Why Do You Want to Lose Weight?
For most people there are several reasons and it’s not just because you want to be healthier. Take the time to think about your reasons for wanting to lose weight and write them down. Then see if that stimulates you to take action in a new and different way. Sometimes I try and try and try to get something going and it just doesn’t happen until someone says something that hits home with me. Then all of a sudden I am inspired and motivated to try something new.
Here’s my example: I have tried on and off for years to limit my sweets. I have wanted to give it up because it seems to have an unhealthy hold on me. There would be times I would want to eat the whole box of cookies, not just one or two like everyone else seems to be able to do, or I would want to eat dessert even though I was already full from dinner. I didn’t like the uncontrollable urge to binge on something sweet.
Sometimes it seems manageable and sometimes it feels like a curse, but when someone said to me recently – stop eating sugar, and you’ll find out what you really need, what you have been denying yourself for so long - well, it hit me. I never really thought of it that way, though I do suspect that by eating so much of it (sugar numbs me), I must be avoiding something.
So try this: state every reason you want to lose weight and see if it stimulates you to do whatever it is you know you need to do, in a new and more powerful way. You never really know what will get the ball rolling.
