Weight Loss Is a Journey Not a Vacation

Most of you think of your New Year's Resolution of weight loss as a quick fix, one time effort that will get you to your ideal body. What you need to realize is that it is NOT a quick fix or anything like that. This is a journey that takes you to new places where change happens. If you look at this as anything other than a journey you will end up exactly in the same place as when you started...overweight.

One of the most difficult things about losing the weight is keeping it off. Stay away from the mindset that you're going to go back to eating all the junk food that made you initiate your New Years Resolution in the first place. Otherwise, you'll be looking at articles like this again next year.

The first step in making the journey is to find your purpose for doing something. Champions are champs because of their will, heart, determination, and desire. The basis of this is their purpose. If your child was in danger, you would do whatever it takes to get them out of danger without any thought of "oh, I can't do that, I'm not strong enough." You would just do it. Make your purpose as strong as this and you will succeed.

The next step is to fill your mind with FACTS...not fads, facts! What type of person has the body you want your body to look like and what do they do? Do you want to look like a lightweight boxer? Do you want to look like a ballet dancer? Do you want to look like a soccer player? A softball player? A stripper (hey why not)? How about a cyclist? Look at all the bodies of people who perform similar activities and then write down what they do that sets them apart. This will be the platform of your visualization.

The third step is to put a plan together: Write down your ideal exercise and eating plan and put it in a place where you will see it all the time. You always keep your identification card and wallet with you: this is just as important. There are no excuses here. Don't worry about sticking to the plan 100%. No one does that anyway. Just worry about making progress and sticking to it as closely as you can. Keep a diary of what happens then, make adjustments as you see fit.

Finally, keep on top of your goal. If you aren't making the progress you expected, revisit your plan and see where things might need to be changed. If you need help, seek the help of someone with a track record. Don't hire a personal trainer who has always had a great body...hire one that made their body over. Most of these trainers can tone their body by just being. If you want someone who knows how to change a body---look for someone who has changed their own first.

Good luck this year!

Yours in Good Health
Kris Reid