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Kimberly Snyder might just be the queen of detox. Not only does she have practically all of Hollywood sipping on her Glowing Green Smoothie, but she also just released a new book,The Beauty Detox Power
($19), to address the more emotional aspects of what it means to detox.
In fact, she believes in how your emotional state helps or hinders
weight loss so much that she wants you to stop a habit that’s common
among many women. If you do, you’ll see weight-loss results even faster,
Kimberly promises.
Your
new mission? Stop with the negative talk if you want to lose weight. It
may sound like it won’t be effective, but Kimberly’s reason for wanting
you to stop body shaming yourself in order to see the pounds drop
actually has scientific heft. “Most people don’t even realize what
they’re saying to themselves, and most people only think that the only
factors that affect their weight are what they’re eating and how they’re
working out,” Kimberly said.In fact, studies have shown that your thoughts matter when it comes to your waistline. Kimberly points to a Harvard study that followed 84 cleaning women; half were told that their physically demanding jobs met the requirements for exercise as set by the Surgeon General, while the other half weren’t given any information about their activity level and calorie burn. After a month, researchers found that the group of women who were told that what they were doing was good for them lost body fat, waist-to-hip ratio, and BMI — even though they hadn’t changed anything about their actual physical habits or altered their diets at all. The other group, on the other hand, didn’t lose any weight. “Your thoughts are nutrition in the way that food is,” Kimberly explained about the study results. “Your mind really has a big part in shaping your body. If you keep saying to yourself, ‘It’s so hard for me to lose weight, I’m just going to gain it back,’” then you aren’t setting yourself up for success.
Kimberly’s
advice to stop with the “I’m fat” talk can be easier said than done,
especially in a world of constant online judgment and photoshopped
images of the “ideal” woman. Even Kimberly herself admits that she used
to participate in casual body bashing when with friends. But knowing
that thoughts can affect actual change should help you nix the habit,
she says. “It’s just a shift in listening to what you’re saying,” she
advised. “Stop saying negative things about your body, whether it’s out
loud or in your head. It’s the first important thing” if you want to
lose weight.
By Leta Shy, POPSUGAR Fitness
The Number 1 Bad Habit You Need to Stop If You Want to Lose Weight
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