Why All Diets Fail

What is it that all failed diets have?

Is it down to nutrition and calories?

What is it?

Personally, the reason diets fail is the person doing the dieting hasn't come up with a big enough reason why they want to lose weight.

The self help guru Anthony Robbins put it's like this «If you have a big enough «WHY» you can do anything!»

So what power does the word «WHY» have over us?

«Why» is the reason we do most things in life.

For example:

Q: Why do you brush your teeth every day? (Well, I hope you do)

A: To prevent gum disease and all your teeth from rotting and falling out.

Q: Why do you wash yourself?

A: To keep clean and not smell of body odor.

You get the idea by now, but there's a difference in the power of a WHY.

Now compare these WHY's with the ones above:

Q: Why do I go to work?

A: Because I need some the money to pay my bills and feed my children or I'll be living on the street and starving.

Q: Why did you give up smoking?

A: Because my doctor said if I don't stop smoking I'd probably die in the next 6 months.

The stronger the reasons why the more power if it gives to see whatever you're doing right though to the end.

Now at this moment what's your why?

Why are you looking to lose weight?

If you're not really sure or have a vague reason that won't be enough to keep you going to the finish line.

So what can you do? Here's a simple exercise (don't worry it doesn't involve any sweating!)

Just grab a pen and paper and make up a list of reasons WHY you want to lose weight.

Before you start writing here are some questions you could ask yourself first.

1. Why do I really want to lose weight?

•Is it because your spouse or partner is nagging you?
•Is it for health reasons?
•Is it so you can go out and play with your kids?

2. What's the bright side in all of this?

•If I lost weight how would your life improve?
•What would I be able to then that I can't do now?

3. Did I do enough in the past to lose weight?

•Did I really give my weight loss efforts everything in the past or did I enter that last diet half heart fully?

4. Am I happy at where I am today?

•Am I happy being overweight?
•Is it putting limits on my life and possibly how long I'll live for?

Got your list of whys done?

Good! Now don't pass up on this simple exercise, it will make all the difference to weight loss results you're about to get.

Now I hope you've been really honest with yourself here and come up with genuine reasons why you wan to lose weight.

The stronger the better, you need some whys that have a lot of emotion attached to them.

For example I read a story of a man who was a very heavy smoker and tried everything to stop smoking and nothing worked. Until his small daughter came up to him one day and asked him to give up smoking cigarettes.

He laughed it off and asked why?

She told him that she wanted him to stop because she wanted him to give her away at her wedding and if he continued smoking the way he was he mightn't be around to do that.

He said that he put out his cigarette there and then and he never smoked another one.

All those time in the past he never had a big enough why to give up smoking, until his daughter gave him one.

So find that reason why you want to lose weight and write in down. What things are you're going to lose out on if you don't lose weight, and what things are you going to gain by losing weight.

When have your list done,(keep it to yourself no one else should know about it) keep it on you at all times and when the doubts start to come in or you think you'll never be able to do it, just take out your list and remind yourself WHY you're going to lose that extra weight.