Are you absolutely exhausted because your search for weight loss has been so long and so unsuccessful? What happens to many is that they just never quite identify the right weight loss diet recipe for their own body/lifestyle. Every weight loss program is based around basic elements: exercise, diet, calorie counting, point systems, etc. You have to get the right combination of elements to work for you!
But identifying the right combination that will result in weight loss can be tough. Some might even call the “right” weight loss diet recipe elusive. They can’t quite seem to find what works for them. They see other people do it so they know it can be done. But they can’t quite get it done themselves. The very first step is to designate a realistic weight loss goal. Unrealistic weight loss goals result in failure more than any other element of weight loss.
You should take into consideration what you’ve already tried while you were dieting in the past. Things that obviously didn’t work for you shouldn’t be repeated. Identify any negative patterns. Don’t let yourself fall into a pattern that is similar or the same as one that you already know isn’t going to work for you. You can also consider patterns that are about you rather than about past diets.
Maybe you typically chose big weight loss centers in the past and they never worked for you. Maybe me typically chose to undergo weight loss procedures and you always ended up gaining the weight back afterward. Maybe you always joined programs that required you to really conscientiously count your caloric intake…and your refusal to carry around a calculator with a running total resulted in failure every time.
Or the problem might not be with the type of weight loss program you accessed. It might be a negative pattern that is all you. Maybe you have a bad habit of never actually completing a weight loss program. Maybe you have a bad habit of jumping from one program to another without ever allowing enough time for full completion with maximum chances for results. Maybe you don’t follow the rules. Maybe you make too many illegal exceptions (for favorite foods, restaurants, or holidays).
Identifying these negative patters makes potential dieters and dieters stronger and more able to come up with the weight loss diet recipe that will result in weight loss. If you can’t seem to make yourself follow the rules then try a program with so few rules it’s almost impossible to break them. Or try a program with so many options that you don’t feel the need to break them because you don’t feel restrained.
Or if you always had trouble with dieting because you’re pretty social then you need to figure out how to overcome the dilemma of eating out and sticking to diet. Find a new place to go out that offers a menu with options approved for your diet. Or…choose a short term weight loss program that offers drastic weight loss results and just stay home while you’re on the diet.
Really…the reason you haven’t lost weight in the past only matters because you want to overcome it and make sure that your next weight loss program is successful. So come up with a weight loss diet recipe that will work for you and move forward.
Amelia Handley studied exercise science in college with a minor in Nutrition. Yet she still found herself veering from diet to diet in order to control her weight. With HCG Diet Direct she’s found a program that allows her to combine her desire to control her own body weight with her education and not feel off balance.