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<h3>Getting Into The Right Mind Of Your Weight Loss</h3>
 
Believe it or not, there is a psychological 
factor that 
comes into play when you’re trying to lose weight. 
 We like 
to compare it to the “rah rah” factor that you 
sometimes 
need to succeed in sports. 
 
Look at your weight loss as your own personal 
sporting 
event. Just as you need to know the rules of the 
game as 
well as the basics of performing that game in 
sports, you 
also need the right information in your diet to 
make it 
effective. 
 
When you have all the tools you need, you can 
become 
an excellent performer in almost anything you try 
in life. 
One of these tools is the right frame of mind. 
The right 
frame of mind will give you motivation, 
commitment, and 
the skills you need to overcome the obstacles 
that you might 
face along with temptations and distractions. 
 
Think this sounds a little too “new age” for you? 
Think 
again! When you have the right psychology during 
your 
weight loss journey, you will make your weight 
loss fun, 
easier, more exciting, and be able to develop 
changes 
towards a healthier lifestyle that will stay with 
you forever. 
Your mindset controls your behavior, actions, and 
thoughts. 
 
As people grow, they develop habits and 
associations that govern their life. Most of 
these habits are 
controlled by our sub-conscious and we are 
generally 
unaware of them. However, your subconscious could 
also 
sabotage your efforts – also while you unaware of 
them. 
 
This can be detrimental to your weight loss 
attempts. 
The right mindset entails using various 
techniques and 
strategies to control your behavior by monitoring 
your 
thoughts and actions. When you obtain this 
mindset, you 
will be better equipped to replace the old habits 
and 
associations that formed your thinking in the 
first place with 
new and more positive habits that will enable you 
to lost 
weight and be happier while you do so! 
 
Developing the correct mindset doesn’t occur 
overnight. It take a little bit of effort, but in 
the end, it is 
well worth the time you’ll spend doing so. You 
will have to 
regularly monitor your progress and behavior. 
Sometimes it 
will be easy – at other times, it won’t. The good 
news is 
that there are some easy ways to begin to put 
yourself into 
the right mindset. 
 
1. Write your goals down – tell yourself what 
weight you 
want to get to. While you’re at it, write down 
any other 
personal goals you might have as far as your life 
in 
general. Since you’re undertaking something as 
huge 
as losing your extra weight, you may as well also 
focus 
your efforts on improving other aspects of your 
life 
while you have the motivation and drive. 
 
2. Be specific about what those goals are. When 
you 
generalize your goals, you are trivializing them. 
Your 
goals ARE IMPORTANT. Make them important! 
 
3. Assign yourself a deadline. You want to lose 
weight. 
You want to do it by Christmas, or your wedding, 
or the 
next class reunion. When you assign a deadline, 
you 
give yourself a goal to work for, and like we 
said, your 
goals ARE IMPORTANT! 
 
4. Make those goals measurable and achievable. 
Don’t 
think TOO big or try to undertake more than what 
you 
are capable of. If you need to lose 100 pounds, 
don’t 
expect to do it in a few weeks. Give yourself 
enough 
time to do so in a healthy manner. You could also 
try 
to break the goals down into easier increments. 
Tell 
yourself that you will lose 10 pounds over the 
next 
month. Then tell yourself the same thing the next 
month. Eventually, you’ll reach that goal and 
feel the 
satisfaction of being lighter than you were 
before. 
 
5. Focus on those goals everyday. Post them on 
your 
refrigerator. Write them in your date book. Put a 
reminder on the visor of your car. When you focus 
on 
your goals, you will keep them in mind all the 
time and 
when they are first and foremost in your mind, 
you will 
be well on the way toward achieving them. 
 
6. Be committed to those goals – at all costs. 
There’s a 
reason why you want to achieve those goals. When 
you are committed, those goals become the focus of 
your mind and they will be much easier to realize. 
The battle with our metabolism as we age can’t be 
denied. Our metabolism, which transforms our food 
into 
energy, slows down with each passing year. If we 
don’t 
adjust our eating habits and our exercise to 
compensate, we 
slowly add additional pounds. We may feel 
betrayed, but the 
reality is we’re going to have to change some 
habits in order 
to maintain our weight. 
 
If you take things one step at a time, there are 
basic 
steps that can be adopted. Stop telling yourself, 
“I just can’t 
do it.” You can coax yourself into a new habit of 
healthy 
eating. 
 
Developing a psychology towards weight loss will 
help 
you achieve you goals and realize success. Aim 
high, push 
yourself to become the type of person you want to 
be and 
live the life that you want and deserve. We are 
not given 
the power of dreams without the power and ability 
to 
achieve those dreams. It’s time to start – RIGHT 
NOW! 
 
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Author Info
 
Andrew Tan 
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