All weight loss success stories have one thing in common and that's weight loss sabotage. At one point or another in their weight loss journey, most successful losers admit to sabotaging their own efforts. Some were aware of it others were not but the one thing all those losers did to overcome their sabotaging behaviors was to find easy solutions. Here’s an easy 3 step plan to help you do that so you can achieve your healthy weight loss without any added stress or drama.
Identify Your Primary Sabotaging Behavior
The first step in dealing with sabotage is to identify the primary behavior. Valerie Waters, trainer to the stars and creator of the Valslide
, asks her coaching clients to find their "one thing, the one behavior that’s preventing weightloss". It could be late night snacking or not having breakfast and then eating too much later in the day or maybe it’s not having a set of quick workouts that you can rely on when you don’t have time for a longer gym session. Once you identify the main behavior that is sabotaging your weightloss it's easy to come up with solutions to help you stay on track.Brainstorm Multiple Solutions That Will Help You Succeed
Once you identify the behavior it’s important to come up with a variety of solutions that will work for you. The more healthy options you have to choose from the more likely you are to make better choices. One visitor recently confessed that her "one thing" was overeating cheezits every day at about 3 p.m. The only solution she had come up with was taking her dog for a walk and this only worked some of the time. After brainstorming more solutions with her she realized that by adding some protein to her snack or turning it into a mini meal that includes cheese and fruit or veggies, she could easily control her portions and not have to give up this food completely and she now has 3 ways to deal with this behavior! More solutions = more weightloss.
A healthy weight loss is achieved by changing unhealthy habits but it’s also accomplished by focusing on what you are already doing right. According to Waters, "most of us are already doing so many of the right things to lose weight" but we rarely acknowledge any of it because we are too busy focusing on our unhealthy behaviors. It’s important that you notice your own accomplishments and healthy habits on a daily basis. This promotes a more positive can do attitude when it comes to changing those other sabotaging behaviors.
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