Are you waiting for the right time to get healthy?

If you are like most people, before you start a diet, you spend a great deal of time thinking about it and trying to create the optimum circumstances in your life for starting. For most people, this means finding the best moment when life isn’t going to be too hectic and you’ll have the proper focus to allow yourself to be successful. Let’s face it, no one wants to fail. And, since most people have been on previous diets, they are all too aware of the commitment and dedication that it takes to succeed. So, in knowing this, it’s natural that we consider timing and having the right circumstances for success to be incredibly high priorities. Here’s, the bad news…!! What tends to happen while we are waiting for this perfect moment to begin is that time begins to pass. Yes, we have all the best intentions and reasons for waiting, but for whatever reason, we typically don’t start because we don’t want to let ourselves down. We want to be successful and in our fear of failure, we end up sitting on the sidelines and waiting and thinking about losing weight, but not starting. Even worse, we know that we have made the decision to go on a diet, but not necessarily when or how, and then we actually begin to eat more. As if telling ourselves that since I will be starting a diet soon, it’s alright to enjoy a little bit extra right now. So, while our thoughts and decisions to start a diet are often filled with the best of intentions, they often become a very vicious cycle. And, for some, this cycle of deciding to go on a diet, but never truly starting, can lead to years of good intentions, but continued weight gain and unhappiness in the process. Here’s, the good news…!! Getting started is probably one of the most liberating things that you will ever do in your life. Just by starting and taking baby steps and putting one foot in front of the other, you can then look yourself in the mirror and know that you are doing everything in your power to be successful and that whether you were ready or not, you are doing it!!! Think in terms of the Nike slogan..."Just do it!" Yes, taking the first step may seem scary, but the truth of the matter is that after you have done it, you'll realize it wasn't so bad. Then, you'll have made it through the first day, then, a few days, then, a week! And, having accomplished that, you'll come to the realization that you are losing weight and taking back control. And, with this knowledge comes something even more powerful....All you have to do to be successful is to just repeat the process. Simply stick to the program and repeat it. Don't deviate or interpret, but just continue to do what you have been doing and reaching your goal weight will then become a matter of just putting in the time! So, as I mentioned above, don't waste your time waiting for the perfect moment to start. Life is way too short to spend on the sidelines...So, get in the game and start and get started.

Hamilton Erridge is a weight loss professional. New Lifestyle Diet helps people lose weight and stay healthy by providing information and resources that help people make a lifestyle change so that the extra pounds shed are never put back on.