Obesity and weight loss are a common problem among people. Today’s nutrition includes too much fat, too much sugar, and too many processed foods. Weight loss motivation often starts out in high gear and quickly goes down hill. Many people are motivated many times in their lives to lose weight but keeping the motivation seems to be the problem.
People who successfully lose weight find that motivation remains high only with positive feedback and a support mechanism. After the initial fast weight loss people are often left tired, hungry and either at a plateau of weight loss or losing minimal amounts of weight. This decreases the level of motivation and the client is left high and dry.
Weight loss is much more successful when the individual receives positive feedback and has a support system to bolster them when the going gets tough. This positive feedback is self-fulfilling when it comes from positive movement toward your goal. Individuals also find that a support person can be a motivating force to keep them on track and help to keep their weight loss motivation high.
Another force that impacts motivation while trying to lose weight is that failure is bound to happen. Too many times people diet using a definition to deprive themselves of specific foods they believe will keep them from losing weight. The feelings of deprivation will only lead to certain failure. Diets are also associated with hunger, fatigue and deprivation.
Instead those who wish to diet and do it successfully by keeping their motivation high should also realize that we are all human. But admitting that perfection is out of reach they can also realize that the occasional slice of chocolate cake or missed work out doesn’t spell complete failure. It spells a bump in the road that is surmountable and easily tamed.
Stop the cycle and fix the problem by first understanding that you are changing your eating habits for life and not developing a quick start diet. This is not a ‘diet”. You are learning how to put your body into a burning mode as opposed to a starvation mode.
When your body feels deprived and starved your metabolism slows considerably and weight loss is close to impossible. This decreases your motivation and your positive feedback. You end up going back to eating the way you did before the ‘diet’ and your body will put on more weight than you had before the diet.
Learn what good eating habits are. Portions are really smaller than you might think. The amount of meat that is one portion is considerably smaller than the normal portions at a restaurant or fast food place. By learning good eating habits and improving your rate of success you will also keep your weight loss motivation high.
Weight loss success depends greatly on motivation and your ability to maintain a high level to achieve the dietary changes necessary. It is up to you to focus on ways to improve your positive feedback and find a support mechanism that works for your lifestyle and personality.
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