How Hidden Psychological Trigger Helps You Easily Lose Weight
You’re fat! Husky, hefty, stocky, rotund, plump, portly, chubby, chunky, corpulent: fat. You can see it when you look in the mirror, when you go shopping, when you step on that scale. It may have snuck up on you one meal at a time. Maybe you have been heavy all your life. Whatever the case may be, you have determined that today is the big day. Your journey to slim begins today.
But how? There are of course the common answers. Good diet and proper exercise. Of course, you reply. I knew that already, and I knew you’d tell to do it. But really, how do I do it? Where do I begin? What diet, which exercise? What happens if it doesn’t work? Well, you are going to be fat, just the way you are now.
The most difficult part on the highway to weight loss will not be found in the gym. Nor will it be found in the sweat that drips down your face. Your down turn will come very slowly. You will begin enthusiastic and energetic, and then the wave of doubt will set in. Or maybe worry, or even time constraints. What can you do to handle all of these things? What is the miracle answer to finally being able to drop that weight that has been holding you back for so long? The answer is simple and easy. The journey to thing just got a little easier.
The single most important factor to making sure you lose weight successfully is this: determine why you’re doing it. Why is it that you want to lose weight? Of course you want to be healthy and look good, but what truly sparks your desire? Think long and hard: picture yourself slim. What are you doing, where are you going, what do you have on? This is your answer. Write it down in a journal. Flesh it out until it is precisely the moment you are working toward.
If you desire to be healthier, more attractive, and keep up with your kids, your ‘why’ may be “to play softball wearing short shorts in the park.” Make it as real for yourself as it is going to be. Write it down on paper somewhere. Give yourself at least ten good ‘whys’. Now you have written them and they are in stone. Use these as reminders of why you are doing what you are doing and use them as motivation to continue. Is it a vacation that you desire?
A picture of the small seats on European public transportation will remind you to keep on that treadmill. A clothes catalog in the take out menu drawer will magically remind you how to make a salad. Your weight loss journey and the motivation it takes to make it triumphant are very personal, but your whys shouldn’t be. Remember to share them with them people close to you. Telling others about your goals will give you yet another reason to do well.
Regardless of what it is, your answer lies within you. Your reason why will ultimately be the driving force behind all that you do in your life. In this particular instance, having your why will be the force that forces you to act (or not act) in order to achieve your goal. Your why will get you up out of bed or off the couch. It will lace your trainers. Your why will make that salad look great and the sore muscles feel victorious. Armed with your own personal secret weapon, your success is all but guaranteed.
