So what prompted me to lose weight? Usually, people want to lose weight after being taunted by friends and colleagues about their fat bellies. Well, no one taunted me openly, but I am sure very few people had any respect for me and the reason was nothing else than obesity. Bit I decided to lose weight after I read in a health magazine that obesity can result in serious health complications; in fact, obesity is a serious health hazard. So I decided to save myself from the clutches of future health problems by losing weight.
But guess what? Everytime I promised myself to lose weight, it was only a matter of time before I broke my promise and got back to my old habits. Then one day I decided that enough was enough, and I seriously need to do something about it!
I thought that pride and respect is very important for me. If I don’t get adequate respect from others, I would get hurt. Since I was proud of my other achievements I decided to use my pride as my weight loss tool. What I did was write a letter which said that ‘I promise to lose weight within xxx timeframe’. I distributed copies of the letter to everyone: my colleagues, my boss, my family, girlfriend, etc.
Now there is no way to quit my weight loss program because if I do, I would lose others’ respect for me, and that would be the worst thing to happen. On the other hand, if I lose weight successfully, they would respect me a lot more! So, that became my primary motivation to lose weight.
You see, most people fail to lose weight because they are not motivated enough. If you motivate yourself with a selfish desire, it is only a matter of time before you will be able to shed all those extra pounds successfully.
So, to conclude the story, here is how I lost weight:
1. I worked out regularly in the gym for at least half an hour. Sometimes I would even workout for an hour. There were no ‘breaks’ for me: I had to workout everyday!
2. I eliminated all junk and fatty foods from my meals and survived only on half the amount of food I used to eat!
3. I used a few herbal weight loss supplements to accelerate the weight loss process.
You see, I neither used fad diets, nor expensive weight loss gadgets, and yet, I lost weight successfully! If I can lose weight using natural means why can’t you? This was a secret to loosing belly fat.