On day 2, you've made commitment to lose weight, that's great ! Now what's next? Does this sound familiar to you: "I don't feel like exercising today!" ? Do you push yourself and exercise in spite of not feeling like it? Or do you give in and hang out on the coach because you don't feel like making the weight loss effort?
Right now, you may be solidly committed to your goals. But what happens when you don't feel like cooking healthy meals or following your diet plan? If you aren't careful, you can easily slide back from being committed to being just interested to lose weight.
Committed To Lose Weight Means Do It Anyway !
Because you consider these things to be important, you do them regardless of how you feel at the moment.
In the same way, you don't have to feel like working on your weight loss plan to stick with your program. To improve your commitment, learn to focus on your actions, not just your feelings.
On days you're not in the mood for exercising or eating right, tell yourself to do it anyway.
On days you're not in the mood for exercising or eating right, tell yourself to do it anyway.
Then skip the leftover dessert and eat your fruit instead. Get up off the couch and put on your workout shoes. If you're really committed to your goals, you'll make these choices no matter what, regardless of whether you feel like it or not. Each day, take a few steps that will move you forward, even if you don't feel like it. Remember that when you're truly committed, you dot it anyway..
Here's a summary of the differences between people who are interested int their weight loss goals compare to those who are committed.
People who are interested in losing weight:
- Stick with it until something better comes along
- Take action only if they "feel like" doing it
- Need to see results in order to stay motivated
- Blame people or circumstances for their struggles
- Easily give up when they face challenges
People who are committed to losing weight:
- Stick with their plans no matter what
- Take action whether they feel like doing it or not
- Assume that if they stay motivated, results will follow
- Take responsibility for their own actions
- Keep goin in spite of challenges and setbacks
Weight loss habits today:
- In you diet or exercise plan, identify a task you don't feel like doing, and then do it anyway!
- Notice how it feels to accomplish a goal by taking a "no matter what" approach to it
- In your notebook, make a list of actions you plan to stick with today, regardless of how you feel at the moment
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