weight loss diet

If you are carrying around a few (I use that term loosely) extra pounds like most of us are
you all know all the reasons why we should take the weight off. It will reduce stress on our heart
reducing the chance of heart disease
cancer
possibility of diabetes; feel better
look more attractive
etc.

There are 101 reasons why
but it can be a real pain to finally get that weight off. You push really hard
make a little progress
get side tracked
and bam you are heavier then you started.

It’s maddening. Enough with that hassle
I have put together 5 simple steps to actually losing weight and keeping it off. These steps can be applied to anything
but we are focusing on weight loss here.

1. Know What You Want
2. Know Where You Are
3. Track Your Results
4. Make Course Corrections
5. Being held Accountable

Now all your extra weight will effortlessly melt off. Yeah right! A simple list of 5 items is not going to do it
so let me explain the intricacies of the 5 items and where the hang up normally occurs when applied to losing weight.

1. Know What You Want

This one is dead simple. Most people that want to lose weight have an idea of how many pounds they would like to lose or how they would like their body to look.

I think we can safely say if your body started looking the way you wanted it
you would know
even if you didn’t have it completely mapped out and detailed.

2. Know Where You Are

This is the big trip up. It is almost always overlooked and is the number one reason for the up and down Yo Yo effect we experience with losing weight. We are unhappy with how our body feels and how it looks and it is painful to zoom in and get an accurate picture of where we are. Unfortunately
we have to know where we are
to be able to accurately judge the results we are getting.

You are on a trip to San Diego
California. You would like to start your trip from Phoenix
Arizona
but you really don’t know where you are. No problem. You get an Arizona/California map and find that a simple 6 hours trip west on interstate 8 will get you to San Diego.

6 hours later
you have no clue where you are and it is definitely not warm San Diego. You feel defeated and you want to give up! Do you blame the car? The stupid maps? San Diego? Yourself?

Now what if I told you
you were actually in New Your City
not Phoenix
Arizona. A 6 hour car ride west from New York City will never get you to San Diego.

If you took the time to accurately find out where you were
you would have been able to choose the appropriate means to get to San Diego and have an expectation as to how long it would take.

This is the same with weight loss and our personal physical condition. In our minds
we think we are starting in a different physical condition then we really are. When the results don’t follow the illusion in your mind
we get upset.


3. Track Your Results

This is conceptually simple. If we have no clue as to WHAT we are doing
how do we know what is working? It might be a simple to do
but is also simple not to do. In the end
most people never track their results.


4. Make Course Corrections

We love to do this one. We have it hands down. It is like step 1 of knowing what you want. We try the new food diet
the super sit up machine
and the cardio hip hop power energy yoga fat burner class.

We might be great at switching it up
but without knowing where we are starting from and a history of tracked results
we have no clue as to what we should change or even which direction we should go.


5. Being held Accountable

No
not accountability! That is an evil word. I don’t want someone to know what I am doing
or more importantly what I am not doing.

So
why do we resist accountability
your secret weapon to weight loss? Because it works! If you know someone is going to be watching
you would follow through or at least feel very uncomfortable not following through.

Accountability when used wisely is the ultimate turbo booster to your weight loss. Since you are going to be accountable anyway
you might as well get something out of it.

Using accountability up front
you can achieve the body of your dreams. If you let your body hold you accountable
it will throw on fat in places you don’t want it to be.

The biggest obstacle to weight loss is not taking any action. It doesn’t matter how good the plan is
it is worthless if you don’t follow it. So what do I do now?

First and foremost get Accountable.

Forward this article to someone you respect and care about and tell them I want to be accountable to finally taking off my extra pounds. When they agree to support you
start working through Steps 1 – 5.