If you decide to get rid of excess weight, you need good motivation to lose weight. Everyone has their own reasons for wanting to be slim: in one case it is a matter of maintaining health, strength and even life, in another – beauty and spectacular appearance. And for some it is important to feel confident in society and have self-respect.
And if you find exactly your own – individual – benefits of future slimness, and formulate them in detail for yourself in the form of specific goals, then there will be a minimum of difficulties and obstacles on the path to an elegant figure. And the process of losing weight itself will turn from a painful and frightening process into a pleasant and exciting game.
How to intelligently work with weight loss goals
If you've ever tried to lose weight and found it difficult or unpleasant to lose weight, this is a 100% indicator that you unknowingly ignored the most important element of losing weight - working with goals.
Weight loss goals are not a formality or an abstract concept that weight experts introduced for greater importance. This is a beacon that will call you “through the thorns to the stars.” This is an inspiration that will make difficulties and obstacles on the path to a beautiful figure invisible, will lift your spirits and turn losing weight into a real holiday - without exaggeration.
Almost everyone who loses weight using this method admits that competent work with goals gives them an extraordinary surge of strength and improves their mood to such an extent that during the entire period of weight loss they experience a state of elation close to euphoria, and after completing the course they feel regret at the loss of this wonderful feeling .
So, before you think over the menu, regimen and other details important for building weight, decide on your own benefits of losing weight, observing the following principles.
The best motivations
Each person may have their own reason for losing excess weight. But some types of motivation are suitable for everyone losing weight.
Improved health
Good health is one of the best incentives to fight extra pounds. To increase motivation, it is recommended to make a list of diseases that affect obese people:
- Cancer. Scientists have found that obesity often causes cancer of the large intestine and breast.
- Diabetes. Pathology develops with uncontrolled consumption of sweet, fatty and high-carbohydrate foods. The consequences of diabetes include blindness and gangrene.
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and cardiovascular system. Diseases develop due to increased stress on the bones and heart.
Overweight people often suffer from diabetes.
In addition, people with excess body weight are more likely to suffer from depression. Excess weight reduces life expectancy by 7 years or more. Obese people are more likely to experience inflammatory processes.
Pathologies should be recorded on a separate sheet, which should be stored in a closet or bag. You need to re-read your notes at the first signs of laziness and deviation from your intended goal, for example, when you don’t want to go for a morning run.
To improve your personal life
Men are more likely to pay attention to slender women.
Being overweight indicates health problems or an inability to take care of your appearance. Excess weight indicates psychological distress. A man experiences discomfort when in public places with his full companion. Researchers have established the following pattern: the thinner a girl's waist, the less often her partner suffers from erectile dysfunction. Men who are in relationships with slender women get more pleasure from their intimate life.
Fat deposits in the abdominal area reduce the level of sexual desire. For this reason, fat girls are less sexy.
Getting a dream position or job
Employers are confident that an obese employee lacks willpower and self-discipline. Such a person should not be trusted with complex tasks. Excess weight hinders career growth. If job responsibilities involve communicating with clients, company managers pay attention not only to professional skills, but also to the appearance of the applicant. The future employee will become the face of the organization.
To lose weight, you need your dream job.
For self-confidence
The body of obese people is often criticized by others, which leads to the development of an inferiority complex. An obese person denies himself many pleasures, such as visiting the beach. Low self-esteem makes you exaggerate your shortcomings and not notice your strengths.
People who manage to lose weight feel proud of their achievement and regain self-confidence.
Write down your goals
Goals and benefits must be formulated in writing. You can type on the keyboard. But it’s ideal if you do it by hand: when you work with a ballpoint pen, mechanisms in your brain are activated that you don’t even know about.
Write down why you – exactly you – need to lose weight, and consider that the process has already begun. Fixed weight loss goals are already working for you. Exactly!
Popular quotes and expressions for girls
Celebrity statements about food, body and weight loss motivate people to exercise and control their daily diet.
Quotes can be printed or handwritten and placed next to the mirror, on the refrigerator, in the bathroom, or near exercise equipment. Examples of statements:
- “Don’t make a cult out of food!” (Ilf and Petrov).
- “If you want to lose weight, you only need to give up three things: breakfast, lunch and dinner” (Frank Lloyd Wright).
- “The body is baggage that you carry throughout your life. The heavier it is, the shorter the journey." (Arnold Glasgow)
- “If you want to lose weight, eat naked and in front of a mirror” (Faina Ranevskaya).
- “The journey to a thousand pounds starts with one hamburger” (Chris O'Brien).
- “If you want to lose weight, eat everything, but don’t swallow anything” (Harry Seacombe).
There should be many goals for losing weight
The more goals and benefits you realize, the easier the process will be and the better the result will be.
It just seems that you can highlight literally 2-3 benefits. If you think about it, there are much more of them in each specific, personal case. For example, you don’t just want to become more beautiful and younger, but you split this goal into several:
- waist size decreases;
- neck looks longer;
- gait – light and swift, etc.
- Not only do your clothes fit well, but you get a whole range of benefits:
- put on a dress made of tight knitwear;
- you get the opportunity to order clothes from fashionable online stores;
- in the cold season, under your favorite coat, without compromising your appearance, put on another layer or two of warm clothes, etc.
These lists can simply be endless; remember: the more specific goals and benefits, the more effective the result and the more enjoyable the process.
And so that your motivation for losing weight covers all possible areas of your interests, and your weight loss goals are structured, immediately highlight the main thematic areas for yourself:
- well-being and objective level of health;
- clothing and its capabilities;
- beauty of body and face;
- self-perception, physical and emotional;
- perception by others;
- careers and opportunities;
- useful habits and lifestyle, etc.
The areas in which we set our goals can and should vary depending on each individual case.
This article is addressed to people in whose lives the issue of regulating their own body weight has come to one of the first places. First of all, the material is intended for beginners in the field of combating overweight and obesity, in order to show a real and objective picture of the means and methods of controlling body weight that exist today. The article will also be useful for, so to speak, “veterans of the battle against excess weight”, if they have not yet collected all the “bumps” along the way. The main purpose of this material is to warn those gathered to lose weight against a huge number of pitfalls in this area and to offer, based on an analysis of the most common methods of losing weight, the right to independently choose the method that is suitable for you to solve the problem of excess weight.
So, it is very important to understand that a double chin, a sagging belly, and thighs rubbing against each other are not a sign of wealth and solidity. This is not a constant lack of time for self-care. This is not weakness in the desire to please everyone around, etc. This is a complex, multifactorial DISEASE called “EXCESS.” Awareness of this problem as a disease, and not as a cosmetic defect, immediately puts you on the beginning of the path to recovery.
The most important priority for you, whether you are losing weight or losing weight, is to set a GOALS in working with excess weight. If your goal is weight loss, i.e. WEIGHT LOSS, then you can use almost any more or less effective means for this. But if you set a goal for yourself: TO ALWAYS BE SLIMMER, then this, it turns out, is also POSSIBLE!
Everyone who has realized the problem of excess body weight wants to go to the “LAND OF SLIMMERITY, BEAUTY AND HEALTH.” But some people just want to try their hand at it, some just want to get there, and some want to stay in it forever (please decide). Almost all existing methods of working with excess weight are based on the law of conservation of energy (to lose weight, it is necessary that the amount of energy entering the body be less than the amount of energy expended). The difference between existing methods lies in the difference in approaches to the implementation of this natural law, which is common to all.
So, using accessible, metaphorical examples, we will analyze the most common ways to achieve short-term weight loss or long-term slimness in working with alimentary obesity (which you “ate up”), listed below as “transport and other means” to deliver you to the “LAND OF SLIMMERITY, BEAUTY AND HEALTH "
1. The first way is by AIRPLANE.
These are surgical methods: sleeve resection (circumcision of the stomach), gastric banding (putting a special ring on the stomach), intragastric balloon installation, gastric bypass (isolation of the initial part of the stomach), biliopancreatic bypass (removal of part of the stomach and intestines from the digestive process), liposuction, etc. d.
Your actions: prove the absence of contraindications for the operation and your readiness to follow an appropriate diet.
Possibility of your own control of the situation along the route: on the plane you are only a passenger (even in business class).
Costs: Traveling by plane is never cheap.
Risks: this is a surgical procedure with appropriate anesthesia and postoperative period (no comments needed)!
Efficiency: if you close your eyes to the risks, then it is high - until you again stretch the walls of your cut stomach and again eat new fat deposits due to your previous eating habits.
Reliability: You will be quickly taken to the borders of the “COUNTRY OF STRONG” and you will even have time to stay in it for some time. But, since you will most likely continue to eat as before (for three miners from the face), you will not be heading to the starting point of departure in the near future.
2. The second way is by CRUISE LINER.
These are psychotherapeutic actions of a hypnotic nature.
Your actions: believe that this will help you.
Possibility of your own control of the situation along the route: little depends on you on the ship (especially if hypnosis or trance states are widespread).
Costs: definitely cheaper than by plane.
Risks: no one is immune from seasickness and, if you are not hypnotizable, you will be dropped off at the nearest port.
Efficiency: if you are hypnotizable, then it is quite high - depending on your motivation.
Reliability: You will be taken to the “COUNTRY OF THE SLIM AND BEAUTIFUL” with the right to stay there for up to 3 years (any encoding is usually designed for a maximum of 3 years). However, you can leave it earlier if the hypnologist’s attitudes are not fixed in your subconscious and you again start eating everything, not excluding what you were forbidden to eat. There is also the opportunity to stay in the “LAND OF DREAMS” if you get used to and love the diet that you must always follow.
3. The third way is BY TRAIN.
This is psychotherapy combined with acupuncture.
Your actions: trust a competent acupuncturist.
The ability to independently control the situation along the route: move with sufficient comfort (due to the relief of saturation and hunger centers) in a compartment car, but only along the track laid by rails (a system of prohibitions on the choice of food products). There is always the possibility of breaking the stop valve.
Costs: relatively inexpensive.
Risks: you can try your hand. If the service is provided correctly, it will not cause harm to health.
Efficiency: high – when you accept and maintain the established rules of behavior.
Reliability: delivery of you to the cherished “LAND OF SLIMMERITY, BEAUTY AND HEALTH” with a fairly high degree of probability and if regulated rules of behavior are reinforced during the journey (i.e. you can eat this, but you can’t eat that) - the likelihood of a long stay in this country depends on how much you have the habit of tolerating prohibitions.
4. Fourth way - BY BUS
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These are all kinds of psychological centers for changing eating behavior.
Your actions: you will have to seriously, with a certain amount of fanaticism, analyze and correct the eating habits that have been formed over the years.
Possibility of your own control of the situation along the route: in this vehicle you have almost complete control over the process. But still, you are not driving and, if a corresponding desire arises (toilet or motion sickness, etc.), you have to ask permission from the bus driver (psychologist).
Costs: average price.
Risks: except for weight gain again – none.
Efficiency: with a certain willpower – high.
Reliability: the probability of delivery to the “COUNTRY OF SLIMMERITY, HEALTH AND BEAUTY” is high. In this system, there are no prohibitions on the choice of food and you can always count on periodic support from psychologists, but it is difficult for an ordinary person to quickly adapt to a new diet after years of established diet (there is a lack of comfort and close support, not everyone can be lonely warriors in the field). Therefore, if you feel like you have a fighting spirit and want to prove to everyone and yourself that I CAN, then you can definitely get a permanent residence permit in the “COUNTRY OF SLIMNESS, BEAUTY AND HEALTH.”
5. The fifth method is on foot, blindfolded.
These are all kinds of diets.
Your actions: torment yourself, your body and the nerves of your loved ones.
Possibility of your own control of the situation along the route: you know where you are going, you know where it is, but you cannot navigate.
Costs: none, even some savings.
Risks: for health – moderate, depending on what you are torturing yourself with.
Efficiency: it doesn’t have to be done once at a time.
Reliability: 95% doubtful (we’ll leave 5% for ballerinas and fashion models). Very often you do not reach the “CHECKED COUNTRY”, but if you do, then since your eyes are blindfolded (you do not know the rules of conduct for a long stay in this country), you quickly leave it and, giving up on this activity , quickly head to the starting point.
6. Sixth method - RUN
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These are hunger strikes.
Your actions: suffer, endure and suffer.
Possibility of your own control of the situation along the route: You have complete control over where you are running and why, but you do not know how much strength you will have (stops are prohibited - otherwise you will not get there).
Costs: the most economical method of self-execution in terms of the cost of food, but very uneconomical in terms of the cost of medicines to restore health.
Risks: for health - very serious.
Efficiency: depending on the duration – very high (in the absence of nutrition, everyone loses weight).
Reliability: You will quickly reach the “COUNTRY OF THE STRONG”, but in your case, unfortunately, you are no longer healthy and, since it is impossible to constantly run, you will soon stop to rest. From this moment your journey back to the beginning of this unpromising event will begin, and possibly further than the starting point (that is, you will gain even more weight than before).
7. The seventh method is BY BICYCLE.
This is taking all kinds of burners, fat blockers, various dietary supplements and cocktails to control body weight.
Your actions: arrogantly hope that the “miracle pill” will utilize everything that you just “lumped into one”.
Possibility of your own control of the situation along the route: do not forget to take pills.
Costs: Vary widely, depending on degree of popularity.
Risks: for health – definitely “Yes”, especially for the gastrointestinal tract (useful pills do not yet exist).
Efficiency: unpredictable.
Reliability: if you fall off your bike before the borders of the “COUNTRY OF STRONG”, do not be upset. Anyone who is lucky enough to enter there will leave just as quickly, since it is impossible to ride for the rest of your life without getting off a bicycle (you cannot take pills for life to control your body weight - your health will quickly fail).
8. Eighth method - SKIING ON ASPHALT
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These are enemas, taking diuretics and laxatives.
Your actions: selflessly overcome the difficulties you create.
Possibility of your own control of the situation along the route: you can control it until the moment the action begins.
Costs: insignificant, except for toilet paper.
Risks: leaching of salts, including those necessary for the body to function when taking diuretics for weight loss, and dysbiosis when regularly taking laxatives.
Efficiency: reduction in body weight = amount of mass released.
Reliability: just as it’s pointless to ski on asphalt, it’s also pointless to lose weight with diuretics and laxatives (you don’t defecate fat, so you’re just moving water in your body). It is impossible to get, let alone stay forever in the “LAND OF SLIMMERITY, BEAUTY AND HEALTH” in this way.
9. Ninth method - JUMPING ON ONE LEG
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This includes regular exercise and exercise (daily strength training for more than 30 minutes a day).
Your actions: hold on, trying not to miss workouts.
Possibility of your own control of the situation along the route: very strict control over the regularity and amount of loads.
Costs: a very expensive gym membership.
Risks: if you have a large body weight and there are pathologies in the functioning of the cardiovascular or musculoskeletal system, then they are large.
Efficiency: high, until you quit.
Reliability: it is possible to get to the “LAND OF SLIMMERITY, BEAUTY AND HEALTH” in this way, but it is not easy. With regular strength training, fat deposits in the body are replaced by muscle tissue. Your diet is clearly adjusted to the level of stress that you impose on your body in the gym. As soon as you stop intense training in the gym, and your diet and nutrition level remain the same, you will quickly begin to gain weight. Therefore, if you can systematically, without interruptions, work out in the gym for up to a hundred years (i.e., jump on one leg), then you will remain in the “LAND OF SLIMNESS.” Well, if not (that is, you stand on two legs and do not reconsider the amount of food), then you will literally run to the starting point of the difficult path.
10. Tenth method - COMFORTABLE CAR
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This is a comprehensive therapy program at the Slavic Clinic, including psychotherapy, homeopathic treatment, diet therapy and a certain level of physical activity.
Your actions: tune in to the fact that you have taken the path of transforming your entire body.
Possibility of own control of the situation along the route: full independent control with the ability to choose the configuration of the car and the route (choice of the type and content of therapy).
Costs: lower than the average price for similar services from other companies.
Risks: a change of wardrobe due to a decrease in volume is guaranteed and the possibility of returning to the previous weight for those who have not learned or did not want to learn to feel their normal weight.
Efficiency: high. The issue of reducing body weight to physiological values is not even questioned.
Reliability: You yourself drive a comfortable foreign car and inconveniences are possible at the very beginning of the journey, while you get used to driving your new car. Then you easily and stress-free, with comfort and with new self-esteem, successfully arrive in the “COUNTRY OF SLIMNESS, GRACEFULNESS, SEXUALITY, HEALTH, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BEAUTY” so that if you wish, you can stay there forever. But if along the way you cling to old habits, unwillingness to change anything in yourself and blame circumstances, everyone around you, your own worthlessness for all your failures in life, then you will not stay long in the “COUNTRY OF SLIMMER AND PEOPLE who LOVE THEMSELVES.”
On forums on the Internet, requests from those wishing to lose weight are often published to provide a calorie table from the complex therapy program of the Slavic Clinic, and one becomes sincerely sorry for those who see the solution to the problem of excess weight in ordinary calorie counting. Sorry, but this is the same as pulling 2 wheels out of a perfectly working car and trying to drive them into the “LAND OF STRONG”. And after a clear failure, I tell everyone that counting calories didn’t help me. Yes, in this context it probably won’t help. You shouldn’t just pull out what you like from a complex system. It is necessary to embrace the problem as a whole, set a realistic goal and work to solve it in a rational, competent way.
About the miracle of vibrating belts, plasters, clothes with a sauna effect (you sweat and lose weight) and other “fairy-tale things” - no comments, since this does not deserve your attention.
So, together with you, we went through a brief excursion into the proposals for various methods of slimming, their pros and cons. Please note that this analysis of common methods and means of combating excess weight is based on more than twenty years of experience in counseling people with excess body weight and is the subjective opinion of the specialists of the Slavic Clinic.
Now you, “with more open eyes”, based on your own desire, character, capabilities and preferences, can choose one or another method for your own transformation. It is very important that you DO NOT FIGHT obesity, but respect it, yes, yes, respect it. After all, as long as we hate our belly, our cellulite, our PMS, our insatiable womb, etc., we will always lose in the fight against our own body. There is no need to fight with it, you need to live in harmony with it. In harmony with the body, with the spirit, with the soul, with the family, with loved ones, with nature. After all, only people who survived war and famine truly value peace and prosperity. Likewise, only those who have been obese understand the value of being slim and healthy. Therefore, our obesity should be thanked for the fact that it gives us the opportunity to work on ourselves, on our habits and stereotypes, to transform, as if from a chrysalis into a beautiful butterfly. This is exactly what I would like to wish for you.
In conclusion, I would like to give you a little advice on the right of YOUR INTELLIGENT CHOICE. Choosing health over illness; love, not hate; spirituality, not soullessness; progress in working on oneself, and not complete indifference and oblivion; desire to develop, and not rest on dubious laurels; discover a new hobby, rather than collapse on the sofa in front of the TV with a tray of food; come up with new hobbies for yourself, and not justify yourself by lack of time. And whatever you choose, God grant you love, health, harmony and good luck for many years to come!
Simple wording for ease of understanding
You need to formulate it in simple colloquial language, digestible and familiar to your ear. No one will see these entries except you, which means you need to write them in a way that will be pleasant and convenient for you to read. Women need motivation to lose weight, but it should be natural and easy, and not intrusive or forced.
For example, if you like to say “tight-fitting dress” instead of “tight-fitting knitwear dress,” write it in your own way: this way you will quickly reach your brain and body as a whole with a “request” to lose weight.
If you like a figurative comparison, it’s even better: instead of “my neck looks longer,” write, for example, “my neck is like a swan’s”! And remake the phrase “under my favorite coat, without compromising my appearance, I wear a layer or two of warm clothes” to suit myself, for example, like this: “in a coat with a thick sweater and shirtfront, I’m slim!” This kind of motivation for losing weight is usually closer to women, since it involves not only consciousness, but also the emotional sphere.
A goal is a dream that has a plan
Next you need to make a plan to achieve your goal. Otherwise, it will remain a dream. To do this you need:
– set intermediate “control” points for each week;
– prepare everything you will need along the way: healthy products, sportswear and shoes, a subscription to a fitness club or a mat and dumbbells for home exercises;
- determine what kind of person you need to become in order to achieve your goal: not a lazy aunt lying on the sofa in front of the TV with a box of cakes - but an energetic, active woman who prefers an evening walk to the next TV series;
– come up with a reward for achieving a goal: for example, a photo session or a beautiful dress 2 sizes smaller than today’s.
Specificity and detail in motivation for losing weight for every day
You don't need general words because they are useless. There is little point in wasting time writing lengthy phrases like “I weigh less, it’s easy for me” or “I’m beautiful.”
If you want to get a satisfying result, you will have to set aside some time at the very beginning stage and sit, think about your weight loss goals and even dream a little.
This may seem difficult at first. But you’re trying for your loved one – push yourself – and, most likely, you’ll be surprised at how long the process of formulating goals and benefits will take you!
It’s so nice to start experiencing bright and positive emotions throughout the entire process of losing weight, and not just at the end of it.
So, your motivation for losing weight every day should be supported by approximately the following specific formulations:
- I easily and without shortness of breath climb the stairs to the third floor;
- I can reach the floor with my palms without any problems, I don’t get tired while cleaning, wiping the floor under the furniture;
- I feel cheerful all day, I completely forgot about drowsiness in the middle of the day;
- without embarrassment I go into clothing stores and choose among small sizes;
- I look at myself in the mirror with pleasure and rejoice at my thin waist and graceful silhouette;
- I regained my light, feminine gait in stiletto heels: people on the street admire me;
- I respect myself for the habit of putting half as much food on my plate as before;
- I am pleased to go to bed early every day and know that it is very useful for slimness and youth, etc., etc.
Of course, you will break down your slimming goals into areas and formulate points similar to those written here in a language that is familiar and pleasant to you.
You won't be able to look like the performing athlete on the cover of a magazine or Instagram.
What do most people want? Just lose weight? Just look like you did when you were 17? Some are ready to be content with this, but others want to be like their idols or a collective image from Instagram photos. I have to disappoint you, if you haven’t decided to build a professional career as an athlete, then you shouldn’t look like that.
I feel bad-heartedness here and a lot of counterarguments. “Of course, he encroached on my cherished dream, destroying my ideal image.” I said in the first article that fitness bloggers and insta-nyashes for the most part are engaged in infogypsy. They sell you a dream, showing you pictures and promising to help. How can you not spend money on this? How not to buy? Let’s skip the topic of taking anabolic steroids, with the help of which athletes reach the peak of their physical fitness in a much shorter period of time. Let it be on their conscience; few will admit it. But understand other facts, namely, when you see a very prominent body in a photograph, you must understand that the percentage of fat in such an organism is close to the critical values of 5-8%. And before competitions and photo shoots, athletes take diuretics to dehydrate the body. Women stop ovulating, and men may faint. No one lives in such physical shape 365 days a year , and it is unrealistically difficult to maintain. For athletes, it is a way of life and a means of earning money; they monetize their appearance and earn money from it. Why did you decide that you could do the same? Because they promised you? Many media personalities spent more than 10-15 years of their lives to create such a form. Are you ready to spend at least 5 years? Don't think! After all, among them there are genetically gifted people who are able to progress well from physical activity and maintain their physical shape with relative ease. This is true.
People set high expectations, focus on the pros, put in the effort for a while, and then are disappointed because they didn't come close to their own ideals. And if there are no outstanding results, then why continue to make efforts?
The form of the statement is favorable to beliefs
As you have probably already noticed, we formulate all goals in the present tense and in the form of a statement: as if we had already received the result. This approach helps both the brain and body adapt to new conditions, bringing us significantly closer to the desired ideal.
The wording “I don’t get tired” seems to return us to a state of fatigue. And even writing “without fatigue” is worse than “easily and energetically.” There should be more positive statements: saturate your life with positivity, create an atmosphere of lightness, joy, success.
These are not some newfangled recommendations, but long-standing and effectively used techniques. Just check.
The combination of distant and near goals maintains motivation
It is very important, when talking about intermediate or final results of weight loss, indicating weight, volume, clothing sizes, quantity, time, etc., to name numbers, and not some abstract concepts, and also to set both distant and close goals for yourself . For example:
- by December 1st I will fit into clothes 1 size smaller;
- in March I will start wearing size 48;
- in two weeks I can easily walk a distance of 4 bus stops;
- in May I will walk from work every day for 40 minutes;
- in a month my waist size will decrease by 3 centimeters, etc.
- in a year I will return my previous volumes 95/70/106
Of course, there will be errors. But don’t let them worry you: our task is to make the kilograms go away, and if you lose weight not for six months, but for a year, then this is even better, since the slower the scale arrow moves towards zero, the better.
Achieving a short-term goal
The task of losing 15 kg causes psychological discomfort and self-doubt.
The body begins to resist. Short-term goals seem more achievable. You can lose weight in stages. For example, get rid of 2 kg by your birthday or lose 3 kg by July 1st. The opportunity to wear a new dress on a holiday or look good in a revealing swimsuit while on vacation makes you want to work on yourself.
By reducing weight with short-term goals, by the end of the year the girl will find that she was able to achieve the desired result and lose 15 kg.
How not to lose motivation to lose weight? How to avoid gaining excess weight again?
Not only our “carcass” strives for homeostasis, but also our brain. Essentially speaking, all our thinking (brain work) is the desire for dynamic stereotypy (this was formulated by Pavlov). Just as the body strives for balance, trying to burn fewer calories, our brain strives for previously learned patterns of behavior. We may or may not like it, but it is important to accept it as a fact.
We all want to “bang!” and do it well!” We ate our sides for years, we created our own problems throughout our lives, and then suddenly we decided that we are so unique, and now we can change everything with just one desire. “It is desirable that changes come on their own, unnoticeably and comfortably for me.” No, my dears! “Buzz” won’t work!
Since we are not mechanisms, but organisms, linear development does not threaten us. This means that after success there will be failures, which means that after progress there will be regression. Having reached the “plateau effect”, or faced with the first difficulties, many give up, finding excuses for themselves: I have the wrong genetics, the wrong metabolism, it doesn’t work, and in general, I didn’t really want to. It's their right! But it’s not a matter of genetics or metabolism, as practice shows, but a matter of motivation and willingness to make efforts. Here you can go to psychologists so that they can find your motivation, or apply for trainings. Anything until you understand that you need it and want it. It's easier to find a plausible excuse than to actually do something. It's easier said than done. In the end,
RESULT = no result + good story about it
Another typical situation is when we follow the plan, do our best, but at some point we relax and allow ourselves to deviate from the rule .
When losing weight, it looks like this: we are on a diet, but a handful of candy or cake looks so tempting that we allow ourselves, as an exception or as a reward for our efforts. Everything would be fine if we stopped there, but another piece follows another, one exceptional evening flows into another, or we decide that since today we have deviated from the rule, we can go all out. Typical behavior of a dependent person ; fellow psychologists are well acquainted with this type of behavior. And then follows a feeling of guilt, shame and punishment for “bad behavior”
It is important to remember that if you deviate from your plan today, then nothing bad happened! This is not a reason to devalue everything you have done previously. You just need to continue to follow your plan, you may have delayed your result a little. After all, you have a choice about where you'll get your calories today: one ice cream, or a full meal?
Recommendation: By creating conditions for changes in your body, you can create conditions for your brain. Start consuming “good information”, load your brain with useful information about nutrition, exercise, human physiology, motivational videos. Support yourself.
How does alcohol prevent you from losing weight?
We have completely touched on the topic of alcohol. But if you regularly drink alcohol, it will be difficult for you to achieve your goal. And there are several reasons for this. Firstly, alcohol itself is a high-calorie product that interferes with the process of lipolysis in the body (the process of breaking down fats), and in addition, it causes a feeling of appetite and affects the regulation of behavior, retaining fluid in the body. Under the influence of alcohol, it will be difficult for you to control your behavior, including eating, and this is due to an increase in appetite. While losing weight, you will have to limit your alcohol consumption. Not everyone will agree to such restrictions. It's their right to drink and be fat. I told you that I would have to change my lifestyle.
So why can’t you drink at all now? Can! It is important to understand that you will most likely slow down or stop your weight loss process for a week or two.
Choose now what is more important to you: drink today or reach your goal 2 weeks earlier? It's a matter of your choice.
Local fat burning, or how to remove excess weight in a specific place?
It’s the 21st century, people have higher education, they studied something in biology, but marketers and would-be specialists are still parasitizing on this topic. They will sell you techniques, weight loss products (creams, ointments), miracle exercise equipment, acupuncture, and massage of problem areas. Sorry, but you have to pay for stupidity.
Remember, only a surgeon can remove fat locally!
There are no remedies to improve fat burning in a specific area of the body. Fat will disappear gradually, and definitely not the way you want. These are genetic characteristics: in which places fat will accumulate more, and how exactly it will be lost. You just have to accept this fact. No cellophane wraps, no fat-burning ointments, no electrical stimulators will help. You will never see your six-pack abs until you lower your body fat percentage to a critical 8-10%. Do crunches at least 100 times a day, it won’t help.
You can only create conditions under which your body begins to lose weight, and observe this process yourself. And if you don't like specific parts of your body, then you will have to accept these anatomical features, or work very hard to change your entire body.
But no matter what anyone says, there will be thousands of people who will try to remove belly fat by pumping up their abs, wrapping themselves in cellophane, smearing themselves with creams, and buying goods from a TV store. Demand creates supply. They will even tell you exactly how this or that remedy works, but no one will present convincing scientific research. You will test the effectiveness on yourself at your own expense.
Why don't other people's advice work? And why don’t other people’s examples help me lose weight?
Although we are all human and seem to be structured the same, at a particular moment in time we undergo different processes and our body is influenced by different factors. There are generally 5% of the lucky ones who don’t have to worry about nutrition and always remain in good physical shape. You are most likely part of the other 95%. Some people don’t digest lactose, so they can’t eat dairy products, and some people naturally have a lot of muscle mass, so they can easily eat two of your servings at a time, and it doesn’t affect them in any way. And some people are gluten intolerant, so they need to abstain from grains.
In a population of people, there will always be exceptions, but that's not necessarily you. As soon as they started talking about this topic, a lot of people were immediately found who were intolerant to gluten and lactose, and marketers began to actively promote new food products. Our ancestors, when they domesticated animals, were able to survive because selection took place based on the ability to assimilate certain products. It is normal for an adult to get calories from milk and dairy products!
But let's return to other people's examples and advice. If you are 170 tall, you will never look like a 180 tall person, your breasts will not increase to size 4, and your butt will not become as round as a Brazilian woman. Accept this fact, or go under the surgeon's knife.
If a friend of yours, or even worse, a person unknown to you , has lost weight and shared several recipes, this does not mean that by following them you will achieve a similar result.
This stranger may not have said or been aware of all the factors that in his case influenced the outcome. He could have kept silent about some important points and means that he used. In his case, these factors played a decisive role in losing weight, but your case is different.
For example, it is enough for one to increase general physical activity, and he will quickly lose weight. Then he will tell others that he lost weight by running in the morning. And for another it was enough to reduce the amount of carbohydrates in the diet, so he will tell you that you need to stop eating sweets and remove baked goods. Both the first and second are right, both work, but it’s not a fact that it will work in your case. Perhaps you don’t like to run, or even running is harmful for you; perhaps simply limiting carbohydrates in your case will not give a significant and noticeable effect, because the total calorie content remains high and you drink regularly (we’ll talk about alcohol separately).
