Although we re living in an age when there is a thousand times more information on health and nutrition and weight loss, there have never been more overweight people in history! This doesn t make a lot of sense, something is terribly wrong. Could it be that the diets are designed so you ll always have to keep buying them to look your best? Can it be that foods are prepared in such a way that you become addicted to them and can t stop eating even though you keep getting fatter? Is it that we are so emotionally messed up that we treat food like a pacifier? Or is it a deadly combination of all the above and more?

Even though skin-and-bones models stare back at us from the pages of magazines and TV screens, they have no power to encourage the uncomfortably full figured to shed the extra pounds. If anything, the average overweight woman takes one look at their tiny measurements and heads straight to the kitchen in total disgust at her inability to fit into a size 4 miniskirt. Criticism won t do it and all the statistics won t either.
Sad to say, most diets don t work it doesn t matter whose name is attached to it. And exercise alone has little effect. On the other hand, the combination of both healthy eating habits and regular exercise seems to do the trick for some. But the truth is that unless you identify the culprit that caused you to put on all that weight, chances are that every new idea will work for a time and then you ll slide right back down into the fat zone.

1. Why do you want to lose weight? Is it because you re convinced that you need to be healthier or is because you caught your husband staring at a really slim woman? Sit down and take the time to identify the real reason behind your desire to become thinner because unless you re doing it for yourself, won over by the promise of a healthier future, it s going to be a lot harder to shed the extra pounds. A recently married young woman commented to me the other day that she needed to lose a serious amount of weight. I asked her where she had gotten that idea. Her answer was that people were telling her that it wasn t a good thing to get pregnant while she was fat. I then asked her: “what do you think?” Her immediate answer was “I think I look great, so does my husband!” I smiled at her enthusiasm then encouraged her to be herself and not fall into the trap of living according to other people s opinions.

2. What are you willing to do to get rid of the extra weight? I have listened to many women complain that they really need to lose 10 or 20 or more pounds. My answer is always direct: become a vegetarian and exercise for an hour every day. Most of them flinch at my suggestion. Give up chicken? Never! One woman declared with eyes open wide. Well, needless to say she s still sporting 50 additional pounds in all the wrong places. Unless you re completely willing to do whatever it takes-stop complaining!

3. When did you start gaining the weight? Growing up chubby is still no excuse for your current size. Contrary to popular belief, you don t inherit fat. What you do inherit are unhealthy eating habits. Pregnancy is also not justification for carrying around extra weight. A woman I met was still using that sorry excuse even though her youngest child was already in preschool! Take a look at your past and try to determine when it was that you lost control and write it down. That information might come in handy if you re faced with the same situation in the future. My next door neighbor is a beautiful petite young woman. One day I saw her and almost fainted she had gained about 40 pounds in a month! Apparently she was going through some emotional turmoil and ate her cares away.

4. Have you cleaned up the inside? It s one thing to look at yourself in the mirror and say “Girl, you are fine! Let s see how good you re going to look with 5 pounds less.” And a totally different thing to go: “You are a fat cow! You d better take off some pounds if you want to look human again!” If you constantly berate yourself with hateful words you ll have a harder time getting rid of the pounds. Always remember that your thoughts control your actions. So pay attention to how you talk to yourself. If you have fallen into the habit of saying mean and hurtful things at your reflection, it s time to stop. Also, check to see if you re harbouring any resentment, unforgiveness, envy or distrust. Negative feelings have a way of boycotting your efforts of self-improvement.

I know some of you might be thinking “easy for her to say, she s probably skinny!” Well I m not. I struggled with weight for a while and I know that there s a lot more to losing it than fad diets and aerobics. Vegetarianism and a one-hour brisk walk every evening has worked for me. I encourage you to find what will do the trick for you.
Lastly, it doesn t matter what size you are, always remember that you are a wonderful human being.

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