Lose 5-10lbs part 2

Scott Schwab:
Losing weight is not the most important thing for everyone, however most people could afford to lose 5-10 pounds. As you work through the cleanse of choice physically, realize that perhaps a more important element is your mental cleanse. Realize the simple fact that when you are stressed or think that you can't, you probably won't. Now I'm not saying you can just think weight off, but it is amazing what a can attitude can accomplish.
Here is what I mean. There was a study done at Harvard that explained how the body responds to what the mind thinks. The study specifically mentions self confidence and performance. If we continue to build ourselves up and tell ourselves of our goodness, beauty, and talents, our demeanor changes, our confidence increases, and our performance output is increased. The same is true in reverse. If we spend our time thinking we can't and that we are not great and wonderful, than we will fulfill that role. Self fulfilling prophesy is a powerful principle that if you say something, with belief, and conviction, it will come into your life.
Realize that this takes work, time, and effort. Even right now, I am sure that there are some of us that may say, well I don't know if that's true. Or well that is nice for them, but my life is different or I'm different. No, you are not that different, unique yes, but different no. Imagine for a moment a Olympic athlete or world-class athlete. The reason they have obtained such a high level of output in their field, is their ability to work, believe, and then and only then, does talent come into play. Natural talent is important, but that is part of the work equation and the belief equation. When you believe in yourself in reference to a task, you will naturally do better and enjoy that thing more.
So clean out the closet of hanging self pity, the attic of poor self concept, and the cobwebs of I can't. Become who you want to become by belief and by action, realizing that work and opposition will always be part of the formula. Ask yourself if you can accomplish anything? If your answer is yes, than identify the thing you want most and plan a way to go and get it.