For Successful Weight Loss, Become A Patient Person

What does it feel like when your weight isn't reducing as quickly as you would like? I imagine it feels frustrating. I bet you even experience a sense of failure on your part.

Most of us want to lose weight quickly, perhaps by tomorrow, even though we know that realistically this won't happen. Because we want the weight loss to happen much more quickly than it's going to, we put undue pressure on ourselves.

We want to achieve more in a shorter space of time. This is because your expectations are too high and generally not achievable. When these expectations aren't reached, you feel disappointed.

I've found that the inability to handle this disappointment is one of the things which throws people off track. They lose sight of the goal they're looking to achieve. Setting these high expectations and then not reaching them, is like setting yourself up for failure.

Setting your target at a lower, yet achievable level allows for a successful weight loss. Part of setting lower expectations is for you to develop your patience. You'll then appreciate weight loss won't happen overnight and you need to embark on a longer process.

We all want to see speedy results and there are so many companies promoting quick fixes for weight loss that it's all too easy to feel that it can happen quickly. Healthy weight loss will take some time. The habits which caused you to gain weight, which you've built up over the years, will take some time to change. To ensure these changes happen permanently requires patience on your part.

Generally we as human beings don't make changes easily or quickly. By developing your patience you can take some of the pressure off and this allows you to see that changes do happen over time. Steady, slower progress tends to achieve results in the long term.

I encourage you to determine for yourself what having patience means for you. It may be that you set yourself a goal to handle just one habit at a time. Perhaps it's discarding one habit which causes weight gain and replacing it with a healthier habit which promotes weight loss.

It may be useful to consider which aspect of losing weight causes you most pressure and then see what having patience with this will mean. What reminders can you create for yourself to be patient? Perhaps it's a sticker on your kitchen wall or your bathroom mirror.

Have the patience to take your weight loss one day at a time. We live in an age where we expect most things to happen much more quickly than they did before.

Although many things do happen instantly, for instance, communications, the same cannot be said for weight loss. Weight loss is achievable when you are patient and work at a more natural pace. The cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter still take a complete year! Weight loss is similar.

I suggest one of the first steps is to accept that weight loss will take some time. Then, I encourage you to set some realistic goals and time scales for yourself. Most things in life which are worth having take time. Feeling healthy and fit is worth the commitment but you must be patient along the way.

What I want for you is to be patient and take steady, measured steps towards your weight loss.

Wendy helps and motivates people to lose weight. Click to her site http://www.weightlosscoaching.com to read more weight loss articles.