You Do Not Need To Feel Good Or Motivated To Lose Weight: How To Find Contentment in Discomfort

One of the sentiments I hear a lot of in my line of work…whether in my counseling practice or working with my weight loss clients… is needing to feel good in order to make changes in life. I hear things like, “Well, if everything would just go right for once, I could lose the weight” or “If I could just have a week with no stress, I could do this” or “If I was happier, I could make the changes”. Now it might be true that it feels easier to make habit changes or behavioral changes when we’re feeling “good” but it’s not true that we have to feel good or everything in life has to be going perfect in order to lose weight. Take a listen to learn how to make changes and lose weight even when you’re not feeling good or motivated or things aren’t going perfectly in life.