Have you tried dieting many times before but failed to achieve results?
Do you say that you follow my diet but give up everything in a short time?
So what exactly causes this? Actually, the answer is quite simple: MOTIVATION
Motivation in diet is very important in terms of sustainability of the diet and achievability of goals. We have prepared 9 suggestions that will motivate you on the diet.
1. Decide why you want to lose weight.
Yes, this is the most important thing! Why do you want to lose weight? Before starting a job, we always need to look back at ourselves and ask why do we want to do this job? Finding a reason and moving on from it, and reminding ourselves why we started this business when we are close to quitting will help us maintain our motivation and the sustainability of the diet.
2. Set yourself realistic requests, not wishes.
I would like to briefly expand on this point. There is a difference between wishes and requests. For example, I want to be thin, although it is not a very realistic way of thinking, it is seen as a wish. Wishes are desires that are harder to achieve. Even though you have started to lose weight, you wonder, "When will I be thin?" You can quit the diet by regretting that "I'm on a diet, I'm losing weight, but I still don't have the look I want." What we need to do at this point is to find a more realistic desire for ourselves, such as "I want to be able to get into my red trousers." Believe me, if you get into those red trousers, your motivation will increase much more.
3. Realize that you are starting to eat healthy, not eating with prohibitions.
Prohibitions are always more attractive. . When we are told that something is forbidden, we are most curious about it and want to do the forbidden thing the most. That's why it's important to tell yourself that you eat healthy often, instead of saying you eat forbidden foods. Thoughts such as I eat healthy and I will be a healthier person from now on, I am investing in my future by eating healthy, are much more useful in maintaining our motivation in the process.
4.Keep negative thoughts out of your mind and you will be successful. Remind yourself.
We can use the sentence "Believing is half of success" at this point. While dieting, remind yourself often that you will be successful. When negative thoughts start flying in your mind, pull yourself to the positive side. Create alternative positive thoughts to your negative statements. For example: The sentence "My weight loss has slowed down and it doesn't work anymore" represents a negative sentence. We can replace this sentence with the sentence "I have lost a certain amount of weight so far and even if it is slow, I am still losing weight, I will achieve my goals." When you change your mindset and keep yourself on the positive side, you will see that your diet goes much better.
5.Do not distract yourself by doing other things while eating.
Do not distract yourself by doing other things while eating. Dealing with it distracts us and causes us to lose awareness of what we are eating. When we lose awareness, we eat much more. At this point, what we need to do is to focus only on food while eating. In this way, we will be able to control our portions, be aware of what we eat, fill our stomachs, and enjoy the taste of the meal in front of us.
6. Stay in touch with people, get social support.
Being in touch with people, getting support and sharing is important in every aspect of life. Maintaining these behaviors while dieting is important for motivation. You can tell the people around you that you have adopted a healthy eating pattern, share your new habits, and even encourage them to follow these habits.
7. Focus on the things that make you happy, increase your awareness, and be careful to do the things that make you happy more often. .
What do you like to do? What makes you happy? Ask yourself what will make you happy. When you find what makes you happy, make sure to do it more often. Things that make you happy will always help you maintain your motivation.
8.Do not check your weight frequently. Checking your weight once a week and noticing the change will increase your motivation.
Checking your weight frequently (checking your weight every day). looking at our weight after going to the toilet, checking our weight immediately after eating, etc.) can cause us to develop an obsession with weight over time and deteriorate our eating habits. Remember that gaining and losing weight is natural. It is natural that the weight you will see on the scale when you weigh yourself in the morning will be different from the weight you will see on the scale when you weigh yourself in the evening. First of all, we must be aware of all this and accept weight changes during the day. What we will do next is to set a day for ourselves and check our weight weekly. Seeing our weekly change will give both a more accurate result and motivation.
9. Reward yourself for your success.
Of course, we cannot go through this entire diet adventure without reward. ! Reward yourself for your change and healthy habits.
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