Dieting; Part 2;

I stumbled across a site on the internet which had an article entitled "Is there an obese personality". Some experts claim that those who become overweight have a distinctive personality that predisposes them to gain weight. It goes on to describe several characteristics that this type of person would have, they are; a lack of self worth; a lack of self control or compulsive behavior; emotional liability; a tendency towards depression.All of these traits seem to work hand in hand keeping someone from achieveing their goals, not just with weightlifting but in life as well.In some severe cases, professional help is waranted, but in a lot of cases, a good set of plans would go a long way in helping anyone overcome these obstacles, holding them back from rising to any challenge set forth in front of them!
I've read many books on the subject of depression and anxiety and came away from those books with several simple, helpful, hints to overcoming any of the fore mentioned obstacles.In most cases, drugs only make things worse by masking the problems instead of solving them, of course that is for you and your doctor to decide and in some extreme cases, as i've stated previously, drugs and therapy seem to work best in worst cases. Some doctors as well as patients look for the "quick fix" and only want to go on drugs to try to solve their problems and without a lot of hard work, as i said, it doesn't solve a thing. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a recently introduced form of therapy, although it has been around for quite a while, only now has it been widely introduced into a lot of doctor's therapy practices.It involves some exercises to "retrain your brain" into thinking a different way about most things that affect you negatively. With proper training and consistency, anyone is capable of doing so!
For starters, sit down with a blank sheet of paper and a pen and write down one realistic goal that you want to accomplish over the next month, one goal you want to accomplish over the next six months and one goal you want to accomplish over the next year. Keep in mind that rome wasn't built in a day and neither will your weightlifting goals be accomplished in a short amount of time, dedication and consistency are two of many important ingredients.Also, be realistic with your goal setting, ask a close friend for help and constructive critisicm with your list.If your goal is to lose fifty pounds total, break that down into small sub goals and try to aim for the realistic sub goal of six to ten pounds of weight loss a month.
I stress the word realistic because if you set your standards too high then you will only become discouraged and quit before you accomplish anything. Also, If your bone structure as well as a few other variables are not in perfect harmony, then all of the weight training in the world will not get you to the cover of muscle and fitness, but that doesn't mean you can't go through life feeling good about yourself on a daily basis! Try and discover, through trial and error what works best for you and try to do activities that you enjoy either by yourself or with a friend or whomever gets and keeps you motivated to stay consistent with your training. It's always a better motivator to know that you will let someone down if you don't show up for today's workout or walk! Keep coming back each week for more information and before you know it you will be surpriesd at what you see in the mirror, until then, train hard and smart!