Motivation and Dieting- What’s the missing link?

If you are like everyone else who has hit rock bottom with their
weight struggles, and have declared that this day will be the
first day of your diet, then this article is for you. To often
it seems that most dieters jump on the weight loss boat, yet
fail to bring along a months pass. Instead, they are usually on
the boat for a couple of days, or maybe a week at best.

We all have the motivation to lose weight and look good. Some of
us even diet for medical reasons. Whatever reasons motivate you
to lose weight, hold onto them. To many of us fall victim to
that one cheat day, or that one hour where we fall off the boat
and can’t get back on. My experiences with people just like that
have shed some light on that missing element that makes people
fall prey to losing their diet focus.

Consistency. Motivation is directly tied to dieting through
consistency. If we feel that we are not seeing results based on
our diet after a few days, or if we hit a plateau soon into the
program, then we start succumbing to inconsistent eat habits. We
eat whenever, usually whatever, and feel like crap afterwards.
Sure, it absolutely feels good giving in and munching up what we
have been starving our bodies throughout the diet, but usually
what happens later is that we feel bad emotionally about what we
just did and how hard we worked to avoid this behavior in the
first place.

By getting it into our heads at the outset of the diet, that
this process is a marathon and not a sprint, then we can
reinforce our consistent dieting patterns and thus stay
motivated to stay on the diet. We even get more motivated when
we start seeing results. How do we see results?

Yep. By being consistent in our diet methods.

Whether it is drinking a gallon of water religiously throughout
the day (which reminds me, I need to get up from this computer
and do just that!) or eating 5 small meals through out the day
at certain times, these events lend themselves to helping you
stay consistent.

What you will notice after several months of doing this, is that
your mental resolve to stay on the diet is incredible. Much
stronger than what you started with. Another result you will see
is that by altering your body’s eating habits and forcing your
metabolism to process certain foods at certain times, the pounds
come off at a faster rate. This, my friends, is the desired goal
in ANY diet. Stay healthy and stay consistent. I’m rooting right
along with you!

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