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Creating a Healthy Mindset for Weight Loss

Weight loss is one of the most challenging things you can do, but also one of the most rewarding. It not only changes your body composition and improves your physical health, but it can also improve your mental health at the same time. The problem is often not with your physical body, but how your mind reacts to changing certain lifestyles that will help you lose weight and keep it off. Here are some tips for developing a healthy mindset for a more successful weight loss journey.

Why Are You Overweight?

In order to have a healthier mindset to help you lose weight, you first need to figure out what the main purpose for your weight gain is. This can be something from your childhood, unhealthy habits, food addiction or disordered eating, and medical conditions. Many people think that genetics determines everything with their weight, this is only partially true.  I always say that it is like getting a bad card in your hand when playing a game of cards, it doesn’t mean that you cannot win, you just need to play your cards right.  Sometimes, your weight is determined by a medication you are taking, so weight loss and your mindset is going to be much different than if it is from your mental health or simple unhealthy choices you have been making.

Keep Weight Loss Simple

Once you have figured out why you have gained weight, you are on the right path to developing a healthier mindset for weight loss. It is important to start by making it very simple. Don’t try to do a complicated, fad diet, a crash diet, or anything that might be hard on both your body and your mind. Don’t try to lose 10 pounds in a week or start your diet at the same time as a rigorous fitness routine. Start slow, keep it simple, and give yourself enough time to really understand the process. This is exactly the approach that I give with the 7-day Challenge as well as the 30-Day Detox Program.  It is about creating habits that are obtainable and going to last a lifetime.

Practice Self Love

If you have tried losing weight before, but have failed, then you might have already lost your confidence. It is absolutely essential that you focus more on losing weight for health, not beauty. The reason is because when you focus too much on your appearance, it makes it hard to love yourself enough. You need to keep telling yourself you can do this, lifting yourself up, but giving yourself a break during the different challenges that come along.

Ignore Negativity During Your Journey

Negativity might come from you or other people, and is something you will need to learn to look past. Don’t surround yourself with people who are going to bring you down, encourage unhealthy eating habits, or who talk down to you along the way. This is not going to give you a healthy mindset, and can cause you to gain even more weight. Instead, surround yourself with happy, positive, and supportive people.