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Name: The Shift
Rating: 4.3 (306 reviews)
Author: Gary Foster

Gary Foster

7 Powerful Mindset Changes for Lasting Weight Loss

4.3 (306 Bewertungen)

23 Min.

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What’s in it for me? Learn how your mind is the most powerful tool in your weight loss journey.

Have you ever tried a weight loss program? Did it work for you? And how do you feel now? Maybe you feel like you're fighting all alone or that you keep hitting setback after setback. You might even feel like it's all hopeless.

Don't beat yourself up. Change is hard.

In these blinks, we’ll walk through a kind and loving approach to weight loss. And we’ll take a closer look at the author’s idea that lasting change starts with the mind before it can happen in the body.

By tackling seven major mindset shifts, we’ll see that you can learn to love and respect yourself with a whole new appreciation. And soon you’ll be achieving your weight loss goals almost as a side effect of living a more joyful life.

In these blinks, you’ll learn

why being grateful can help you lose weight;
how happiness is a choice you can make at any moment; and
how to find your personal superpowers.

For weight loss, what you think is more important than what you eat.

OK – pop quiz. Which do you think is healthier: a banana, or banana bread?

Too easy? Alright, here’s another one: Which is a healthier breakfast, oatmeal or pancakes? Still acing it? Here’s one more. It’s lunchtime, should you pick grilled fish or fried fish?

If you picked banana, oatmeal, and grilled fish – congratulations, you get the blue ribbon for wise food choices. But in all honesty – were these really hard questions?

Deep down, you probably already know the answers to which foods are best for your optimal health. That’s why we’re not going to dive into the benefits of one diet versus another. Instead, we’re going to dig into the real transformation, the one that happens inside your head.

Because here’s the beating heart of the issue: when it comes to weight loss, what you think is way more important than what you eat.

To really tackle significant and sustainable weight loss, you have to alter your mindset. Thoughts about your body and your weight are tied to your self-esteem, how you view yourself, and sometimes ideas about your success and future. Until you disentangle these things, you can’t make meaningful progress.

So, in these blinks, you’ll learn about seven mindset shifts. But before we start, let’s confront one truth: setbacks will happen.

They happen to the most disciplined, organized, determined people, and they’ll most likely happen to you at some point. An extravagant birthday weekend will challenge your discipline, your organizational skills will fall aside when your preschooler gets sick and you need to take care of her, a reservation to a tempting new five-star restaurant will undo your stern determination.

And all of that’s OK. Setbacks happen to everyone, and they can be overcome. In fact, the occasional obstacle serves to sharpen the skills we’re about to explore and will help you on your journey to meaningful, sustainable weight loss.

So let’s dive in and start a journey of small steps that can take you to a whole new destination. First stop: self-compassion.

Self-compassion is the best remedy to setbacks.

Think of how many times you’ve heard someone say: I cheated on my diet today.

Cheat is a harsh word with some pretty tough ramifications in any other context. Cheat on your taxes and you go to jail. Cheat on your spouse and you break up your family. Does enjoying an ice cream sundae truly equate?

Clear your mind of negative thoughts.

To stay in that zone of self-compassion, there’s an essential chore you have to take on – emptying your “mind trash.” Because your thoughts determine your feelings, and ultimately your actions, you won’t see the results you want until you very deliberately take apart your old and destructive ways of thinking.

This is mindset shift number two: embracing positive ways of thinking.

Clear goals will get you to Destination Weight Loss.

To take action that transforms your thoughts into goals, let’s talk about the power of how.

This simply means asking yourself how something went well, or how you can have a different outcome next time. Doing this has a powerful impact: it gives you power over the result.

Use your superpowers to lose weight and become a better person.

After all that hard work of learning how to be kind to yourself, losing the negative toxic inner voice, and creating actions that turn into good habits, this next step is going to be easy. All you have to do is be yourself – the best version of it.

Mindset shift number four is all about leaning into your strengths, so get ready to brag!

Your amazing body is worthy of respect and appreciation.

After listening to that last blink, I hope you’re in positive self-appreciation mode because you’re going to have to bring all that energy to this blink. This is where you’re going to focus on mindset shift number five: appreciating your body.

A lot of us have complicated relationships with our bodies. It’s a unique, personal relationship that’s defined by three general areas: your personal history of everything anyone has told you about your body, your cultural standards, and how you talk to yourself and think about your body.

Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Your body supports you, and your positive mindset supports your body getting healthier. Now let’s cast that net wider as we discuss mindset shift number six: getting the help you need.

Peer pressure is real. It’s powerful and it’s pervasive. So imagine what can happen if you get all those peers working for you and supporting your goals! Actually, there’s no need to imagine. Studies show that people who have social support are more likely to eat healthy and exercise and less likely to go back to old ways of eating and inactivity. At the six-month mark, those with the support of friends and family lost more weight than those who went at it alone.

Choose happiness now.

What if all your life, you’ve been putting the cart before the horse?

What if you don’t need everything you thought you did to be happy? The dream job. The perfect spouse. Genius children. Instagram-worthy vacations. Beautiful homes. Six-figure salaries. Parents who are proud of you. Being a size two.

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The Shift (2021) breaks down how to achieve weight loss by shifting your mindset. By changing the way you think about yourself and your body, you can set into motion incredible changes that can alter not just your body, but also your sense of self, happiness, and self-worth.

Wer The Shift lesen sollte

Weight-loss seekers
People who want to improve their self-esteem
Supporters of a loved one who wants to lose weight

Über den Autor

Gary Foster teaches psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and is also the chief science officer at WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers). He’s the author of more than 200 articles and three books about the treatment of obesity.

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