The Stimulus Plan Of Losing Weight
Losing weight: it’s an endless goal for most people. You may be the thinnest student in class when you were in your youth. You may even be slender in your twenties. But by the time you reach your thirties, things have begun to change. You metabolism rate has slackened and you started to discover a little flab here and there.
Losing of your love handles and spare weight isn’t just a physical game. It’s a mind and body affair. It’s something that you can’t win without conditioning both physical and mental state.
Most of us find losing weight a vicious cycle. You want to lose your excess fat, but seeing yourself everyday in the mirror still sporting the weight you want to lose is depressing. So instead of getting motivated to lose the weight, you lose the drive to get fit, thus leading you to gain some more weight.
Perhaps you’re one of those who have tried every diet and exercise plan out there. You may even have swallowed different slimming pills and miracle products available in the market. But no matter what you do, your fat still won’t budge. And you wonder what you are doing wrong.
There are two things you may lack: discipline and consistency. You can’t keep up with the exercise plan you designed yourself. And if after a short while things don’t work out, you turn to another health program even before you could see if that was really effective. If boredom if preventing you from sticking to your schedule, then change it to a more exciting plan, such as ballroom dancing or tennis playing. If motivation is your problem, then give yourself a non-threatening prize every after you complete a workout. Non-threatening rewards may include a trip to the shopping mall or watching films, and not an extra serving of dessert.
If you still can’t lose the pounds, how about giving yourself your own stimulus plan? Instead of rewarding yourself after each time you lose weight, maybe giving yourself a reward before you even start working out will work.
Because losing weight is such a cruel cycle that is both physically and mentally excruciating, it is more depressing every time you step into a weighing scale and see that instead of losing the pounds, you are gaining more. If this is like your own case, then give yourself a more fit body even before you begin losing weight.
Why don’t you enter a fitness program that helps you lose weight faster or even ask a doctor to drain off your fat if you want to. Then you can start exercising. The logic behind this is that you need to prepare your mind first before you venture on a exhausting routine. Seeing yourself in a slimmer frame gives you an idea that losing weight is really achievable, thus, giving you a positive mental attitude. It is an bonus that you would have to continue, and would be willing to do so seeing the result already.
A word of advice, though. This type of incentive plan shouldn’t be misused. You are giving yourself a stimulus package to put a stop to the vicious cycle you may be in and start a healthier phase. Don’t depend on it every time you gain an extra weight. It will defeat your whole purpose of losing weight to stay healthy.
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