Staying Motivated to Diet
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Diet motivation is an all too important yet often overlooked part of weight loss success. Losing weight is made much more difficult when negative thoughts are held onto. If you have tried dieting before with little success, this may be your problem. A positive attitude is very important when attempting to lose weight.
The whole think yourself thin ideal has some merit. More importantly stop thinking yourself fat. I know for me, once I found my diet motivation everything changed for the better. Once I had convinced myself that I was going to lose weight and get in shape there was a positive change in me.
You need to keep your expectations reasonable. This is a case of wanting to be the tortoise not the hare. Don't expect an overnight transformation in either your attitude or your weight.Make positive progress everyday and you will reach your goals.
As you take these steps record them in some sort of weight loss journal.I prefer making a weight loss blog. When you reach weight loss obstacles you should go over your journal to renew your diet motivation.
Here a couple of steps that will get you started on the road to proper diet motivation. Use these tips to make the most out of whatever diet you decide to follow.
Step 1, Define realistic goals:
When setting your goals you will first want to find out the ideal weight for your height and body frame. A little math will give you the number of pounds you need to lose. Current weight minus ideal weight equals the amount of weight you should plan on losing.
Now set a time frame to reach your goal. Healthy weight loss is from one to two and a half pounds a week. When setting your goal date keep this in mind. Keeping those figures in mind set small term goals for yourself.
Keep in mind that properly setting attainable goals is very important to weight loss. Having unrealistic goals may be one of the worst things a dieter can do. This is perhaps the best way to completely derail your motivation to diet. Not reaching a goal on weigh in day can definitely send you on a dieting backslide. You know when those feelings start to creep back in. The ones that say "Who am I kidding I'll never lose this weight." The next minute your heads buried in a gallon of ice cream.
Contrary to that is how good it feels to reach goals even the small ones. Reaching these smaller goals and celebrating them is the way to keep your diet motivation for the duration.
Step 2, Find out why you want to lose weight:
What is the main reason for you wanting to lose weight? The only person who knows the answer is you. There is a slew of reasons someone might want to lose weight. So what's yours?
Are you sick of the ridicule? I know I was. Are you interested in living longer? Maybe you want to have as much time as you can with your loved ones. Are there certain things you just can't do while overweight? I know I missed roller coasters. I'll never be able to ride one again, but that's for a whole other reason completely.
Those are just some examples of what motivated me to lose weight. Now it's up to you, find out what it is that will keep you driven to lose weight. Remember to record all of them somewhere and keep them handy for those days when motivation is lacking.
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