No Parking Zone for Weight Loss

Today I was at a shopping center and overheard a couple arguing about the walk from the car to the door. Apparently for him it was too far. He angrily chided his wife for passing up all the “good spots” closer to the entrance.

She snapped back that if he wanted her to lose the weight, he had better just shut it up and walk a few extra yards with her.

It was awkward, and kind of amusing at the same time. He was whining and she was ticked off.

But she totally made her point and instead of trying to argue the point anymore, he sucked in his own gut, pulled up his pants around his waist, and quietly followed her to the door.

For a lot of people, losing weight totally sucks. But for others, who know where to find the right program and support, it can be an easier task.

The key is to find the program that you think you can tolerate, and then go about making other incremental chances as you go, picking up new, healthy habits to slowly replace the old bad ones. That’s what is going to make the long-term changes.

That’s also what will make the efforts of today more permanent. No one likes the yo-yo effect…where you struggle to drop a dozen pounds only to consider yourself “cured” and go off the program only to find immediately that your weight is loyal…it ALWAYS comes back and likes to bring along friends.

If you want your weight loss to last your whole life, then why would you ever consider making temporary changes to achieve it?

That’s not to say that programs out there that are easy to use and immediately effective aren’t good. Some of them really are. And they are good because they can be continued beyond the 12 or so weeks that would be the typical course for most ‘trend’ diets.

The easiest programs to stick to are the ones that don’t ask you to suddenly and drastically change every little thing in your life. They are the ones that add new behaviors that are easy for anyone to do, and that are safe and natural.

The beauty of these successful programs is that once you start them and ‘get your feet wet’ a little by adding new behaviors, you are very likely going to be more successful in stamping out over time the bad behaviors, like trying to find absolutely the closest spot possible.

Unless you have a disability that affects your mobility or you are parking somewhere that is kind of “iffy” safety wise, there shouldn’t be any reason to pick the easy, up-front spot.

Stairs versus elevator is another easy change. If you are going somewhere that is less than say, 3 flights up and is in a pretty safe building, go for the climb.

These aren’t new tips by any means, but the ‘kick in the pants’ might be. Don’t make excuses for why you can’t or shouldn’t make small little changes like that. Just don’t try to add them all at once.

Slowly working in new habits makes for a much higher likelihood that you will stick to each change you make, which of course leads to the permanent weight changes you are after.

For more information on an easy way to start your weight loss transformation, check out my Weight Loss Breeze program today.

Warm regards,

Christian Goodman

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