Stages of Change - Preparation

Therefore, even if you have worked your refusal and want to spend time contemplating changing your life to lose weight and get fit and healthy. Are you ready for action?
James O. Prochaska in his book Good to change: a six revolutionary steps to overcome bad habits and move your life forward positively warns that there is a subtle but very important scene between contemplation and action presence or not you can actually define the effort to change. This step is preparation.
I see a lot of people trying to help a good jump on the weight loss system without really being ready for it. Needless to say, leading to delay action in the best, and deception at worst.
The preparation is very similar to contemplation, but more in the future, focusing on the future.
It's careful planning, self positive re-evaluation and commitment.
In the preparation phase, we began to turn away from the past. Leaving aside the activities and circumstances that led to overeating, like eating while in a state of depression, changing leisure - collection knitting cooking time, looking for new demons who like to exercise and healthy eating.
Also at this stage it is important to ensure the support of its family.You necessary to explain what you have decided to get in shape and lose weight in the process and it will take some investment of time and resources and changes to the normal routine.
During the preparation phase:
- Take small steps:
Details are important: exercise clothes or buy a set of measuring cups or small scale for your kitchen, or any other logistics you need Loos weight program you have selected. There is an excitement in small steps like this that accumulate the big day! Speaking of time ...
- Fix a date:
Once you feel ready - to set a date within a month, and not for their enthusiasm will not wear.Once you set the date - stick to it - no excuses!
- Go Public:
Announce your decision to lose weight for people in their daily lives. This includes work, and people outside the family. This will help you stay accountable and unable to support their colleagues and friends guessing.
- Treat your change as an important event:
Yeah, it's like you have an appointment for a serious operation. It is so important and will need all the emotional energy can master!
- Create an action plan:
You can borrow the plans of others, but you must adapt it for you. Learn from other action plans, but not blindly. If the program you need to exercise on an empty stomach and you are not a morning person, get a plan to do the workout in the afternoon allowing you to comply with the recommendation. If you follow a diet from a book, but vegetation, suitable substitutes. If the program call for two days of fasting and do not like fast - whether fasting is required
- Commit to your plan!
DR Change for good: a revolutionary six-step program to overcome bad habits and move your life ahead positively "describes the commitment is a" will to act, but also a belief in their ability to change, which in turn strengthens his will. "If your problem evaluated, worked through the pros and cons of weight loss and sincerely believes that his life will be enhanced by the weight loss, you are committed to losing weight! While considering the above, you are ready for action!

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