Lose Weight Quickly Beginning Today!

Lose Weight Quickly Beginning Today!

When getting ready to begin a weight-loss plan, there are things to do to get you prepared to succeed. Otherwise, you will probably find it hard to stay focused on the goal. Let me give you some steps you can go through to begin TODAY to succeed in your weight loss goal! So, let's simply begin.

Step 1: Decide WHY you want to lose weight
So, do you want to lose weight because you think someone else wants you to lose weight - a husband/wife, significant other, friend? If so, you're probably choosing to lose weight for the wrong reason. You need to do it for YOU. You need to decide for yourself that YOU deserve to be thinner, you are worthy of looking great and feeling even better. Allow yourself to be happy. Allow yourself to be healthy - for YOU!

Step 2: Set a realistic weight loss goal
Some suggest you set a "realistic" goal, which interpreted means "small" goal. If that's what you need to get started, great... do it! However, I have found that it worked best for me to set a REAL goal, a goal weight that I truly wished to weigh. After setting this goal weight, I then moved on to Step 3.

Step 3: Set milestones
Milestones - you may be asking, "What is a milestone?" Well, it's simply setting little "mile markers" along the way, small goals that you can achieve as you continue down this new path of weight loss. It's hard to stay focused on a huge goal like "111 pounds" (my ultimate goal). But, it's easier to stay focused when I set a small milestone like "no pop for the next two weeks", or "every time you want a snack, eat a piece of fruit instead", or "lose at least 10 pounds over the next 8 weeks".

Step 4: Be accountable to someone
It is very important when trying to make a lifestyle change to find someone that you can trust to help hold you accountable. It's hard to do it alone. It is also difficult to ask someone to hold you accountable. So, pick the right person - someone you can trust, someone who will ask you the hard questions daily, someone you will ALLOW to ask you these questions, and someone who you will completely share to honestly. If you get frustrated when your spouse says "do you really think you should be eating that right now?", then I would suggest your spouse should NOT be the "accountability partner" for you. I found it was helpful to do a similar weight loss plan with someone else as long as they stayed as focused as I was. When they began to sway, it was easier to begin to sway myself. So, take some time to find the right person to help you succeed.

Step 5: Get started!
Well, now that you've decided WHY you want to lose weight, set a realistic weight loss goal, set your milestones, and found the right person to hold you accountable, it's time to get started! Decide on the plan to follow, pick a day to begin and get going.

Some people suggest it's hard to start on a Monday because if you have a "bad" weekend, you'll head into a weighing-in Monday morning with disappointment. So, you may want to choose another day of the week to begin. My weigh-in day has been Friday. It has worked well. It seems to make it easier to stay focused throughout the week, have a great "weigh-in" morning on Friday, which then sends me into a weekend with renewed vigor to stay focused.

In conclusion, it's time to begin. You can do it! Prove it to yourself... when you do, you'll be proud of your accomplishments.