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Want to Lose Weight? 4 Psychological Tricks That Really help
One of these could unlock progress for you
Losing weight is hard. Maintaining a healthy weight once you’ve got there is even harder. I know because I’ve done it. Succeeded. And failed. And gone again.
Yup, it’s hard.
But through years of struggle, you learn. You pick up things that work. I’m not talking diet tips here, I’m talking about mindset. Ways of thinking. Conversations you have with yourself.
Because at the end of the day, losing weight, like anything and everything else… is all in your mind.
Build A Streak
Momentum is everything in life. You’re never still, you’re either moving forwards or backwards, and usually accelerating too.
In terms of weight loss, this is a double-edged sword.
Nothing is more dangerous than the “screw it” mentality that means that once you mess up once, you use it as a way to justify to yourself that one more beer / cake / pizza / contents of an entire biscuit tin won’t do any more harm.
Newsflash — it will. It does.
But, on the flip-side is the good news. Hit your goals one day and you’re more likely to hit them the next. Have a day off the…
