You have noticed that you can not stick to a diet (or just healthy lifestyle)? You want to lose some kilograms, but nothing is working for you? You have problems with motivation. I have them too and scientific research shows that majority of people does. Dead end? I don't think so. Let's find solutions!
Remember, I am not a professional psychologist, I am just a person, who wants to give advice using personal experience!
Lesson 1. Visual motivation.
There are two kinds of visual motivation - positive and negative. Some people find negative visual motivation more effective, some positive. My first losing weight experience was connected to negative visual motivation. After one trip I got photos and after seeing myself on those where I didn't know I was photographed, I was terrified. I didn't know I looked that way! It caused bad mood, but also great motivation and I lost 12 kilograms in 2 months.
How to make negative visual motivation work?
1. Take pictures of yourself naked (or in bikini or underwear). Do not try to look good on those pictures, be honest with yourself. Watch pictures very carefully, compare them with your best looking pictures, draw a conclusion and when you want to eat something in the middle of night, or before bed time, or something you know deep inside is unnecessary- take a look at those. You can also hang pictures all over the house if it doesn't cause any problems (not naked ones) especially recommend to hang them on a fridge.
2. Try the clothes from times when you were slimmer. Make a promise to yourself that those clothes WILL fit you again. And every time you want to eat extra piece of pie, or extra portion of the supper - take a look at those clothes or even try them on.
How to make positive visual motivation work?
1. Here is exactly opposite picture. Hang all over the house your "slim pictures" - especially on a fridge. Find pictures of actresses or models who's figure you think is perfect and put them as a desktop picture.
2. Make yourself a promise of reward. Like - if I lose 5 kilograms in a month, I will buy myself an expensive dress, or spend a weekend in spa or something like that.
3. You can also try to lose weight to some occasion, like your boyfriend's or husband's birthday. Tell him that, otherwise you may not fulfill your promise. Do not give some blurry promises - always connect goals to a date, but be real - normal speed of losing weight is 1 kilogram a week. The faster you lose weight - the harder it would be to maintain it.
I think, that would be enough for a start. Lose weight and don't lose motivation!
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