Motivate Me to lose weight: It's not a diet - it's a lifestyle

A few days ago I wrote the Daily Dose of Motivational Medicine on the topic of "It's a marathon not a sprint". This applies directly to our desire and ability to lose weight and size - there is no magic bullet, give me 2 weeks and I'll lose 40lbs of fat as shown on the late night infomercials - but day after day, week after week of doing the right thing. It's slow, but it's also the only way to lose weight AND keep it off.

I'll give you an example.

I am overweight - not massively you understand, but I am too big for where I want to be. As you know I've been fighting what I have called in the past "a losing battle" for decades and I know there is no such thing as a quick fix. I may be able to stack weight on really quickly, but I can take forever to lose weight - and there in lies part of my problem.

Until I looked at it this way.

I am not on a "diet"

Why?

A diet implies a beginning and at some point an end. Whilst there was a beginning - as in the day I decided to do something about my size, shape and weight, there will be no end point - there can't be, not if I want to maintain the new look - forever. And believe me - I do.

My new way of eating and living my life has to sustain me - not just for the weeks and months I will be shrinking, but for the rest of my life - hence it is a lifestyle choice and not a diet. That's the first thing.

I know it's going to take a while to lose the weight I want to lose. I've not been at the lower end of my height /weight scale for some time - years in fact, and I want to remember what that feels like. I've even been scouring the old photographs to see if I can find a picture that I can relate to. But I know that if I work on 1/2 - 1 kilo a week weight loss it may take me the rest of this year to get to where I want to be.

This time though I am adding new dimensions to my personal weight loss goal, and that is two-fold.

I am making "me" my first priority for the first time since before the children were born. They are now at the stage where they can cook their own tea and set their own alarms so they don't miss school and work. That means I give myself permission to exercise. It also means I give myself permission to stop occassionally too - something I'm not very good at, at the moment.

When people talk about work / life balance, they don't connect diet, exercise, down time with the stress and pressures of both home life and work life. I don't have any less to do in either instances, but you know what - I am giving myself permission to enjoy my life, and that means becoming slim enough to not only get back into jeans and my designer wear but to give me the energy to do more.That's why I say - I am not on a diet, it's a lifestyle choice.

Comments

[Quick Weight Loss]

Hi! Great set of details. Information are very distinct and very informative. Good job!

[Elle]

Thank you Christina - Elle

[HCG Drops]

You must be optimistic, you must be determined to achieve your goal and to change your lifestyle, therefore you must leave to old you and embrace the new you by starting to loss weight then after by changing the habit of yourself and have a strong asset for living healthy which is by living healthy.

[Elle]

Nicely said, thank you Mikaela - Elle