The #1 Reason Why You Cannot Lose Weight

It seems like you have been trying to lose weight forever, but nothing seems to work. You have tried all the fad diets, weight loss programs, and exercise routines, but nothing takes the weight off.

 

It has gotten to the point where you truly believe that you will NEVER be able to lose weight, right?

 

There are several ways you can deal with this. The first is to stop trying to lose weight and just be happy with the way you are. The second is to keep experimenting with the latest diets and exercise fads and hope that one of them clicks-in for you. The last is to re-define the way you think about weight loss, and let that guide your behavior.

 

As a certified nutritional counselor, I have heard hundreds of stories about failed weight loss efforts, and they all have the same thing in common. They all rely on willpower to get the job done rather than internal motivation. If you cannot lose weight, it is because you do not have strong enough reasons to lose weight.

 

You need to take a look at your weight loss from a completely different perspective. It’s like putting on a different pair of lenses and viewing your weight loss in a brand new way. Once you do this, weight loss becomes effortless because you are no longer dependent upon your will to get it done.

 

Here is how you do it:

• Create a list of all the reasons WHY you want to lose weight. Then rank them in order of importance, the most important being at the top of the list. Once your list is complete, go through it several times and eliminate the ones that do not truly speak to you. In other words, get rid of the reasons that do not evoke and emotional response.
  

 

• .         Next to each reason, write down WHY this is important to you. Just let your thoughts run out onto the page. You can edit later. For now, just capture the pure emotion that comes when you think about why it is important that you do this. Like, “I want to lose weight because I don’t want to die before I am 50”.
  

 

• .        Once you have written down the WHY next to each reason, write down how your life would be better if lost the weight. Again, just let the thoughts flow out onto the paper. You can clean it up later. So an example would be, “If I lost weight, I would be able to run again, do a marathon, and be a great example to my kids”.
  

 

• .         Next, write down how your life would be worse if you do not lose the weight. Be exact about this. Really look at the consequences of not taking action and losing the weight.
  

 

• .         Finally, look at what you have written. Go back and look at the reasons why you want to lose weight and see if your perspective has changed.
  

 

Real weight loss, the kind that last a lifetime, must be accomplished with an internal motivation that is unstoppable no matter what obstacles come up. The reason most people fail in their efforts to lose weight is that they are relying 100% on willpower.

 

Willpower is good for a day or two, then you cave and right back to your old habits. The only way that you can keep going despite the obstacles is with an internal fire of motivation that burns so hot that nothing can extinguish it.

 

If you have been trying to lose weight and nothing has worked, take a step back and try this exercise. Make sure that you are someplace where you won’t be disturbed, turn the phone off, and pull out a pen and paper. Take as much time as you need to complete the exercise and watch see how your perspective changes. It is the first, and most important, step towards achieving you weight loss goals, forever.