Forcing walking when ‘against’ it could be the end of walking to lose weight for you. When you are out of alignment with the process pressuring yourself to do it could be detrimental to the overall goal of losing weight. All that is needed is a lightening of the tone generally as much weight loss success is determined by your attitude rather than your ability to do something. After all most of us can walk, most of us can, and indeed have, lost weight.
The most important aspect of an ongoing walking for weight loss lifestyle is to feel good about it!
Find a way of lifting your mood or changing your position on something. For example if you always do a particular route, time, class or profile- change it. The adage that change is as good as a holiday has lots of good thinking behind it. Added to that is the recognised benefit of walking to lift one’s spirits.
What could you make different about walking to lose weight today?
Some ways to do this and break a cycle that is getting you down:
Go to the shops and walk around to ger prices etc. instead of phoning or doing an internet search. Remember it is the time saving technologies which in many instances have taken out exercise from our daily lives. Add some of these opportunities for activity back into your life. So if you are a shopaholic use this!
Play with the kids at that next family party by participating or creating active games which they love. Or if they’re older go to a game and take every opportunity to jump up and cheer, do a victory dance-for both sides!
Take your walking dvd to a friend’s place, babysitting or when traveling.
Cultivate a level of indifference to what others might see as normal. After all anything you put time and effort into is important to you-don’t take advice from others to whom it isn’t important.
All the little accumulated successes enhance your confidence in the walking to lose weight process. Notice that you are feeling better-that in itself is a success! Count them all.
March 18th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
You got a very interesting article here.
Staying fit and healthy gives us more confidence the way we look at ourselves. That is why it is so important that we care take of our body as we use it on our daily activities.