Check Your Attitude for Weight Loss Success
To lose weight, you have to eat healthfully and be active — burning more calories than you consume. That’s a given. But there’s another side to weight loss that doesn’t get mentioned as often. Your mindset. Weight loss isn’t easy — if it was, there wouldn’t be a whole industry built around diet plans and weight loss products. A positive attitude and an honest outlook on your health habits will help you lost weight.
With a good attitude, diet and exercise you can think yourself thin:
- Realistic goals. Don’t set yourself up for disappointment by promising to lose 25 pounds in a month or to get back into your high school jeans in two weeks. Set short-term, realistic milestones that will help you meet your long-term goal.
- Past tense and positive. Words have meaning. Don’t berate yourself for bad habits. Instead, be positive and put those former bad habits into the past tense. “I used to use food to soothe my moods” and “I used to be a chocoholic” can be replaced with present tense good habits such as “I choose fruit for my afternoon snack.”
- Don’t be negative. So you’ve tried to lose weight before and didn’t succeed or didn’t maintain the loss. That’s okay. Past efforts don’t predict your current chance of success.
- Don’t give up. If you slip a bit and let go of your new healthy habits, don’t fret. Just get right back on track.
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