Speaking from experience when I’m on a serious diet and exercise program like I am now. I sometimes get a little bit ratty because I crave certain foods and the reduction in calories makes me sometimes very hungry which leads to frustration.
Some mornings depending on which site I’m visiting I can have a one hour drive to get to my destination. This morning being one of them, I had the radio on but for most of the journey all that I heard was the doom and gloom that is happening around the world. People dieing, people losing there jobs, house prices plummeting the list just seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Top it all off with the miserable weather that were having today. It’s raining and the wind is so strong it’s blown over all my plants in the back garden and my swinging hammock. More work for me when I get home.
But with all this doom and gloom how do you stay motivated and focused to keep moving forward with your diet and exercise plan. Well the way I look at it is this. I’m beginning to see big progress in my fat loss and I’m feeling much happier and life is beginning to feel like it should be feeling. I dread to think of how I would feel if I was back at 234 pounds with a 30+ body fat percentage. Well I know exactly how I would feel, absolutely terrible I started 2009 feeling crap and looking back I think it’s probably one of the most unhappiest times in my life. I was so unhappy and down I was probably on the verge of a breakdown.
Losing weight makes you happy it’s as simple as that, and at the moment were living in a time that we need to focus on things that will make us happy. If you’re trying to lose weight focus your mind on what you will feel like once you reach your goal. My goal is 10% body fat at 200 pounds, I stay motivated by thinking what I will look like and how I will feel once I achieve my goal.
I’m not expecting overnight results and I know that it will take hard work. But I’ve set myself a target of reaching my goal by the end of 2009 so I’ve plenty of time left to work at it. This doesn’t mean I can take my foot off the pedal. It’s just a realistic target which is attainable, the problem with most people who are trying to lose weight is that they set there target too high, and when they don’t reach there target they get down and quit.
