Key to Weight Loss Motivation – Positive attitude

Friday, November 27, 2009, 13:26
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Having a positive mental attitude is key to keeping your motivation for weight loss. It’s a fact of life, positive people tend to have more successes in life, they tend to be happier, more fulfilled and worry less. With the right positive attitude, your chances of succeeding greatly increases. You have to pay as much attention to what’s going on in your head as what’s on your plate. Like they say in tennis, it is 80% mental, 20% skill. So how can we stay positive such at such a daunting task?

Here are a few things you can try:

1) Smaller goals

Set up small short term goals that are easy to achieve. Examples can be: For one meal, do not eat meat. Or, for one day, exercise at least 5 minutes longer than the previous day. You get the idea. By setting up super short term, easily achievable goals, you can celebrate victories more often and feel good about making progress.

2) Don’t try so hard

Remember that losing weight is a decision that YOU made, not a mandate from someone else. It should not be a traumatic experience. Why suffer through it? If running four times per week is too difficult, then try doing only twice a week. And if that’s still too difficult then scale it to once a week or whatever you are comfortable with. Either way, you should feel good about doing something that is good for you. Push, but do not torture yourself. This way you can stay more positive about the whole experience and have less stress.

3) Finding support

Find others on the same path and direction as you to help you stay motivated and positive. A group can be a good support system in times of need. Anyone could be in your support group: a friend, colleague or family. You can also find others with similar interests on the internet, or try joining some outdoor activity groups such as hiking, running or biking.

Remember that a positive attitude is half the battle. And as Winston Churchill once said, “Never, never, never, never give up.

Learn more about Ultimate Weight Loss Motivations. Stop by David Thomas’s site where you can find out all about having a positive attitude and motivation for weight loss and what it can do for you.