Instead of focussing on the ‘losing weight’ focus on ‘what having lost weight will give you…for an immediate increase in your level of motivation to lose weight     Why? – because that is what you are really after. 

So you first need to identify what exactly that is for you!!!!

What would move and motivate you most about having lost weight – why do you really want to lose weight – what are your reasons? Why is it important to you and WHAT WOULD HAVING LOST WEIGHT GIVE YOU?

Do you want to see the pride in your partners eyes, would you like to feel sexy again or feel attractive to the opposite sex in order to find your ideal partner. Do you just want to feel happy and confident with how you look, do you want to be able to buy and wear the clothes of your choice, do you want to feel secure in your health and be free from disease and know that you’ll be independent and mobile as you get older?  Do you want to be a great role model for your kids so they don’t become overweight too – do you want to be able to take them to the beach or play with them more and actually have the energy to keep up? Do you want to feel more vibrant and alive each moment and live a better quality of life – if so what would that look like for you?  Or maybe you’d just like to be free of the whole ‘weight loss saga’ once and for all?

What is it for you?

These are the sorts of things that it is really about – essentially it’s about quality of life and what that means to you – not losing weight but what losing weight will give you, that is where the motivation to move and change things comes from, that’s where your real motivation to lose weight is hidding.   

What you uncover as you begin to ask these questions and seek answers with that in mind is WHAT YOU REALLY WANT. That’s why you must shift the focus there, and when you do, everything you do from that point on begins to come out of a feeling of moving towards what you truly want and BOOM! It all takes on a different feeling – one of motivation, inspiration, energy, enthusiasm, excitement and willingness.

You’ve moved from having to – to wanting to lose weight and do what’s required in one foul swoop and not only will that naturally fire you up and get you into action, it will last too. The crazy thing is that you will lose weight almost as a bi-product of this fresh and effective focus.

You’ll now choose the healthier option because you want what you want more than the piece of cake.  We just tip the scales and its way easier than you think with the right tweaks to your mind-set.   Think about this;  If we uncovered the things you’d really love and can have when you’ve lost the weight you want to,  and then you were given the option of having the piece of cake OR all the things you said you really want – what would you choose????    If you’re like most of the clients I’ve worked with you won’t even second guess it.  So all that’s needed is some clever and strategic shifts in perspective – like the one I just gave you.   We tweak and we tweak until you get your mind on-side.

By adjusting your focus in this way you’ll also avoid the usual pitfalls that an excessive focus on losing weight brings with it which are responsible for most people’s so called “failed attempts” at losing weight and keeping it off.

Hey try this:  bring the idea of ‘losing weight’ to mind now…..

Now how does that feel?  My guess it – it brings with it all the baggage associated with past attempts, possibly a sense of frustration or helplessness too.  It probably leaves you feeling like avoiding it – notice how the easiest option can appear to be just to stay as you are.  This is the stuff we need to change.

We’ll get to your seeming food cravings, evening binges or so called ‘lack of will-power but we need to start here no matter what the presenting problem is.  In fact if you start here you may find that some of those issues disappear without having to attend to them directly.

 The bottom line is that the crucial shifts you have been looking for are a mind-set thing – Soooo…..

The first shift I recommend is to start to focus on what it will give you…. by asking the sorts of questions above.  Asking these questions tells you and connects you to what having lost weight will give you. It unveils why it’s important to you and what you are really seeking; and that is the only thing that will drive you all the way and do that ecologically.  Ecologically means in a way that feels ‘ALL GOOD’ – that means the path of least resistance where no part of you objects, which means you’ll rid yourself of that pesky “self-sabotage”

Can you see how you can make a huge amount of ground with this one shift – it’ll refresh your whole approach and open the door to us re-vamping the other proven aspects of a mind-set that enables you to lose weight (rather than disables you)  It’s time to get the very power of the mind that’s been working against you working for you, are you up for that?  Cool because it’s already begun.

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