Roadmap to Weight Reduction SuccessPosted by Nick Niesen on October 26th, 2010 There?s an old saying; ?If you don?t know where you are going, all roads lead there (nowhere!)? I speak to many people who want to reduce their wait and the first thing I ask them is ?how much do you want to reduce your weight by?? ?Oh I don?t know, I am just getting rid of my excess weight? or ?I?m just trying to lose a bit? In fact I would estimate that 95% of the people I speak to do not know exactly how much they want to reduce their weight by! When you couple this with the fact that 95% of people who want to reduce their weight never succeed you start to see a bigger picture. I would also say that a large amount of those people also do not know how much they weigh in the first place, how can you know if you are succeeding if you don?t know where you started from and where you want to go? The simple answer is YOU CAN?T! The title of this article is ?The Roadmap to Success? so let me carry on with that metaphor. If you are going on a journey and you needed to get to a specific place that you had never been before would you just set off and hope for the best? No of course you wouldn?t. You may use an atlas or print a map off of the internet, you may phone the place that you are going so they can give you directions or ask someone that has been there before. Can you hear what I am saying? Do you see where I am going with this? If you can plan a journey with this much detail so that you get to where you want to be what is stopping you from planning your ?weight reduction journey? like this and giving yourself the best chance of getting to where you want to be? The answer might be that you don?t really know where to start; well I am here to help you. Below is a 7 point guide to planning your ?Roadmap to Success? use it to ensure you give yourself the best possible chance of reaching your destination. 1.Find out where you are now! That?s right it means weighing yourself. I know that people who are overweight generally do not like weighing themselves; I have been there and know the feeling. Trust me when I say that this is an essential part of the journey. Just do it. So by now you should have your journey planned, now get started, enjoy the journey and reach your destination. You have my very best wishes. Graham Nicholls Like it? Share it!More by this author |