Hidden Psychological Trigger Helps With Weight loss
May 2, 2009 by Dorthy Weatherbush
Filed under Pregnancy and Diabetes
You’re fat! Husky, hefty, stocky, rotund, plump, portly, chubby, chunky, corpulent: fat. You can see it when you look in the mirror, when you go shopping, when you step on that scale. It may have snuck up on you one meal at a time. Maybe you have been heavy all your life. Whatever the case may be, you have determined that today is the big day. Your journey to slim begins today.
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 most difficult part on the highway to weight loss will not be found in the gym. Nor will it be found in the sweat that drips down your face. Your down turn will come very slowly. You will begin enthusiastic and energetic, and then the wave of doubt will set in. Or maybe worry, or even time constraints. What can you do to handle all of these things? What is the miracle answer to finally being able to drop that weight that has been holding you back for so long? The answer is simple and easy. The journey to thing just got a little easier.
The single most important factor to making sure you lose weight successfully is this: determine why you’re doing it. Why is it that you want to lose weight? Of course you want to be healthy and look good, but what truly sparks your desire? Think long and hard: picture yourself slim. What are you doing, where are you going, what do you have on? This is your answer. Write it down in a journal. Flesh it out until it is precisely the moment you are working toward.
If you want to be healthy, feel attractive, and keep up with your kids, your why might be “to play tag wearing short shorts in the park.” Make it as real as it is going to be. Put it down on paper. Give yourself ten good whys. Now you have them and they are cement. Use these as little reminders to self that will keep you motivated to keep going on. Is it a vacation you are after?
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.
No matter what you ‘whys’ are, your answer lies within yourself. Your reasons why you want to lose weight will be ultimately the driving force behind all that you do in your life. Your ‘why’ will get you out of bed in the morning, or off the couch in the middle of the day. It will tie your shoes. It will make that salad look like a burger and make those sore muscles feel like a day at the spa. Armed with your own personal secret weapon, your ticket to weight loss is not far away.

