Weight Loss Motivation Tips
Weight loss can be easy at first when you’re getting compliments on your trimmer figure and you’re finding yourself shopping in a different section of the store, but it can be difficult to keep the good work up even when these rewards are less obvious.
We’ve put together five tips to help you keep your motivation levels high, helping you lose weight and keep it off:
Tip: 1 Think Like Thin People Do
People who are overweight tend to imagine how food is going to taste and feel as they eat. In contrast, people who have lower body weights tend to imagine how that pie or cake will feel heavy in their stomachs for so long after they’ve eaten it.
Jumping from a great height might feel fun whilst it lasts, but the consequences that come after we hit the ground are what we consider when deciding not to do it.
Tip: 2 Find Thin Friends
By no means should you dump all your less-than-slender friends, but research has shown that the average body type of the people with whom you hang out affects your weight and size.
Start hanging around with slimmer, fitter types (perhaps at the gym) and your subconscious mind will pick up a new template for what is ‘normal’.
Tip 3: Be Fair to Yourself
Beware the perfectionism trap. Aim to eat sensibly and healthily most of the time, not all the time because no one is perfect. No matter if you’re big or small, we all consume more than we should of the wrong kind of food or drink now and then.
Also, remember that everyone’s weight fluctuates a bit and you should prepare for this, even once you’ve reached the weight you want to be.
Tip 4: Weight Loss Will Not Cure Everything
Even though there are many health benefits to losing weight you need to remember that as a slimmer person you’ll still have a bad day in the office, moments of self-doubt, or times when you feel undervalued.
Surprisingly enough, there are many people feel let down when they become slimmer and then find that being slim doesn’t solve all their problems in one go. They then revert to eating poorly again.
Tip 5: Eat When You’re Hungry
Eating for slow energy release is a sustainable way to keep your weight loss motivation firing on all cylinders without you having to consciously think about it.
For slow-release energy, eat protein with every meal alongside ‘good carbs’ such as whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans. This avoids the ‘crash and burn’ of sugar overdosing.
Even if you keep your motivation levels high, genetic factors can still make it difficult to lose excess weight. If this is the case, you may want to consider weight loss pills that expedite the weight loss process.