Weight Loss

How to Commit to Weight Loss

For many of us the most common challenges we face when embarking on a weight program is that we are afraid to fully commit to the task. We often struggle to stick with one weight loss plan and instead switch from one plan to another, never staying focused on one for long enough to achieve any results. We avoid committing to a specific workout regime, being sporadic with the types of exercises we perform, and how regularly we do them. We may regularly cheat, which significantly slows down our weight loss and progress.

Perhaps many of us can relate to this issue and are having problems committing to a weight loss plan and losing weight.

If so, it is important to get to the source of why we are so afraid and take steps to resolve and overcome the problem.

The first thing we should do is look at the reasons why we are resisting commitment.

If we take a sheet of paper and a pen, we should ask ourselves the questions below and think seriously about our answers:

Why are we so against the idea of committing to a weight loss plan?

Why are we so nervous about making the commitment?”

What is preventing us from committing?

What are we afraid will happen if we commit to a weight loss plan?

We may be surprised at some of the answers and excuses we come up with.

For example, we may be of the opinion that we will fail, so we cannot see the point in trying very hard. Or we may worry that we are afraid to lose weight because friends and family may see us differently and not like us when we are slim. Several strange fears, anxieties and beliefs may come to mind when we begin to ask ourselves such searching questions.

Once we have clarified where our behaviour and views stem from, we can simply begin to start working through these negative fears and anxieties that are holding us back and halting our progress.

Now, if we are afraid of other people not liking us once we are slim, we should keep reminding ourselves that we will not have changed when we have lost weight. We will always be the person we were, but better, slimmer, and healthier. If we are concerned and worried that we may fail again, even if this has happened in the past, we should keep telling ourselves that we will only fail if we give up and this time it will not be an option.

In next to no time at all, we will gradually allay our doubts, fears and anxieties and automatically become more committed to our weight loss and work towards our weight loss goals with ease.

Weight Loss