Think And You Get Skinny

You might be asking where does successful fat loss begin? If you have searched the web at all then I’m sure you know that there are a lot of weight loss tips, fat loss diets, and the latest greatest exercise machine or gizmo’s to help you drop that unwanted fat. But has anyone really asked where successful fat loss starts, yes some say you should you should start with what you eat while others will push the idea of going to the gym or that you need a new weight loss machine for home use.

But if we want to succeed in defeating this thing we call “excess fat” we might have to look outside the world of fat loss. Look at your favorite sport and the athlete’s that play them, what is it that makes them successful. Let’s take Olympic athlete’s for example, they can have all the best techniques and all the best training but if they don’t have a “why” to push themselves then I can tell you they wouldn’t be successfully at what they do. This underlying mindset or driving mental force holds them in check so they are the best they can be, not because they want only to be the best but because they enjoy the journey.

Find Your Reason To Succeed In Fat Loss:

So how does this apply to fat loss you might ask? Well if you don’t have your “why” then you are trying to take a short cut that will eventually cut short your determination. This determination is the very thing that you need in order to accomplish and to succeed in the game of fat loss. Some people feel there is no need to solidify their “why” and they can just jump on the expressway to a thinner body but in reality it’s like trying to be an Olympic gold medalist without first learning the fundamentals of their chosen sport.

What should our “why” be and how do we get it? Well for some people their “why” is simply to feel good, improve over-all health, and still others want to simply look good in the clothes they wear. Some people wish to be more active with their kids and family and don’t want to be slowed down by the excess fat they carry around. But whatever your why is it has to be something that will drive you for days and months to come, it needs to come from outside the world of fat loss, and adds to our overall well being.

Three things to help get your “why” right:

1. Look at what things you would like to do but are unable because excess fat slows you down.
2. Consider those people in your life that can benefit, other then yourself, by achieving fat loss goals you may set for yourself.
3. And last but not least can you be passionate about it, because I know of a lot of people that have accomplished seemingly impossible things because they were passionate about their “why” behind the action.

A Word Of Caution:

When you start to consider your “why” don’t make it something that is comparing yourself to anyone else. This could be wanting to be as skinny as your favorite movie star or your cousin Tammy that seems to effortlessly keep trim and slim. This kind of comparison only sets a person up to be discouraged down the line. Also you want it to be something other then to simply to lose fat, yes that is one of the benefits you want from your “why” and it may work in the short run, but it doesn’t make a lasting force behind your mental engine.

We have to have a para-dime shift in how we think about fat loss, or weight loss as some people say (which I personally feel “weight loss” is an incorrect term), because you are unique and your “why” cannot come from a cookie cutter. I strongly believe that most of us don’t succeed because instead of starting out by truly defining our “why” we want to skip right ahead to the when, where, and how.

Reality Check

Now I realize for a few people there may be certain medically diagnosed things that will not allow their body to burn fat as it should naturally. Thus no matter how strong their “why” is they will struggle in keeping the fat gone. But these conditions must be clinically diagnosed and it may need to be addressed before any other action is taken. For the rest of us it really begins in our head. Think of the most awesome buildings or architectural work, painting, or other major accomplishments you have seen or experienced. They all began inside the brain of the visionary who imagines what can be, along with a reason for doing what they do. So why should fat loss be any different when it comes to making the sculptured body that we want.

Some will say I don’t feel like developing my “why” but then all I can say is you are not looking for lasting success but only the quick fix. Most successful people have not always felt like doing what they know they must.  But because they have a good reason “why” that drives them to push past the discouragement they are able to achieve what others do not.

The Secret To Conquer Discouragement:

When dealing with the feelings that sometimes push us in the wrong direction. Simply remember that thought processes supersedes planning which supersedes action which ultimately supersedes feeling. If we allow feeling to come before any of these things then you will most definitely hit a road block. For example, when running five miles a day there was a lot of times that I didn’t feel like doing it but when I gave myself a mental gut check and looked at my “why”(thought process) and the goals (planning) that I made I soon pushed myself to simply go and do (take action). Then after I was done running my feelings about doing changed for the better.

Thus an important principle that we need to hold onto is that your “why” will drive your action that changes your feeling and thus the more you do something the more you will actually enjoy the what your doing. And I honestly believe that this is the order of things that you will see in every successful person.  So until you have really developed your reason “why” you want to succeed in your fat loss goals the rest is simply details. But when you do have your “why” solidified in your own mind it will actually become fun to create your plan and put that plan into action. Then as you see results from your action, feelings of discouragement will lose any hold they have on you even in the face of set backs. With that said, I challenge you to sit down and become the visionary of what you want your body to be and why you want it to be that.

I want to hear what you have to say, please leave a comment.  Also with so many voices speaking on this subject of fat loss I want to let you know I really appreciate your attention in reading this article.

Challenging you to develop your why,
-Nick

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