Dieting is one of the toughest things you can do. We all know the statistics are grim, and many people fail. Why is that? Ask yourself if you're doing any of the things below, and see if you can move into different behaviors that will support you and the vision you have of the body you most want.
1) Not listening.
Many people are on diets because-after years of frustration with their weight-they just want to be told what to do. Although this is good up to a point, it also can mean that you stop listening to your body's own cues about what it wants and needs. If you fall into dieting and give your own listening process away, you might not be able to tell when you're actually hungry or tired or need to exercise. The best longterm weightloss method is to develop a way of listening and responding to your body's needs in a healthy way, moment-to-moment, every day.
2) Doing things you hate.
If you hate being inside a gym for hours at a time, it's probably not a great idea to make this your exercise plan. You're better off making a longterm commitment to something-anything-you actually like to do. Better to spend twenty minutes a day walking and talking on your cell phone-and actually do it-than to create a plan to run five days a week and only do it once (and then eventually not at all). You get the point.
3) Hating your body.
Sometimes we think we have to hate our bodies in order to be motivated to change them. But the opposite is actually true. Think about how your body actually feels-or how you would feel if you were it-every time you throw nasty, critical thoughts its way. See what it would be like to really change your thinking and begin to appreciate and compliment your body, right now. You'd be surprised what a difference it makes to feel like you're starting-and living-from a positive place right now, not 'some day' when you're the weight you think you're supposed to be.
4) Working against your body rather than with it.
Treating your body like an object you hate that needs to be controlled creates a very different result than working in partnership with it and considering it an ally or a friend. Assume that your body is doing the best it can all the time with what it has rather than thinking it's out to get you. It wants to be healthy, active and alive as much as you do.
5) Judging results too soon.
We all want fast results, but if we keep checking the scale, we lose track of the process that's changing us. It's like planting a seed and then hovering over it before it even has a chance to grow. Consider letting go of external results for a little while as you make the changes you truly feel you can keep committing to for a long time. Change that comes slowly and consciously-while connected to your body-will last much longer than a quick fix or the next fad diet.
Author Resource:-
Anna Stookey is a psychotherapist & bodymind coach who helps people move into their highest vision of health and wellness by partnering with their bodies rather than working against them. Ongoing blog at: bodyreunion.blogspot.com or sign on to the website:
bodymindguide.com
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