The Psychology of Losing Weight

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Most of the time we want to lose weight because of external factors, yet we haven’t realized that these factors can somehow affect out perseverance and consistency with our diet program.

• Do IT for yourself – If you say “I’m losing weight for my mother” it should be “I’m losing weight because I need to save my heart and my health or else I’ll never live up to my dreams.”  After having internal drives, the rest of the reasons can be external. But be careful, what if these drives will not exist anymore? Will you change your mind? Now, stand on why you are doing something for yourself. It might always be easy to say “I’m doing this for myself” but it would be better to write it down and specify why you want it. For example : I’m doing this for myself because of a) my liver b)my kidney c)my heart.

• Don’t push yourself to the limits – Define your expectations, yet make sure it is achievable; if you are complaining that you have worked out so hard and even tried to starve yourself, think again. Just chill and the body will take care of itself. The body will take care of itself only so far because time, gravity and calories decide they’re going to take over.”

• Drink water before, after and even during work outs. – Water helps you to keep your body hydrated. If you are dehydrated, the possibility would be then your cells aren’t going to be burning fat or holding on to fat – if you need that – as much as they should be and your muscles can’t work as best as they can. Dehydration may cause a switch in your personality. If you’re dehydrated, you can demonstrate more anger and agitation.”