4 Ways To Feed Your Mind And Manage Your Weight by John Freech Article Body: Successful weight management goes beyond simply what a person eats. It all comes down to their thoughts and feelings. By focusing on positive thoughts and emotions, a person can attract the way they would like to be. The following tools can be used to make positive changes, such as weight management: Affirmations, gratitude journal, positive suggestions and a vision board. An affirmation is a statement of how a person wants to be. The statement is made in the present tense. It could be: “I am happy, healthy, and at my ideal weight”. The affirmation can be written down and placed where they would see it often (as a reminder). The affirmation tool works, because a person becomes however they believe themselves to be. A gratitude journal is written in each day, or whenever someone would like to improve their emotional state. The purpose of the journal (which can simply be a piece of paper) is to wri...