The Right Mindset to Lose 20 Pounds

Losing weight is less about the food you put into your mouth and more about the mindset you bring to weight loss. Let me give you a generic example of how weight loss fails us. We want to lose 20 pounds, so we draw up a diet plan, maybe an exercise routine, and a promise that we’re finally going to get the slim body we want. You feel great the first day and you are excited that you made the right decision. One to two weeks later, we hardly notice any results, and we just fall back to our old ways of eating.

It’s an endless diet cycle that for most people never stops. All because the mindset we bring to weight loss is flat out wrong. Most of us will look for specific results when deciding to lose weight. Maybe you want a slim waistline, maybe you want to lose 20 pounds in a month.

Instead of thinking of the results, think about what you could be doing right now to help your body lose weight. The only way to real permanent weight loss is to forget about losing weight. Weight loss is a slow process, unlike what many fad diets will have you believe. If you’re caught up looking at results, you’ll feel discouraged and resentful. That when we make silly excuses like, maybe I’m destine to be fat, or it’s not my fault, it’s genetics. Those excuses are bogus. They only exist to make you feel better about the fact that you have failed in your weight loss goals.

I’m not saying this to be mean, quite the contrary. I’m telling you this because the moment you wake up and learn you can change your body, the faster you will get the body of your dreams.

But looking for specific results will only get you discouraged or cause you to fall off the wagon. That’s not to say motivation isn’t an important step. I once knew a friend who would put up pictures of attractive women in bikinis by her computer. Every day she was reminded of the joys it would bring her to finally put on her own slim bikini, which pushed her to stay on track.

That’s perfectly fine, but never make your motivation your actually weight loss. Always remember, the slow and steady win the race. So focus more on permanent real results, and less on the latest fad diet!