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Is Your Goal To Lose Weight?
By: Wendy Hearn
If you want to lose weight I suggest you make your Number 1 goal
‘eating for health’.
When you make your health your priority, you’re likely to lose
weight anyway. The process occurs more naturally. You focus on
what you want to achieve - health, rather than what you don’t
want in your life which is excess weight. Many people need to
lose weight due to a medical condition and often the emphasis is
on losing weight rather than eating healthily. When you diet and
restrict your food intake, it doesn’t necessarily bring about
good health. In fact, it can even cause health problems. Focus
on your general health and as that improves, you’ll find that
you’ve started making the changes needed to lose weight. Most of
us ignore the need to eat for the sake of our health until a
problem occurs. I really encourage you to be someone who eats
for health, before you’re forced to by illness. Prevention is
better than cure.
Many people set their goal to lose a certain amount of weight.
This they may achieve. However, they may not be aware of what
could have happened to their general health. Consider the people
who deprive themselves of food, take diet pills or drink diet
shakes. I’m sure most of us can relate to taking this route to
weight loss at some time; I certainly can. The goal is to lose
weight and in the short term there’s a good chance this will be
achieved. But in the long term what potential harmful effect
have they had on their health? Unfortunately, they may not know
this until it’s too late. Yo-yo dieting in itself can cause
problems with your metabolism, which in turn makes it harder to
lose weight.
Setting a goal of ‘eating for health’ gives you a clearer picture
of where you’re going. You’ll be more organized, make better
decisions and know what motivates you to do it. Set the goal
which you want, not what other people think you should choose.
Look at it as a lifetime goal and not something you’ll start next
week and probably stop a few weeks later.
You may say that health is important to you but do you really
know why? Saying it isn’t enough. Let’s take this opportunity
to explore what it really means to you and get you to commit to
doing it. Your journal is an ideal place to explore your goal
further.
When setting your goal, ask yourself "What is it I really want to
achieve?" If your response is ‘health’ – great. I now encourage
you to be specific about what this means to you. Ask yourself
"What is it about health that’s important to me? Explore this
fully by asking the question again and again "What’s important
about it?" What are your reasons for wanting to achieve this
goal? What will reaching this goal give to you? What has
prevented you from having health as your Number 1 goal
previously? It tends be ourselves who keep us from achieving our
goals. What holds you back?
Write your goal down on a small card and carry it with you all
the time. Use it as a reminder of where you’re going. There’s
more of a commitment when you put pen to paper. Describe your
goal using positive affirmations as if you’ve achieved them. "I
eat food that is healthy for me."
Setting the goal is the first part and then you need to take
action. Keep the actions achievable for you. These will vary
from person to person and that’s okay. Maintain your own
standards which support ‘eating for health’. Create an action
plan to achieve your goal of eating for health. When you’ve set
your goal, decide on the daily habits you’ll incorporate into
your life to support it. What information do you need to eat for
health? Who can support you in this? What changes do you need
to make? What do you need to do differently?
Grab a pen and paper, and challenge yourself to come up with 100
reasons for making eating for health your Number 1 goal. Make
sure these reasons are stated positively, and how they will be of
benefit to you? For example,. I will have peace of mind knowing
that my body is receiving the best nutrition.
What I want for you is healthy eating habits which support your
weight loss.
Wendy Hearn
Weight Loss Success Coach
Author of "The Top 10 Things That Stop YOU From Losing Weight"
I work with people who want to lose weight and have a great
life. I offer individual and group coaching, via the telephone
or email.
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