Okay, you want to lose weight. How badly? What's your motivation?
It's all very well deciding that you want to lose weight but all too often, it doesn't go much further than that. To lose weight you HAVE TO make changes to your diet, you cannot continue to eat in the same manner as you have been up to now and expect to lose weight. Obvious I know. And yet, we fail to do it. The 'diet' begins, we make changes but we don't keep them up. So what's going wrong?
If you were losing weight for an event or a holiday, it is much more likely that you will stick with the diet. You have a clear motivation and a deadline. If you just want to lose weight, you are almost doomed to failure. You have to find more motivation than that if you want to sustain it.
What motivation could you have then...? if you have been overweight for a while then you may already be experiencing health issues. Perhaps you suffer with foot pain? Ankle or knee pain? Maybe walking around in warm weather is quickly exhausting for you? Your back hurts. Let me assure you that most of these issues will go away or be hugely relieved by losing your extra body fat. And if you're not suffering from ill effects from being overweight yet, be assured that sooner or later, they will catch up with you. What better motivation could you have then? You have a holiday to aim for! The holiday of being pain and discomfort free, one where you can enjoy life to the full! Forget the 'looking slim' motivation, it isn't strong enough but you CAN do it for your health, to lead a fun and active life and then, if you want to keep living that lifestyle, that will be all the motivation you need to stick with it for life!
You can do it! :)
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