By Nadasdi Thomas L
Despite the fact that taking action is important, you'll undoubtedly want to have some sort of assurance that you're on the right track. After all, with the abundance of information about weight loss that is out there (and in many cases, actually conflicts with one another), things can get slightly confusing. In terms of your mindset however, it is crucially important that you are confident that you're on the right path.
If you aren't too confident, and you don't see results, you could end up abandoning your efforts altogether, and maybe even end up disheartened or disillusioned. On the other hand, if you are confident in your path, but mistakenly so, you could end up wasting a lot of time. To sum it up: You need to know what works and what doesn't.
While in some cases, weight loss may end up being a case of trial and error, in others, you can avoid even having to go through the trials, and the errors. One great rule of thumb to follow is simply the age-old saying, "If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is!" Considering that there are constantly new miracle-weight-loss products that promise incredible results, but with very little (if any!) solid evidence to back them up, it shouldn't be too tough to spot those that are blatantly not 'real'. However, even that doesn't narrow things down nearly enough, which is where the trial and error part does come into play.
Fortunately, you already have a process by which to evaluate your methods (we discussed it in the last section, remember?), so all that you need to now do is a little bit of homework on whatever paths you're considering. That way, you'll at least have a rough idea what you're getting yourself into!
Frankly speaking, what works for one person when it comes to losing weight may not work half as well for someone else. Due to the sheer amount of factors that are involved, it is close to impossible to find a 'one size fits all' regime. So the key to your 'right path' is to simply find the path that suits you best, whatever that may be! Choosing types of exercise or diets (or any other weight loss regimes) that suit you is something that is based on a few main factors:
1. Never pick a regime that you can't fit into your schedule, chances are you won't end up sticking to it for long.
2. Choose a regime that you could possibly enjoy, at least slightly. If you pick something that you actually like, you are that much more likely to stick with it.
3. Don't try to take on too much, too soon. For example, if you haven't exercised much, trying to run 10 miles a day would be close to impossible.
Follow these three guidelines, and you should be able to come up with something that is fitting. To further what we've been discussing about 'structure' and 'paths', there's one more key component to the right mindset that will help you accomplish both. Think you can guess what it is?
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