Motivation is a force that gives us the will to fulfill the tasks and goals, no matter what it is.

There are many factors involved in weight loss: the amount of food you eat, the foods you consume, the time of day you eat, the amount of physical activity, intensity of exercise that burn fat and biological factors such as metabolism. However, the psychological factor also plays an important role in this process – motivation drives us forward !

Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Kentucky studied the link between motivation and perseverance in weight loss during 16 weeks of weight loss program. During the study, subjects filled out a questionnaire five times  to find out their source of motivation, and led a food diary in which they recorded everything they ate, how they practiced and how much they weighed weekly.

Experts point out the existence of two kinds of motivation – the autonomous and controlled . Autonomous motivation for the choice to opt for change for personal reasons, without external influence. Controlled motivation was feeling pressure because of other people.

Of the 66 respondents, 37 percent have lost five percent of body weight at the end of a weight loss program. Respondents who was forced autonomous motivation to a greater extent, persisted in losing weight and keep the new line longer. Behavior in which self-control they also succeeded, especially between the fourth and eighth weeks of testing, when the diet is usually the motivation starts to disappear.

If you are overweight and want to get rid of, prvo morate prihvatiti stanje onakvo kakvo je – bez uljepšavanja, te se morate koncentrirati na pozitivne aspekte promjene svog životnog stila. Dijeta je kratkoročna i možda ćete uspjeti izgubiti nekoliko kilograma, no čim počnete jesti jednako kao što ste jeli prije dijete i vratite se na staru razinu nevježbanja, svi će se kilogrami vratiti i to dvostruko!

Prihvatite promjene u stilu života kao jedini ispravni način mršavljenja, jer debljina je zapravo zdravstveni problem koji zahtijeva liječenje, a ne estetski jer vam smeta preveliki broj traperica koje nosite.

Set realistic goals that can be achieved and integrated into everyday life, and with a little more effort to achieve the results of which are now only a dream. When dietand exercise become too heavy, and you become frustrated with everything, remind yourself how much time you move, you’ve done everything to improve your health and how much you have little to meet the goal. Would be a shame to throw all that effort down the wind. Victims who are taking a daily basis will be reflected on your health and slim waist.