It might seem odd to some that anyone would need extra motivation to lose weight. Feeling better about yourself, being healthier and fitting into a whole new wardrobe should be enough motivation for anyone.
But anyone who’s tried it knows that weight loss is not an easy game. It seems to have just a few hard-won victories and many disappointing defeats. It can wear you down and, ultimately, force you to give up.
Don’t Give Up
There’s one very important thing to understand about weight loss. Regardless of how difficult it seems, regardless of all the stresses in your life, regardless of how many times you’ve tried and not seen results; you can lose weight. Healthily. Permanently.
If you’ve played the diet/weight loss game before and lost, here’s the most important piece of motivational advice you’ll get.
Change the Rules
If you’ve had difficulty losing weight, it isn’t because you can’t do it, it’s because there’s a better way. Start changing the rules and start getting ready for a new you:
1. Get a New Perspective
If you think of losing weight only in terms of shedding a certain number of pounds or getting to a certain weight, you set yourself up for failure.
If you think about it as a new, healthier way of life, you set yourself up for success.
2. Follow Your Own Path
Very often the weight loss battle is lost before it begins. Everyone has different body types, personalities and ideas of the weight they want to achieve. But you still try to get results from a generic weight loss program. And when it doesn’t work, you blame yourself. You need to set achievable goals and get into a program that is focused on you. Not everyone else.
3. Be Kind to Yourself
What you’re doing is not easy, so why do you beat yourself up at the first sign of a problem? Talk to yourself like you would talk to a friend who’s trying hard to make his or her life better.
4. Find Support
When you’re feeling a little down, you call a friend. When you move to another home, you hire a moving company. When you decide to take up golf, you hire a coach. But when you try to lose weight, you do so absolutely alone. If you’re really ready to do this, you need the support of others. Family, friends and experts.
It’s also important to remember that there’s only one weight loss short cut – doing it the right way. You are welcome to visit your local Herbal One Centre and talk to one of our nutritional consultants about creating a weight loss and nutrition program just for you. One that will help you get the results you want.