Losing Weight Means Believing You Can
attitude, self esteem
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A recent study shows that believing you will be able to lose weight makes a big difference on whether you'll be able to lose the weight or not. Feel like you can't drop the weight no matter what you do? Maybe that feeling is your biggest obstacle.
The study was performed by Queensland University of Technology and headed by Rhonda Anderson. She claims that self-efficacy plays a role in whether people actually lose weight or not. The survey was performed with more thatn 560 subjects, who were surveyed on their diet and exercise habits. Although the exact numbers were not available, the results showed that a significant number of those who believed they could lose weight, lost it.
So what does this mean?
Think positive. You have to really set your goals and believe you can achieve them - or at least come close. Even if you initially don't think you can do it, lie to yourself. There's nothing to lose if you're wrong... right? So no matter what you think at the moment, tell yourself that you can do it, and you're chances of "doing it" will greatly increase.
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on 5/4/2008
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