How to get stronger willpower to lose weight?

It’s not lack of willpower that causes us to give up dieting: it’s lack of desire. We want fatty treats more than we want a slim figure. So instead of worrying about lack of willpower, find a good incentive to get slim. Because the better the incentive, the stronger your desire. And the stronger your desire, the easier it will be.

the key to successful weight loss lies totally in our brains, not in our stomachs. Losing weight should be simple - you need to eat less calories/fat and ideally burn a little more up through increasing activity. What’s hard is getting your brain to do this. Here are few ways you can motivate yourself.

1: Join a slimming group. Many people find that group work, with regular weigh-ins and sharing of experiences, can help motivation.

2: Formulate your own ‘brain plan’ and write it all down. Map out the next few months by marking out target weights, days off from your diet, and rewards for progress. Try to find a goal for your weight-loss programme, such as a wedding or similar event, with a treat such as a new outfit to look forward to.

3: Learn your own weaknesses, failings and food triggers, and look for ways to beat them. For example, I’m regularly tempted by “samosa” shops as I rush home from work. But there’s one shop selling delicious banana smoothies, so that’s what I always allow myself. Try to avoid getting too tired or going too long without food.

4: Tell people you’re dieting, you might bore them, but it helps you to commit to the idea.

5: Don’t weigh yourself more than once a week, more often you’ll see no improvement and just get disillusioned.

6: Don’t be overambitious, a loss of 2lb or max 1kg a week is the most you should expect.

7: Anticipate the hurdles and falls. If you know you’re going to go eat out with friends, for example, prepare tactics for eating out, anticipate a slight gain in weight - and mentally prepare to get right back on target as soon as you return.

let me know if I can be of any further help.

Regards, Sajjad.