Keeping Yourself Motivated While Attempting Weight Loss

Do you wonder how you can continue to motivate yourself to lose weight? So often we have private conversations with ourselves. We refer to this silent, but constant conversation we are having as Self Talk. Self talk can be extremely effective. By repeating the same thoughts over and over, the mind actually comes to believe they’re true. We all have the tendency to be influenced by our inner beliefs. Very often, these things that you are repeating become prophecies that are self-fulfilled. If your self-talk each day is that you have no chance of actually losing weight, you’ll become convinced you can’t change yourself. What I’m saying is that basically you can talk yourself into or out of losing weight.

So what is your self-talk about? First, see what that little voice in the back of your mind is saying. Is that voice positive and helping you move toward your weight loss goal? Or is it convincing you it’s a waste of time and undermining all your efforts? If you begin to think more positively, your self-talk will begin to change and not be so negative.

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Here are a few examples of how you can change your self-talk so that it works for, not against, your weight-control efforts.

Some illustrations of a poor internal dialogue are:

* I’m just a completely hopeless failure. It’s been over a week, and I haven’t lost a pound.
My family is overweight so I have no chance at being anything but fat. I must go workout.

Positive Self-Talk examples are:

“I may not be seeing weight loss yet, but I am keeping to my plan and exercising” * If I continue to make even these small changes, I’ll hit my weight loss goals really soon. My healthy habits will lead to weight loss.

* I know lots of people who are changing their eating habits to get healthier. * I’m not the only one who’s choosing to eat healthier, more nutritious foods.

“I can have fun with friends and activities” “Food is a way to fuel my body’s energy”

You can reach your goals a lot quicker by using the valuable tool of talking to yourself in a positive manner, as well as making you feel better about yourself. If you want to enhance this skill and become better at it try writing down your Self Talks. You will start to be objective when it comes to thoughts about you and your goals concerning losing weight. You might try using a daily diary to write down an inventory of what worked well for you every day. What did you do really well today? Focus on the positive, not on the negative and think about how you can make tomorrow better. Be sure to praise yourself for every one of your successes, even if it seems small. Keep in mind that you will be able to lose weight better by thinking you are able to do it. It is normal to harbor some concerns about meeting our goals. But by replacing our doubts with positive thoughts, we build belief in ourselves. All it takes is a little self-confidence and some positive thinking.

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