Weight Loss
Are you Ready?
Before you go for weight management plan you have to readiness test
Your attitude affects your ability to succeed. Take this readiness quiz to mentally ready you Mark each statement as "true" or "false" Be honest with yourself! The answers should reflect the way you really think-not how you'd like to be!
1. I have thought a lot about my eating habits and physical activities, and I know what I might change.
2. I know that I need to make permanent, not temporary, changes in my eating and activity patterns.
3. I will feel successful only if I lose a lot of weight.
4. I know that it's best if I lose weight slowly.
5. I am thinking about losing weight now because I really want to, not because someone else thinks I should.
6. I think losing weight would solve other problems in my life.
7. I am willing and able to increase my regular physical activity.
8. I can lose weight successfully if I have no slipups.
9. I am willing to commit time and effort each week to organize and plan my food and activity choices.
10. Once I lose a few pounds but reach a plateau (1 can't seem to lose more), I usually lose the motivation to keep going toward my weight goal.
11. I want to start a weight loss program, even though my life is unusually stressful right now.
Now SCORE YOURSELF
Look at your answers for items 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 9. Score "1" if you answered "true" and "0" if you answered "false" For items 3, 6, 8, 10, and 11, score "O" for each "true" answer and "1" for each false answer.
No one score indicates if you're ready to start losing weight. But the higher your total score, the more likely you'll be successful. If you scored 8 or higher, you probably have good rea- sons to lose weight now. And you know some of the steps that can help you succeed.
If you scored 5 to 7 points, you may need to reevalu- ate your reasons for losing weight and the strategies you'd follow.
If you scored 4 or less, now may not be the right time for you to lose weight. You may be successful initially, but you may not be able to sustain the effort to reach or maintain your weight goal. Reconsider your reasons and approach.
INTERPRET YOUR SCORE
Your answer can clue you in on some stumbling blocks to your weight management success. Any item you scored as "0" suggests a misconception about weight loss, or a problem area for you. So let's look at each item a bit more closely.
1. You can't change what you don't understand, and that includes your eating habits and activity pattern. Keep records for a week to pinpoint when, what, why, and how much you eat-as well as patterns and obstacles to regular physical activity.
2. You may be able to lose weight in the short run with drastic or highly restrictive changes in your eating habits or activity pattern. But they may be hard to live with permanently. Your food and activity plans should be healthful ones you can enjoy and sustain.
3. Many people fantasize about reaching a weight goal that's unrealistically low. If that sounds like you, rethink your meaning of success. A reasonable goal takes body type into consideration-and sets smaller, achievable "mile markers" along the way.
4. If you equate success with fast weight loss, you'll have problems keeping weight off. This "quick fix" attitude can backfire when you face the challenges of weight maintenance. The best and healthiest approach is to lose weight slowly while learning strategies to keep weight off permanently.
5. To be successful, the desire for and commitment to weight loss must come from you not your best friend or a family member. People who lose weight, then keep it off, take responsibility for their weight goals and choose their own approach.
6. Being overweight may contribute to some social problems, but it's rarely the single cause. While body image and self-esteem are strongly linked, thinking you can solve all your problems by losing weight isn't realistic. And it may set you up for disappointment.
7. A habit of regular, moderate physical activity is a key factor to successfully losing weight-and keeping it off. For weight control, physical activity doesn't need to be strenuous to be effective. Any moderate physical activity that you enjoy and will do regularly counts.
8. Most people don't expect perfection in their daily lives, yet they often feel they must stick to a weight-loss program perfectly. Perfection at weight loss isn't realistic. Rather than viewing lapses as catastrophes, see them as opportunities to find what triggers your prob- lems and develop strategies for the future.
9. To successfully lose weight, you must take time to assess your problem areas, then develop the approach that's best for you. Success requires planning, commitment, and time.
10. First of all, a plateau in an ongoing weight-loss program is perfectly normal, so don't give up too soon! Before you lose your motivation, think about any past efforts that have failed, then identify strategies that can help you overcome those hurdles.
11. Weight loss itself can be a source of stress, so if you're already under stress, you may find a weight-loss program somewhat difficult to implement right now. Try to resolve other stressors in your life before starting your weight-loss effort.
Before start any weight management plan go for medical check up and get advice about weight lose plan . Never go for quick weight loss plan .
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