Does Dieting Motivation Work?

I've been kicking this term "dieting motivation" around my brain for awhile now. I've got to be honest (as I strive to incessantly, annoyingly remain!), every time this phrase comes to mind, I sortof cringe and shrivel up inside. Dieting motivation invokes thoughts of denial, suffering, and heartbreak.

In general, I'm totally against using the term "diet" or "dieting" at all. I guess because I'm constantly preaching "lifestyle" and balance, which is diametrically opposed to dieting in my mind. Adding motivation to the mix just doubles my depression. Ugh. I have to diet AND be motivated about it? No, sorry, that really doesn't sound like me. I think I'll pass.

Personally, I'm the type of person who'd rather exercise more and watch calories less. There's nothing wrong with that. But I realize there may be a few of you out there who don't agree with this philosophy. And that's OK, too. But then you have to come to terms with the fact that you will need to make changes in what you eat, how much you eat certain items, and how you feel about eating.

"How I feel about eating"? WHAT?! Yes, that's right. I know it may sound crazy but especially us Americans, we eat more as a recreational event, as entertainment. We've long since lost sight of the fact that the act of eating is to fulfill a bodily need. And the fuel you use to stoke your body's energetic fire makes a huge difference in how you feel and deal with plenty of seemingly unrelated instances in life. Being a healthy eater can impact EVERY, EVERY, EVERY area of your life. You'd be surprised.

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People are always so focused on weight loss. And, yes, I realize that is the focal point of my site. Thank you for pointing it out, though. HOWEVER, there is such a struggle mentality surrounding weight loss success. And I think that if more people would begin to focus on general health and well-being, weight loss would be a happy side effect. If you like the sound of this, I encourage you to check out my 21 Day Weight Loss Intensive. It's all about weight loss due to eating intensely healthy, that will have you feeling so energetic and vibrant. Because I think that, if you are anything like me, you want it all. Not just easy weight loss, but energy and incredible youthful feeling.

Anyway, I do think that connecting to a deeper meaning or reason why you want to achieve the results and keeping that at the forefront of your mind is good. But it has to be enough of a motivator. Just the desire to be X sizes smaller is probably not powerful enough. Having enough energy at the end of the day to give your kids full attention, that's a little better. But I do believe that everyone needs a massive jumpstart that gets big results. I think that is the best motivator. I guess this throws the concept of dieting motivation out the window somewhat.

dieting motivation to home You might want to check out a couple other articles on similar topics... How to get motivated

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