Want to lose weight, get fit and achieve your health goals?
There's one simple thing you can do that will literally FORCE you to make the changes you know you should be making for your health.
Want to lose 30 pounds, run a 10k, stop eating junk food, or just get that flat stomach?
I know some people who can help... over 600 million people to be exact. I'm talking about social media, and especially Facebook.
There have been several fascinating studies from the University of Georgia that showed how powerful your network and relationships can be in helping you exert self-control and make changes. And this self-control can spread through social networks, like Facebook and Twitter!
In one of these studies, "71 volunteers watched others exert self-control by choosing a carrot from a plate in front of them instead of a cookie from a nearby plate, while others watched people eat the cookies instead of the carrots. The volunteers had no interaction with the tasters other than watching them, yet their performance was altered on a later test of self-control, depending on who they were randomly assigned to watch."
What did they find? The people who watched someone else exert self-control by eating the carrot instead of the cookie showed greatly improved self-restrain and control when it was they faced such a choice.
So what does this mean for you and how can you use it?
When you see others, your friends, or even strangers on a Social Network like Facebook or Twitter who are exercising, going to the gym, talking about how they lost weight or got rid of their health problems it inspires you. It does something to you. It changes you, just a little bit.
You start to realize that you can do it too. That if someone else can lose 30 pounds, why not you? If someone else can cut out junk food and soda pop and eat a salad once a day, why not you? If someone else can get rid of their medications because they got healthier, why not you?
When you start following and interacting with health experts, nutrition experts, fitness experts, or just other people like you who are making health changes on social media sites, you can't help but be influenced by them.
Want to take it to the next level?
Share with all your friends on Facebook and Twitter what your goal is! If you want to lose 30 pounds by December 31st, LET EVERYONE KNOW!
Trust me - your friends will hold you to it. And after all, isn't that what you really want?
Tom Corson-Knowles is a top Nutrition Coach with a no-nonsense approach to creating health and wellness.
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