lose weight with the law of attraction?

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  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    Yes exactly what @nm212 posted. You need to take action. I believe in the book it explains like attracts like. Negative attracts negative. If you are exercising/dieting and thinking of negative thoughts you might be more prone to mess up. But if you are always thinking positively and you are imagining yourself with the goal already accomplished there is a less chance you will miss a day of exercising or eat the wrong things. I think you should reread the book because you are misunderstanding it.

    YES!!
  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    Negativity is a perfectly serviceable word. Positivity isn't even in the dictionary. And it makes my brain hurt. Lets add it to the evil word list, along with "journey" and "lifestyle change."
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    edited August 2015
    Negativity is a perfectly serviceable word. Positivity isn't even in the dictionary. And it makes my brain hurt. Lets add it to the evil word list, along with "journey" and "lifestyle change."

    Of course positivity is in the dictionary. What in the world makes you think it isn't?

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    positivity
    noun pos·i·tiv·i·ty \ˌpä-zə-ˈti-və-tē\
    plural pos·i·tiv·i·ties
    Definition of POSITIVITY

    1: the quality or state of being positive

    2: something that is positive
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  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    Negativity is a perfectly serviceable word. Positivity isn't even in the dictionary. And it makes my brain hurt. Lets add it to the evil word list, along with "journey" and "lifestyle change."

    Of course positivity is in the dictionary. What in the world makes you think it isn't?

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    positivity
    noun pos·i·tiv·i·ty \ˌpä-zə-ˈti-və-tē\
    plural pos·i·tiv·i·ties
    Definition of POSITIVITY

    1: the quality or state of being positive

    2: something that is positive

    It's not in my Webster's New World Dictionary that I keep at my desk and it's not in the Microsoft Word spell-checker. I can't speak for every dictionary on earth.
  • NCGOALIEMOM
    NCGOALIEMOM Posts: 83 Member
    I've read the book and watched the DVD. No where do I recall it saying you can use it for a weightloss tool??? Maybe I fell asleep.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    Negativity is a perfectly serviceable word. Positivity isn't even in the dictionary. And it makes my brain hurt. Lets add it to the evil word list, along with "journey" and "lifestyle change."

    Of course positivity is in the dictionary. What in the world makes you think it isn't?

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    positivity
    noun pos·i·tiv·i·ty \ˌpä-zə-ˈti-və-tē\
    plural pos·i·tiv·i·ties
    Definition of POSITIVITY

    1: the quality or state of being positive

    2: something that is positive

    It's not in my Webster's New World Dictionary that I keep at my desk and it's not in the Microsoft Word spell-checker. I can't speak for every dictionary on earth.

    When you look up "positive," does it give you the noun form? If not, what would you use?
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    So, if I ask hard enough, and believe hard enough, I can recieve undying love from one Lee Pace?
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    Negativity is a perfectly serviceable word. Positivity isn't even in the dictionary. And it makes my brain hurt. Lets add it to the evil word list, along with "journey" and "lifestyle change."

    Of course positivity is in the dictionary. What in the world makes you think it isn't?

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    positivity
    noun pos·i·tiv·i·ty \ˌpä-zə-ˈti-və-tē\
    plural pos·i·tiv·i·ties
    Definition of POSITIVITY

    1: the quality or state of being positive

    2: something that is positive

    It's not in my Webster's New World Dictionary that I keep at my desk and it's not in the Microsoft Word spell-checker. I can't speak for every dictionary on earth.

    I believe you. "Gullible" isn't in the dictionary, either. Crazy, right?
  • Carnhot
    Carnhot Posts: 367 Member
    This would be funny were it not for the flip side; this sort of thinking causes some people to believe that they deserve the bad things which happen to them, which may sometimes be true but more often, I would suspect, isn't. I hate the thought of people with, for example, inoperable cancers, being led to believe that the reason they don't get well, or even that they have the cancer in the first place, is that they don't have enough "positivity". (I know what it means, so I'll use it.)
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  • Carnhot
    Carnhot Posts: 367 Member
    Of course not, and your final sentence is not what I am saying. Being and feeling positive is always going to be a good thing. I have, however, witnessed what I described - a distorted inversion of the benefits of positive thinking. I wish I hadn't seen it, but I have.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    The power of positive thinking is pretty strong, but I wouldn't equate with some kind of magic wand. Use it to support your own daily motivation as you take the steps you need to take to eat less and move more, and you can't go wrong! :)
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    ... and no one believes in it in the way you just said....

    No Good Scotsman argument. In other words, only the successful practitioners of the law of attraction experience success. All the others are not believing it right.

    Not the law of attraction, but I advise people how to recognize opportunities when they come their way. I can promise you that you will see a Volkswagen Beetle in the next week. Volkswagen Volkswagen Volkswagen. Now that I've mentioned it, you'll see one. Do you recall seeing one in the past week? Likely not. Because you weren't primed to look.

    People who spend time writing down their personal mission statement, visualizing what their life could look like in the years ahead, are primed to recognize opportunities as they come by. Grab them as you find them!

    That whole crystal vibration attraction rubbish isn't needed.
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  • glovepuppet
    glovepuppet Posts: 1,710 Member
    if your theory were true, there would be no such thing as body dysmorphia.
  • Edward1509
    Edward1509 Posts: 1 Member
    I read "The Secret" and it states that "Like attracts Like". That is, if you want positive results, you have to have positive thoughts. However, the REAL "Law of Attraction" is that OPPOSITES attract. Based on that, you'd have to think negatively to get positive results.
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  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    @WorkInProgress909 I've seen a great deal more claimed by the attraction folks. That is, our positive brain waves attracting like. I can't possibly go for that sort of woo.

    My pessimist husband sees a declining society all around him. I see the chicks in the spring learning to fly in the fall. Our observations differ, but we are living in the same world with a combination of good and bad all around us.
  • wikkidwanda
    wikkidwanda Posts: 163 Member
    Carnhot wrote: »
    Of course not, and your final sentence is not what I am saying. Being and feeling positive is always going to be a good thing. I have, however, witnessed what I described - a distorted inversion of the benefits of positive thinking. I wish I hadn't seen it, but I have.

    It is not supposed to be taken that seriously. It is just supposed to help you through your goals.

    Actually, I have read extensively about this Law Of Attraction, and yes, it IS supposed to be taken that seriously. Check out some forums, read what people say enmasse and then tell me that it isn't supposed to be taken that seriously.

    part of the theory of the LOA is that by concentrating on the negative, you are bringing about the negative. When you start to feel negative, change your thoughts, change your vibrations, don't give thought to the negative.... when we experience negative, it is APPARENTLY so that we can recognize positive.... I'm with WorkInProgress909, I too have seen LOA followers refuse medical help, deny acknowledgement of real and valid negatives that have happened in people's lives so as to "avoid putting energy into the negative". I've watched relationships crumble and lost friends over this theory, so yea, people absolutely DO believe it that seriously.

    There are 7 "natural Laws" of the universe, Attraction is one. and Just like if we only concentrate on how many carbs we eat and ignore how much sugar/fat/veg, we are not doing ourselves any favours by convincing ourselves that we are doing the best, most positive thing possible to change the outcome.

    Simply put, I've NEVER seen myself as a fat person... but I most definitely am, by society's standards, the standards of the medical profession, and the size of my clothes. anything in the world worth something to you, is worth working toward.

    I've been heavy since I was 8 years old. If I want to change that, there are a myriad of things I can do to do so (in theory lol) and none of them are just think it away. I'm with all the people saying that you must work for it. Sure, be positive about it, if for no other reason than it is WAY harder to do something that you are pessimistic/sceptical about.

    good luck!

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  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    In my opinion you aren't supposed to take it literally. A positive brain full of positive thoughts is not a literal magnet, but there is something about it that helps. There is some science behind attraction and you can find research/literature from actual PhDs.

    Italics - I've watched The Secret and I've read up on LOA. It absolutely is meant to be taken literally. Your opinion is not in line with the "mainstream" proponents of this particular brand of bull****.

    Bold - WIP uses unsubstantiated statement. It's not very effective. TinCanOnAString uses Burden of Proof attack...
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  • 6502programmer
    6502programmer Posts: 515 Member
    The law of attraction is exactly what you said there. It doesn't lead you directly to success, but instead it gets you to think positively/visualize which allows you to see and recognize opportunities and situations that can lead you to success.

    Yes, but OP was wanting to use this INSTEAD OF making good food choices, not as a tool to assist in making them. It's difficult, even if you "think yourself skinny" with every fiber of your being, to lose weight eating pizza every day while walking just enough to get between the fridge and the couch.

    Nobody is going to deny that people with a sunny outlook achieve better outcomes. They do so because they're more yielding to the negative and work harder to achieve the positive, not because the universe does them a solid.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    In my opinion you aren't supposed to take it literally. A positive brain full of positive thoughts is not a literal magnet, but there is something about it that helps. There is some science behind attraction and you can find research/literature from actual PhDs.

    Italics - I've watched The Secret and I've read up on LOA. It absolutely is meant to be taken literally. Your opinion is not in line with the "mainstream" proponents of this particular brand of bull****.

    Bold - WIP uses unsubstantiated statement. It's not very effective. TinCanOnAString uses Burden of Proof attack...

    How is it I've gone this long without realizing how your screenname is parsed out?!
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Yes exactly what @nm212 posted. You need to take action. I believe in the book it explains like attracts like. Negative attracts negative. If you are exercising/dieting and thinking of negative thoughts you might be more prone to mess up. But if you are always thinking positively and you are imagining yourself with the goal already accomplished there is a less chance you will miss a day of exercising or eat the wrong things. I think you should reread the book because you are misunderstanding it.

    I think that's how these books sell.. if by coincidence something good happens to you it's attributed to the law of attraction, if it doesn't work it's your fault since you must have let negative thoughts sneak in. Don't think about pink elephants. Easy enough huh?

    OP don't get suckered into things that are made purely to sell. I would read anything once, no matter how silly the idea seems to me, then pick off the good for my life experience arsenal and toss the rest in the reject pile. I do not live out of a 70s van or smoke weed at drum circles, so my takeaway from this book was simple: if you let negativity control your thoughts you may notice too many "bad things" about your life and not enough "good things". You're not causing things to happen, you're just noticing them more and in some cases unconsciously fulfilling your own prophecies.

    How does this play into dieting? If I don't lose weight one week instead of filling my head with negative thoughts that I have a slow metabolism or whatnot which would lead to slacking with my diet and eventually giving up because I'm cursed with a slow metabolism and it's not my fault since I can't control genetics... yada yada.. Self fulfilling prophecy.

    Now the alternative: did not lose, it's just water fluctuations, no big deal, continue doing what needs to be done. 2nd week did not lose, something must be wrong, check logging accuracy, fix inaccurate logging and continue doing what needs to be done.. and so on.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    nm212 wrote: »
    Honestly, I am a big believer in the law of attraction but I don't think that you are interpreting it right. If that's what it truly means, then it's probably B.S. My take on it , is that you need to change your perspective on the food you put into your body and develop a better relationship with food. When you feel at peace with yourself AKA love yourself, you will not crave the same types of food that you did before....because you are raising your vibration to that of love! If you nourish yourself, then you will want to put healthy foods into your diet. It doesn't mean you should just sit there and keep wishing for something to change. You need to take action on your desires BUT in order to do that , you need to raise your vibration to that of love first!
    Usually after I love myself, I'm craving a sandwich.

  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    Negativity is a perfectly serviceable word. Positivity isn't even in the dictionary. And it makes my brain hurt. Lets add it to the evil word list, along with "journey" and "lifestyle change."

    Of course positivity is in the dictionary. What in the world makes you think it isn't?

    ETA
    positivity
    noun pos·i·tiv·i·ty \ˌpä-zə-ˈti-və-tē\
    plural pos·i·tiv·i·ties
    Definition of POSITIVITY

    1: the quality or state of being positive

    2: something that is positive

    Now gullible definitely isn't in the dictionary though.