For many of us, it’s not a news flash that we weigh too much. Maybe we are secure enough in our lives that the paunch of the middle age doesn’t bother us. Or maybe we have been overweight for all of our adult years and have learned to live with it. Our weight could have yo-yoed so much over the years that we are sure there is no real solution to losing weight and keeping it off. Some women are too busy to deal with the 20 extra pounds three pregnancies have left behind. We don’t do anything about extra weight because the threat of diabetes doesn’t seem real enough.

So what about you? Are you worried enough about diabetes to try to shed those extra pounds? Have you given any thought to what ti will take to motivate you to examine and change your habits? What barriers are stopping you from taking action today, right this minute, in fact?

It is okay if improved health and diabetes prevention are not your primary motivation for losing weight. There can be many your primary motivation for losing weight. There can be many other personal benefits to getting to a lower number on the scale. What about appearance? Feeling better? Looking sexier? Fitting into a smaller size? Creating a body as buff as the 25 year old who lives next door? Feeling muscles in your arms and legs that you never knew existed? Keeping up with you kids as they in-line skate through the neighbourhood?

One way to figure out what will motivate you to make changes in your lifestyles is to think of all the benefits you will personally gain when you lose weight. No matter how silly or selfish they may seem, write down ten benefits in a journal or a notebook or on a stray piece of paper. Then force yourself to come up with ten more benefits — it’s often the second ten that are the real reasons you want to lose weight. In these you may find the real motivation for making a conscientious effort to manage your weight.

Putting all this into writing can make you see up front what you could gain if you started taking steps to manage your weight. Then once you are on the path toward a healthier lifestyle, this list will motivate you, reenergize you, and get you through the rough spots.

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