So you’ve decided to ‘lose weight’ – it’s as much a mind game as a physical one!

Our brains work in funny ways and ‘negative’ statements cause some confusion.

“Lose weight” – is one of those! “I want to lose weight” is the most common reason people join a fitness centre, or go to see a personal trainer, yet the very statement is a stumbling block. When you lose something- guess what! You want to FIND it again. Now that is possibly ONE reason for the weight gain immediately after you get to your ‘goal weight’ So- we want to re-phrase for clarity.

FIRST:

“I want to lose weight”  What do we actually mean? Reduce the numbers on the scale? Feel better in our clothes? Reduce the inches around our waist/butt thighs? Wear a smaller size in clothing? “Losing weight” just doesn’t cut it.

Change that to:

• “I want to get rid of excess body fat” (your brain won’t want to find that again!)
• “I want to feel more comfortable in my clothes” (your brain will like that one)
• “I want to wear size 10, 12 ” -or whatever is ONE size lower than you are wearing now. (small step- your brain will cope with that one)

Do it now:

Have another look at your goals and rephrase them- the more specific and POSITIVE you can make them, the better.