Losing weight requires effort. If it didn't we wouldn't struggle with it like we do. We wouldn't find it hard to lose weight and we wouldn't keep regaining back the weight we lost.

And we wouldn't spend our time and hard earned pennies looking for new solutions all the time - we would just lose the weight and that would be that.

Although all weight loss programs require effort, there is a difference in the way programs work over time. Some weight loss programs get easier as you complete the program and others get harder.

You'll know the ones which get harder. We've all been on them. The food plan gets boring. Massive cravings set in for the treats and types of food you're not allowed. You just get fed up with the strict regime or the work involved in calorie or carb or fat gram counting and when you hit a plateau you're more than ready to throw in the towel.

This is the traditional diet you go on to lose a pound or 50 and which you can't wait to get off and get back to "normality". Of course, normality was what got you overweight in the first place.

Result - you go right back to where you were within a very short space of time (especially if you reward yourself with extra food for all your hard work on the diet).

Other weight loss programs get easier as you go. You still have to make an effort in the beginning - there's no getting around that but with a few short weeks you can see that things are working for you.

The difference is in the approach and your mindset.

These weight loss programs focus on changing your habits for the better so that you enjoy eating good food in the right quantities and moving your body. As eating right and moving more becomes a habit, it gets easier and easier for you to continue. By the time you reach your target weight there is no going back. You wouldn't even dream of it because you feel too good about the way you now eat and the way your body feels.

Of course, you have to approach these weight loss programs with a different mindset. You are not doing a program to lose a few pounds before regressing back to your old eating habits. You are changing your lifestyle to remain slim and healthy for ever.

There are plenty of weight loss programs around of both types. They vary in the details of course, and some will suit you more than others. But if you get your mindset right and select the type of program which gets easier as you go, you'll have much better chance for success.

Think about it, before you go on yet another strict diet and exercise program you're not prepared to do for life.

Copyright 2007, Janice Elizabeth Small

 

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