By Rich Carroll
How we get motivated to lose weight has to come from within if it is going to be effective. We can use personal trainers to help, or report back to friends as to our progress, but it must be inner directed. Only we can have the motivation to choose a trainer or show up for training and go through the paces in a motivated way, or choose a diet that is right and then commit to it. Success or failure will only come from the individual, and how he is motivated.
A few thoughts that should get you motivated toward your weight-loss goals:
1. Make your goals explicit. Ambiguous goals like, "I'm going to start losing some weight," doesn't really commit you to anything definite. By making your goals more precise, you can better envision what you end results should look like. Goals like "losing one pound per week over the next ten weeks" is quantifiable and you can measure your progress week by week. To keep you even more focused, imagine what you want to look like after those ten weeks. Getting you emotionally invested is often better motivation than mere numbers on a scale.
2. Set out a strategy. Your strategy must encompass a proper diet regimen along with whatever exercise program works for you. But it is virtually impossible to lose weight without incorporating both. Our website sets out health benefits of many foods that should be in your diet strategy, as well as the benefits of various exercising programs.
3. Set positive, attainable goals. Your goal should not be "I don't want to be chubby and plump anymore," but an attainable picture of whom you want to become through your diet and exercise program. By attainable goals, they should be ones that can be achieved through healthy means. The strict, Spartan life-style diet and exercise regimen will undoubtedly take off the pounds, but not many of us can do it on a long-term basis, and weight loss programs have to be long-term. By positive goals, we are more apt to be committed to a goal that is positive, such as how you want to look, than one that is negative, such as "I hate looking fat".
4. Share in your progress. If you have someone to report your progress to, preferably someone who offers you encouragement will always be an important motivator. Having someone to share in your achievements is definitely better than just achieving your goals alone. Also, when you do fall short, someone who knows when to provide either encouragement or tough love can be a great motivator to keep you on the right path.
5. Maintain a long-term vision. I have always said that when we use the term "diet", we tend to lock ourselves into immediate, short-term objectives. We have to think of diet as a lifestyle, rather than a program. When we think in terms of lifestyle, we program our bodies to accept our improved diet as a way of life, and in time that is what it will crave instead of a Danish pastry and sugar-based soda when we are hungry.
It is possible to program our body just like a computer is programmed. If we give it the right program, over time that is what it will come to expect.
No matter how you motivate yourself to reduce weight, you must build it around a Proper Diet. Without that foundation and it is next to impossible. And the one vital item in you diet is water. Does Water Help You Lose Weight? There is no question that it does. Rich Carroll is a writer and health enthusiast living in London.
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