Are We Ready to Lose Weight?

Here are ten questions to ponder on and answer to make sure:

• Are we willing to take an objective look at ourselves and our attitudes toward food and exercise?


• Will we be willing to weigh ourselves at least once a week?


• Are we going to commit the time needed to lose weight like preparing to eat healthy meals and exercising?


• Are we willing to give up our quest for the next diet for a quick-lose plan?


• Will we be able to accept losing one or two pounds a week?


• Will we be able to accept that some weeks we will not lose weight?


• Do we possess a good attitude toward the effort we will have to exert and have reasonable expectations?

The aforementioned questions are the things we have to make sure we can honestly answer affirmatively to be ready to embark on this journey to good health. Losing weight may be important but is it important enough for all the energy and effort to achieve our goal?

It is not realistic to want to lose weight if we do not know the changes that are required. Other people eat because they enjoy it. But some people use it as an escape from something unpleasant in their lives. Food sometimes have a calming effect on people. We have to ponder all of these issues so they will not stand in our way.

Let's give ourselves a readiness test to see if we are prepared to do what it takes. How important is this losing weight? Are we confident we could lose weight? Will we be willing to reduce the food portions we eat now, and more importantly, will we be confident we can do this?

Regarding exercise which is an integral part of losing weight, how important is it to us to increase our physical activity? Are we confident we can do this? Are we going to make excuses and rationalizations if we cannot exercise on some days?

Once we have these issues out of the way, we will be better prepared to start the regiment of losing weight by eating less and moving more. Just think of what we are trying to avoid. Diabetes and its complications. This should be enough motivation to spur us on.

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