One Key to Weight Loss Success
Losing weight requires habits and repetition. Think about a person who is in perfect shape. Eating one ridiculously unhealthy meal may make them bloated for awhile, but once it is digested, there will be no noticeable gains. Now if they make a consistent habit of eating these unhealthy meals and not burning off the calories, within a few months, there will be highly noticeable results. Now turn this around. If you're in bad shape, and you eat healthy and exercise for a day, you may feel better, but you will not see physical results. Make these healthy activities habits, and trust me, you will thank yourself!
I think patience is one key to losing weight successfully. Fortunately, for people without patience, it still can be done easily. I am not very patient and I did it! Here's how: Let's say you were really excited for something that was happening at 6:00 and the current time was 5:00. If you sat in front of a clock and watched the hands move, it would seem like it was never going to be 6:00! Now let's say you didn't occupy yourself with the literal measure of time and instead you went and watched something interesting on TV. Before you knew it, it would be 6:00! Time would pass either way and it would pass at the same rate, but the second option would require a lot less patience and 6:00 would seem to come a lot faster!
Apply this to weight loss now. We are creatures of habit! Bad eating is a habit, so replace it with a habit of good eating. How to form a habit? Repetition! In the beginning, you will have think about it, but eventually it will become a habit. Once you have your habits of good eating and increased physical activity in place, the hard part is over. Your weight or fat percentage is the clock. If you constantly obsess over it, and you're not patient, you will not see results quick enough and will give up easily. If you just forget about it, continue with your habits, and occupy your time with something more interesting, within a short period of time, you will realize you've dropped a pant size! By this time, you will know what is possible and you will have the momentum to continue your healthy habits!
I think patience is one key to losing weight successfully. Fortunately, for people without patience, it still can be done easily. I am not very patient and I did it! Here's how: Let's say you were really excited for something that was happening at 6:00 and the current time was 5:00. If you sat in front of a clock and watched the hands move, it would seem like it was never going to be 6:00! Now let's say you didn't occupy yourself with the literal measure of time and instead you went and watched something interesting on TV. Before you knew it, it would be 6:00! Time would pass either way and it would pass at the same rate, but the second option would require a lot less patience and 6:00 would seem to come a lot faster!
Apply this to weight loss now. We are creatures of habit! Bad eating is a habit, so replace it with a habit of good eating. How to form a habit? Repetition! In the beginning, you will have think about it, but eventually it will become a habit. Once you have your habits of good eating and increased physical activity in place, the hard part is over. Your weight or fat percentage is the clock. If you constantly obsess over it, and you're not patient, you will not see results quick enough and will give up easily. If you just forget about it, continue with your habits, and occupy your time with something more interesting, within a short period of time, you will realize you've dropped a pant size! By this time, you will know what is possible and you will have the momentum to continue your healthy habits!
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