What Matters For Permanent Weight Loss? Belief!

Welcome – I’m glad you’re here! Today we’re going to put the last piece in the puzzle of what really matters for permanent weight loss. We’ve talked about commitment and consistency and resiliency, all critical in getting to (and staying at) your weight loss goal. But there’s one more piece that’s crucial to getting you to where you want to go…

Belief.

In order to create this new body you want to live in, you have to actually believe that you can do it. It seems obvious that you wouldn’t even try to do something that you don’t believe is possible, so since you’re trying to lose weight, you must believe, right? Not exactly.

You hope that your new weight loss plan will work. You hope that the new supplement you ordered will be the trick you need to melt the pounds away. You hope that the trainer you hired will keep you motivated in and out of the gym. Hope is not belief.

Do you really believe you can lose your weight for good? Most of you are very quietly saying no to yourself right now. That’s ok. You can create belief!

Belief is a pattern of consistent thoughts, ones that you think so regularly that you believe them. The problem you have right now is that the thoughts you think aren’t the ones that believe you CAN and WILL lose weight. You’re thinking thoughts that work against your goal. Thoughts like:

I’m fat.

I haven’t been a normal weight since high school – I don’t think I’ll ever get back there.

My whole family is overweight. This is just how we are.

It’s so hard to lose weight.

Losing fifty pounds is way more than I’ve ever lost before.

I just don’t know if this is going to work.

These are the normal thoughts you think. Not the kind of thinking that creates weight loss, right? In order to get to your goal, you need a vision, an idea of what you’re creating.

When was the last time you sat down and imagined what it would feel like to be at your goal weight?

How would your body feel?

How would you dress?

What would it feel like to live in that body?

What might your new body look like?

Vision gives you a direction, something to believe in. You can practice belief in what you can create! But with no belief or vision, you’re not likely to make anything new. You’ll keep creating what you have right now.

It’s like when you buy something from Ikea and you open the box to find a million pieces that don’t look anything like the example in the store. You look at the directions and they don’t seem like they’re going to make what you thought you wanted. You have no idea if what you have right now is going to make what you want!

You need an idea of where you’re going to be able to create it. You may not know all the steps, but you must know what you’re creating. Spend some time envisioning what you want to become. You can create what you want – it starts with believing that you can!

You can do this! It’s not easy, but you can get to your goal. If you want a guide and accountability for your journey, I can help you! Email me at drandreachristianparks@gmail.com or schedule on my calendar to set up your free first session. You’ll get an hour of personalized help from me to help you get closer to your goal. Let’s get you where you want to be!

Need some inspiration for your vision? Here are two of my former clients and their before and after pictures. Read their stories here.