Losing weight isn’t only about changing the food you eat or squeezing more workout time into your daily routine. Sometimes, it’s all about making a complete change in your lifestyle. Although losing weight is only a part of someone’s lifestyle, how does it relate to shedding a few pounds?
Even if magazines and infomercials make losing weight seemingly easy, it takes hard work, often including changes in various aspects of a person’s life. Spending your time in front of a television doing nothing or waking up late in the day can affect your weight loss journey. Therefore, if you’ve decided to lose weight now, here are some activities you can do to kickstart your weight loss journey!
1. Identify Your Current Lifestyle
The first step is to identify your current lifestyle. Try to write down things that relate to your current standing—if you live a sedentary lifestyle, if you smoke, if you overeat processed food, write it all down. It’s all part of identifying the things you need to change to have a guideline on hand in case you need one.
2. Start Small
Changing your current lifestyle doesn’t have to be abrupt. Instead, it should start small—baby steps, as they say. Do anything that you think will get you to where you want to go. However, changing in an instant may lead to fears and an inability to adjust to the new norm.
For example, if you overeat food during dinner, try to lessen what you consume. Maybe try other alternatives for your favorites, especially guilt-free variants. As long as you’re doing something to change what you’re used to, you’re doing well.
3. Choose Health
There are various reasons why people want to lose weight. However, your primary concern should be your health. Although it’s essential to have your self goals, prioritizing your health should be the foundation of why you want to lose weight. It’s better to start early than realizing that you should’ve changed your lifestyle earlier.
By prioritizing your health, you get to enjoy the benefits of what you do—better breathing, a stronger heart, and excellent mobility.
4. Keep a Health Journal
Writing a health journal is a way to remind yourself about what you can change in what you’re doing now. By taking notes on which aspects of your lifestyle to focus on, you systematically get to all the necessary work without missing a beat.
A health journal is also a way to track your achievements and what you have done so far. By the time your weight loss journey is over, you can look back at specific times when you felt like giving up and be more proud about the journey you’ve finished.
5. Change for the Better
Lastly, change your mindset about losing weight and changing lifestyles. It shouldn’t be a one-time-big-time change. It should be a continuous journey. Although changing for the better is challenging, it is a great goal. But remember to keep your focus and your hopes high. You should be losing weight in no time.
Conclusion
Changing the things you’re used to is complex and challenging. However, all it takes is your willingness to make changes in your body. Weight loss is nothing to be afraid about. Instead, it should push you to make yourself better and stronger. Through a bit of mental conditioning and discipline, you’ll see the change you’ve been hoping for.
Hello Meg Parker is a holistic health and wellness coach focused on helping bodies recover from a sedentary lifestyle. Through a series of consultations and assessments, I can help clients alleviate pain, soreness, fatigue, weight gain, stress, and inflammation. Visit my website today and see the difference in your body right away.
