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Lose Weight by Listening to Music
By Bill Schuchman
Lose Weight by Listening to Music
An important factor in losing weight is improving your emotional state. Why? Because losing weight is easier when you feel good. If you're thinking negative thoughts, whether they're negative thoughts about your body, relationships, your job, your attempt to lose weight will be more difficult.
Losing weight becomes much easier when you're in a positive emotional state. If you have challenges in your life I'm not suggesting you sugar coat those challenges. What I am suggesting is to find reasons to feel good anyway. Every cloud has a silver lining,
your job is to find that silver lining and focus on it.
I have found that the easiest way to improve your emotional state is to listen to music. What type of music? That's easy. Whatever type of you like. The only requirement is that the that you choose be uplifting. It has to make you feel better, energized, and happy. The kind of that makes you want to get up and move. Allow your body to become immersed in the rhythm and let your spirits soar.
You might try dancing in the privacy of your home to the music. Go ahead, don't be shy start grooving to some tunes. No only will the movement be good for your body but it's also good for your soul. You will feel happier, younger more joyful and those good feelings will last for hours. If you don't want to dance try doing your household chores while you're listening to your favorite music. You might have so much fun that you might start to look forward to doing them.
Music will not only make you feel happier, but studies have shown that the more you listen to the more you tend to move your body. People who listen to while they exercise or perform any physical activity focus on the not the physical effort. This results in people working out longer and at a higher intensity. All of which is very good for your body and your weight loss goals.
Try this little test. Pick two kinds of music; One very sad, slow, and depressing and one very happy, quick, and uplifting. Now see what effects each one has on your workout. I'll bet the slow tape makes your workout a little harder while the quick tape makes it easier.
Listening to also provides an escape from the negative thoughts that weigh you down. When you're listening to uplifting you can't help but to feel good. Your worries and concerns seem to dissipate as the melodies wash over and cleanse your soul.
In a recent study, Gerene Bauldoff, Ph.D., R.N., the lead researcher and an assistant professor at the Ohio State University College of Nursing in Columbus stated that “Music prevented the exercisers from focusing on how breathless they felt” Bauldoff believes it can inspire all types of exercisers to extend their workouts.
So break out some tunes and put a smile on your face and a bounce in your step. Now imagine that smile as you see the pounds come off.
And that's to our ears.
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