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I am actually trying this right now. I'm skeptical that it will work because I only ever seem to lose weight when really trying By definition this will take a

• Jtsummers 6y ago
  Just my recommendation because this mindset has worked well for me over the years: Don't think too much about losing weight when picking up a new fitness/exercise habit. Think about other fitness and health goals more specifically, the weight will usually follow. If you focus on weight, the initial lag or a change in your body composition (I was exercising regularly for nearly 2 months before I lost more than 5 lbs, and then I lost another 25 in the next few months) can be sufficiently demotivating to cause you to quit even though you are getting something beneficial from the activity. What's worked for me and for my friends I've worked with is a focus on what kind of activity you can do, for how long, and to what level of exertion. If it's walking, on a non-exercise day try going for a much longer than normal walk or a much faster than normal walk, it's a kind of test. Is that 5 mile hiking trail now easier for you than at the start? If so, then does it matter that your weight has plateaued or is the fact that you can do something you couldn't before more important? Focusing on the improved capability and then trying to focus on sustaining that has helped me a lot more than thinking of weight itself as a goal or primary goal. (That said, it was a goal for me, just a secondary or tertiary goal.)
• ec109685 6y ago
  The article talks about coupling it with sticking to 2k calories a day, which will be important to the transformation.