This time
you are serious about achieving fast weight loss?
You're
heading out on a big trip, and you've glanced at the
latest South
Beach Diet book to see if this just might be
the answer
to your prayers.
Fast weight
loss is achievable, but so is long-term weight
loss.
There's
nothing worse than losing 5 pounds, only to gain it
back within
4 weeks. So how do you summon the focus to
begin fast
weight loss and the dedication to stick with it
for the
long-term?
Overcoming
most challenges in life depend on having the
right mental
attitude, beliefs and motivation.
Here are 4
steps you can use to set the foundation for fast
weight loss:
1.
Understand Pain Versus Pleasure
Most
behaviors in life occur either because we are trying
to avoid
pain or achieve pleasure.
In fact, our
opinion of how painful or how pleasurable
something is
has a major impact on our commitment and
actions.
So, your
chance of achieving fast weight loss is much greater
if you can
focus on the pain of NOT losing weight.
What if you
don't succeed? What will your friends, family
and others
think of you if you don't experience fast weight
loss?
How will you
feel tomorrow, the next day and the next if you
continue to
pack on the pounds.
Then,
imagine what losing 2 pounds per week could mean to
you in just
1-month? Imagine how much energy and vitality
you could
experience with your fast weight loss? Actually
picture
yourself looking in the mirror and seeing someone
who you
strive to be.
Build your
own pain pleasure scale to help you stay motivated.
2. Find a
buddy or two
Finding
others who have experienced fast weight loss to help
you along
the way is so important to your eventual success.
Not everyone
requires as much external support as the other,
but we all -
as human beings - strive for external support
of our
goals, beliefs and actions.
Fast weight
loss support can come from someone in your
neighborhood,
a weight loss support group, online weight
loss forums
and membership sites, weight loss books, or
health and
fitness coaches.
3. Weight
Gain Triggers
Your fast
weight loss goals will be helped along by understanding
the reality
and emotional triggers of what causes weight gain.
For example,
weight gain is a natural and standard experience
of hitting
middle age.
Similarly,
common weight gain triggers involve stress,
unhappiness,
frustration, lack of control, etc...
A suggestion
is to keep a log of your feelings and what you
eat for
2-weeks prior to dieting.
Call it your
fast weight loss journal!
Every time
you eat something, no matter how small, make a log
entry and
write down your thoughts and what led to those
thoughts.
I think you
will be surprised to see what triggers your
over-eating.
4. Get Busy
and Get Relaxed
Make
exercise and relaxation a key part of your fast weight
loss
program.
You need to
stay positive, feel good, achieve progress - a
big part of that
is your emotional and chemical body state.
By
exercising, you release pleasurable endorphins into your
brain - in a
sense, pleasure of exercise becomes addictive.
Meditation
will take a little longer to show results, but
you really
can control the negative factors in life that
often
jeopardize your fast weight loss goals.
Fast weight
loss is within your reach. Follow these four
steps and
enjoy your newfound power and freedom to look lean
and feel
better.
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