Interestingly what you didn't say here is why you, personally, want to lose weight now (as opposed to at some other time), and, indeed, if you want to at all (rather than "thinking you should" which is quite different). Nor do you mention why you think you will keep the weight off after it has been lost. Weight loss (and more importantly weight maintenance) does involve a good deal of planning and thinking. Unless it is truly important to someone, what very often happens is that they don't prioritize their time so that the planning and thinking gets done, and then they don't succeed. It is very much a thing done for the "future you", like saving.
Best thing I can say: until you find yourself putting pretty much everything to #2 on the list, and saying, "I'll do that *after* I've sorted out my menu and exercise for next week and given away the crackers", the best thing you can do is forget about weight loss. Really !
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Date: July 5th, 2007 12:06 pm (UTC)From:Nor do you mention why you think you will keep the weight off after it has been lost.
Weight loss (and more importantly weight maintenance) does involve a good deal of planning and thinking. Unless it is truly important to someone, what very often happens is that they don't prioritize their time so that the planning and thinking gets done, and then they don't succeed.
It is very much a thing done for the "future you", like saving.
Best thing I can say: until you find yourself putting pretty much everything to #2 on the list, and saying, "I'll do that *after* I've sorted out my menu and exercise for next week and given away the crackers", the best thing you can do is forget about weight loss. Really !