Do Not Allow Yourself to Be Fat!

Think about this. Why not let your brain take cues from your diet and exercise habits to naturally lower your weight for you? That certainly sound far less flashy than most fad diets but intuitive eating might be the most effective approach. Successful weight loss is all about how you feel. Feeling healthy, alert, energetic, confident and proud comes from getting your mind right.

Your mind is a very powerful organ. If you learn to harness its power, you can use mind control in a way that will help you achieve your target weight and long-term weight loss goals. Staying in control of your food thoughts involves reprogramming your mind to remain focused on achieving your target weight, which is a proven key to long-term weight loss success.

• Don't Keep Yourself Fat - There are numerous online tools and free apps that allow you to set your food schedules with notifications and reminders that can help you stay on track even on those bad days.
• Rethink Being Active - Even though running may have been proven to aid weight loss, if you hate running, don't do it. Choose another activity that you consider to be enjoyable and stick with it.
• Tell Yourself You Can Do This - Your imagination can be a powerful tool for dropping unwanted pounds and restoring your good health. But, you can't expect to change your body or your mind overnight, so be patient with your results.
• Exercise Willpower - It is a myth that willpower is something that you have to work on all alone. In fact, studies suggest that one of the best ways to stay on track with your weight loss goals is by establishing an accountability partner.
• Be Kind to Yourself - If you have to eat out a lot but have trouble controlling yourself at a buffet, plan ahead and do not allow yourself to be sabotaged by your past behaviors.

Setting a goal to lose weight isn't hard but following through on the challenge can be difficult to do. It is not a matter of if your motivation will let you down, but when. Participants in an obesity study who admitted to using food as a coping mechanism admitted greater difficulty in trying to overcome their current eating behaviors to break common food addictions. When you eat the wrong foods, you gain weight.

Now your body requires more fuel to burn, so you eat more. Since insulin only burns carbohydrates, your body starts to crave carbs. In turn, this launches a vicious cycle that must be broken in order for you to lose more weight. Although food makes you feel loved and comforted during stressful moments, sadly the effects are only temporary. No matter how good you intend to be, it is so easy to keep going back for more food. So, don't lose focus.