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You go into the weight-loss process with all the same potential causes for failure that you might have taken with you into a math exam. Check these out:
- believing your capability is low
- unsuccessful past experiences
- lack of preparation
- too much worry
- comparing yourself unfavorably with others
- problem-solving paralysis
- uncomfortable feelings
- intrusive thoughts
- apathy and avoidance
- diverted attention
- needing to over-compensate
- too concerned with guarding against failure
- intellectual energy sapped by managing emotions
Your ability to use the best weight-loss strategies is dependent upon directly addressing these potential causes for failure.
If math posed a big problem for you, you might have said to yourself, I’m not good at math, and left it like that. But you can’t do this when you want to lose excess weight and work on how to keep the weight off for good? You don’t have to get a hundred, but you do have to do what it takes.
