Should You Forget About Weight Loss?

Should You Forget About Weight Loss? By Paige Waehner Have you ever experienced the phenomenon of trying really hard to do something or get something and, as soon as you stop trying, it just happens? That can happen with weight loss too. When you try too hard, it sometimes backfires, making you feel deprived and miserable. Maybe you need a new approach.​   Giving Up the Weight Loss Obsession   If you're like millions of people, you'd probably like to lose a little weight - maybe a lot of weight. You'd probably like to make some changes in your body - maybe around your belly or your thighs, or around your hips or butt. Maybe you've been trying to achieve this for years and you're frustrated because it hasn't happened. READ NOW How to Forget About Trying to Get a Perfect Body   When you watch TV or look at magazines, all you see are perfect, zero-body-fat bodies. The reality for most of us is totally different. Here's how to work with what you've got. READ NOW Secrets From Your Personal Trainer   Whenever a client asks the inevitable question, "When will I see results?" I wish I could say, "Give it a year." A little extreme? Maybe. I know that, if clients do everything they need to do to lose weight, they'll see results in about two or three months. But, that's only if they do all of that most of the time.   READ NOW Setting Realistic Fitness Goals   Whether you want to lose weight, gain muscle or increase your endurance, it's important to tailor your workout to fit your goals. That seems obvious, but almost everyone who starts working out eventually finds their enthusiasm waning as their goals get further and further away.  READ NOW Advertisement READ THESE NEXT Understanding Plaque Psoriasis Understanding Rheumatoid Arthritis Understanding Type 2 Diabetes Understanding Lung Cancer AN ABOUT.COM BRAND You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Exercise newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2016 Verywell.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.