Saturday, January 3, 2009

Lose Weight With Help From Hidden Psychological Trigger

By Dorthy Weatherbush

You are fat. Chubby, chunky, husky, robust, rotund, plump, portly, large, stout, stubby, blubbery, flabby: fat. Look in the mirror, at your pants size, on the scale. Perhaps it crept up on you one fast food lunch at a time. Maybe you've always been heavy. Either way, you've decided; today is your day. Your road to skinny starts now.

But how? There are of course the common answers. Good diet and proper exercise. Of course, you reply. I knew that already, and I knew you'd tell to do it. But really, how do I do it? Where do I begin? What diet, which exercise? What happens if it doesn't work? Well, you are going to be fat, just the way you are now.

The hardest part of losing the weight will not come to you in the gym. Sweating will not be your demise. Your downfall will come slowly. You will be excited at first, but then the doubt will set in. Or the worry, or the time constraints. What can you do to circumvent all of these things? What is the miracle answer behind finally dropping the weight that has been holding you down too long? The answer is so simple. The road to thin just got a little less treacherous.

The one most important factor to getting to successful weight loss is this: figure out why you're doing it. Why do you want to lose weight? Yes, you want to be healthy and look great, but what is it that truly lights your fire? Think about is: envision yourself thin. What is it that you are doing, where are you going to, what are you wearing? This is your answer. Write it down on paper. Flesh it out until it is exactly the moment you are working toward.

If you want to be healthier, more beautiful, and keep pace with your children, you 'why' may be "to roller blade at the park with your kids wearing your new pair of hot pants." Make it real for yourself. Keep it in a journal somewhere. Write down at least 10 good 'whys'. Now that you have them written they are in stone and easily referenced. Use these as motivation to continue on your journey and as a reminder of why you are doing what you are doing. Is it a vacation that you want?

An image of the small seat on European public transportation will remind you to stay on that treadmill. A Macy's clothing catalog in the take out menu drawer will magically remind you how to make a salad. Your weight loss journey and the motivation it takes to be successful are very personal, but your 'whys' shouldn't be. Share your 'whys' with the people closest to you. Telling other about your goals will give you just one more incentive to do well.

Whatever the 'whys' may be that you choose, your answer lies inside yourself. The reasons why you want to lose weight will be the driving forces behind your journey, and everything else that you do in your life. Your 'why' will wake you up in the morning and drag you to that treadmill, it will keep you from that drive through line at McDonald's. Armed with your own personal secret weapon, you can make your weight loss dream a reality. - 16650

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