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The Missing Ingredients of Weight Loss Success are NOT Motivation and Willpower

By Shondelle Solomon-Miles

Do you know that lack of motivation and wioll power have nothing to do with weight loss success. Yep that's right-Nothing. More times than I can count, people tell me that the reason they don't consistently exercise or eat healthy is that they lack motivation and willpower.

This is an excuse, and a very poor one at that. You have willpower and you can be motivated if you so choose. You go to work everyday when you may not always be 'motivated' to don't you? I mean, isn't it true that many mornings you would just rather stay in bed?

Lack of willpower and motivation are not inheritdd like a disease. You choose to be unmotivated and unwilling. If you claim to lack willpower, then I can assure you that you also lack a deep, uncompromising desire to accomplish what you say you want.

Motivation and willpower are the offspring of desire. If you want something badly enough, you'll do whatever it takes to get it. For everything worth accomplishng there is a price to pay.

If I told you that I'd pay you ten million dollars if you consistently exercise five days a week, eat a small meal every three hours, drink at least eight cups of water a day, and eat fast foods and desserts only during your 'cheat' meals, would you be able to do it? I'm 99% certain you would.

Why?

Because your desire for 10 million dollars would far outweighs lack of motivation and will power. Trust me-you would find the motivation and will.

If I told you that you'll never see your children or loved ones again unless you drop four dress sizes within six months, do you think you'd be able to do it? I bet my life you would.

Why? Because your desire to see your family again would motivate you enough to rise to the challenge.

Many people wish or hope to lose weight, but few genuinely desire it.

Well, aren't wishing and desiring the same thing? No, they're not. Hoping and wishing are passive and imply being acted upon, desiring involves taking action and requires being proactive until the job is done. To desire something, means to adopt an attitude that you'll stop at nothing, and you'll make whatever changes necessary in your life, no matter how difficult, to attain the 'object' of your desire. In addition, unlike wishing or hoping, desiring implies a sense of urgency.

Philosopher, Napoleon Hill says, 'You must not only want to do a thing, or to possess a thing, but you must want it hard. You must want it as the hungry man wants bread, as the choking man wants air. And if you will but arouse in yourself this fierce, ardent, insatiable desire, you will set in operation one of nature's most potent mental forces (desire)'.

You may be thinking to yourself, "But I do set goals and I have a strong desire but yet I don't reach my goals!" If you haven't reached your weight loss goals in the past, and assuming you were using a sound 'system,' then subconsciously you were not driven enough to do what it takes to reach your goal. I know this sounds harsh, but this is the reality.

It's very possible to want or desire something on a conscious level, yet be unsure of it on a subconscious level. Here's an example. If I walk into any public establishment and ask ten random people if they want to lose weight, most will answer 'yes.' I also know that if I see those same ten people one year later, most, if not all, will look the same. So what's the reason for the discrepancy between what we say we want and what we actually possess or experience?

Desire.

How do I know? Because you can achieve anything as long as you want it badly enough and are willing to do whatever 'it' takes (safely and ethically) to achieve it, despite the obstacles you may face. If you're not doing what "it" takes, then either you don't understand what 'it' is, you self-sabotage, or your desire is not strong enough.

About the Author:

Shondelle Solomon-Miles is the owner of Synergize Training Studios in Hollywood, FL. She is also the author of The Ultimate Fat Loss Guide. Her website is www.Synergizeweightloss.com