Do you know that your five senses can actually work together to help you achieve weight loss? The sense of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and feeling are all important to put your dreams into a reality. Here are the ways to use your five sense organs for a healthier body; and a more skinnier, thinner, tighter, lighter, leaner, sculpted version of you.

• Sense of Sight: Have you actually looked lately in the covers of fitness magazines? You have likely seen the sexy cover girls who are very proud of their sexy figures? Do not envy them but instead use the images of the cover girls as an inspiration. Post them near your workout area. In fact, I suggest you put your own picture on the cover girl models so to paint a more vivid picture of you want to look like. It will feel more real that way. It will motivate you to perform better with weight loss goals.

• Sense of Smell: Going on a weight loss program deviates you from eating foods that you are usually fond of and that are unhealthy for you. Foods that contain high levels of sugar such as chocolates and cakes should be avoided (unless is truly is a special occasion…like a birthday hmmm?). Finger foods that contain too much oil are also considered unhealthy. You should really avoid them, but who says you cannot use your nose to smell them. This is not recommended to tease and tempt you of these foods. But instead, smelling them can at least make yourself familiar with the food and might satiate your craving. It is better to smell, than to eat these foods that add weight.

• Sense of Hearing: Again, putting this sense organ to use and to help you stay focused on your weight loss program is not as difficult as you think. In fact, it is relatively easy and quite beneficial to motivate you. How about recording your affirmations towards losing weight and have them played while you are performing your exercise routines, while you are eating, and while you are about to sleep. Having those affirmations heard repetitively can actually influence your subconscious mind to automatically do things that will contribute to the weight loss faster.

• Sense of Taste: This sense organ is very important to be put into proper work. It has the greatest impact on your weight loss problem if you misused the sense causing you to overeat or to indulge in foods that are classified as unhealthy and hazardous towards losing weight. Therefore, it is important to tame your taste buds and practice eating fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as steamed fishes and grilled lean cuts of meat. Feed your appetite in a healthy way. Avoid empty sugars as that leads to more sugar cravings. Same applies with salty foods…guess what sodium equals belly bloat, who needs that?

• Sense of Touch: Although this sense organ doesn’t directly have an impact on your weight loss. It exhibits the effect of all the efforts you have exerted to lose weight. The skin feels the flow of the sweat that runs down your body every time you perform exercises. Thus, enjoy the sweat coming out of your glands as it is a signal that your body is responding to your fat burning activities. Your skin expands when your stomach is full. Thus, when you feel it has become harder for you to tuck your chest in, then it is an indication that you have satisfied your hunger. Your skin will also respond if you are losing weight. You will see that the layers of your skin that have developed stretch marks due to excess weight are fading slowly. It is a sign that you are slowly losing weight too. Also, try to show affection and intimacy to others. Sometimes giving someone you love a hug will satisfy you in more ways you think helping you avoid comfort foods that fill that void of loneliness. And of course, engage in sex! AHHH yes I said it! When you have a healthy sex life, you are prone to sticking to your weight loss goals because 1. You are experiencing the sense of touch with someone you love, and 2. You are more likely to want to look amazing naked in front of your partner…nothing’s more motivating than that!

The five senses all have important roles to contribute towards weight loss. Your mind is more powerful than you think. The mind sends signals to the senses to perform certain actions. Therefore, a healthy mind with positive thoughts is also important to send positive signals to your senses.

How will you use your senses today? How will your 5 senses contribute to your weight loss? The more you use all of your senses, the easier and quicker it becomes to reach those weight loss goals!