There is always a place for a dream in life of every person. All of us have different dreams. It is a pity that all too often, people today start dreaming about losing weight and overcoming their obesity problem. In your opinion, what is more natural and appropriate - to be fat and clumsy or graceful and moving?
Of course, the second variant. Individuals created by Mother Nature by the first scenario, were eaten by saber-toothed predators before our times. Shifting responsibility for one’s obesity on any innocent ancestors is not safe for weight loss motivation, and thus for the final result. Not only that heredity and overweight have nothing in common, and misperception dampens and reduces the perseverance to work on them.
At the first difficulty, as the devil-the-box, jumps up the idea: "Why do you want it, you have aggravated heredity, and you will not achieve anything." In this case, there is always predictable outcome - rejection of the decision and a new surge of obesity under the auspices of the evil genes. All because there is no better incentive for weight loss than the awareness of achievable goals, and lack of confidence in the final result deprives prospects.
Still, it is possible to overcome the problem in case you choose proper motivation that suits you most.
I think it is the key to success in any business. It is well-known for everyone, from senior managers to women seeking weight of 55 kilos. Yet often the motivation for losing weight is chosen incorrectly, creating additional obstacles to this goal. The definition of motivation, proper goal setting and finding true catalyst will make the process of losing weight much easier. Let me present some options for weight loss motivation.
1) The best motivation for weight loss is correct goal setting. A good manager knows that the goal should be measurable and achievable. For example, if the desired result is formulated as follows: "I want to lose weight to my best weight within a month," surely you will get nowhere. What kind of weight do you want to be? Why? Can you really do it in just a month? Much better goal is: "I want to lose 12 pounds in six months to be healthy and have a size S dress." All clearly, nothing incomprehensible, concise motive and no opportunity to get away from the intended target.
A great help for weight loss motivation is a step-by-step plan. For example, you set out every day in the first two months to lose weight by about 400 grams, and the next two months 200 grams per day. You schedule workouts: Monday – cardio; Tuesday – running; Wednesday - easy workout; Thursday - strength training, Friday - yoga or stretching, Saturday - dancing. If you cannot do without exemptions in the diet, so, again, plan them: Tuesday - cake, Saturday - a delicious cocktail. If you spend a few days building a similar plan, decorate it beautifully and stylishly, hang on the walls.
2) One of the strongest motivations for weight loss is the cash costs. I am not talking about buying a dress three sizes smaller for a great price. Although in extreme cases, you can also use it, but it's best to handle your money in a different way. Buy a two-month VIP subscription to an expensive fitness center with unlimited access, immediately buy 10-15 professional massage sessions, hire a personal trainer at the gym. Excellent investment is calculation by personal nutritionist of diet for weight loss: it will provide both weight loss and preservation of health. After spending a considerable sum on all this, you will feel greed that will make you get out of bed at 8 am on Sunday and crawl to practice in any form.
Never look for your motivation to lose weight, based on the opinions of others. To impress a girlfriend like that guy from another department, parents and grandparents to prove that you're not "pretty pumpkin" - this is not the motivation, but anger, jealousy and self-assertion. Quite another matter, the goal of becoming healthy, winning the attention of the opposite sex, eliminating the need of hunger strikes, gaining self-confidence and so on.
3) Lovely motivation for weight loss is finding a partner with the same problem. For running find sports friend, who was engaged in athletics. To get the diet, find another person on the same diet and arrange competition. The Internet today provides an excellent opportunity to participate in contests, even with cash prizes among other things, where the girls are led by professional nutritionists and trainers reduce your weight and strengthen the body. Competitive spirit has always been the strongest motivation.
For those who appreciate good humor, perfect extra motivation for weight loss in the form of amusing inscriptions, for example, around the house. Stick your photo on the fridge after Photoshop where you look like a skinny girl and another where you're ten pounds heavier than now. There is a mass of options, and most importantly, in spite of all their humor, they really are effective.
Several years ago, scientists have found an interesting result: 0.7% of all people suffering from pathological obesity have a genetic disorder. In other words, only one in the 142 abnormally thick people has reason to blame his troubled genes. For the remaining 141 heavy inheritance is just a convenient excuse! Moreover, parents are "guilty" in a little more than half of the 0.7% of cases, the other half is a pure accident.
- chronic overeating;
- predominance of sweet, fatty, fried food and flour;
- too small breaks between meals;
- wrong combination of foods;
- food for entertainment and anti-stress.
The situation is exacerbated in a passive way of life. Incorrect settings in the form of food and life in general, instilled by parents in childhood and continued by us, is the mechanism that pulls the arrow weights farther to the right. Do not let yourself become a victim of this problem as well. Choose your motivation and pursue your dream come what may!
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