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Why We Gain Weight and How to Lose It
Shawn C. LeBrun
Our emotions decide whether we gain or lose weight.
How you feel at any given moment will be the
controlling force of your weight loss effort.
Weight loss is all based upon our feelings and I would
challenge anybody to refute that statement.
We as human beings do things that bring us pleasure and
we avoid those things that cause us pain.
Why do we decide to overeat or indulge in those things
that may not be the best for us?
Because it brings us pleasure.
Think about many occasions in your lifetime in which
food was the main focus.
When we celebrate with friends or family, we eat.
When we mourn a loss of a loved one, food again is
there consoling people.
When we are nervous, we eat.
Sad, we eat.
When we are happy, what do we do?
That's right, eat.
So by overeating and consuming excess calories with
excess food, we start packing on the unwanted pounds.
But it brings us short term pleasure to eat. If it
brings us pleasure, it is emotion-based.
The instant pleasure of eating that Godiva chocolate or
extra piece of pizza outweighs
the pain and guilt that will come at a later time when
you notice the scale starting to creep up again.
We do things at the moment that will bring us pleasure
right then and there, often not thinking of the future.
So, if weight gain is tied to emotions, then it stands
to reason that weight loss would be as well.
If we do things based upon pleasure, we must find
pleasure in starting and maintaining a weight-loss and
fitness program. If you do not recieve some pleasure
from it, you will not continue it.
We must have strong enough reasons in the
not-so-distant future that will be pleasurable enough
to keep us motivated in continuing our weight-loss
attempts.
What are some of your motivating reasons for you to
reach your goals? I bet they are emotion-based.
Do you want to fit into that new bathing suit to
impress your spouse?
Do you want to attract the person of your dreams?
Do you want to enter your first bodybuilding or fitness
show?
Or do you just want to feel better and have more energy?
Whatever you chose, the benefit you will receive later
on must be pleasurable enough so that you will resist
the temptation of giving in and enjoying immediate
pleasure of a piece of cake or scoop of Ben and Jerry's.
So how do you solve your emotions so that you are not
tempted to give up and throw in the weight-loss towel?
First off, I don't think you ever solve the problem,
you simply learn to manage your emotions better.
All of our actions are done because we get some sort of
emotional payoff from them.
When you sit down at night and gourge on food that you
know you shouldn't be, you are getting a payoff of
instant pleasure.
In order to stop this, we must substitute that payoff
with a new payoff of feeling better, looking better, or
whatever it is you want badly enough.
You must prioritize what things mean to you.
Is the future pleasure you will earn for losing 30
pounds going to outweigh the pleasure of eating junk
right now, at this moment?
You must ask yourself some hard-hitting questions. It
often amazes me that we will often times walk right up
to strangers and ask them out on a date yet we do not
want to ask ourselves some questions that may help
solve a problem.
Ask yourself:
What is it I am thankful for, right now?
What in my life would I like to change, right now?
Why do I want to change it?
What will these changes bring about, either now or in
the near future.
What is it in my weight-loss efforts that I want to
truly achieve?
Why do I want these goals so bad?
How will achieving them make me feel?
Do I really need this cookie/cake/ice cream
right now or am I pacifying something that is not going
right for me, right now.
How will giving in to these urges make me feel a little
later, when the cycle of guilt comes back?
If you ask yourself some basic questions and learn to
answer them honestly, you can start focusing on the
things that really matter to you.
When you start doing what matters, this in turn will
bring about pleasure because you will have a sense of
purpose and a feeling of relief knowing that you are
working on making things better.
And this in turn, goes right back to emotions and how
you are feeling at any given moment.
Shawn Lebrun is a weight-loss coach and owner of
ShawnLeBrunFitness.com, a website dedicated to helping
people lose fat, gain muscle, and tone up in the most
efficient manner. Visit
http://www.shawnlebrunfitness.com for a FREE 7-Day Fitness course.
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