{"id":5605,"date":"2014-04-23T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=5605"},"modified":"2014-04-23T13:20:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T17:20:53","slug":"iamtrying-to-blow-the-fat-cells-out-of-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2014\/04\/iamtrying-to-blow-the-fat-cells-out-of-your-mind.html","title":{"rendered":"#IamTrying &#8230; to Blow the Fat Cells Out of Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4360\" style=\"width: 338px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4360\" alt=\"Our Lady Lives In Possibility by Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Artist\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/2012\/11\/OL-of-Breath-II-300x225.jpg\" width=\"338\" height=\"253\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Lady Lives In Possibility by Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Artist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recently, I was chewing the fat with one of my star clients (you\u2019re all stars), Millie (the names have been changed\u2026) who\u2019d successfully and permanently removed over 30 pounds two years ago.\u00a0 She\u2019d contacted me because the circumstances of her life had changed and with these changes, she felt herself reverting to her old ways, which would inevitably lead to her weighing more.<\/p>\n<p>One of the old ways that had seeped back into Millie\u2019s way of being was a certain defeated tone.\u00a0 During our session she said, <em>\u201cEvery morning I tell myself that I\u2019m going to try to get back on the wagon\u2026\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 And, <em>\u201cI keep trying, but \u2026\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 And then, <em>\u201cI\u2019m going to try to remember\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Try, try, try!<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Millie was using the most sabotaging word in the English language \u2013 and therefore in the Battle of the Bulge!<\/p>\n<p>When you \u201ctry,\u201d the implicit possibility of failure is always there, hanging heavy. You\u2019ve left yourself a loophole that leads straight to a slippery slope.<\/p>\n<p>As the great Yoda said, <em>\u201cDo or do not&#8230; there is no try.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 If you don\u2019t believe me, or Yoda for that matter, then place a pen on the table.\u00a0 Try to pick it up.\u00a0 Go ahead and see what happens.\u00a0 You either do pick it up or you don\u2019t pick it up.\u00a0 There is no try!<\/p>\n<p>Happily, I am here to inform you that there are other words and phrases that you can use instead of \u201ctry\u201d that have a positive association to them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Eliminate the word \u2018try\u2019 from your vocabulary; and substitute the words \u2013<br \/>\n<em>Explore<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Discover<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Learn<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Search<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Investigate<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Find out more about . . .<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tune in to yourself. When you hear yourself using the word \u201ctry,\u201d substitute one of the above words and notice how the meaning and feel of the whole sentence changes.\u00a0 Notice how your energy shifts and how things become possible.<\/p>\n<p>You can now explore and discover how to easily and effortlessly move \u201cinto the lite!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do or do not \u2026 there truly is no try.<\/p>\n<p>For more super-duper weight loss tips that can blow the fat cells out of your mind, join Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/30757154492\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kick in the Tush Club\/FB<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"r1PostCPBlock\">\n<div id=\"r1PostCPBlock\">\n<p><em>Spread the word\u2013NOT the icing,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Janice Taylor, Life &amp; Happiness Coach, Author, Artist, Positarian<\/em><br \/>\n<em> wise * fun * utterly useful<br \/>\n<\/em>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<br \/>\nFor the best life, wellness and weight loss wisdom,<br \/>\nvisit Janice:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.OurLadyofWeightLoss.com\" target=\"_blank\">Our Lady of Weight Loss<\/a><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>sign up for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Newsletter\/SignupProcess.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kick in the Tush Club<\/em><\/a> e-newsletter!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I was chewing the fat with one of my star clients (you\u2019re all stars), Millie (the names have been changed\u2026) who\u2019d successfully and permanently removed over 30 pounds two years ago.\u00a0 She\u2019d contacted me because the circumstances of her life had changed and with these changes, she felt herself reverting to her old ways,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2166,2,70,82,3,60,1659,1207,1,19,176,2100,369,2511,390],"tags":[1910,3820,671,3826,3827,3825,8,3837,248,3469],"class_list":["post-5605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chewing-the-fat-2","category-inspiration","category-janice-taylor","category-kick-in-the-tush-club","category-motivation","category-our-lady-of-weight-loss","category-quotes","category-spiritual-weight-loss-2","category-weight-loss","category-weight-loss-art","category-weight-loss-coach-2","category-weight-loss-success-coach","category-weight-loss-tips-2","category-weight-loss-wisdom","category-weight-loss-words","tag-blow-the-fat-cells-out-of-your-mind","tag-happiness","tag-how-to-lose-weight","tag-janice-taylor","tag-kick-in-the-tush-club","tag-our-lady-of-weight-loss","tag-weight-loss-coach","tag-weight-loss-motivation","tag-weight-loss-tips","tag-yoda-quotes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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