Weight Loss Basics: Self Examination

One of the most ignored fundamentals about weight loss is finding out why an individual wants to loose weight. As in any worthwhile endeavor in life, the reason will always serve as a spring-board for success. Remember the last time you accomplished something that you were proud of. What got you through to the end? Chances are: you had a motivating reason. There was a passion burning deep inside you. Weight loss is no different. Either a disgust for the extra weight or the desire to have men or women admiring your wonderful body, can be motivators for your weight loss plan. Going to the gymnasium, staying on a diet, and such are all good. However, the main work is thinking, (or should I say “feeling”?) For weight loss to be effective, one must first sit down and do a thorough soul search. It is preferable that this is done at your own convenience. A good coaching or health professional may help. The idea is to discover what drives you in this quest for weight loss. Here are some good questions to get you started:

• Why do I have this extra weight?
• Why do I want to loose weight?
• What do I gain from being over-weight?
• List all the benefits for being at an ideal size
• How do I feel in my ideal weight?
• Would your spouse, parents, children, co-workers etc notice your achievement?
• What steps are necessary for me to get to my goal?
• Is there anything that I can do now to get started?
• Do I have a timetable that suits me?
• Is my weight loss goal believable (to me)?

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For each question list everything that comes to mind. Do not screen those first ideas. If the first thought in your mind to the 2nd question (What do I gain from being over-weight) is bad sex, then write it down, exactly as you think it. Then write anything else that comes to your mind. During the moment of the exercise, your mind is giving you the answers that you need. If you allow those answers to come to the front, without judgment, you will be amazed that the answers will come. Notice how you feel about each answer. The answer(s) to which you have an emotional reaction is probably your most important action point. Let us call is key answer Circle it. This is your primary focus for weight loss. Some key answers may have nothing to do with weight loss - at least not on the surface. A woman wanted to loose weight. Upon doing the basic exploration into this issue, she mentioned that he lost her twin brother 10 years ago. She was away at a university. She only knew that he had been sick. Upon getting home, he was already buried. According to her, no one allowed her to mourn, she was told to focus on her exams. None of the weight loss programs worked, because none discovered the main reason behind the condition. After some time mourning her brother, she was able to successfully reduce her weight.
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