Automatic Weight Loss

Losing weight can seem like an uphill struggle at times. You
battle with foods you can eat and foods you can’t. You resist
your cravings for chocolate and cake and cookies all day only to
give in while you watch TV in the evening. You huff and puff at
the gym for two weeks or two months until finally you just can’t
drag yourself there any more.

Sometimes you lose a load of weight with a lot of hard effort
only to hit a plateau. And then you can’t seem to shift any
more.

Finally you give up on whatever plan you’re on, relax for a bit
and all the weight comes straight back on. All that effort for
nothing.

Life should be easier than this. Why does losing weight have to
be so hard?

The answer is that we make it hard on ourselves!

We want to lose weight and we want it now and we think we’re
willing to do whatever it takes.

But we quickly change our minds when the rubber meets the road
and we actually have to follow that diet regime we signed up for.

You could make the whole process much easier by taking the
automatic route.

The secret to losing weight automatically is not by making big
changes to your diet or exercise routines. These routines never
stick in the long run because they are way out of your comfort
zone.

Yes, you may very well suffer them for a week or two while your
motivation to lose weight is high but it takes iron willpower to
stick with them until you lose all the weight you want.

And let’s face it unless you stick with them forever that weight
all comes straight back on doesn’t it?

Because you go right back to the habits you had before you went
on your weight loss program. The ones that caused you to put all
that weight on in the first place.

No, the secret to losing weight automatically is to make small
changes to your routines. Ones which will be barely detectable
to others – only you will really know the difference. You make
changes like taking time to enjoy your food more, moving a
little bit more as you go about your day, learning how to deal
with pressures from others to eat, stopping eating whenever
you’re satisfied. And before you know it you are losing weight.
Not only that but you have habits which you can stick to for
life and which you’ll never need (or want) to change.

What small changes could you make today which would mean that
you eat a little bit less and move a little bit more? Could you
live with those changes for life? Then start right now to make
them a habit.

Habits are built by repetition and like having a shower or
brushing your teeth become an automatic part of you without
having to think about it. To be slimmer forever you simply need
slimmer habits – habits which keep your metabolism high enough
to deal with the amount you eat over a period of time. That
doesn’t mean that you can never over-indulge – it just means
that in your normal day to day life you are using your slim
habits and as a result the odd huge meal or chocolate bar really
doesn’t make any difference.

Why make it hard on yourself when this can be so much easier?

Copyright 2005, Janice Elizabeth Small

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