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One of the things that happens when you are determined to do something about your unwanted weight is you lose some of your freedom. Right in the thinking or planning stages you become aware that by taking action you will no longer be free like you have been. As a result, you could very well find yourself attracted to other alternatives rather than go ahead and begin your weight loss routine. Or you might look for ways to get back what you are about to lose.

It’s best if you can understand your strong reaction to the loss of freedom and do what you can not to limit your freedom even further. In other words, don’t put more pressure on yourself to go ahead despite the loss of freedom. See if you can find a more self-compassionate way of proceeding.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Friday, September 26, 2014 in Weight Loss Advice/information | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

When Trying to Lose Some Weight, Did You Fail Again? Then What?

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The weight loss process is not without its ups and downs, as you might well know. One of the downs occurs quite frequently when you fail. Failing to live up to your promises. Failing to live up to your expectations. There is even failing to do what you are supposed to do. If you have your mind set on losing unwanted weight, you will have to deal effectively with failure.

Can you say to yourself that you still believe you can do what it takes to lose weight after you fail? If so, and if you are sincere about believing in yourself still, then you are way ahead of the curve.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Thursday, September 25, 2014 in Failure | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

Compassion as a Weight Loss Strategy

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There are a lot of slips between the cup and the lip if you are trying to lose some weight. This can lead to frustration, discouragement, and worse. The mistakes you make and the failures you experience can cause you to make some pretty harsh self-evaluations.

Into the fray comes compassion. This is where you find a way to accept your experiences no matter how difficult or troublesome they may be. You are kind to yourself rather than critical. You treat yourself with warmth and understanding and thereby promote the psychological strength, which you need to go on losing unwanted weight.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 in Strategy | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

Need Help Losing Weight? Here’s What You Might Have to Overcome.

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When it comes to losing your excess weight, do you have as a priority short-term mood regulation while putting off your long-term goal achievement? Are you biased towards the present and away from the future? Do you do what is immediately more rewarding? Do you get lost in the moment? What about giving in to feeling good? Do you give in to feeling good? Are you easily distracted by less challenging, more pleasurable pursuits? Do you favor effortless activities? If the answer to any or all of these questions is yes, you will definitely be at a disadvantage for shedding your extra pounds.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 in Procrastinating | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

See How Your Personal Goals for Losing Excess Weight Can Make All the Difference

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What are some of your goals for losing unwanted weight? Of course you’re going to say eat less or eat differently. You may even say one of your goals is to exercise more regularly. Then there is the universall goal to stay on your diet.

Besides these easy to cite routine goals you most likely have some other very important standard goals. How about getting rid of the foods and snacks that you had plenty of before you started your weight loss routine? You might also vow to keep yourself in a good mood, avoid brooding, try not to let anything or anyone make you too tense. Some people even change their sleep routine so they can get more sleep. It’s as if they are in training for an important event.

Another set of goals that may come into play when you are determined to lose your unwanted weight has to do with your personality. There can be things about your personality you don’t like. While these characteristics and behaviors do not directly have to do with food and eating, you might try to change them so they do not in any way spoil your chance to reduce your weight. For example, a personality trait you may think needs changing is the way you put yourself first with people. Perhaps you see this trait as a form of greed, and you certainly want to do everything possible to keep greed out of your system when you're trying to shed those extra pounds.

What are some of your goals for losing your unwanted weight, especially those goals that are more personal and not just run of the mill?

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Monday, September 22, 2014 in Goals/Planning/Intentions/Expectations | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

Women’s Weight Loss—Are You Being Good

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What does being good on your weight loss regimen entail? Does it have to do with making lots of accomplishments like getting weight loss step after weight loss step well in hand? Does it mean taking calculated risks like trying out your new resolve at the dinner party this Saturday? Being good on your weight loss regimen could also mean taking a more conservative approach like making sure you eat safely and responsibly. What’s your most comfortable way of “being good” at your weight loss routine? As you can see, one size of being good doesn’t fit all.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Friday, September 19, 2014 in How to Get There | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

Is There Self-Objectification in Your Life

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What is self-objectification and are you guilty of it? Self-objectification is when you believe your body represents most of your identity. In other words, you put the most stock in your physical appearance and not the other things that are important about you, like your achievements or your personality.

When you self-objectify, you are quite concerned about how other people see your body. In fact, if you are a self-objectifier you take on the perspective of how your body looks to other people. You see your body as an object something other people admire or criticize. Other indications of self-objectification are frequent and habitual monitoring of your appearance and persistently comparing your body to the bodies of other women or to a so-called ideal body.

Are you guilty of self-objectification? If you are, you probably are quite familiar with the consequences, which can be considerable dissatisfaction with your body, painful focus on your body’s shortcomings, shame in regard to your body, anxieties about your body, worry that others are evaluating your body negatively, and disordered eating.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Thursday, September 18, 2014 in Body Image/Self-Image | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

What You Can Do About the Weight Loss Process Taking Time

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Changing your eating pattern so it is not weight gaining or excessively weight maintaining is by necessity a long-term process. A substantial change in your pattern of eating is the result of you learning new skills and using these new skills to replace a set of old, well-developed skills.

As you go along day after day, meal after meal trying to develop these new ways to deal with eating, with food, and with your feelings, don’t, whatever you do, lose hope. While skill building is a long-term process, keep a look out for hidden skills that are components of the skills you are trying to build. They are there, facilitating the skill-building process. But they may go undetected until you assemble them into a more obvious skill, so make sure you take a good look for them. Knowing that your new skills are growing is a way to keep your motivation and hope from taking a nosedive.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 in Skill | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

Do You Find It Difficult to Lose Weight? If So, What's Eating You Up?

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What are you in the dark about in regard to your eating and your weight that your behavior reveals? By observing your behavior in detail and in depth in various food and non-food situations you can begin to see what you couldn’t say about yourself. For example, someone who perceives herself in relationships as passive and helpless and others as dominant and controlling may compensate for the closeness she can’t have by turning to a pattern of eating dominated by excessive eating and weight gain.

See what it is about yourself, your eating pattern, and excessive weight gain that you can’t say. Then see it so you can say it.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 in Emotions and Eating | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

When a Weight Issue is a Psychological Matter

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Sandra has been trying to lose weight now off and on for about 20 years. She is forty-two, the mother of a fourteen year old and a ten year old, the wife of a successful landscaper, and a darn good nurse who works three twelve-hour shifts each week.

Sandra is a firm believer that her eating behavior, which has been nothing but trouble for her, is one way she keeps herself from feeling that life isn’t worth it. She’s had this insight for some time, but she has been afraid to look further into it for fear she might never be her same self again.

To get to this point in her understanding of herself, Sandra in her twenties was oblivious to her fear. She ate over her fear so successfully she didn’t know her eating was anything but eating, and weight gaining at that. As she got older, she began to realize her eating was a form of relief and protection from her dread that life wasn’t worth it for her. This is where Sandra is stuck. She hasn’t been able to investigate her dread more fully. She probably needs help, but she is too frightened and too proud to get it.

Posted by Maria's Last Diet on Monday, September 15, 2014 in Emotions and Eating, Psychology | Permalink | TrackBack (0)

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Losing Some Weight Means Losing Some Freedom

When Trying to Lose Some Weight, Did You Fail Again? Then What?

Compassion as a Weight Loss Strategy

Need Help Losing Weight? Here’s What You Might Have to Overcome.

See How Your Personal Goals for Losing Excess Weight Can Make All the Difference

Women’s Weight Loss—Are You Being Good

Is There Self-Objectification in Your Life

What You Can Do About the Weight Loss Process Taking Time

Do You Find It Difficult to Lose Weight? If So, What's Eating You Up?

When a Weight Issue is a Psychological Matter

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