It Helps to Think Long Term To Lose Weight
We all know what we should and should not do in order to lose weight and that is the problem. We are bombarded from all sides with advice from so-called experts and diet gurus and TV doctors who give us conflicting advice about shedding pounds. They all say to stay away from fad diets and we all know what those are. Fad diets are ones that recommend only one type of food like the famous Grapefruit Diet (this one actually works), Beet Juice Diet (horrible unless you love beet juice), and Liquid Diets. There are Egg White Diets, Milkshake Diets, Protein Diets, and, believe it or not, Carb Diets. Yes, there are more variations on diets these days than you can shake a carrot stick at. But we all know that these things don’t work, or rather, they all work to some extent. It’s not really losing weight that is a problem, it is keeping it off and that requires a different type of strategy, one that is not short term.
Thinking short term is normal. We resist long term goals and long term thinking because we know we will lose sight of the day to day dieting that is necessary to lose weight consistently. We try to give ourselves false goals like being able to lose weight by some future date or event such as an upcoming class reunion or wedding for example. And if the motivation is strong enough you will lose the weight. The question is: how will you keep it off after the event has passed? Click here to read the rest of the article on how thinking long term can help you lose weight
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