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Are you ready to commit?
Do you believe it's simple to lose weight? If you listen to the weight
loss industry, you've been told over and over how easy it is--just
take this pill, follow that diet or buy this piece of equipment and
everything will melt away in a flash. In fact, we spend over $30
billion each year on weight loss products and services according
to the NIH and yet we're still overweight. In light of this, is weight
loss really that simple?
Complex Problems, Simple Solutions
The idea behind weight loss is simple--burn more calories than you
eat. This can be accomplished by replacing a couple of sodas with
water and adding 20 minutes of walking each day. Sounds
simple...and it is. If it's that simple, why can't we seem to do it?
There are a number of factors that contribute to our weight gain
that you already know. But it's not just about finding time to
exercise or choosing the salad over the burger--it's about genuine
commitment to make healthy decisions every day....REGARDLESS
of what's happening in your life. If you're not ready to make some
changes, losing weight will be hard. Below are 10 things you'll
need to look at in order to get yourself on a healthy track.
1. Your Attitude. If you're only on a health kick to lose weight or
look a certain way, it will be hard to lose weight permanently. Why?
Because, what happens if you don't see results quickly enough?
You give up. Weight loss is a great goal, but unless you have
something else to motivate you, what's to keep you going if the
scale doesn't budge? It takes time to lose weight--how will you
motivate yourself in the meantime? Find more reasons to be
healthy--having more energy, dealing with health problems or
wanting to live longer to be around for your kids. Those are some
darned good reasons, if you ask me.
2. Your Workouts. If you don't workout consistently enough, it's
hard to lose weight. Yes, it's possible to lose weight through diet
alone, but you'll likely hit a plateau. You don't need to spend hours
in the gym, you only need to set up a reasonable workout schedule
that you can follow each week. It's not about killing yourself with
workouts--it's about finding something you like and that you'll
continue with for the rest of your life. You have to be willing to be
more active on a regular basis--not just for a week here and there.
My Beginner's Corner can give you some idea of where to start.
3. Your Eating. Changing the way you eat is another thing you're
going to have to do for long-lasting weight loss. You need to be
willing to replace unhealthy foods with healthier choices--every
single day. This might mean:
Keeping a food journal
Spending more time in the grocery store reading food labels
Spending more time preparing meals
Saying no to extra portions
Making conscious choices about what you put in your mouth.
For permanent weight loss, you need to pay attention to what you
eat and make good choices more often than not. Maybe a
structured diet eventually ends, but healthy eating never
stops...there will never be a time when you're done eating healthy.
You might feel you're sacrificing the good stuff (pizza, fast food,
etc.) and your life won't be fun if you can't have those foods. Guess
what? You can still have them...just not whenever you want. Are
you ready to make these changes? Are you ready to stop giving
your body the most convenient thing available (and often the most
fatty) and, instead, spend time planning what and when you'll eat?
Because that's what it takes to get healthy...permanently.
4. Your Lifestyle. If you want a healthy life, you have to be willing to
change how you live. It doesn't mean changing everything
overnight, but simply being open to new ways of doing things.
Some things you might need to change for a healthy life are:
Daily Routines. You may need to get up earlier to prepare your
lunch or squeeze in a workout, use your lunch hour for exercise or
go for a walk after work instead of watching TV. Are you willing to
do this?
Limits. You might need to set new rules for yourself limiting how
much TV you watch or how long you sit at the computer. You'll
need to pay attention to how you spend your time and where
you're out of balance so you can add more movement.
Your Pantry. I'm the kind of person who will eat an entire bag of
Doritoes if they're in the house. That means I don't keep them in the
house and if someone (ahem...husband) brings them home, he
must immediately re-locate them elsewhere. If you want to be
healthy, you may need to get rid of those foods you just can't resist.
Your Schedule. If you're not willing to sit down and change the way
you live each day to include exercise, time to prepare meals and
time to nurture yourself with sleep, it's hard to lose weight. People
use busy schedules as an excuse not to be healthy...are you one of
them? If you're not ready to take responsibility for the schedule
you've created, it will be hard to lose weight.
5. Your Surroundings. Sometimes, you can't control the things
around you. At work, you may be surrounded by
temptations--donuts, vending machines and the like. That's just
one thing you have to deal with...but what about your home?
Surround yourself with things that will support you in your efforts
to get healthy. That might mean spending some money on home
workout equipment, setting up a corner of the house for your gear
or commandeering the TV a few nights a week to do an exercise
video. Set up an environment that encourages those healthy
choices and reminds you of them--just walking into my kitchen and
seeing that bowl of fresh fruit is often enough to remind me of all
the healthy choices I'll need to make that day.
6. Your Support System. While getting healthy may be something
you're doing on your own, it's a big help to have a support system.
At the very least, family members who understand what you're
doing and are either willing to participate or help. If you have a
spouse who wants to continue eating the kinds of foods that tempt
you, you need a plan to deal with that so you can still reach your
goals and keep your relationship together. Try to surround
yourself with people who support what you're doing and avoid
those people (like that co-worker who always offers you a donut
even though you refuse on a daily basis) who don't. A workout
buddy is also an excellent idea for support.
7. Your Spiritual and Mental Health. If you have other reasons for
being overweight--past hurts that you've used food to deal with,
depression or other problems, it's hard to lose weight. For many of
us, food is a comfort and something we've relied on all of our lives
to help us deal with emotional problems. If that's the case for you,
pinpointing those behaviors and what drives them is important for
becoming aware of what you're doing and why. A counselor can
help you with this or take some time to read about emotional
eating. Be willing to learn why you make the choices you make and
to confront them.
8. Your Goals. If you've set impossible goals, you are guaranteed to
fail. Weight loss becomes hard to achieve if you feel like a constant
failure...who wants to feel like that? If that's how your weight loss
experience is, it's no wonder you keep quitting. The key is to set
reasonable goals. So what is reasonable? That's going to be
different for each person depending on your genetics, eating
habits, exercise, and metabolism to name a few. You're better off
setting a long-term goal (whether it's to lose weight or compete in a
race) and then focusing your attention on daily or weekly goals.
Your weekly goal might be to get in 3 cardio workouts, minimum.
Pick things you KNOW you'll achieve so you're always successful.
It can be as small as you like, as long as it's reachable.
9. Your Flexibility. You hear a lot about lifestyle changes, but it's
daily choices that really test you. What happens if you have to work
late and you can't get to the gym? Or what if you get stuck in traffic
and miss your fitness class? Any number of things can happen in
a day that may throw you off track. The trick is to be flexible. It
helps if you're always prepared--keep some workout shoes in the
car so you can stop off at the park for a quick walk. Keep some
food handy so if you get stuck in traffic, you get a snack in before
your workout. Often people skip workouts because something
comes up and they simply aren't ready for it or they aren't willing to
give themselves other options--can't do 45 minutes? Why not just
do 10? Something is always better than nothing.
10. Your Willingness to Fail. You will not be perfect every day. As a
perfectionist, I have to say that is a frustrating concept for me but,
the truth is, everyone (even perfectionists) has good days and bad
days. On the good days, you'll eat all your fruits and veggies, say
no to that pizza and do your workout even though you're tired. On
the bad days, you'll wake up late, forget to bring your lunch, have
an extra piece of cake at your friend's birthday party and skip your
workout. The bad days will happen if you're a human being. The
trick is to never give up, even when you mess up. You're not a
loser just because you make some mistakes...you're simply a
person trying his or her best to make good decisions.click here to
join.
Do you believe it's simple to lose weight? If you listen to the weight
loss industry, you've been told over and over how easy it is--just
take this pill, follow that diet or buy this piece of equipment and
everything will melt away in a flash. In fact, we spend over $30
billion each year on weight loss products and services according
to the NIH and yet we're still overweight. In light of this, is weight
loss really that simple?
Complex Problems, Simple Solutions
The idea behind weight loss is simple--burn more calories than you
eat. This can be accomplished by replacing a couple of sodas with
water and adding 20 minutes of walking each day. Sounds
simple...and it is. If it's that simple, why can't we seem to do it?
There are a number of factors that contribute to our weight gain
that you already know. But it's not just about finding time to
exercise or choosing the salad over the burger--it's about genuine
commitment to make healthy decisions every day....REGARDLESS
of what's happening in your life. If you're not ready to make some
changes, losing weight will be hard. Below are 10 things you'll
need to look at in order to get yourself on a healthy track.
1. Your Attitude. If you're only on a health kick to lose weight or
look a certain way, it will be hard to lose weight permanently. Why?
Because, what happens if you don't see results quickly enough?
You give up. Weight loss is a great goal, but unless you have
something else to motivate you, what's to keep you going if the
scale doesn't budge? It takes time to lose weight--how will you
motivate yourself in the meantime? Find more reasons to be
healthy--having more energy, dealing with health problems or
wanting to live longer to be around for your kids. Those are some
darned good reasons, if you ask me.
2. Your Workouts. If you don't workout consistently enough, it's
hard to lose weight. Yes, it's possible to lose weight through diet
alone, but you'll likely hit a plateau. You don't need to spend hours
in the gym, you only need to set up a reasonable workout schedule
that you can follow each week. It's not about killing yourself with
workouts--it's about finding something you like and that you'll
continue with for the rest of your life. You have to be willing to be
more active on a regular basis--not just for a week here and there.
My Beginner's Corner can give you some idea of where to start.
3. Your Eating. Changing the way you eat is another thing you're
going to have to do for long-lasting weight loss. You need to be
willing to replace unhealthy foods with healthier choices--every
single day. This might mean:
Keeping a food journal
Spending more time in the grocery store reading food labels
Spending more time preparing meals
Saying no to extra portions
Making conscious choices about what you put in your mouth.
For permanent weight loss, you need to pay attention to what you
eat and make good choices more often than not. Maybe a
structured diet eventually ends, but healthy eating never
stops...there will never be a time when you're done eating healthy.
You might feel you're sacrificing the good stuff (pizza, fast food,
etc.) and your life won't be fun if you can't have those foods. Guess
what? You can still have them...just not whenever you want. Are
you ready to make these changes? Are you ready to stop giving
your body the most convenient thing available (and often the most
fatty) and, instead, spend time planning what and when you'll eat?
Because that's what it takes to get healthy...permanently.
4. Your Lifestyle. If you want a healthy life, you have to be willing to
change how you live. It doesn't mean changing everything
overnight, but simply being open to new ways of doing things.
Some things you might need to change for a healthy life are:
Daily Routines. You may need to get up earlier to prepare your
lunch or squeeze in a workout, use your lunch hour for exercise or
go for a walk after work instead of watching TV. Are you willing to
do this?
Limits. You might need to set new rules for yourself limiting how
much TV you watch or how long you sit at the computer. You'll
need to pay attention to how you spend your time and where
you're out of balance so you can add more movement.
Your Pantry. I'm the kind of person who will eat an entire bag of
Doritoes if they're in the house. That means I don't keep them in the
house and if someone (ahem...husband) brings them home, he
must immediately re-locate them elsewhere. If you want to be
healthy, you may need to get rid of those foods you just can't resist.
Your Schedule. If you're not willing to sit down and change the way
you live each day to include exercise, time to prepare meals and
time to nurture yourself with sleep, it's hard to lose weight. People
use busy schedules as an excuse not to be healthy...are you one of
them? If you're not ready to take responsibility for the schedule
you've created, it will be hard to lose weight.
5. Your Surroundings. Sometimes, you can't control the things
around you. At work, you may be surrounded by
temptations--donuts, vending machines and the like. That's just
one thing you have to deal with...but what about your home?
Surround yourself with things that will support you in your efforts
to get healthy. That might mean spending some money on home
workout equipment, setting up a corner of the house for your gear
or commandeering the TV a few nights a week to do an exercise
video. Set up an environment that encourages those healthy
choices and reminds you of them--just walking into my kitchen and
seeing that bowl of fresh fruit is often enough to remind me of all
the healthy choices I'll need to make that day.
6. Your Support System. While getting healthy may be something
you're doing on your own, it's a big help to have a support system.
At the very least, family members who understand what you're
doing and are either willing to participate or help. If you have a
spouse who wants to continue eating the kinds of foods that tempt
you, you need a plan to deal with that so you can still reach your
goals and keep your relationship together. Try to surround
yourself with people who support what you're doing and avoid
those people (like that co-worker who always offers you a donut
even though you refuse on a daily basis) who don't. A workout
buddy is also an excellent idea for support.
7. Your Spiritual and Mental Health. If you have other reasons for
being overweight--past hurts that you've used food to deal with,
depression or other problems, it's hard to lose weight. For many of
us, food is a comfort and something we've relied on all of our lives
to help us deal with emotional problems. If that's the case for you,
pinpointing those behaviors and what drives them is important for
becoming aware of what you're doing and why. A counselor can
help you with this or take some time to read about emotional
eating. Be willing to learn why you make the choices you make and
to confront them.
8. Your Goals. If you've set impossible goals, you are guaranteed to
fail. Weight loss becomes hard to achieve if you feel like a constant
failure...who wants to feel like that? If that's how your weight loss
experience is, it's no wonder you keep quitting. The key is to set
reasonable goals. So what is reasonable? That's going to be
different for each person depending on your genetics, eating
habits, exercise, and metabolism to name a few. You're better off
setting a long-term goal (whether it's to lose weight or compete in a
race) and then focusing your attention on daily or weekly goals.
Your weekly goal might be to get in 3 cardio workouts, minimum.
Pick things you KNOW you'll achieve so you're always successful.
It can be as small as you like, as long as it's reachable.
9. Your Flexibility. You hear a lot about lifestyle changes, but it's
daily choices that really test you. What happens if you have to work
late and you can't get to the gym? Or what if you get stuck in traffic
and miss your fitness class? Any number of things can happen in
a day that may throw you off track. The trick is to be flexible. It
helps if you're always prepared--keep some workout shoes in the
car so you can stop off at the park for a quick walk. Keep some
food handy so if you get stuck in traffic, you get a snack in before
your workout. Often people skip workouts because something
comes up and they simply aren't ready for it or they aren't willing to
give themselves other options--can't do 45 minutes? Why not just
do 10? Something is always better than nothing.
10. Your Willingness to Fail. You will not be perfect every day. As a
perfectionist, I have to say that is a frustrating concept for me but,
the truth is, everyone (even perfectionists) has good days and bad
days. On the good days, you'll eat all your fruits and veggies, say
no to that pizza and do your workout even though you're tired. On
the bad days, you'll wake up late, forget to bring your lunch, have
an extra piece of cake at your friend's birthday party and skip your
workout. The bad days will happen if you're a human being. The
trick is to never give up, even when you mess up. You're not a
loser just because you make some mistakes...you're simply a
person trying his or her best to make good decisions.click here to
join.
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