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For years, I have been on a quest to lose weight. Well, that is not exactly true. Some of those years, I was trying to leave well enough alone. But the rest of them, I was definitely trying to get rid of bulges and bulk. And I have done a crappy job of it because I always focused on the diet and the dreaded exercise. I do hate diets. All they do is make you focus squarely on the losing. That does not work for long. But lifestyle. That’s another animal. Hey, I know that I have to change my lifestyle. That is usually the problem for everyone. When one likes the lifestyle they are in, it is extremely difficult to change it. Why? I thought that was incredibly obvious. They like it too much to give it up.
So, a person has to find a way to WANT to change. And it cannot just be about the weight. Know why? Because if that is your focus, sooner or later it will blow up in your face. You will hit the point that you don’t like what you are doing and that will be the end of it. Well, not really. Because once SOME weight is lost and you give up, more weight comes back. More than you started with. Believe me, I know that one.
I think the only thing I really have not tried are the diet pills. You know, things like Phentermine. It’s a prescription drug designed to take the weight off. I know they work. And they should be used with care and a doctor. The only thing my doctor ever tried with me, other than the usual weight loss diet sheets that NEVER work…ever…..were those all liquid diets. Those things are nasty. You get to sit and drink your drink while everyone around you eats all your favorite foods. Yeah, that one works….if you are a hermit it might.
Well, that’s great about those drugs but what happens when the prescription runs out? You do have to change the lifestyle but I think that you have to want to change it enough to change it for the right reasons. Health comes to mind. Not weight, HEALTH. Everyone knows that you cannot lose weight because someone else wants you to do it. Never works. But if you want to lose it for the sake of your family, that works. Not because they expect it of you but because you want to for them. You must want it badly enough so that you will be around to see your children grow up, to see your spouse for long years ahead. You must want it because it’s the right thing to do.
Take the time to seek out why you want to lose the weight. Find the best reasons, then find the helps that will guide you along. Maybe the help comes in the form of a new hobby or a new career. Okay, it could be a new someone in your life too. There are as many reasons to lose weight as there are not to do so. Go shopping!!! NO, do not max the credit cards out. Not that kind of shopping. Find friendly foods that are going to help you on your way to a better you!! It does work when you want it badly enough. Now, I just have to take my advice and work it.
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You’re absolutely right…you have to want it bad enough, or all of the formulas & products in the world aren’t going to help you. I once heard that people change for 3 main reasons: (1) They want to bad enough (2) They learn enough (3) They HURT enough. Whatever gets the job done…
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Boy, have you got that right!!! And it does take a major motivation to do it. I look at the ones they show as being a success. Most of them have some type of help in the form of professional care people. Some of us can’t afford that. Some do not have that where they live..like us. So, we have to make up our minds to do it for the right reasons. And then DO IT!!
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