4 Mental Hacks To Help You Get Rid Of Arm Fat
July 14, 2009 by Katherine Crawford, M.S.
Filed under Weight Loss
Most of us women have sufficient knowledge about exercise and nutrition to get a certain level of arm tone. Yet most of us don’t. Why?
Because staying focused on one goal for extended periods of time is not easy. You can learn all you want about exercise and diet, but if you can’t apply the information day in and day out, you will never reach your goal.
If it were easy to change our behaviors, we would all be ultra successful. Unfortunately, behavioral change is no easy undertaking. Whenever we establish a new habit, we encounter a lot of initial resistance. Eventually, however, the resistance fades. Getting over this hump is what prevents most women from reaching their sexy arm goals.
So in today’s article I am going to discuss 4 ways to stay motivated and get over the pushback when trying to lose arm fat:
1. Don’t obsess over results, focus on the process. Too many women micromanage every inch of the way. If you are measuring yourself on a daily basis, get ready for some major disappointments. Such obsessive behavior will grind away all your motivation. Trust me here. A more sustainable approach is to focus on the sticking to the process as a whole.
2. Persist with patience over time. I know I’m beating a dead horse here, but too many women come to me every day asking for a quick fix. And while there are accelerated ways of getting toned arms, nothing is both rapid and easy. There is hard work involved. And if you start off with unrealistic expectations, you are setting yourself up for major disappointment and subsequent abandonment.
3. Never conclude the negative. In other words, always try something before assuming it will be bad. The problem with assuming the negative is that it leads to procrastination. How many times have you postponed starting a “diet” because you think it will be a pain only to find out that once you start, it’s a lot easier than you thought? The same goes for getting rid of arm fat.
4. Give yourself positive reinforcement for every little milestone. The people that reach the top have the ability to produce positivity on demand. Even in the darkest of hours. Thus, you need to start training your mind in this way. This may sound simplistic, but it works.
Please understand that the key to losing arm fat is in your head. Literally. The ability to stay motivated for a long period of time is what will get you to your goal. And it takes practice. So make sure you practice the above tips day in and day out!
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