Why is it that you want to lose weight?

by: Jayson Hunter RD, CSCS

First, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and now it is back to achieving your goals.  I hope you followed my advice and enjoyed yourself, but also was conscious of what you ate so that come Friday you were right back to exercising and eating properly again.

I had a special Thanksgiving thanks to my 8 month old daughter Hailey.  She took her first crawl forward Thanksgiving morning.  They were small, but she did it and the whole family was engrossed with her the rest of the day so that they could see it the next time she did it.  It was pretty neat.

Another accomplishment which is probably more special for my wife and I is that Hailey started holding her bottle on her own while feeding.  All those parents reading this will understand how much easier it is to feed her now that she can hold her own bottle.

It's those little things that can mean so much to someone.  So I hope you took the time to appreciate those little things with your family.

Now on to why you want to lose weight.

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Why do you want to [tag]lose weight[/tag]?

This is the first question I ask someone when they hire me to help them.

If you don't truly have a sound reason as to why you want to lose weight then you won't be successful with your [tag]weight loss[/tag].

There needs to be a clearly defined reason as to why you want to be thinner or healthier or whatever your goal may be.

Here are a few questions to ask yourself so that you can establish that clearly defined reason.

1.  Why do you want your old body back?

2.  What is the biggest challenge with you losing weight?

3.  What are your eating habits like?

4.  What are your exercise habits like?

Now that you have answered these 4 questions ask yourself a few more to establish your goals.

1.  How much weight do I want to lose?

2.  When do I want to have achieved this weight loss?

3.  How do I plan on losing weight?  List what you will do for your eating habits and your exercise plan.

Now that you have a plan in place make sure you take pictures before you begin as well as measurements so that when you have reached the time when you will have met your goal you can then take pictures again and measurements to see how much progress and success you have achieved.

I just did this very thing today with a group of Sprint employees I am working with for their transformation contest.  We took pictures, video, bodyfat percentages and measurements.  I will keep you informed of their progress and please let me know of your progress as well.  I love to hear success stories.  If you are having problems getting started I want to hear from you also to see if I can lend any advice or help.

Make sure to check this blog this Thursday because my Dress Size Reduction Diet ebook will be released and there is an entire section that discusses this very topic.  I explain exactly how to take your bodyfat and measurements as well as how to create SMART goals.

If you don't create SMART goals then your chance of achieving your goals decreased considerably.  You will understand why after reading this chapter.

Remember make sure you check this blog this Thursday