Stress is definitely a culprit in overeating and creating a difficult situation to manage natural weight loss and health. Several studies also confirm that stress is linked to overeating and obesity. That being said, there are things we can do to avoid stress and help reduce and eliminate it from our lives, which will also help ease any stress around trying to lose weight.
You’ve probably heard several times that water intake is very important to keep your body healthy in addition to helping you lose weight naturally and keep it off. At the same time, you are probably aware that the majority of the human body is made up of water, so logically, it makes sense that we need it to survive and for our bodies to function properly.
Journaling is often used by individuals for a variety of reasons, including showing gratitude, record keeping, event analysis, psychotherapy, simply for fun, as well as tracking of activities, such as weight loss, which will be the focus of this article. It’s also been shown that journaling can help us stay focused and can aid in working through emotional road blocks, which is why journaling is a great tool to use when attempting to lose weight.
Goal setting and focus are key competencies to have when working towards natural weight loss. By setting clear weight loss goals, you can develop a plan that includes diet, exercise and more, to help you achieve those goals. And then, once you have clear goals with a plan to achieve them, the plan helps you to stay focused on the goals. However, staying focused can sometimes be a challenge with our crazy schedules and lives these days, and a great solution to overcome this challenge is to track your goals, plan and progress in a diary.
If you’re reading this article, then chances are you’re looking for tips and pointers on how to lose weight naturally and keep it off, or you know someone who is. Also, you’re aware that proper nutrition is very important to help you remain healthy while trying to lose weight, which is what we emphasize within the contents of this article.
When on the path to natural weight loss, there’s often a lot of information to sift through and digest. For example, what should you truly avoid? What type of food is right for you specifically to help you truly lose weight? What about nutrition and eating enough? Why is organic better?
The key component to help you lose weight naturally is nutrition. If you’re trying to lose weight by dieting and starving yourself, then you’re not allowing your body to function properly. In addition, you’re setting yourself up for eating binges. And even if not eating much works initially to help you lose weight, the chances are pretty good that you’ll gain the weight back, and even worse, you’re not pursuing your weight loss in a healthy and natural way.
Part I – Identifying and Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
Identifying limiting beliefs is critical to achieve the weight loss you want in your life. In fact, it’s imperative in achieving any goals you have in life.
Limiting belief systems are a major culprit in keeping us from achieving the goals and successes we want in life, including natural weight loss. Limiting beliefs are often projections from others on what we can or can’t achieve in our life, and we end up ‘buying into it’ and believing it. This could be anything from ‘losing weight is too hard’ to ‘you shouldn’t want to do it that way because it’s too hard’ and so on. So it’s very important to be mindful of your own belief systems as well as others’ projections of life that may be impacting you in a negative way. In my article, “-Want To Know Whats Really Stopping You From Losing Weight Naturally-Part I – Identifying and Overcoming Limiting Beliefs”, I discuss ways you can go about identifying your limiting belief systems so you become aware of how you think so you can change it to promote the natural weight loss you desire and deserve.