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by Dorthy Weatherbush
You are fat. Chubby, chunky, husky, robust, rotund, plump, portly, large, stout, stubby, blubbery, flabby: fat. Look in the mirror, at your pants size, on the scale. Perhaps it crept up on you one fast food lunch at a time. Maybe you’ve always been heavy. Either way, you’ve decided; today is your day. Your road to skinny starts now.
But how? There are the obvious answers. Diet, exercise, and eating right. Of course, you say. I knew you’d say that. I knew that. Everyone knows that. But really, how? What diet, which exercise? What if you fail? Well, you are going to be fat, same as now.
The hardest part of losing the weight will not come to you in the gym. Sweating will not be your demise. Your downfall will come slowly. You will be excited at first, but then the doubt will set in. Or the worry, or the time constraints. What can you do to circumvent all of these things? What is the miracle answer behind finally dropping the weight that has been holding you down too long? The answer is so simple. The road to thin just got a little less treacherous.
The single most important factor to ensuring a successful weight loss is this: determine your why. Why do you want to lose the weight? Of course you want to be healthy or look attractive, but what truly guides your desire. Think deeply: envision yourself thin. What are you doing, where are you going, what are you wearing? This is your answer. Write it down. Flesh it out until it is exactly, precisely the moment you are working toward.
If you want to be healthier, more beautiful, and keep pace with your children, you ‘why’ may be “to roller blade at the park with your kids wearing your new pair of hot pants.” Make it real for yourself. Keep it in a journal somewhere. Write down at least 10 good ‘whys’. Now that you have them written they are in stone and easily referenced. Use these as motivation to continue on your journey and as a reminder of why you are doing what you are doing. Is it a vacation that you want?
A picture of the small seats on European public transportation will remind you to keep on that treadmill. A clothes catalog in the take out menu drawer will magically remind you how to make a salad. Your weight loss journey and the motivation it takes to make it triumphant are very personal, but your whys shouldn’t be. Remember to share them with them people close to you. Telling others about your goals will give you yet another reason to do well.
No matter what you ‘whys’ are, your answer lies within yourself. Your reasons why you want to lose weight will be ultimately the driving force behind all that you do in your life. Your ‘why’ will get you out of bed in the morning, or off the couch in the middle of the day. It will tie your shoes. It will make that salad look like a burger and make those sore muscles feel like a day at the spa. Armed with your own personal secret weapon, your ticket to weight loss is not far away.
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