How to Lose Weight Fast at Home

This is a question on the minds of millions of Americans looking to improve their looks, energy, health, and self esteem. Diets in and of themselves have a less-than-encouraging success rate of just 9%. So what is the individual to do?

The answer lies not in abruptly starting the diet journey, thinking that this is the fastest way, but instead in first paving the path ahead. Simply selecting a diet and ‘starting’ one day makes the assumption that we can arrange our lives around the new program, that we won’t have any significant obstacles, and that we can rely on our own self-discipline to keep us on track. In reality, usually the opposite is true. 3 steps are necessary to ensure that your diet will work for you, not the other way around. This process ensures the least amount of setbacks on the way to ideal weight because you are in control of each step of the program.

PHASE I: DISCOVERY. Take some notes to define your unique situation very clearly.

Sample questions: What is my starting point? What is my goal and what is the distance between the 2? What have I tried before, what has worked well and less well? What are my priorities? Where are my biggest obstacles? What are my 3 main reasons for being at an ideal weight? What would I like to try/not try? What values are showing up for me when
I think about being my very best? Who can I count on to support me? What are my strengths? Where would I like to start first?

PHASE 2: STRATEGY. Once you’ve determined the important elements of your lifestyle and weight loss goals, you then move on to strategy.

Sample strategies: finding an exercise routine that will be easy to complete regularly, having a pantry makeover, researching tactics to eating out, learning how to be more assertive in social settings (no to the cake!), locating and joining a support group, getting organized, remembering to eat breakfast every day, finding an easy daily diet that is ready in a minute, solving the issue of late afternoon hunger pangs, downloading a calorie counter app for the smartphone.

Here you are taking pro-active control of your weight loss program, getting support where you need it, and breaking down each step into manageable pieces.

PHASE 3: IMPLEMENTATION

When you’ve defined your needs and have selected the elements of your Action Plan, the valuable prep work you’ve accomplished is now ready to be put to the test. When the inevitable obstacles and setbacks show up, simply observe and adjust your strategies if need be, go through your Phase I and II notes once more, and move forward with confidence and joy!