Motivation is the key

As unique individuals on this earth we are all motivated by different things and some folk are more motivated than others. In my field of work – helping people to lose weight and become fitter – motivation plays a massive role.

As I read the amazing before and after stories of the successful slimmers who appear in my magazine, there is usually one particular situation which happened that triggered the motivation to start dieting and to do something positive about their size and health.

I remember the mum of a little two year old who was on the park with a friend. It was a big park but it was next to a busy road and, without warning, the toddler was running straight for the traffic. Mum desperately attempted to run after her child but at 16 stone she couldn’t run more than a few yards and became very distressed as her child ran nearer and nearer towards the road. Fortunately, her friend was slim and fit and was able to cover the ground quickly and when she caught up with the child, she managed to scoop him up and return him to his devastated mum. She was devastated as she realised that if her friend hadn’t been there, the story could have had a tragic ending. The mum joined one of our classes that week. When I met her she was a finalist in our Slimmer of the Year competition and had shed seven stone and turned her life around.

Many dieters don’t have such dramatic stories to tell. Getting stuck in the turn style at a football match, having to have an extension for their seat belt on a flight, getting stuck in a chair in a restaurant, breaking a chair when they sat on it in a friend’s house have all been reasons why one day the overweight, intelligent, sensible, normal human being decided to take their own life in hand and turn it around. And we need those embarrassing situations to happen to push us in to action sometimes and as long as we act upon them, we have to look back at them with gratitude even though, at the time, we wanted the floor to open up and swallow us.

Getting our mind in the right place is crucial to successfully sticking to a diet and we should never lose weight to please someone else. We will only be successful when we are losing weight for ourselves. Our decision. Our timing. Our way. Once you have decided you want to slim down, the proven best way to do it is in a group, and that’s why we enjoy such amazing weight loss successes in our Rosemary Conley Diet and Fitness Clubs classes and with rosemaryconleyonline.com you are not alone and you will be losing weight with others just like you.

If the time is right for you, check out our website and we will be only too happy to help. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Make the most of it.