WOW: Placebo Effects

hey.... have you thought about if you really want to lose weight, actually you will without being different in terms of your daily routine?

it is hypothesized that your perception of how your body is like plays a more important part than what physically your body is like. In my opinion, it's good and bad...
what's good about it:
if you are sick and the sickness is not too serious, your positive perception can help heal it and recover from the illness.
You can make your body stronger with a stronger mindset.

what's bad about it:
you might be overconfident about your physical strength and did not apply the right strategy about your physical body. For example, you think you can do 50 push-ups and physically you cannot... .you might get closer and might finish all. you might also injure your muscles...
another bad thing about it is that your positive thinking of your already diseased body might get the solvable problem unsolvable....

Those were only my two cents and please think over it and apply it carefully yourself.
Nonetheless, I do believe that a stronger mind with a stronger physical body can achieve double of what you might have expected.

suggestion:
1. use the placebo effects accordingly
2. have a healthful daily routine
3. build your body up

So, let me come back on the loss of weight topic!
I guess my personal experience is that I knew I was going to lose weight after I came back from the US after a year's stock-up of my weight. I think what's more important here is that "I knew".... I have already told my body to get ready for losing weight... of course, life in Beijing is different than it in Silicon Valley. I started to have more unplanned exercise than before. I do not drive here. Thus I have to take buses, or subway and I walk a lot to get around. I feel more conscious about what my intakes are (not too oily, no salty food, more vegetables, less grains and more proteins etc.) I wanted to have more planned exercises but I did not have a written plan for me to follow. Hence, I sort of got around with what's been planned in my mind. That's bad... Nevertheless, my weight loss is still working in progress. If I can carry out my exercise plan well, the results will be multiplied.

In preparing for the annual party, there is a dance that choreograph by me - it is a very simple one. =p So, I am getting some exercise from there daily... hope will get onto a good plan with a healthy diet! life is good!

if you want to find our more about placebo effects.
1. Wikipedia
2. NPR article