Need To Lose Weight? Basic Step to A Weight Loss Plan
INTRODUCTION
If you struggle with weight gain it’s a good bet that you have tried at least one of the “fad” diets that crop up on a regular basis.
The truth is that some of these diets may grant you temporary weight loss. In the usual case, however, the weight returns as soon as you stray from the diet, what you need is a healthy weight loss plan
The bottom line is that you gain weight because you consume more calories than your body is able to use and no diet is a substitute for good eating habits in other word a healthy meal plan.
Your body requires a certain amount of calories in order to function properly. If you truly wish to lose weight you must burn off more calories than your body requires. You must learn ways to reduce the amount of calories you take in as well as tips and techniques to help you burn off unnecessary calories.
Before we begin, however, it’s important that you fill your arsenal with every possible tool available to insure your success. The most important tool in your weight loss program does not just include diet or exercise.
It is more than purchasing equipment joining a gym or health club. And, you already have every component you need to put this tool to work for you and begin a successful weight loss plan. What do you need basically for a weight loss plan? It’s your mind. Having said that, let’s get started, shall we?
ATTITUDE
If you have tried every meal diet on the planet, every exercise program from the latest fitness guru and repeatedly failed to achieve your weight loss goals you probably need a “check up from the neck up.”
Successful weight loss doesn’t just happen. It took more than a few days to reach the point where you are at right now. Give yourself a break and expect it to take awhile before you see measurable results. Take a leap of faith and follow some basic principles. Begin with your “self-talk.” This is the conversation that runs through your brain continuously.
What kind of conversation do you have with your self-talk? What type of negative self-talk has kept you from reaching your goals in the past? If you had a chance to do it over again, would you change the dialogue? That’s a no-brainer isn’t it? Well, the good news is that you can turn the tide of negative self-talk beginning right now.
It’s never too late to begin and you start by reprogramming your self-talk. A good starting point is to begin with positive affirmations. Positive affirmations spoken aloud with authority and belief, positively affect your attitude, focuses your thinking and lead to a course of action that will help you become the person you want to be and have the things that you want to have.
Begin by writing your affirmations on paper. You need to take some time for this exercise. You can begin with something like, “I want to lose 25 pounds before Christmas.” That’s a worthy goal and attainable, but we need to put some work into structuring the affirmation. First of all, “I want” gives the impression that what you desire is always in the future. In order to re-program your self-talk, you need to trick your mind into believing that you have already achieved success. This is how your subconscious functions. Your subconscious has no capacity for understanding the concept of time. Everything is in the moment . . . here and now.
When you tell your subconscious that you “want” that is exactly what you will get . . . want . . . without ever achieving fulfillment. Unless you change your mental tape recorder, you will achieve exactly what you are telling your subconscious, that you “want to lose 25 pounds.” You will “want to lose 25 pounds” for the rest of your days unless you change your self-talk. If your weight is 150 pounds and you desire is to weigh 125 pounds, then youneedto“be”125 pounds from the moment you make the decision to change your self-talk. What if you write your affirmation to read something like this: “I am healthy and fit weighing 125 pounds.”
What are you telling your subconscious now? It’s extremely important that you phrase your affirmation as if you have already accomplished what you desire. Work on writing it out until you have it precisely as you wish to become.
It is extremely important that your affirmation is crystal clear because what you affirm is exactly what your subconscious mind will bring you. You needn’t limit yourself to one affirmation either. Write another one that reflects your new exercise program. “I enjoy my healthy new exercise program,” or, “I love the healthy foods I eat.”
Write and rewrite until you are absolutely certain that you have written your goals “in the here and now” AND represent precisely what you desire. Only then do you begin to speak it aloud and do so several times a day.
Remember to use the present tense. “I acknowledge achievement in all my weight loss goals.” “I have the skill and talent to exercise every day.” “I am a winner.” “I am grateful for all of my accomplishments no matter how small.
In other words a good weight loss plan or a good weight loss program begins with the attitude of your mind and remember that your attitude determines your altitude. Before you get a meal plan or buy the next weight loss program, do an attitude adjustment, determine and affirm it that you will achieve a weight loss and have a successful weight loss.
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