Motivation is one of the key variables for the equation that
yields long term weight loss success. The question is how do you maintain the
motivation to attain the ultimate goal? Regardless if your weight loss goal is
20 pounds or 100 pounds you must change your thinking to change your behavior
and writing makes that happen.
Weight loss really does begin in your head. Every successful
athlete understands that his thinking process is either working for him or
against him. The same holds true with weight loss. If you’re internal dialogue
is negative, your results will eventually manifest the same result! You can’t
degrade yourself to a healthy new you! You must change your thinking to work
for you, to build your resolve, and to maintain that all important motivational
factor.
Writing is exercises that will help your mind change its
thinking! It allows you to process the negative emotions and helps to instill
the positive changes.
Start with these six simple exercises:
The Negative Emotions
Daily Dump:
Many success coaches advocate writing out your negative
thinking on a daily basis. Simply spend approximately 15 minutes writing out
all the frustrations, bad feelings, and discouragement. This helps you to
process these bad feelings out of your system so that you can make room for
positive affirmations. Do not reread the entries and do not keep them. Write it
out, and then throw it out. We call this the Negative Emotions Daily Dump.
Understand your Motivations:
In order to stay motivated you must understand your real
reasons for losing weight. In other words, understand why YOU want to lose
weight. Not why your spouse or friends want you to lose weight but why losing
the weight is important to you. Do you really want more energy? Do you just
love skinny clothes? Do you want to participate in an activity that would be
easier if you were slim and healthy? Write these motivations out in detail so
that you can solidify them in your head and they can continue to motivate you
through the entire weight loss journey.
Affirm Your Goals:
Prepare a list of affirmations that will help your
subconscious work with your conscious brain to make those all important
behavioral changes. Then write your affirmations at least twice a day. Write
them once after you have written your Negative Emotions Daily Dump. Don’t do
the Negative Dump without filling it with the positive affirmations. You should
always end with this. Write the second set of affirmations either right before
you go to bed or first thing in the morning. Read your affirmations several
times a day.
Visualize:
Visualize yourself enjoying the portions of your weight loss
program that you are currently struggling to do. For instance if you hate the
cardio portion of your day, start seeing yourself loving it. See it as “”your
time”. It can be your time to read while you’re on the stationary bike or your
time to watch all those movies you feel guilty watching any other time. After
you begin to visualize positive feelings about a certain activity the easier
that activity will become.
Accountability:
Keep a food diary. Keeping a food diary has been proven time
and time again to increase your weight loss success by as much as 50%! A food
log is your accountability factor. It keeps you honest with yourself.
The Pat-On-The-Back:
Keep a written log of your weight loss success. By writing
down your weight loss on a weekly basis you are validating your efforts and
giving yourself a pat-on-the-back. This will go a long way to keeping you on
track.
Keep in mind that if you are utilizing the assistance of a
personal fitness trainer or weight loss professional that they may use
techniques to help you face your self-defeating habits. This might feel harsh
and negative, however it isn’t. Honesty is necessary to motivate change and
this is different than running you down! Sometimes we have to hear the hard
words to make the hard changes.
Writing is the new “exercise” that can make all the rest of
your weight loss efforts including good nutrition, exercise, and resistance
training work for you because you will be working with these principles instead
of against them. You will start seeing these weight loss techniques as a
positive and permanent part of your life, instead of a temporary device. That
will result in faster results that last forever!
Laura Tito
Laura Tito
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