A Simple Method of Reaching Your Goals

Hi,

Last post we talked about getting past the struggle.  The struggle that happens everyday in your life in every area.  Life is not always easy. 

I also promised you an easy way to do this and reach your goals.  So what is this easy way? 

Kaizen!

What the heck is that?  Let me explain.

Did you ever wonder how a tiny nation became a super power? 

Did you ever wonder how a Russian weight lifter set more records than any man in history? 

Diid you ever wonder how a 60+ year old guy set a personal record after back surgery? 

They all used the concept of Kaizen. 

Kaizen is simply a Japanese word that means incremental progress. 

So how does it work? 

Let's use the example of dieting.  You decide to lose some weight.  So you reduce your calories pretty drastically.  And of course your body rebels.  And you stay hungry, you lose energy, your feel tired all the time.

This makes it almost impossible to stay on the diet.  You can't push through the hard part (see yesterday's post). 

So what do you do instead?  Instead of reducing your calories too drastically, you reduce them only a little bit.  So little, that your body doesn't even notice it. 

Maybe this little amount is 100 calories a day.  Maybe it is only 10 calories a meal.  Maybe it is eating one less french fry for lunch.  It doesn't matter. 

You reduce your eating a tiny amount.  You do that on day one.  You don't even notice it.  That is what you want.  To not notice it. 

The next day you can eat just a little less again.  If you don't notice it - i.e. feel hungry, then reduce what you eat again on the third day. 

Continue doing this until you do notice the reduction in calories.  Then hold that level until that becomes natural and normal for you. 

Then start over with another tiny reduction in calories.  So little that you don't even notice it and so on as above. 

Now you might be thinking that it will take forever to lose any weight that way.  Maybe not forever, but it will take a pretty long time. 

There are other things you can do to help the process and you can check out my book: Stop Dieting, Start Losing Weight and Keep it Off Permanently.

But, there is a beauty to this Kaizen process and how it works with your body.  These incremental steps build upon each other.  Yes, they take a while, but there is something else happening and all of a sudden you get an acceleration or leap forward. 

With weight loss that means instead of losing 1 pound a month, you might lose 4 pounds in a month.  Even without reducing your calories at any faster pace. 

More on this in the next post.

Thanks,
Mike Val
http://www.valshealthsite.com/