Monday, 2 January 2012

Effective weight loss goal!

What is your weight loss goal? Do you even have one? Well if you do, or even if you don't it's fine.
I've a suggestion for you. Your weight loss goal is for you to be 1 step better.
Being 1 step better is simple and very effective. Here you are not pressured of losing any particular number, like 3,5 or 10 kg. Your goal here is to be better than you were before.
Lets say, if you were inactive, and you have a weight loss goal of 10 kg. How are you going to do it? It will be very difficult, even at thought level you might have given up! This is due to the psychological pressure you have on yourself because of your inactiveness.
So, lets take a different approach, one which is a bit more easier and something that will allow you to experience results faster - that is being 1 step better - and best of all it's up to you to define it.
Since you were inactive before this, so being 1 step better could be for you to be a bit more active. Being abit more active here could be to take the stairs rather than the accelator. Being more active could also be define as parking your car a bit further so you can get more strides. Being active can also be define as taking a 10-15 minutes walk after every meal. There are just so many ways to be active. Being active can also be define as taking the train to town rather than taking the car. Being active will allow your blood to flow a bit more compared to when you were inactive. When there is more blood flow, you will tend to feel better. Chances are also that you will be more energetic.
Now, when you start experiencing these results, you will slowly move into a better direction than before. When you start feeling energetic, and if you enjoy the experince you want to have it more. Now, you will do things to make you feel energetic - like having more fruits and vegetables compared to starchy carbo meals or dense protein like meat. When you start having more fruits and vegetables, you will feel lighter and it will increase your fiber intake. The increase intake in fiber, gets the body to consume less calories and as a result that will naturally make you lose weight. When you start losing weight, this will be a new beginning in your journey.
Now, you are losing weight. And lets say someone notices, which people will, and compliments you. How do you think you will feel? I'm sure you will feel very good about yourself and that will put your motivation level to 100%. So now you are movitated because you have loss some weight and you have got compliments. Naturally you will want to lose more and you will automatically look for opportunity to start exercising. When you start exercising, you are going to just melt you fat away due to the increase in energy expenditure. 3, 5 or even 10 kg is no longer a problem because now time is only the limiting factor. Sooner or later you will be able to reach your ideal weight and I promise you will feel on top of the world.
Now, let's look back. To begin with, did you have a goal to lose weight? I'm sure the answer is NO. Did you have motivation to exercise? I'm sure the answer is NO. Did you know that you can lose weight? Well, NO. However, now we know all of it is possible. This is because we decided to be 1 step better.
So, what is your definition of being 1 step better?

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