No self control Help me!

Its takes deep down sheer determination to lose weight. It's something you need to convince yourself of. It's definitely not easy. Weight doesn't come off overnight, unless you're in the super obese category. If not, then you'll have to learn to be happy with a pound a week, and the more you lose then 1/2 lb. to 1/4 loss in a week. If you can't convince yourself that this is what you need to do, then no one else can convince you to stay with it.

The closer you are to goal weight the slower it comes off. So your gratification comes from the marathon and not the sprint.

If you really want something that bad you'll move mountains to get it.

Good Luck

First part to having good willpower is to figure out why you want to lose the weight. Is it for health reasons or vanity? You will come back to this reason often to give yourself strength. For me it is for vanity, I am just sick of being overweight. To give me strength I look at pictures of people to see what I want to achieve. It help me visualize myself and give me willpower.

Second part just comes from a good nutritious diet, eat smart. I tried just counting calories and just eating whatever. It didn't work for me because my diet was crap eating simple carbs that left me always hungry and leaving room for me to always want to cheat on my diet. Eating smart is to instead of having a white toast. You can eat two wheat toast get better nutrition and stay fuller longer. Another example is instead for have a salad of iceberg lettuce, which mostly water, eat spinich or kale. Much more nutritious and you don't get hungry as fast. Eating good food high in protein and fat really helps me stay full too. And I am not talking about eating a cheeseburger.

Hope this helps, it works for me down 18lbs and going. Good luck.

Set yourself much much smaller goals, (don't need to be weight related). Even wrote a list of things you should be or want to do, you'll get the gratification of having done the small goals much faster and much more frequently.

Works for me, I feel amazing when I hit a big goal but the little goals keep me on track.

I felt the same way but I had to take the pressure off of myself and celebrate the little victories. I didn't put restrictions on myself I just tried to make better choices when grocery shopping or eating out and eventually I started to see the impact of those choices so I kept it going. If you have a bad meal or a bad day that's lIfe, we all have them you have to put it behind you and KEEP GOING.

Baby steps lead to success you can build on. A short 15 to 20 minute walk after each meal to kick your metabolism into gear will show results quickly. Trying not to eat after 7pm also helps. Calories consumed after 7 usually go straight to fat storage. Stretching that evening walk to 40 minutes can keep your body burning calories all night while you sleep. You can win this battle!!!!!!