Can you guess what the number one weight-loss management skill is? Here are a few clues. It’s not about willpower, determination or motivation. It’s not avoiding carbs or cutting down on sugar or fats. And it’s not even cooking, going the gym or sticking to your plan. So what is it?
The most important skill that you can learn in weight management is how to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back on with it the task at hand. Whether it is the predictable stuff, like holidays, birthdays, anniversaries or vacations, or the unpredictable, like illness, death, marital discord or injury, life can have a nasty habit of getting in the way of our good intentions. And if there’s one thing that’s certain, it’s that at some point you’re going to fall down.
So what’s the best way of maximising your chances of being able to do this? You’re going to have to use two simple strategies. Firstly, it is important to respect reality. The fact is problems like those previously described happen all the time.
If you don’t respect the fact that as a species we have comforted and celebrated with food since the beginning of time, then get the inevitable guilt, shame and frustration you might feel afterwards has the danger of dragging you down. Instead of getting bogged down that your weight management strategies are affected by the reality of your life, try to remember that your best efforts vary depending on the circumstances.
Secondly, you need to enjoy the life you’re living while you’re losing weight. This universal truth is perhaps the one most regularly forgotten by new dieters. Ultimately, if you don’t like the life you’re living while you’re trying to lose weight, even if you lose a great deal, you’re eventually going to head back toward the life you led before you lost weight.
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