Losing Weight Means Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

Moving out of your comfort zone to lose weight. Get fit. And stay fit.

If you think changing what you eat may be annoying.

If you think taking up exercise could be uncomfortable.

If you think changing some habits will be an effort.

You are right.

Ask yourself how comfortable are you now?

Are there things about your life that make you feel uncomfortable now?

Are clothes too tight?

Do you feel unattractive?

Do you get puffed too quickly?

Are you already outside your comfort zone?

Or at least on the edge of it?

Is your own behaviour causing you unease?

How comfortable are you now?  

Treat unease or discomfort as information.

Make a choice about the discomfort you are going to feel.

Here’s a for instance:

You want to lose weight and improve your diet.

So, you have decided to cook a meal with fresh foods when you get home from work.

On your way home you start to think about the preparation and the time and effort involved. You are a little tired after work.

Scenario 1:

The idea seems like too much effort. So you decide to order take out food or get some fast food on the way home. How do you feel about yourself after? 

Scenario 1:

The idea of cooking still seems an effort but you go home and cook anyway. Nothing too complicated but in line with your goals. How do you feel about yourself after? 

Losing weight & getting healthy means change.

Change means doing things we are not used to doing.

Changing your behaviour to lose weight 

Probably will cause a bit of tension in you.

Decide! Which variety of discomfort will you have?

The discomfort of staying overweight and becoming more unhealthy.

The discomfort of changing your diet and taking exercise

Take your pick. 

The choice is yours. You have the power.

You can swap the discomfort you are used to.

For the discomfort, you are consciously choosing.

Feeling uncomfortable is unavoidable. 

Just choose the discomfort you are going to have.

After a while, it won’t be uncomfortable.

Life improves as we change.

What was uncomfortable once (going for a run, not going to the fridge when you're bored) can become your new normal.

What made you uncomfortable once could be the thing that cheers you up.

I find if I’m feeling flat a quick run even just 15 minutes lifts my mood almost instantly.

To sum up.

1. Treat discomfort and unease as information.

2. Accept feeling uncomfortable sometimes.

3. You can choose the discomfort to have.