Why Can’t I Lose Weight?

If you’re reading this article you must have asked yourself that question many times: ‘Why can’t I lose weight?’ Well I hope this article gives you the answer’s you’re seeking and also motivates you do never give up until you’ve achieved what you want to achieve. Before we begin I want you to forget about everything you’ve read or done in the past about losing weight. Treat this as a new beginning.

Let me tell you a bit about myself. My name is Adam and I’m 26 years old. For the early years of my life into my teenage years I struggled to keep my weight under control. This made my years at school and college a living hell and my self-esteem dropped to zero. As for my social life it was non-existent and I became a recluse and only left the house if I had no other choice.

The lifestyle I was leading made the problem worse and now looking back it was a never-ending cycle. I would feel low and depressed so I would comfort eat which made me feel better for a bit and then when I felt low I would eat again and so on and so forth it continued.

Like many people who are not happy with their weight, I looked at all the different types of weight loss diets, pills and extreme measure’s like surgery. But to be honest I couldn’t see myself doing any of them, whether it was because I knew I wouldn’t be able to stick to a diet or was scared of taking pills and surgery I don’t know. I needed something easy that didn’t seem like a chore and maybe even something I would enjoy doing.

Now, that’s enough about my background. I want to talk about how I turned my life totally around from a lonely and fun less life to waking up every morning and looking forward to the day ahead.

The first thing I had to do was reprogram my mind. The power of the mind is totally amazing and you need to harness that power if you are ever to achieve your goals. In order to reprogram your mind you need to clear a few things up first.

1: You need to understand life is too short to care about how others perceive you. This way you won’t try to lose weight in order to impress people and their irrelevant remarks won’t dampen your spirits.

2. You need to find some motivation for losing weight. Having a goal always helps i.e. Do you want to participate in an event e.g. charity run, marathon etc, do you want to get ready for someone’s wedding or just feel and look good.

3. I want you to close your eyes and imagine what you want yourself to look like. Imagine yourself walking down the street or in town on a beautiful sunny day as the new person you WILL become. Look how confident you are and how people are attracted to you. While doing this visualisation just take nice deep breaths. This little exercise, which only takes a minute or two worked absolutely brilliant for me and has to be tried to be appreciated. Best time to do this is in bed just before going to sleep.

Now those 3 steps above are the crucial building blocks for our success, you can say the foundations of this amazing journey.

Now that your mind is ready you need to decide on how to tackle the next issue which is what routines are not helping you at this moment and what we need to incorporate to improve the situation. To do this you have to ask yourself some important questions and above all be honest.

First obvious question is ‘why are you over weight?’ this could be some kind of emotional issue, lack off exercise, bad diet or lifestyle etc. It is important that you pinpoint the exact cause, it may even be more than one thing. You need to write these down on a piece of paper, as they will need to be addressed one by one. To discuss emotional issues is a very sensitive subject and one that is unique to an individual. As I have no experience or training in that area it’s one topic that I won’t discuss in this article. The best advice I can give is that the issue will need to be resolved especially if it’s a barrier between you and your goals and I would therefore encourage you to seek advice from trained professionals. My personal weight loss problem was due to a lack of exercise and bad diet that equals a very bad lifestyle. These issues are a lot easier to resolve. This leads me on to the next question.

Are you willing to change your lifestyle and how determined are you? I want you to imagine yourself continuing on the path you’re on at the moment and imagine where you will be in one years time from now if you continue this way. What do you see? Are you happy with yourself? If not what are you going to do about it? You need to seriously as yourself these questions, write them down on a piece of paper and answer them honestly. This step alone will help you enormously.

Ok, by now you have reprogrammed your mind and removed all the past notions about weight loss. You have decided on a motivation for why you want to lose weight that will always encourage you to never give up. You have imagined how you want to look like and that’s what you need to aim for in everything you do. Now let’s look at what you need to do on a daily basis in terms of the physical aspects. My weight loss plan had 4 core essentials that I did everyday which were easy and can be followed by anyone. If all you do is just copy these 4 steps I can guarantee that in a couple off weeks you will see an enormous difference in yourself. Bear in mind the healthiest way to lose weight is by a few pounds (2-3) a week gradually.

Firstly, cut out all snacks. The major reason we put on weight is because all the snacks we eat between or as replacements for meals contain so many calories that we can’t burn them off and so they turn to fat. This step is a lot easier than you think.

Secondly, have three healthy meals a day. Have a breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you feel hungry in between these meals try eating some fruit or cereal. This step will not only help you lose weight but you will notice that you will have so much energy unlike before.

Thirdly, Exercise. When I say exercise I don’t mean you have to go to the gym everyday or spend hours jogging. What you need

to do is find at least half an hour each day when you can go for a brisk walk. This could be on your way to work or coming home from work. During your lunch break. Everyone can find half an hour a day for a walk if they really want to. Try walking at a pace that you can feel your heart beating this is the zone you need to be in. This will make you feel so fit and healthy after only a couple off weeks and you’ll love and look forward to your walks.

Fourthly, most people won’t tell you about this one. Make sure you don’t eat before going to bed. The latest you want to eat is 2 hours before going to bed. If you could increase that time even more that would be better for you. The reason is that your body clock slows down near bedtime and any food you eat will not be broken down as much as during the day. This food is also not burnt off and just turns to fat. If you could have a walk after your last meal that would be even better for you.

There you go, that’s how I turned my life around. Following the steps both mental and physical you will transform the way you look and feel in the weeks and months ahead.

As a final note always set yourself a weekly target and write it down. Try to improve on it week on week i.e. how many pounds do you want to lose this week, how far or how long do you want to walk etc. This will keep you focussed and ensure that you don’t get bored and you will also be able to monitor your progress, which will give you encouragement. But above all NEVER give up, because you can achieve your dreams and goals and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t.

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