Weight Loss is a "Process" not a "Goal"

I hear so many people say "the weight is coming off this year", as if losing the weight is an "event".  This type of thinking is why 2/3rds of our population is either overweight or obese.  You see, an event is going to the movies, attending a conference, buying new golf clubs or breaking 90.  Once you attend it (the event), see it (the event), or accomplish it (the event), the work is done, the event has happened and there is nothing that will make it "un-happen".  NOT SO WITH WEIGHT LOSS!  Weight loss is a PROCESS that is in constant need of attention.  Weight loss can "un-happen"....quickly!  Once the average individual loses weight, their thought process changes from "doing" to "accomplishment" and they stop "doing" and gain the weight back and then some.  The average individual feels as though they have reached their goal once they reach some desired number on the scale (or close).  Yes, they have reached a short term "objective", but they have not reached their goal......keeping the weight off and not having to start from scratch again!!  Successful weight loss means keeping it off.  Keeping it off means continuously getting rid of excess calories that your body will store as FAT!!!  Now THAT'S a process!!  Keeping the weight off is commonly referred to as "maintenance".....which really means continuing to lose, get rid of, and burn off unwanted calories that will ultimately turn to stored FAT.

Think in terms of continuous process even if you have reached your weight loss "desired number".  Don't slap yourself on the back so hard that you lose focus and reward yourself back to chubbiness.

Let's face it -  clothes just don't fit as they should when you have bulges, rolls and unsightly lumps and bumps where there should be smoothness.  Learn to look at yourself in the mirror without closing your eyes for once.  Keep the "process" of weight loss going every day!  The answers are at your fingertips!

Losing weight is not an "Event"

I hear so many people say "the weight is coming off this year", as if losing the weight is an "event".  This type of thinking is why 2/3rds of our population is either overweight or obese.  You see, an event is going to the movies, attending a conference, buying new golf clubs or breaking 90.  Once you attend it (the event), see it (the event), or accomplish it (the event), the work is done, the event has happened and there is nothing that will make it "un-happen".  NOT SO WITH WEIGHT LOSS!  Weight loss is a PROCESS that is in constant need of attention.  Weight loss can "un-happen"....quickly!  Once the average individual loses weight, their thought process changes from "doing" to "accomplishment" and they stop "doing" and gain the weight back and then some.  The average individual feels as though they have reached their goal once they reach some desired number on the scale (or close).  Yes, they have reached a short term "objective", but they have not reached their goal......keeping the weight off and not having to start from scratch again!!  Successful weight loss means keeping it off.  Keeping it off means continuously getting rid of excess calories that your body will store as FAT!!!  Now THAT'S a process!!  Keeping the weight off is commonly referred to as "maintenance".....which really means continuing to lose, get rid of, and burn off unwanted calories that will ultimately turn to stored FAT.

Think in terms of continuous process even if you have reached your weight loss "desired number".  Don't slap yourself on the back so hard that you lose focus and reward yourself back to chubbiness.

Let's face it -  clothes just don't fit as they should when you have bulges, rolls and unsightly lumps and bumps where there should be smoothness.  Learn to look at yourself in the mirror without closing your eyes for once.  Keep the "process" of weight loss going every day!  The answers are at your fingertips!