Change Your Mindset for Constructive Change

A positive attitude brings optimism and makes it easier to cope with the daily affairs of your life. When you change your mindset, it brings constructive changes that make maintaining a healthy weight more successful. Motivate yourself with a positive attitude. Studies suggest that people who believe being overweight is caused by unhealthy habits are much more likely to re-think their actions. Obesity is more often caused by poor decisions than genetic factors.

Buying into the latest fad diet and setting unrealistic goals are shortcuts to weight loss failure. With the right attitude, you can avoid becoming obsessed with quick fixes that only produce temporary results and not sustainable weight loss. If your ultimate goal is to lose weight and restore your good health, you cannot have a mindset that views dieting as the fix, as that will never be sustainable. Your goal should be to build solid approach that delivers the balance your body needs.

Change Your Behaviors About Food

Before you change what foods you put into your body, it is important to change your attitudes and behaviors related to the food and gain better control over your eating habits using these helpful tips:

• Indulge your body with non-food rewards that make you feel good.
• See yourself as a whole person and avoid focusing on specific body parts.
• Developing a good relationship with food can take time and patience.
• Be beautiful in your own way and avoid unnecessary comparisons to anyone else.
• Identify and challenge negative thoughts you use to criticize yourself.
• Wear comfortable clothes that work with your body and not against it.
• Embrace sustainable weight loss goals and don’t try to lose all weight at once.
• However hard it might be, start liking your body exactly as it is.

Avoid negative thoughts and show your body appreciation by maintaining a positive body image that does not compare yourself to others.

Stay Motivated at MRC in St. Augustine

A negative attitude toward your body can stem from comparing yourself to some standard you have set. If you don't match up to whatever it is you think you should (or wish you did) look like, it can cause negative feelings which trigger an unproductive reaction. Scientific evidence isn’t just anecdotal; the science suggests that losing weight can physically improve your sense of happiness. A recent study found that people with depression who lost weight reported an improvement in their symptoms.

A commitment to lifestyle change allows you to avoid an endless diet in which you are counting every calorie and yet seeing little in the way of results. Healthy weight loss starts with realigning your thinking. Establishing the right attitude and staying motivated are two areas where Metabolic Research Center's weight loss program can help. Nothing beats a cheering section to help you stay on track as well as to celebrate your milestones.