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Real Life Success Story: What You Really, Really Want

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Anyone who has successfully achieved their weight-loss goal and successfully maintained their new body weight for an extended period of time will tell you that it is only once you decide that you really want to lose the weight that it will actually happen. You can have a doctor telling you year after year, at every annual checkup, that you must lose some pounds. But if you do not really want it, you will most likely not apply yourself toward achieving even two pounds of weight loss.

Spend some time to determine what it is that you really, really want. Understanding the health benefits of losing weight, as well as the detriments to keeping it on, why is it that you do not really, really want to shed the pounds? Is there an underlying emotional reason that is preventing you from applying yourself toward achieving your weight loss goal? If so, addressing that issue could potentially save your help, both mentally and physically.

Isabel (name has been changed to protect anonymity) is a reader who has been battling weight loss for her entire life. Ever since she can remember, she has maintained by the way over 250 pounds. Now that she is 29 years old, and has had more doctors than she can remember advise her of the urgency to lose some weight, she is now ready to take on the challenge after determining that this is something that she really wants.

Her story relates a very emotional recollection of negative feelings that she has maintained about herself as she can remember. She will tell you that it is very difficult to make a commitment to altering your entire lifestyle while you are not feeling good about yourself. Once Isabel understood that it was her own negative self-image that was preventing her from committing to her weight-loss goals, she found the strength to overcome those feelings, even if it was just for a short amount of time.

After maintaining her commitment to a new lifestyle of monitoring her diet and engaging in a very regimented fitness plan, for the first time she feels comfortable in her own skin. She has achieved a few small milestones in the last several months. It is amazing how even the smallest of physical achievements can have a bearing on your mental outlook.

You can learn from Isabel's experiences by not allowing yourself to live another day empowering your negative self-image. If that is the reason that you are unable to make the commitments required to achieve your weight loss goal, it is possible that with a little coaching you can overcome those negative feelings. It is a tragedy that Isabel remained idle in those negative feelings for nearly 15 years. However it is also a heartwarming success that she has found a way to overcome in time to be able to start a brand-new life in her youth. Can you relate to Isabel's story? If you have overcome similar obstacles, please write us and let us know your story. By sharing your story, you just might inspire another reader who is able to relate to your experiences. By working together, we can help each other and ultimately achieve our overall goals.