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Jumpstart Your Weight Loss! :

Sep 12, 2007

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Wouldnā€™t it be great if there were jumper cables that we could attach to our thighs to get our weight-loss engines cranked up? I know that I would buy them!Short of having fat loss jumper cables, how best can we jumpstart our efforts?

I think the best way to do so is to write down five things that your weight hinders you from doing that you would like to do.

I know people have goals of rock climbing but today can not even walk around the block. Having the goal to climb can serve as a daily motivator to take the first necessary steps toward realizing your bigger goals.What would your top 5 To-Do list contain?

Rock climbing

Wearing a certain size clothing

Looking great for an upcoming event

Speaking before an audience

Getting a better job or a raise

Having sex with the lights on!

Skiing

Going dancing

Showing your dogs

The list can be as varied as our lives and lifestyles, but I am sure there are things you can name that you really, really want to do but arenā€™t doing because you are embarrassed by your weight, physically unable to do so or just donā€™t think you can do it.

In any event, identifying the things you WANT out of life can serve as a great motivator in getting them.

Now that you have a few things listed, write down three actions you should take over the next month that would help you get closer to realizing the most important goal.

I would recommend you incorporate drinking more water, increasing your exercise time and limiting food vices in your list of actions. I am confident they will help you to realize any and all of these goals.

Now, set a plan to get each of the three actions ingrained in your daily schedule each day. Make specific tasks that will help you do this. For example:

Drink 8 ounces of water each hour that I am at my desk. Walk for 10 minutes each two hours that will add up to 40 minutes of walking over the course of the typical work day! Wear a pedometer and shoot for getting 10,000 steps a day (if you only do 2,000, then GRADUALLY build by 10 percent each week or two until you are safely and comfortably to 10,000. Donā€™t try to change overnight!)