magic does not exist. Some approaches are far better than others, but never forget that the magic bullet does not exist. Any type of change is going to take effort.

6. Avoid focusing on arm fat. If you focus on the entire process as an integrated change to your life instead of obsessing over every millimeter of arm fat lost, you will be much more successful.

Failing to take a serious look at the mental game plan that goes into losing arm fat is a huge mistake that too many women are making. And with the advice in this article, you will be much closer to reaching your goals!

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