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Why You Should Go Public About Losing Weight
June 30th, 2009
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When you have taken the decision to start a weight loss program of your choice, you may be tempted to keep it to yourself. This is a common enough desire, especially when you actually need to lose weight for health reasons rather than wanting to shed a few pounds to look good for a forthcoming event. However, is keeping this to yourself really the best policy? We look at why it is often a better idea to involve family members and even friends in your attempts at weight loss.
At first, the very idea of telling anyone that you are overweight and need to lose weight might seem an embarrassing and guilt laden process. That’s quite normal, as after all, no one wants to admit they have not been looking after themselves properly to the extent that they now have to take action to correct it. It’s tantamount to admitting failure and that is something most of us prefer to keep to ourselves.
Think about it from a different angle. When you involve people who are close to you in your weight loss strategy, you suddenly surround yourself with support. When you are supported by people who are looking out for you in any venture, you improve your chances of success drastically.
Therefore, by going public with your intended plan to lose weight, you have valuable support from people who will not only give you encouragement, but will be there to pick you up if you fall. By that I mean that if you have a bad day and are tempted to give up, a friendly face and an encouraging word might be enough to keep you positive and motivated.
By involving other people in your proposal, you make yourself accountable for your actions because your friends or family will know what you’re doing. This makes it that much harder to give up, because you don’t want to disappoint anybody and therefore will be more inclined to want to show them that you are determined to succeed. This in itself is a great motivator.
In addition to this, you get to find out who has already been through the process and they can steer you through the obstacles that they encountered, making it even easier for you to achieve your weight loss goal. This has a knock on effect of inspiring some of those friends or family members to join you in doing the same thing. Now you not only have their support, but you can work together to mutually overcome all the things that get in the way of the vast majority of people who are attempting to lose weight.
So you can see that by going public about losing weight, you not only enlist the support of the people that you confide in, but you may also end up with some weight loss buddies who will provide mutual motivation to see it through to its success. This is in stark contrast to trying to go it alone and running the risk of failure for the want of having a simple word or two of encouragement just when you need it most.
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