Fat Loss Psychology Archive

  • Don’t Catch These Two Diseases

    Don’t Catch These Two Diseases

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com www.BurnTheFatInnerCircle.com One of my favorite motivational speakers is a guy by the name of Brian Tracy, who is one of the world’s top experts on success psychology and personal achievement. In case you haven’t heard of Brian, he is sort of like a calmer, more “laid back” version of [...]

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  • The New Visualization Breakthrough: Mental Training Tactics For Health And Fitness Success

    The New Visualization Breakthrough: Mental Training Tactics For Health And Fitness Success

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com Understanding the mind’s role in motivation and behavior is one of the most critical elements in fitness success. If you struggle with changing habits and behaviors or if you can’t get motivated, then even the best training and nutrition program is not much help. A fascinating fact about your [...]

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  • Faith Based Diets: Does God Punish You For Being Fat?

    Faith Based Diets: Does God Punish You For Being Fat?

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com Faith based diets have been around for decades. But is overeating really a sin? Does God punish you for being fat? A recent column in an issue of USA Today answers, “weight loss is hard enough without feeling that the almighty is on your back, too”… Recently, I was [...]

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  • 8 Reasons Why You Keep Falling Off The Diet Wagon

    8 Reasons Why You Keep Falling Off The Diet Wagon

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com Clearly, we have an obesity problem in America and many other countries across our planet. Yet, I propose that we do not have a weight loss problem today. In case you’re confused at this apparent contradiction, consider these statistics: According to a study from Oxford University published in the International Journal [...]

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  • The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat

    The Little Thing in Your Head That’s Keeping You Fat

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com I have no doubt that a scientist somewhere just read the title of this article and said out loud, “YES! Venuto is right! That little thing in your head – the hypothalamus – it IS the thing that is keeping you fat! By George, that Venuto guy isn’t a dumb bodybuilder [...]

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  • Does Hypnosis Work For Weight Loss?

    Does Hypnosis Work For Weight Loss?

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com Hypnosis conjures up images of a bearded man with piercing black eyes and a mesmerizing deep voice swinging a pendulum back and forth, chanting, “You are getting very sleeeeepy.” Hypnosis is terribly misunderstood and the only exposure to hypnosis most people will ever have is a Las Vegas stage show. But [...]

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  • 5 Excuses That Won’t Fly In 2010

    5 Excuses That Won’t Fly In 2010

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com It’s 2010. Your old excuses for not getting in shape won’t work. As Dr. Evil (Austin Powers) said, ZIP IT! I don’t want to hear them anymore! Read em’, then haul your excuseless butt to the gym! 1. I have no time. According to a story in a recent issue of [...]

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  • Brain Science And New Year’s Resolutions

    Brain Science And New Year’s Resolutions

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Motivational speaker Jim Rohn once said, “I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives. Perhaps it’s because escape is easier than change.” Success psychologists say that 95% – 97% of the people in the world do NOT have written [...]

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  • Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals

    Instead of New Year’s Resolutions, Set S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com Why do new year’s resolutions usually fail? Why do you start with guns blazing on January 1st, but by February, you’re losing motivation, cheating on your diet, skipping workouts, and slipping back into old patterns? John LaValle, a master trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) suggests that we should take a [...]

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  • Goal Setting For The New Decade: Beyond The New Year’s Resolution

    Goal Setting For The New Decade: Beyond The New Year’s Resolution

    By Tom Venuto www.BurnTheFat.com When you pause and reflect on the past decade as you look ahead to a new one, it makes you appreciate how short life is, how valuable time is and how quickly the time can pass you by – with nothing to show for it, if you don’t plan otherwise. That’s [...]

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