What You Need To Achieve Certain Weight Loss

Trying to use willpower alone won’t help you lose weight.

You need to be committed to doing whatever’s necessary to achieve your goal.

So strengthen your determination, develop a rock solid mindset, and reach any goal you set for yourself.

The key to success on your weight loss journey takes more than just willpower or discipline. It takes a well-thought-out plan to help you reach your goals without any restrictive dieting methods.

It’s not just about what you eat, it’s also about how you think. Your mindset. Every person’s road to success is very similar. You have to want to change, you have to take action and you have to stay positive. The right mindset is critical to your success.

Develop the correct mindset for weight loss first

When you set your mind to losing weight, you have to be willing to commit yourself to the process – mentally and physically. To help you develop the right mindset for weight loss success, we have compiled a list of 5 common mistakes people make when trying to lose weight that you should consider avoiding at all costs.

Mistake #1: Set A Goal And Forget About It.

When setting a goal for yourself to lose weight you need to ask yourself this question: “How am I going to reach this goal? For example, if your goal is to lose 10 pounds in one month, work backward and create a step-by-step plan for getting there. This will help you set realistic goals that you can accomplish in a short period of time, that will help you stay motivated throughout the process of losing weight.

Mistake #2: Making Excuses.

The number one excuse I hear from people is that they don’t have time to work out or cook healthy meals, and guess what? That’s true. You do have to make time to reach your goals but you just have to make it a priority in your life. If you really take the time to think about it, you can probably find at least an hour a day to dedicate to reaching your goal.

Mistake #3: Not Having a Plan That Keeps You Motivated.

If you want to lose weight and keep it off then you need to have a plan in place to keep you motivated and on track. If you have no plan, then you are just throwing in the towel every time you feel like giving up because you are not seeing results fast enough for you. Having a doable plan will help you stay accountable and motivated to reach your goals even on the days when you want to give up.

Mistake #4: Not Making Healthy Food Choices.

In order to reach your weight loss goals, you need to make healthy food choices. You will only end up cheating yourself of reaching your ultimate goal by doing this because it’ll only cause you more frustration and disappointment when you don’t see the results you want as fast as you would like too.

Mistake #5: Not Keeping Track of Your Progress and Failing to Stay Accountable.

If you fail to keep track of your progress when you are trying to lose weight, you won’t see results fast enough and this will lead to you quit before reaching your goal. There are some things that you’ll need to do in order to make sure that you do not quit before you see results.

The first thing that you should do is to write down everything that you eat in a food journal. This is the only way that you will be able to keep track of what you are eating and how much you are eating. If you are able to write down everything that you are putting into your body, you will be able to hold yourself accountable.

You should also write down any wins you have. Doing this reinforces your goal and keeps you motivated.

Don’t allow yourself to become negative about your goal

Don’t get all negative when things are tough, and it seems you’re not making progress. This is the time to dig deep and tell yourself that this is it. This is what you have been waiting for, so don’t let anything stop you from reaching your goals.

Once you get to that point where you finally reach your goals, it’ll be worth it all because you will have accomplished something that others couldn’t or wouldn’t do. You’ll look at yourself in the mirror and say, “Wow, I did it!” Be proud of your accomplishments because you worked hard for them and never gave up on your dream.

So, keep yourself positive no matter what is going on around you and keep working hard towards your dreams and goals. When life gets hard, remember that this too shall pass. Bad times won’t last forever. They will pass if you stay strong.

Commit to changing your lifestyle

If you have an unhealthy lifestyle, it’s important to commit to changing it. Having a healthy lifestyle is great for your physical and mental health. Being healthy will help you live longer and increase your quality of life as you age. Plus, maintaining a healthy weight helps prevent diabetes and heart disease.

Unfortunately, it can be difficult to eat healthy and maintain a healthy lifestyle. It’s sometimes hard to resist unhealthy foods. But, it’s important to commit to changing your lifestyle. When making changes, allow yourself some time to settle into your new routine.

When you feel ready, continue making healthier choices. Eventually, you’ll feel great, and you’ll wonder why you didn’t start sooner!

You can use affirmations to help with this. Statements like “I am choosing to eat food that is good for my body” or “I am living a healthy lifestyle that suits me.”

Affirmations help keep your mind on track so you can create new, healthier habits. Use them every day. The best times are as soon as you wake up and just before sleep. And, keep it in your mind during the day.

Don’t put yourself on a diet that’s in any way restrictive.

If you cut too many calories from your diet, you’ll suffer from hunger and binge eating in the long run. The less you eat, the hungrier you get. This can cause weight gain in the long term, even if you manage to lose weight initially.

That’s why it’s important to adopt a healthy eating plan that’s sustainable. The best diets include lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats. They avoid processed foods like white bread, white rice, pasta, and desserts. However, they also contain treats like dark chocolate and don’t try to starve you.

If you eat healthy most of the time, you can enjoy your favorite foods without breaking your diet. Everyone eats unhealthy foods occasionally. While these foods taste good, they sometimes have negative health effects.

Never feel guilty if you fall off your weight loss plan. Just get back on it

When people have a setback following their weight loss plan, they usually feel dejected. They self-blame, and that just makes them feel even worse. Now being in a state of low emotion, they just give up their plan. Why? Because they believe they’re a failure. And when someone feels they’re a failure, they think it’s a waste of time even to bother continuing. This is a hopeless path to be on.

The problem with accepting failure is that it builds up a hopeless pattern in your mind. Ideas like, I always fail, so why bother anyway? You create a habit of failing by giving up at the slightest setback. This is not just with weight loss, it’s with every endeavor.

So never give up. So you had a slight setback. So what? Just get back on your plan and continue on with a positive mindset. I’m sure you don’t want to be a failure, given the choice, right? Nobody does. So keep going no matter what.

Remember Thomas Edison? When he was asked how he felt about failing a thousand times while inventing the light bulb, he said they weren’t failures, it just took a thousand steps to reach his goal. That’s the kind of mindset you need to lose weight effectively.

Summary

Dozens of studies prove that willpower alone is a terrible way to achieve lasting weight loss. Willpower is a limited resource that gets exhausted by every decision you make all day long, every day. Plus it’s incredibly unreliable: only 20% of people use it consistently and predictably. So when you “try” to lose weight with willpower, you’re actually losing. And it’s not even close: every time your willpower fails you, you end up gaining an extra pound or two.

Spend time developing a strong mindset, commit to changing your lifestyle, stay positive, and ditch any kind of restrictive diet. You deserve to be the best you can be, so be kind to yourself.