What's the best motivational tool to help you lose weight? The answer is one word... UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. It's amazing how many people get caught up in just looking hard, making plans and being very ambitious. The end result is that they have set very small goals for themselves that they are always low on energy and enthusiasm towards. Here is my advice on motivation to lose weight.
The Big Picture: Reasons to Lose Weight One trap many people looking for motivation to lose weight fall into is making unrealistic or grandiose goals which can not be or should not realistically be achieved. Taking a moment every day or once a week to quietly and sincerely contemplate on your progress towards your ultimate goal. Once you do this, you will find that you have more energy and motivation to keep going because you will feel as though you are achieving something. This process is not only healthy but will greatly increase your chances of a successful diet and weight loss.
Motivation to Lose Weight by James O. Prochaska, PhD is an excellent manual that contains detailed information on how to set realistic goals and motivate yourself to stay the course. The book contains extensive research on the relationship between extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. The author provides practical exercises to test your ability to resist extrinsic threats and to uncover the intrinsic motivation to lose weight.
Start with this book to get started on your weight loss journey. This motivating book gives an insider's look at the weight loss motivation process. In this easy to read book, the author shares her ten tips to help you lose weight fast. Each tip helps you deal with the critical first step, prepare yourself for obstacles, get motivated, avoid temptations and deal with setbacks. Dr. Prochaska offers numerous easy-to-read illustrations and testimonials to reinforce important points. The book also contains the successful personal and dietary successes of numerous clients.
Another excellent motivational book is Eating For Energy. This book gives a practical low-carb eating plan for people who want to lose a lot of weight quickly. This eating plan focuses on three major areas: physical activities, healthy diet and positive thinking. Eating For Energy can be downloaded from the internet so that you can begin implementing it immediately.
Prevention is the third great motivational book on losing weight and staying healthy. Prevention can play a huge role in being successful at losing weight. In this book, author Lisa Olson discusses how you can use cultural influences and food labels to prevent yourself from becoming a victim of food culture. The author also discusses the positive relationship that playing a negative role model can have in helping you achieve your weight loss goals. The author provides many examples on how playing a negative role model can keep you from gaining the necessary motivation to prevent further weight gain.
The fourth great motivational book is titled No More. This book discusses the need to change the way we think about weight loss. Changing our thought processes in regard to healthy diet and nutrition is necessary in order to achieve our weight loss goals. The author contends that there are three types of "doublethink," and these are the "decoy," "illusory" and "hypnotic" doublethink.
The last book I'll discuss in this article is called Getting Started! This book gives an overview of all of the information available on creating a healthy lifestyle. The author contends that motivation is not derived from food or exercise alone, but rather from a combination of internal and external factors. The author maintains that by getting started you can effectively reduce the amount of extrinsic motivation that is keeping you from succeeding. Getting Started!
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