Motivation for Dieting Success!

One of the biggest challenges any dieter has is keeping motivation going, especially if you have a lot of weight to lose. So how do you keep it going, week after week and probably month after month?

What you don’t want to say simply  is, “I want to be healthy” or “look better.” Why? First of all, as great as these reasons are, they may be simply too vague. The second reason is that aren’t based on a driving force to succeed. You can’t really visualize them and you can't honestly feel them. Motivation has to contain those basic elements. So, when you state your motivation you need to really evoke those components or it's just word speak and nothing more..

But there is one more extremely important element missing here. It’s from Examining the Role of Mindset during Goal Pursuit," Journal of Consumer Research: December 2001. In this particular article the author states “…a person needs to constantly remind themselves of WHY they want to achieve a goal.” And what happens is dieters just don't do that often enough especially after dieting a long period of time.

The successful clients are those who somehow simply keep their focus first and foremost in their mind. I have some who write it out and revisit it daily and some who keep old “fat” or “thin” pictures in their wallets or food diaries. There are those who post their reasons or new skinny jeans in a place in their homes to remind them of their goals. Some have support partners or life coaches. Some use weight loss books and magazines. The point is you and only you are the mojo, not an outside force of motivation, you are the magic that has to find the most effective way of keeping your motivation alive and alive, no matter what it takes.

So readers, please, please, share all your wonderful ways of keeping that magic mojo of motivation going!