Did you know that if you feed the wrong stomach, you can actually gain weight!  Yep.  But if
you feed the right stomach, you may actually lose weight!

 

What's that?  You didn't realize you had two stomachs?  Let me explain.

 

You see hunger seems to stem from two different processes in your body - you either THINK
you are hungry or you actually do FEEL hungry. 

 

If you THINK you are hungry, you are most likely just craving things like pizza, chips,
cookies, and chocolate.  Because you want to eat it, you mistake that craving for hunger. 
When you do this, you are feeding your brain's stomach.  Wrong stomach!

 

When you actually FEEL hungry, you can pretty much pinpoint the feeling.  Where is it?
Ummm....let's see....oh that's right.....in your ACTUAL stomach!  FEELING hungry is
perfectly natural.  In fact, it means that your metabolism is burning and requiring more fuel. 
Go ahead and feed it...it's the right stomach!

 

Try to get into the habit of asking yourself this question before you eat:

 

 

Then make a decision based on your answer.  Of course what you eat is important as well. 
But I'd be willing to bet that if you gave this a try for one week, you just might make some
different choices.  And those different choices could lead to some different results!

 

Could you stomach that?

 

Mike Thornton

 

 

Are you in the shape you want to be in right now?  If so, fantastic.  Keep going with it.  If not,
you should really try using your imagination.

 

I want you to imagine yourself in the exact type of physical shape that you would want to be
in.  Seriously....think about it!  What would you look like?  How would your waistline look?
Would you look cut, tone, built?  Would you look lean?  How would you be walking, talking,
presenting yourself?  Would you have a swagger about you?  Confidence?

 

I want you to get a really good idea of what that incredibly fit you would look like and then I
want you to ask yourself at every meal....."What would the incredibly fit me have to
eat?" 

 

Try it, and I bet you will see that the incredibly fit you makes very wise decisions when it
comes to food choices, portion control, and snacking.  It only makes sense that if that is the
person that you want to be, look like, feel like, then you should make the types of decisions
that he or she would make. 

 

I would even be willing to bet that if you acted like the incredibly fit you, you would soon be
that person.

 

Imagine that.

 

Mike Thornton