It seems as easy as ABC: Eat right, exercise, and then kiss goodbye to unwanted weight. But why do so many of us end up defeated over and over again, instead of emerging with a victory? Turns out our thoughts do contribute to our failures.
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You Think That Weight Loss Is All about Starvation
Do your body a favour, stop banning your favourite food and end starvation diets. Both of them not only make you feel deprived but also bored with the dullness of your regime. More often than not, the result is giving up and stuffing yourself with foods to make up for days of self-denial. Instead, start off by gradually changing your eating habits. Introduce small changes, incorporate healthier alternatives, and then taper down portion sizes slowly.
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You Think That A Support System Is Unnecessary
It’s not easy leading a one-man show, and more so when it comes to the matters of weight loss. Having no support or accountability makes it easy to quit. To overcome this, seek a support group that encourages you, and possibly buddy up with you in your weight loss journey. Sometimes, you might benefit finding support from somewhere besides your closed one, as it is much comforting to engage with those who are on the same journey.
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You Think That Successful Weight Loss Is More Important Than Weight Loss Maintenance
You might carry the flawed mentality about weight loss—starting a diet, achieving weight loss, and then you’re done. Yet sadly, the journey does not end there. Losing weight is only half the battle won, the real challenge is keeping the weight off over the long term. Rather than focusing on the short-term goal, seeking immediate results or harbouring unrealistic expectations, see that weight loss maintenance is about developing new habits and routines, and that it’s a lifetime commitment to your health.
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Momentum
If these reasons contribute to your lack of weight loss success, perhaps it’s time to seek help from Momentum. Momentum offers a lifestyle programme, which consists of 3 easy stages:
Stage 1, Diet Stage (27 days): Focuses on the loss of excess, and unhealthy fat, and consists of a fat- and low-carb diet with healthy and tasty recipes, two supportive food supplements: Carnitrin® en Multi Vita, and professional supervision (in person, by telephone, or via email).
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Carnitine plays a crucial role in energy production, helping fatty acids reach the mitochondria, the cell’s power producers, where they are converted into energy, In short, Carnitine helps the body to optimally burn energy.The multi-vitamins in the Momentum® box is to replace the vitamins we are missing from the diet. Hence, it is also an important source of the diet.
Stage 2, Stabilisation Stage (21 days): Diet will gradually expand to a normal eating pattern in order to stabilise the weight loss.
Stage 3, Life Stage: The last stage provides you with tools (e.g. nutritional guidelines, exercise tips, weekly recipes, shopping list) you need to continue your healthy lifestyle.
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Find out more about Momentum’s Lifestyle Programme here.