Getting Ready to Lose Weight - 5 Mental Attitudes!

When it comes to getting ready to lose weight, there are mental attitudes that must be achieved, if you are to succeed over the long term.

Some of the most common statements that people have made to me, over the years of me being a registered nurse, fitness instructor, Olympic athlete and a coach are listed down below.

See if you fit into any of these categories or have had these thoughts.
  • I am desperate to lose weight
  • I need to lose weight badly
  • I will do anything to lose weight
  • I am tired of being fat
  • I am sick and tired of being fat
  • I am tired of being fat
  • I have to lose this weight
  • I want to lose this weight
We all have most likely heard these and many more!

The difference between the ones that followed through and lost those extra pounds of body fat and the ones that did not was all in the attitude of the individual, who is in the fight of losing unwanted pounds! The fight truly is within. It is all in the way that we perceive the challenge that is in before us.

Whether you are trying to lose weight after giving birth, or just because over the years, you have gotten lazy and put other things ahead of your fitness and health; if you are getting ready to lose weight your mental attitude must be right!

Often times, I would tell people don't even bother going for it until you are able to look yourself in the mirror and sincerely say, "I am ready to lose weight!" Once you are able to say it and mean it and become emotional about it, you are now creating a mindset to dramatically improve on your chances of success in your weight loss objectives.

Failure will most likely result if... you come to the task without passion! If you are getting ready to lose weight, you must come with a passion that can nearly set a room ablaze!

When you are able to say, I am ready to lose weight and it is a burning, consuming, white-hot burning desire, it is time for you to prepare for battle!

Attitude #1: This is health and fitness for a lifetime! This is not just for a day or a month, or the part of the year that involves looking good in a bikini. You must be willing to drop old habits and pick up a new attitude.

Attitude #2: It is not an overnight process! You did not gain 20, 30, 40 extra pounds all in 30 days! It was an incremental process of wrong choices, being compressed and multiplied times many days! It will be an incremental process on the way down while making better choices, but it will not take nearly as long to lose in most cases, if you adhere to your new attitude!

Attitude #3: If you are preparing to lose weight, you must create a desire, so big and so powerful that it keeps you focused on your objective day and night. Get a solid understanding and an emotional bond with the reason of why you want to lose weight. Write those reasons down and internalize them. They will become fuel for your fire of desire and serve you well, if you start to lose focus.

Attitude #4: Write out your goals! Write them down on a fresh clean sheet of paper and then, place them where you are going to see them every day! Make yourself accountable to your goal by telling somebody what you are going to do and when! Then, finish up the writing of your goal by being specific! This means that you set amount of the weight loss and a date to achieve it!

Attitude #5: Believe in yourself and what you are setting before you as your objectives. Read and listen to positive and uplifting mental training materials that will only serve to strengthen your mind and spirit along the way.

So, are you getting ready to lose weight? I mean...are you at the point to where you are really ready?
Let me know how I can help!

Best of success to you in your health and fitness weight loss goals.

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About Author
Jeff Gadley is Former Olympic Athlete, Registered Nurse (RN) and Fitness Instructor. Today he writes health, fitness and weight loss articles for the internet. He guides seriously motivated individuals to solutions that get the fat off and keep it off! Get the Monthly Fat Loss Newsletter and of Course it is Free! Send e-mail to Jeff@BodyFatSolutions.com

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