Many people decide they are going to go on a diet and are going to lose some weight - but what is some weight? If you say you are going to lose some weight and lose a pound then you have achieved your goal, haven't you?
What do you mean that wasn't your goal? You said you wanted to get rid of some weight, and you did!
Oh, you meant you wanted to get rid of more weight than a pound!
Do you see my point? If you don't know how much weight you want to get rid of, how will you know when you've reached your target?
Step 1: Decide EXACTLY how much weight you want to get rid of.
Once you have decided how much weight to get rid of, you need to determine a date you are going to achieve it by. It is important that this is a realistic date.
It's no good saying you want to lose two hundred pounds in three days. Unless you cut some limbs off or have dramatic surgery it's not going to happen.
Ensure that the date is one you can meet - not too easily though - it needs to be a date that will stretch you a little.
Step 2 : Set a REALISTIC date for reaching your target weight.
Now you know when you are going to be your target weight you need to set milestones between now and your target date, i.e. how much weight are you going to lose each month before your target date?
Again, these need to be realistic but push you a little. You need to stretch yourself to achieving these goals.
Write these down so you have them physically in front of you and maybe even get a friend to hold you accountable to achieving them. Set yourself a reward for a achieving each goal.
Make the rewards something that you really look forward to - a good meal, a new outfit, or something equally motivating for you.
Step 3 : Set REWARDS for achieving your milestones
This structured approach will ensure you reach your target weight, stay motivated and do it with ease. It is an enjoyable and fun approach that will make sure you are successfully achieve the ideal you.
Wednesday 29 February 2012
See Yourself Losing Weight
One of the most important parts of losing any weight is your own vision... can you see youself at the weight you desire?
You literally can't lose weight if you see yourself over weight, or more importantly, not being able to lose weight... your mind won't let you. This is one reason so many struggle with the weight loss... and keeping it off.
This is called physcological reversal. You say you want something, but your inner mind says just the opposite. You say you want to lose weight, but your mind says "it's too hard", "I can't do that", "never been able to do it, why now" or any other belief you've let settle in to your mind the past.
These beliefs in one way or another you've 'accepted' at some time in the past. You see, your subsconcious mind accepts anything you pass to it. It doesn't judge, analyze, reason, filter... nothing, it just accepts. If you've accepted in the past that it's too difficult to lose weight (for any reason), then almost any attempt to lose weight will fail unless you replace that negative belief.
Once you replace any old beliefs about weight loss, you can "picture" yourself at your ideal weight. And now, thanks to high tech, you can even do it right on your computer! Just visit www.fitfoto.com and you can see your before and after pictures in almost real time! Brilliant idea. Just upload a current picture of yourself and the www.fitfoto.com software will create a picture of what you you'll look like at your ideal weight (or a close resemblance). And by the way, it's free.
Keep the photo in a place where you can see it often and imagine yourself and how good you feel, the things you'll be doing and all the good feelings associated with your "new you".
You CAN do it!
You literally can't lose weight if you see yourself over weight, or more importantly, not being able to lose weight... your mind won't let you. This is one reason so many struggle with the weight loss... and keeping it off.
This is called physcological reversal. You say you want something, but your inner mind says just the opposite. You say you want to lose weight, but your mind says "it's too hard", "I can't do that", "never been able to do it, why now" or any other belief you've let settle in to your mind the past.
These beliefs in one way or another you've 'accepted' at some time in the past. You see, your subsconcious mind accepts anything you pass to it. It doesn't judge, analyze, reason, filter... nothing, it just accepts. If you've accepted in the past that it's too difficult to lose weight (for any reason), then almost any attempt to lose weight will fail unless you replace that negative belief.
Once you replace any old beliefs about weight loss, you can "picture" yourself at your ideal weight. And now, thanks to high tech, you can even do it right on your computer! Just visit www.fitfoto.com and you can see your before and after pictures in almost real time! Brilliant idea. Just upload a current picture of yourself and the www.fitfoto.com software will create a picture of what you you'll look like at your ideal weight (or a close resemblance). And by the way, it's free.
Keep the photo in a place where you can see it often and imagine yourself and how good you feel, the things you'll be doing and all the good feelings associated with your "new you".
You CAN do it!
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