16 Principles of losing weight

Do you want the honest truth? Losing weight is hard work and it is an emotional battle, as well as a physical battle. Yes, you can try to work out. Yes, you can try to eat right. Yes, you can try to get your head into it.

But - if you cannot do all three of those things - you won't lose weight!

Here are 16 principles I shared with the Gwinnett's Losing It! group on our conference call this week:

1. You have to forgive yourself for getting to this point in your physical life. You got overweight, but it’s in the past. You have to get over it. 
2. You have to realize that you have what it takes inside of you to get healthy. You have to start listening to your inside voice, your instincts about what is good for you and what is not. Stop listening to outside forces that are out to make a quick buck.
3. You have to push yourself past your preconceived limitations. You have to realize that in order to make progress, you must push yourself to go beyond what you have been doing in the past. Esp. in weight loss mode, which is where you are right now. When you get to maintenance mode, you won’t have to work this hard, but get there first. 
4. You have to realize that to take care of everyone else, you must also take care of yourself. You have to understand that being flippant about your health is not going to help you lose weight. 
5. You have to realize that you are worth this. 
6. You have to realize that this is not a temporary change. This is a lifestyle change. 
7. You have to give yourself a break if you are not perfect. 
8. You have to stop making excuses. If you get injured, you deal with it and move on. You can still make changes in your nutrition to offset an injury. 
9. You have to leave the drama behind and change your reaction to people around you that are stressing you out so that you are healthy and you are positive, no matter what is going on around you. 
10. You have to forget the past and what you have done in the past to lose weight. It didn’t work, because you are overweight now. You have to stop looking for an outside thing to help you lose weight and focus on just getting the job done. Get your workouts done, eat right, just get it done. 
11. You have to realize that it takes time to get your journey finished. Celebrate the small things along the way that happen. 
12. You have to not quit. Ever. 
13. You have to be open to change. 
14. You have to not be fearful of your future, whether you are alone with someone. Be healthy for you, for your life. 
15. You have to keep the good stuff going. Ask when you need help. Call on your friends when you need help. You can’t do it all alone. 
16. You have to stop thinking that just because you are in a contest, you are going to lose weight. It takes work – both in your workout as well as your nutrition, but mostly in your nutrition. If you are not going to make any nutritional changes, then you will not see a change in your body or your weight.

Do any of these apply to you? Which ones? 


What can you do today to make the changes necessary so you CAN workout, you CAN eat right and you CAN get your head into it? Will you do it today?