Here's something I have been fascinated with since I heard it seven years ago listening to Wayne Dyer speak in Salt Lake City. He surprised me with an idea about food. He said, "What you think about the food you eat, is just as important as the food you eat."
It sounds a little crazy, but I believe it has some truth to it. If someone is worried about their weight, and decides to eat a donut or a hot fudge sundae, what do they say? "I shouldn't eat this...this is going to make me fat." If our mind is the control center of our body, digestion, metabolism, etc., and the body does what the mind says, then we might be telling our body to store fat. Think about it.
Cellular Biologist Bruce Lipton says, “You can control your genes by influencing your beliefs and personal attitudes. How I see the world and my perception controls not just internal biology and genetic behavior but it controls how I create a world around me, your mind’s perception of the world changes the biology and chemistry of your body which changes the cells in your body.”
In my experience, It's true. We shape our world, and our bodies first with our mind.
Now I'm not a guy who believes if you are broke, you should look in the mirror every day and tell yourself how rich you are, and you will become a powerful magnet attracting it. I think it's better to face reality and get to work. Just like it doesn't make sense to eat a junk diet and tell your body it's good for you. I think that's called delusional. You'll end up in the funny farm. We need to be realistic about it.
But I do believe the mind is a powerful thing. It can create and invent miraculous things. The mind has a powerful energy, when harnessed can bring forth incredible strength, and heal life threatening diseases. So why shouldn't it be able to instruct our body to burn it.
I know I have changed my internal dialogue regarding food. When I have a cheat meal I never say, "This is going to make me fat." I tell my body to burn it. "This is just fuel. Metabolize it, don't store it...BURN IT!!!" Then do the work!
That's what I told myself tonight at Red Robin! I haven't had a splurge in a month, I have been a little neurotic about the diet and cardio this prep. Even when I said I would splurge, I couldn't do it. But I followed through tonight and boy was that cheeseburger and fries was good! My body needed it. And I believe I've already used it all up!
