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Why Skipping This Might Be Why Your Not Losing Weight: Goal Setting

March 25, 2024UncategorizedBuilding, diet, dieting, exercise, Fitness, Goal Setting, healthy eating, NLP for weight loss, paleo, Weight Loss, workoutadvancedweightlossresources

By G. E. Carlin

The road to health has many challenges. Overcoming those challenges can be tedious and difficult. However, there are things we can do to make it easier and more manageable. Goal setting is one of those tools. In fact, for many, it may be the very thing that is keeping one from losing the weight they want.

Why Goal Setting Is Important

The reason goal setting might the missing key to your weight loss has to do with how our minds work. Many think to themselves something like, “I need to loose some weight.” But what does “some weight” mean? You don’t know and your brain does not either.

I have been here many times and generally this is what happens. I have told myself, “I need to loose a few pounds.” In reality that meant 100 pounds. But I did not set that as a goal. So I would lose a few pounds. Feel pretty good and start eating like I use to. Before I knew it, my weight crept back on.

When you are clear about how much weight you need to loose through goal setting, you can actually know when you have hit that goal and when you have not. If you need to loose 50 pounds and you loose 10, you are clearly not done and you know it.

Big Goal Small Goal

It’s important to your health to break your goals down into manageable parts. If you need to loose 100 pounds, break that up into smaller increments. For example 15 to 20 pounds a month is a great way to break down a larger goal.

Be realistic with your larger goal. If you need to loose 100 pounds just admit it. But the smaller goals should be easier to obtain otherwise discouragement and depression could set in. This often leads to putting weight back on.

Off scale goals are important too and worthy of their own article. That said, let me just remark by saying that non-scale goals are just as important as the number on the scale. And setting these goals the same way can keep you on track.

Closing Remarks

Set your goals and set yourself up for success! It can go a long way in helping you in your weight loss journey.

Please remember to always talk to your doctor before you start any weight loss plan.

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Discouragement and Weight Loss: What You Can Do About it

March 22, 2024UncategorizedBuilding, diet, dieting, exercise, Fitness, healthy eating, NLP for weight loss, paleo, Weight Loss, workoutadvancedweightlossresources

There are many diets out there that are competing for your attention. And many theories of weight loss that might leave you confused as to which one of them actually work. But here is the sad truth of the matter. THEY ALL WORK!

Well they all work for the most part. There are a few diets and books on dieting that are duds. But for the most part, every diet will work if you follow it. But that is the real challenge isn’t it. Why are you not following it?

Discouragement

The truth is the one of the most common feelings that can derail your progress is discouragement. It can pop up for many reasons. You might indulge in a cheat meal or hit a plateau. Suddenly you feel like all your progress was for nothing. Or you might feel like you are just too weak and cannot get over your bad habits. Your discouraged so you quit!

Getting Past It

The truth is every single person who tries to improve themselves has been discouraged. And this is IMPORTANT: That includes those all the success stories! Everyone who has managed to lose weight and keep it off has faced and gone though times of encouragement in their weight loss journey! Discouragement is part of the journey.

The best way I have found to handle it is to accept it. Don’t fight it. Don’t deny it. Just remind yourself that everyone goes though it. Then keep going.

A Passing Feeling

Discouragement is just a feeling. Like all feelings it will go away in time. There may be times when it is overwhelming. Accept it ride the emotion out and it will leave. Then you are left with a choice. Go back or move forward. I do hope you move forward.

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Intermittent Fasting Not Working? Here’s Why

March 2, 2024Uncategorizeddiet, dieting, exercise, Fitness, healthy eating, Intermittent Fasting, NLP for weight loss, paleo, Weight Loss, workoutadvancedweightlossresources

Intermittent fasting has not only helped me lose wight, it has become a way of life. At this point in my weight loss journey, I use intermittent fasting on a daily basis in order to keep the pounds from coming back on. But also, I just like the way I feel when I’m fasting!

That said. I have had times when IF is not working. That is to say when I’m following an IF plan but I am also gaining weight. I know a lot of people have gone though this same experience. Here are three reasons why it could be going wrong.

First Reason

The first is you are not really following the plan. There are many IF plans out there to chose from. And all of them will help in your weight loss journey. But if you are eating too often outside your scheduled eating window, the IF plan you are on will not work.

This of course will not happen after cheating one time. It is a result of continual off schedule eating. Remember that weight loss is a journey. It is how you eat over time that will make the difference. If you are continually cheating on your plan you will gain weight.

In order to fix this you have to be honest with when you are eating and how often you are cheating. A food diary will often help with this. After you get the honest a real information, get back on it!

Second Reason

The second reason is that you may simply be consuming too many calories. IF is a great way to live that provides a person with lots of freedom during their eating window. However, it is not magic. If you are consuming more calories than you are burning you WILL gain weight!

This normally happens when you are eating too much and eating too much of the wrong foods. It is actually pretty easy to overload on calories if you are eating ultra processed food.

The rule of thumb here is eat NORMALLY during your eating window. Your eating window should be filled with your favorite food within reason. But it still should not look like Thanks Giving, Halloween, or Christmas every time you eat.

Third Reason

The last reason your IF might not be working is that your body might have adjusted to your new diet. This one is a bit tricky because ultimately if you are not losing wight or if you are gaining weight it is due to the fact that your are consuming too many calories. This makes this reason closely related to the last reason.

However there is a catch. Your body does not want to lose weight and any method you chose will ultimately stop working. Your body slows down many of its process and learns to efficiently use the amount of calories it is getting.

The solution is NOT to double down on your IF plan. Instead, you need to take a break from IF for a while. This is not an excuse to pig out. In fact, what has worked best for me is intuitive eating! Try it for a while and then go back to your IF plan!

Final Thoughts

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