The Psychology Of Weight Loss: 10 Tricks To Get You In The Zone

Losing weight isn’t just a physical struggle. It’s also a battle against your mind. Cravings will rear their ugly heads, your discipline might falter, and your self-confidence could dip unexpectedly. So how do we fight this battle with our own minds? What are some good strategies for maintaining mental discipline? Nobody said it was easy, but there are some great tips out there for those who are fighting that demon on their shoulder that’s telling them to just give up and drink that extra chocolate espresso Frappuccino! The psychology of weight loss is a complex thing, but when you understand it you will be very well equipped to lose tons of weight fast.

1. Set Goals

One of the best ways to get your mind ready for the unnerving task of losing weight is to set goals. This is a tactic that can be used for pretty much any situation, but it’s especially useful with the psychology of weight loss. When you set realistic goals for yourself, you can tackle things one pound at a time. Losing hundreds of pounds may see impossible, but when you split it up into segments of a a few pounds each month, it starts to seem…

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To any runner who thinks they are “Too slow”

To any runner who thinks they are “too slow”.

Most people who classify themselves as runners favorite pastime is to screenshot and post their latest workout around the block. Focusing on their pace and time it took them to do it. Which may leave you feeling a little inadequate knowing your own times without having to post them every time you take a trip around your usual route.

While there is nothing you can do to combat the never ending workout selfies and running timer’s people post on their own social media you can choose to ignore them. Every time you get out there and run, you are free.

You are never too slow to burn the calories and work on losing the weight. No matter how slow you go it is better than sitting still.

You are never too slow to watch the sunrise and enjoy and still quiet before the earth wakes up for the day while you’ve already began your journey.

You are never to slow to give a fellow runner a nod of approval or even a labored “Good morning” as you past each other on the dewy morning sidewalk.

You own the road.

You may start to overthink your runs. You may ever start to think am I good enough to be out on the road. No one is watching you (really), everyone else you see if just trying to hit their mile times same as you and if they are walking, well, they are probably trying to think about what to make for dinner. Or if he’s going to text back, but at least they are moving forward.

You will still get stronger

Your quads will get stronger; you will fall in love with the power of your feet striking the cement, or the dirt. Your will be amazed as the miles become easier and you begin to set your alarm clock at 5:45 am and even if that doesn’t get any easier. The miles will.

You revel in your success

You are not to slow to chug chocolate milk and remember doing the same thing as a 7 year old.

You are not to slow to become a runner, because you already are one.

Non-Scale Victories to Look Out For

• Better body temperature regulation

• Not tiring out as quickly

• Sleeping better

• Regularity in the bathroom

• Spatial awareness - fitting through things easier, not hitting hips or body on the corner of things or doorways

• Starting to crave unhealthy things less

• Looser clothing is an obvious one, even smaller shoe size

• In some cases with more water consumption, and I know it helped with me but the fading of stretch marks as I lost weight

• Positive demeanor, likely to be more motivated to do everyday things

Feel free to add on! There are soooo many ways to measure your progress other than the scale, it’s so easy to be discouraged but please look for other indicators like these!

Tbh I am definitely WAAAY more happier with nonscale victories because it shows that there are more changes happening than just numbers.

Another nonscale victory that I don’t see up here is looking forward to the physical activity that you have chosen. I get super antsy on rest days now because I want to be doing SOMETHING at least. I think that once a person realizes that exercise isn’t just a tool for weight/fat loss they see it differently and it becomes soemthing that they enjoy doing and not a punishment.

Yesssss! 👏🏻

I agree, that’s a great one! I always want to be moving even though I should be resting, always tryna get in my own ear about a power walk or a hike 🙄

Lunch ideas

These are actually amazing??? This can really help me eat more??? And are legit good and creative lunches??? THANK YOU IM AAAAAAAAA-

Awesome :)

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Here’s a hard truth: getting back into shape isn’t easy, or glamorous, or fun, or sexy. It isn’t quick, it isn’t painless, and it isn’t pretty.

This is what it is: it’s staying in on a Saturday night so you can hydrate and get enough sleep before a long run that is exactly a quarter of the distance you used to run on long run days. It’s convincing yourself that that run even matters, short as it is. It’s convincing yourself to take that run seriously, short as it is.

It’s wearing compression socks under your jeans to work, hoping your over-worked legs will miraculously feel better by the time your run rolls around. It’s using every mental trick you know - just get to that lamppost, just get to that fire hydrant, just get to your street - to keep yourself running when they don’t.

It’s rolling out a mat and doing core work at the foot of your bed after you run, even though you’d rather be in that bed, preferably watching Netflix with a glass of wine. It’s doing yoga videos alone in your basement. It’s bringing your foam roller with you wherever you go, and trying to laugh it off when your friends make fun of you, again, for taking it so seriously. 

It’s schlepping it to the gas station during a snowstorm so you can buy two bags of ice. It’s shivering while you carry them inside your house. It’s shivering even harder when you lower yourself into a homemade ice bath and force yourself to sit there for 20 minutes. It’s hoping that it works.

It’s two plates at dinner, trying to make sure you’re eating enough. It’s forcing yourself to drive to the store on a weeknight when you run out of frozen vegetables. It’s praying that that thing you heard about bananas speeding up recovery is true because everything hurts and you have a run on the schedule and you can’t skip a day because you’ll lose momentum.

It’s learning that momentum is a precious thing - the most precious thing. It’s realizing that it doesn’t matter how bright the fire burns, as long as it’s still alive. It’s dedicating your entire existence to stoking it, in the big ways and the small ways, doing whatever you can to make sure that when you wake up in the morning, you’ve still got a spark to work with.

It’s not easy. It’s not glamorous. It’s not fun, or sexy, or quick, or painless. It really, truly is not pretty. 

But I have to believe it will be worth it.