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A wide variety of things can help you lose weight and create a healthier lifestyle. Some of these may not be your favorite activities. Some people think it’s important to set goals, and others don’t bother. Some people love counting calories or "points," and some don’t. Some people love to join programs and go to meetings, and for others this is a big turn-off. Some people love trying new foods, and others desperately want to go on eating the way they have all their lives. And yet, all these activities—and many more—can make a big difference in achieving your goal to lose weight and keep it off. In fact, the failure to do some of these things, even if you’d rather avoid them, can derail you. Once you’ve begun your program, it’s a good idea to consult references, learn techniques, try tips, and generally do whatever you can to stay on track. The pitfall is to neglect an important area of weight loss activity just because it’s not your favorite thing. You may not be aware that you’re avoiding it, but you may fail to do certain things simply because you prefer doing others. Your individual preferences are linked to established patterns of thought and action—your personality. The solution is to learn more about your personality. If you discover that you have a tendency to avoid certain areas of activity, even if they may benefit you, you can make a choice to get involved in them anyway. You can find out which things are aligned with your personality, and which things aren't. The " Thin from Within " report on Initforlife.com, a special report of the MindFrames personality assessment, was created to give people this kind of self-awareness and weight loss coaching. It can show you where you need to stretch in order to sustain a program of changing health habits and keeping weight off.
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Dennis E. Coates is CEO of Performance Support Systems, author of MindFrames, a brain-based personality assessment system (www.initforlife.com) and co-founder of the Train-to-Ingrain alliance (www.train-to-ingrain.com, info@train-to-ingrain.com, 800-488-6463), which delivers a reinforcement-centered approach to learning and development that achieves permanent, measurable improvements in workplace behavior and positive impacts on business results.
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