Losing weight for many people represents a relentless uphill battle that few people can claim to have truly, permanently conquered. However, where there's a will there's always a way and the more compelling your reason to lose weight, the stronger the chances of you reaching your end goal.
The main reason losing weight is an uphill battle for many people is because they have become used, over a significant period of time, to certain habits, diet and lifestyle which they associate with comfort, pleasure or convenience. The problem is that these habits, such as 'comfort eating', snacking out on fast foods, consuming large amounts of alcohol and perpetuating an exercise free existence do not ultimately lead to pleasure or happiness in the long run. Although they may offer an immediate sense of satisfaction and comfort, they provide no lasting benefit to your health, fitness or wellbeing.
In fact I am going to suggest to you that these patterns of behaviour cause you long term pain, not only because they provide you with a poor diet and nutrition which results in you putting on weight, but also because these habits are the ones you tend to become dependent on, when things go wrong in your life or when you do not feel good about yourself. Thus making your weight loss battle become even harder.
Have you ever considered how easy it is to do nothing worthwhile, other than sit and stuff yourself, vegetate, or drown your sorrows when you feel emotionally low? When you feel that despondent, doesn't everything feel too much effort to cope with? Under such circumstances you slide easily into established routines and customs.
Yet how vastly different do you experience life when you're feeling good about yourself. Suddenly you've got the energy and enthusiasm to do the things you could only half heartedly dream about before. When your self esteem is high you can achieve great things because you believe you can. Conversely, if you believe you can't do something, there's hardly any point trying because the outcome is determined by your beliefs. So, if you want to change the results you achieve you have to change and consistently manage your emotional state. In short you need to keep feeling good about yourself.
In order to be able to do so or maintain the motivation to make the necessary changes it's vitally important that you begin to identify all the habits, behaviours and issues in your life which make you feel bad, unhappy and prevent you from moving towards your desired outcome. This requires you to be honest with yourself and is likely to take some time and reflection. You may even need to enlist the help of a friend or a coach. The important thing is that it needs to be someone you can trust and who will be honest with you.
You will need to identify all the ways in which your lifestyle, patterns, habits and behaviour have prevented you from progressing and achieving your goals. Just reflect for some moments and take stock of how much your poor emotional states and familiar, entrenched habits have cost you in your life, to date.
They may have cost you a friendship, a relationship, a job or various opportunities. How many things, people and chances have you passed up because you just didn't feel confident or motivated to do what you needed to do. I am not just referring to the monetary cost alone which is very probably huge, I am including the personal and social costs which are likely to be incalculable.
When you stop berating yourself over how much you've lost historically, spare some priceless moments contemplating just how much you will lose in the future, unless you make the time now to painstakingly itemise all the habits that ultimately cause you pain. It's crucial you recognise all the costs and pain that you are storing up for yourself in the near future in the event of failing to change your habits now. Recognise that this process or exercise could literally be the difference between your life and death. When you are conscious of the cost past behaviour has caused you and the pain and misery it can bring in the future. You will be open to establishing new habits that bring you permanent pleasure.
You may choose to take up a social sport or activity that not only keeps you active but is maintainable because you like it and it involves other people or friends. Simultaneously, you may wish to become involved in hobbies such as yoga, or throwing dinner parties where you can show off healthy cooking foods. Alternatively it may be that you get involved in dancing or social games, exercises, sports and activities that interest you.
The important thing is that it's something you like; crucially it needs to be maintainable to the point that it is habit forming and makes you feel good about yourself. If it fulfils these requirements it will become habitual and you will begin to lose weight naturally, almost unconsciously as a bi-product of your new behaviours. The new habits and lifestyle you form will pretty soon become your new way of life which will not only serve you well, but in the process maintain a slimmer, healthier, new you.
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