The 3 Words to Lasting Weight Loss

The three most important words when it comes to weight loss are:  Consistency, Persistence, and Cumulative.

Consistency counts.  What you do consistently determine your results.  It you eat healthfully one day, then not so much the next day, have a day full of poor healthy choices and are not consistent, then you won’t lose weight consistently.  To lose weight consistently, you must make healthy choices consistently.  Not perfection but consistently.

Persistence is important.  When times get tough in squelching that screaming voice of head hunger, you (to quote Nike) Just Say No!  Persistence is evidenced when you stay the course, honor your commitment to yourself and health to make healthy choices despite your desire to dive into a piece of chocolate cake.  You are what you do not only when it is most convenient but especially when it is NOT convenient.  Stay true to your promise to yourself by being persistent in your healthy habits.

Cumulative is mandatory because it means the combined effect over the course of time.  Just as you will not put on 5 pounds by eating a hamburger for one meal, you likewise won’t lose five pounds by eating celery for dinner either.  You won’t become instantly healthy or lose weight by eating healthfully for a week.  You also won’t reap the benefits of vitamins and mineral supplements by taking them for a week.  Again, you will not destroy your body’s balance of vitamins and minerals by straying from your nutrition program occasionally.

See where I’m going?  If you want to reap the health and weight loss benefits of a proper nutrition and exercise program, you cannot practice proper nutrition and exercise “once in awhile”. You must consistently be persistent for the cumulative effect of sticking to your program of health over the long term.  You are what you do repeatedly.

Some people think that weight loss surgery is the easy way out or cheating.  Those of us that have had surgery know that is definitely not true.  After we’ve had our surgery, the real work begins.  It requires consistency, persistency and cumulative of healthy habits to create weight loss that is maintained.  If we do not create healthy habits and ditch the heavy habits that caused us to need surgery in the first place, we find ourselves back to doing the work of losing regained weight.  If you are consistent in healthy habits, persistent in using the healthy habits, the cumulative effect is permanent weight loss.

At this time you can make a choice.  The real truth is that weight loss and physical fitness require time, effort, and dedication, also known as consistency, persistency and cumulative.

Remember that anything worth having is worth working for!  You are what you do each and every day and every day after that and after that…..

Believe In Yourself,
Cathy, CLC
Certified Life Coach, Weight Loss Surgery Coach
Certified Back On Track Facilitator