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#2) “Assess Your Readiness”.  In this segment, the WebMD article’s author suggests that statistically, you will be more successful at losing weight if you are ready to do so – make sure the other areas of your life are relatively stable and free of stressors.  I think, however, that this is completely backward thinking.  If you wait until you’re “ready” and free from stress in your life to lose weight, you NEVER will! 

There are an unlimited  number of excuses for not losing weight and things like having no money, a horrible job, a bad relationship, or a lack of time shouldn’t stop you from losing weight.  In fact, you’ll be surprised to find that if you can manage to begin to reorganize your mind and gain control over your physical body, these other aspects of your life will naturally begin to improve and realign also.  Losing weight, especially on a large scale, means that your thoughts, beliefs, and expectations about your life will change.  Exercise is also a huge source of stress relief!  By stressing your physical body, you actually put your mind in a state of complete relaxation, it’s pumped full of nature’s “happy-drugs” and will therefore put you in touch with your subconscious and true emotional self.  Don’t wait until your life is organized to start losing weight – some aspects of your experience may seem outside of your control, like a relationship with a spouse, a boss, or a friend.  But you do, however, always have complete and exclusive control over yourself.  If you can begin to experience this feeling of power and enthusiasm about your own body, you will be able to transition this into other areas of your life – it’s actually a great starting point. 

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