Well, so much for commitment, goal setting and all that stuff I went on and on about not too long ago. I did not keep up with my blog on a regular basis like I promised – and today is the first day of my new commitment to write in the blog daily.
I have had a struggle with deciding which direction to take with my blog – I predicated the entire beginning on maintaining weight loss and have worked rather diligently in producing topics for live and written presentations based on that subject. What I have learned, however, is that no one is really interested in maintaining a weight loss – they are only interested in reaching their predetrmined goal weight through whatever diet program they have come across or have devised for themselves. Now, that may be too broad a statement – I’m sure there are many people who are interested in maintaining their weight reduction, and many have found a way to do so, but the majority have decided that the end of their road ends with the weight reduction and stop there, only to find that within a few short months they are looking at taking that journey again.
I am now looking at how to reach those people who are really interested in reducing their weight (which is a lot of people this time of the year) and reaching them with pertinent information before they begin their new diet or eating program or at least at the beginning of their program regarding the way to achieve permanent goal weight without dieting again.
I have no product – no pills – no structured diet- no beverages – no exercise or fitness plan that will achieve this – only my success in reaching and maintaining my goal weight for several years now. I have learned through much trail, error and research that overeating is mainly a behavorial problem, which is the hardest kind to tackle and defeat. No one wants to change the way they do things, including eating and enjoying food – but we all want something that will let us eat and drink whatever we are used to whenever we want and still reach and maintain a desired goal weight.
Most of us didn’t start out with a weight problem – it just accumulated during life – and life happens! I was reading an article the other day that indicated that overweight has been a problem, both psychological and physiological since man began finding ways to prepare food that was hard to resist. That article indicated that the “baby boomers” are distainful of the structured “eating programs” such as Weight Watchers, Atkins, Jenny Craig, etc – and want to “do their own thing”, and many have been successful in reducing their weight on a short term basis, not unlike those who have sought out the commercial eating programs. I, for one, did not want to take the time, trouble and frustration of the trial and error of how to reduce my calories, eat the right kind of food, do the right kind of exercise to produce the results I wanted. And why should I, or anyone else? After all, millions, maybe even billions of dollars have been spent by the companies like Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutri-systems, etc. in finding the right foods, the right number of calories, the right menus to reduce the excess pounds and anyone who is really desirous of reducing their weight in a healthy manner can achieve their goal weight – these DIETS DO WORK!!
It’s not the diet that doesn’t work – it’s the mind and thoughts of the dieter that sabotage the weight maintenance program. Be honest! If you have been on a structured diet and have managed to reduce your weight, how long did you stay on your maintenance program? I’d be willing to bet it was only a month or so before you began adding back some of the foods you really liked, until you were right back eating the same as you did before you started your diet. That’s because you didn’t begin with the right attitude about your eating habits – your behavioral actions and thoughts about food and your body. That is where you have to start – with the right thoughts, the right attitude that you carry with you through the entire weight reduction program – if you do that, you will find that you will not be tempted to go back to your old eating habits.
I speak from experience and achieved success.
Think Thin Thoughts!
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