Losing It

You need to think that you are beautiful, no matter what.  You may not weight what you want to, but you need to feel your are beautiful.  You need to feel that you deserve everything.

It is so important that you love yourself and that you believe that you are worth it.

By knowing in your heart that you are beautiful, you will start to notice that the little things around you change.  That you can make a difference in your life.

So if you start to struggle with losing weight, start by looking at how you feel about yourself.  If you love yourself and you feel that you are beautiful, just the way you are you will be able to start make a difference in your life, and see the pounds drop off.

I have found that when I am feeling down and start to pressure myself to lose weight I feel that I have the weight of the world on my shoulders.  I know that when I am feeling this way I start to eat the junk.

It is important in every aspect of your life to think positively.  You need to know that you are positive and that what you think and feel are important.

When you start to think negitave it effects everything in your life.  That is why it is so important that you are positive.

Believe in yourself and know you can make a difference.  This is the best way to make an impression.

Thinking positively will change your entire life.

I have been doing some research on some different ways to lose weight.  One of the more interesting is calorie cycling.  The basis of this is to have a average number of calories you eat each week.  Some days you eat less than your average.  Some days you eat more.

The days that you eat more, are the days you need to make sure that you exercise.  Those are the days that your workout is most intense.  The days you drop you don’t exercise or do less intense of a work out.  You don’t put two high days in a row, or put two low days in a row.

This seems very interesting.  It does not require any special foods, the trick is to switch up your calories each day.  When figuring out mine, my low days were to be around 1800 and my high days were to be around 2400.  It was interesting to figure out how to balance them, but I am thinking this might just work.

In my opinion the word diet is a four letter word.  To say you are on a diet implies that you are just trying to lose a couple of pounds quickly.  You are not intending to keep off the weight, which you are just trying to fit into a dress for a special occasion or get ready for your next vacation.

Like the commercial says, diets don’t work.  Why?  Well that is simple.  First you are making changes that you don’t intend to follow through with.  For example programs like Jenny Craig, are great.  They will help you lose the weight.   But when you stop using them, you will gain.  Why?  The meals you eat while on a program like that are pre planned out for you.  They have perfect portion sizes.  When you have to do this on your own, you tend to have larger portion size.   With this you will gain the weight back.

The key to losing weight is simple - you need to make a lifestyle change.  Yes - don’t diet change your life.  Start learning how to eat better.  Start making changes that you intend to keep for the rest of your life.  These little changes will help you achieve all of your goals.

After much thought, I am thinking - where is the best place to start?  There are so many steps to losing weight, that it is very overwhelming.  In my experience making a ton of changes in your life at one time, will usually lead to failure.  Forgetting that you did not gain the weight over night and that the weight will not come off over night will also lead to failure.  So how can we achieve success?  How do you make the right choices?  Where do you start?

First off I would suggest reading 10% Solution  that Sparkpeople has put out.   Set realistic goals.  Remember that as you achieve these little goals, you fill feel a sense of accomplishment.  Also remember that you can always set a new goal once you have reached the current on that you are working on.

It has also been said that to create a habit you need 21 days of doing that, so create a small habit for yourself.  Focus on one thing, and work on that.  Be proud of your successes, and work hard with any failure.  The focus you place on that will help you grow and will help you succeed.

Don’t try to change too much at one time.  Remember that you are trying to start a lifestyle change.  Once you have reached your goal, then you will want to maintain it.  In order to do that you need to change your entire lifestyle.  You don’t want to go back to eating and moving the way you are now.  You want to keep up the healthy lifestyle have now set.  To do this you need to start good habits, and make the entire lifestyle change.

For me I am going to start with water.  I am going to make a conscience effort to watch what I am drinking.  I am going to limit the pop and junk and drink my water.   I suggest that you take a look at the first habit you want to create and start today.  It is never too late to start.  And if you have a bad day, don’t start over, learn, and tomorrow try extra hard!