| I know, I know. What a crazy question! | | | | Are all those infomercials promising fast, |
| | | | easy weight loss getting to us? Are the |
| Considering that we've all tried so many | | | | constant images of thin models and size 0 |
| diets until we can give calorie counts in our | | | | actresses making us think it's easy? |
| sleep - where do I get off asking a question | | | | |
| like that? | | | | I don't know what it is but it seems that the |
| | | | first thing we have to do when deciding to |
| But bear with me please. This may actually | | | | lose weight is ask ourselves if we're really |
| get you closer to your weight loss goals than | | | | ready for that kind of life change. |
| you think! | | | | |
| | | | Are you ready to change your eating and |
| We've heard it a million times but it's true: | | | | exercise habits for good? Are you willing to |
| | | | move permanently towards a healthier way of |
| Losing weight permanently is not just a quick | | | | life? |
| fix. | | | | |
| | | | We also have to realize that letting go of |
| It's not taking a magic pill and waking up | | | | extra weight requires letting go of other |
| the next morning with a body fat count of | | | | things as well. Like the way we might do |
| 10%. It's not reading the latest | | | | things, or the way we think about food and |
| diet-book-of-the-week and 'poof!' you're a | | | | eating. It requires us to be open to change, |
| size 6. It's not getting into 'the zone' for | | | | to be ready to see what works and what |
| half a day and all your weight troubles | | | | doesn't. |
| disappear. | | | | |
| | | | So before we choose a method of losing |
| But you know that right? We all know that! | | | | weight, we should decide if we're truly READY |
| | | | to lose weight or not. |
| But if we know that why do we jump from diet | | | | |
| to diet to diet? From weight loss plan to | | | | Key point: It's ok, if you're not! |
| weight loss plan? | | | | |
| | | | For one reason or another you might not be |
| Why do we keep trying the latest way to lose | | | | ready yet for a change in your lifestyle - |
| weight? Why do we get discouraged so easily? | | | | that's ok. Accept yourself and wait until |
| Why do we give up and think it's just not | | | | you are truly ready. |
| possible? | | | | |
| | | | BUT if you are ready, if you are determined |
| Here's the truth: Losing weight is a life | | | | to lose weight WHATEVER it takes, if you're |
| change, plain and simple. | | | | open to the kind of life changes losing |
| | | | weight will require-then look out baby. Here |
| Funny how we cut ourselves some slack with | | | | you come! |
| other life changes like moving or getting | | | | |
| married or having a baby, but not with losing | | | | Because when you decide that you're truly |
| weight! Why not? | | | | ready to lose weight, nothing will stop you! |
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