Weight Loss Motivation: Mastering the Motivation to Stay Fit

Have you ever just felt like you were doing everything you
were supposed to in order to lose weight and STILL weren’t dropping
the pounds?

During her journey to lose 40lbs in 16 weeks, my good friend Kim
faced some pretty serious challenges with regards to her level
of motivation.

Another friend of mine, Antonio Goodwin, who lost 4 inches from
his waistline in 9 weeks with my program, faced the same frustration.

The problem was that at several times during their weight loss,
they both felt as if they were not losing much weight and were not
seeing results.

Now, a look at either of their before and after photos on
my web sites shows that each of them made quite a substantial improvement
in their bodies.

So what would make someone who’s losing weight each week feel as if they
were not?

I’ll tell you exactly what. Its referred to as the emotional roller
coaster.

This is how it usually goes:

You start a new diet or weight loss program. You’re all excited to be
doing something great for your health and the way you look, and you’re sticking
to the program, step by step.

Consistent action pays off and after a short while you start getting
compliments about the pounds you’re losing week by week.

Then all of a sudden, it all seems to stop. You can no longer see the
physical changes in your body, and maybe you even have a moment of weakness
and cheat a bit on your diet plan. So now you’re frustrated and mildly
depressed. You feel as if true weight loss may NEVER happen for you, no matter
what you do.

TIME OUT.

The trick here is to not get stuck in your own frustration.

Now this is a tough one, because everyone and I do mean EVERYONE goes through
this stage. Whenever I need to trim down for a photo shoot, I go through it
as well.

One of the things that you must understand about the body is that for
as long as you are doing the right things on a consistent basis it WILL
respond with results.

The Jedi Mind Trick is that oftentimes the progress is subtle, or may
be primarily taking place in an area that you cannot see as well.

For instance, my friend Kim loses weight in her back the fastest.
Her frustration came because she did not see the fat loss on her stomach
the way she would have liked to. Little did she know that from behind
she looked like a completely different person.

Listen, the emotional roller coaster is an inevitable aspect of any
worthy undertaking that we take on in life. Remember getting through
college? Or maybe waiting for puberty to set in? How about paying
off your debts? The mental battle while attempting to diet and/or
achieve weight loss is no different.

So make a conscious decision to stick to your guns. Let it play out.
Victory lies in having the strength to make it through the rough spots
without cracking under the pressure and losing all that you’ve worked for.
If you can just master getting past the point of frustration, before you
know it you’ll be seeing results again and getting more compliments.

Lawrence Cole

Your Lifestyle and Fitness Coach
YourBestBodyNOW.com

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Lawrence Cole is a Lifestyle and Fitness Consultant based
out of Los Angeles, CA. He has over 10 years of health and
fitness experience and designing simple, effective nutritional
strategies to help individuals achieve their personal best
internal health and physical conditioning.