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Weight Management - It's a
Lifestyle Choice
Making a permanent
shift with your weight requires a
completely different mindset than losing
weight to fit into an outfit. The first
question to ask yourself is: Are you
willing to make a permanent shift or a
temporary change?
A permanent shift is motivated by your
overall desire to be healthy; it serves
your best interest. Goals like preventing
diabetics, heart disease, lowering your
cholesterol or blood pressure are good
example of increasing your overall
health. Or maybe you want to have more
energy and vitality. When you focus on
your health you are mentally prepared for
a major change for the right reasons,
realizing that it will take a while
before you see the fruits of your labor.
The side benefit to this shift is that
you will more than likely lose weight.
A temporary shift is motivated by a
superficial reason, such as fitting into
an outfit for a party. It only requires
an inconvenience in your eating pattern
until the weight leaves and the event is
over. If this inconvenience is painful
for you then it is only a matter of time
before you return to your old eating
pattern. This will result in weight gain
and disappointment. Many popular diet
programs are based on this being the
driver for clients to engage in their
services. They are well aware of the fact
that you will encounter this cycle at
least seven times resulting in big
profits for them.
To make a long lasting change, you will
need an overall goal of health which
should be measurable. Defining health
with specific milestones such as your
body fat percentage will not exceed 28,
or your cholesterol will be under 205,
etc. By changing your focus, your mindset
will change and you will be willing to
make the shifts necessary to reach your
results. A year from now you will more
than likely fit into that great outfit,
while you have been lowering your
cholesterol and body fat.
Decide today to create some goals to
support a healthy lifestyle. Define what
milestones you will strive for, be
specific. Plan on making a lifestyle
change, such as replacing soda pop with a
sugar free beverage. Prepare mentally to
stick to this change permanently, then
don’t look back.
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