Have you started yet another diet so that you will be a slimmer and trimmer you by the end of this calendar year? Are you just a few weeks into the new diet and you are already starving and dreaming of that fast food burger and fries? If so, chances are you are not going about things in the best way. Losing weight isn’t about starving yourself. If you are starving yourself you are actually making losing weight more difficult than it needs to be.

Starvation is Not the Ticket to Weight Loss

We’ve all tried it, even if we don’t want to admit it. We have all starved ourselves, even if just a little bit, in an attempt to lose weight. The fact is that our bodies need fuel to function and complete even the simplest tasks and if you aren’t eating you aren’t going to be able to function. When you don’t eat you communicate to your body that it needs to slow down its metabolism. When you are trying to lose weight you need to do everything you can to boost your metabolism and when you are starving yourself you are working against your goals to lose weight!

Weight loss is all about getting right in your mind before you even think about how you will eat or what activities you will do. The first thing you need to do is decide that you want to lose weight. When you have decided this in your mind and you are committed to weight loss you can then move forward and consider how you will eat and what sort of activities to engage in to try to burn more calories that will ultimately result in weight loss. Simply eliminating food is not the answer for longlasting weight loss.

Help Where You Need It

If losing weight isn’t about starvation you may be wondering exactly how you get it done. Losing weight is not something that anyone would ever call easy, but when you change the way you think and the way you behave you can literally transform yourself.

If you are looking for some education and some guidance you can read the book Mind Over Body: The Key To Lasting Weight Loss Is All In Your Head! by Nordine Zouareg. This book can help you learn how to get your head to a place where you are ready to lose weight and then even offer you simple diet and exercise programs that will help you shed the pounds without ever feeling hungry. Do you need to do away with unnecessary calories that come from fast food meals and sugary beverages? You bet! But there are great tasting and lower calorie foods that you can eat and exercises that you can enjoy that will help you change your life and your look without ever being hungry! Many people have embraced this attitude and as a result they are thinner and fitter than ever. You can be, too!