The psychological aspect plays an important role in both weight gain and weight loss. It is not enough to know the basic principles of nutrition and physical activity, you also need to be able to find individual motivation to change your lifestyle in order to be slim.
Doctors note that obesity is not only an aesthetic problem, but also an increased health risk. A particular danger is not subcutaneous fat, but the one that is deposited close to the internal organs.
Obesity can cause:
- diseases of the heart and blood vessels
- type II diabetes
- joint problems
- aggravation of existing pathologies
Based on these facts, health improvement can be a good motivation to force yourself, and at the same time your husband and child, to eat healthy and low-calorie foods.
Before starting a diet, conduct a comprehensive examination of the body. The results of this study may well be a good motivation for you. Keep in mind that even if you do not have an obesity-related illness, signs such as excess blood sugar or high blood pressure may indicate a high risk of developing a disease. This is a clear reason to worry about the health of your body. Look for other signs as well. Swelling of the face and body, shortness of breath when moving, the inability to quickly climb stairs is a good reason to urgently take measures for losing weight.
During the examination, you can consult with your doctor about how best to lose weight.
A significant part of women begin to lose weight precisely because of dissatisfaction with their appearance, lack of attention from men. This factor can be a good source of motivation. If the reflection in the mirror is not enough for you, buy a beautiful thing that you can wear only when you lose weight. It is desirable that this thing is also expensive: the incentive to put on an update faster and not lose money can be very effective.
Another possibility is the search for the ideal. Find a woman who looks like you, but with an ideal figure in your mind. A role model can be a fashion model or an actress. If you’ve been slim before, use your old photo, preferably in revealing clothes or a swimsuit. Hang the picture you want on the refrigerator door and look at it every time you want to eat something high-calorie, especially at night.
Additionally, you can put a photo of the ideal on your desktop or make the image a screensaver on your computer
Gifts to yourself can be a good motivation for various stages of weight loss. Make a weight loss plan and reward yourself for every achievement. A gift can be something you like, for which there was not enough time or was a pity for money. Such material incentives will help you change – start eating right and move more. However, keep in mind that you need to choose a gift that is not food related. Buy cosmetics, beauty magazines and books, fashionable clothes, jewelry – these little things will serve as an additional incentive for self-improvement.