Weight Loss You'll See It When You Believe It

The Battle For Weight Loss Happens In Your Mind.

Yesterdays post seem to resonate with some people, I know I got a higher amount of emails than normal, and I’m sorry if I ruined your dining experience (I’ll leave the name out but you know who you are!) seriously I wasn’t intending to make you feel like you should stop enjoying your pizza

So to the issue. Weight loss is largely a matter of mind over matter. Most diet and fitness marketers will avoid this truth because it is a difficult concept to both sell and accept, but it is the truth.

Anyone who has successfully lost weight can attest to the mental effort that is required. I’m not saying that it is the toughest thing you’ll ever do in your life, but it’s not as easy as some make it out to be.

And the battle is more subtle that you might think, it’s not a matter of dealing with ‘cravings’ or hunger pangs, or even habits of eating at a certain time of day or with certain people.

For many of us it’s a challenge of our belief systems and who we think we really are and what we deserve.

Here is a very powerful quote I heard from someone who was kind enough to share their journal notes with me about their weight loss progress which perfectly illustrates that BELIEF is really at the root of weight loss success or failure:

These were two negative beliefs that she had about herself:

1) “I’m not good enough to lose weight”

2) “I will be lovable when I lose weight”

Put the two together and you get:

“I’m not good enough to be lovable”

How much does that suck?!

With this kind of belief system it will be next to impossible to lose weight. These types of beliefs (no matter how they came about) need to be worked on and changed into a positive a proactive belief (easier said than done, but very doable nonetheless).

This isn’t exactly ‘fun’ work to do, but for some of us (probably most of us) this is where our lack of weight loss success is rooted.

Failing at weight loss isn’t because you haven’t found the right mix of carbs to protein, or the right supplements or workout, it’s that you don’t yet believe you DESERVE weight loss.

So how do you change that belief?!

well…you must work on changing these beliefs, you can do it on your own OR…

…(onto my shameless plug)

Getting to the root of your belief system is part of what we do in my weight loss coaching program. If you want to get off the starting line and make weight loss happen once and for all drop me an email and we can discuss if you’re ready to take the next (or first) step.

John

P.S. Email me at john(at)adoniseffect.com

Posted by johnbarban in Weight Loss

One Response to “Weight Loss – You’ll See It When You Believe It”

Kia Says:
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:58 am
This is a great post! I have been trying to lose weight for years. Realized a couple of weeks ago I didn’t really believe it would ever happen, and thought something was wrong with my body. But I’ve been tearing up your blog and Pilon’s blog and realizing what my caloric intake should be….and it’s falling off! And I don’t need just a little weight loss either, I need to go from 279lbs to 130lbs. And I’m already at 276 with very little effort an no stress thanks to you guys.

Doing weights 3x week. Walking my dogs the rest of the week. Keeping aware of what calories are coming in me until I realize what a true portion is, and IFing. There is nothing wrong with my body like I thought…I WAS JUST EATING WAAAAAAAAYY TOO MUCH!