“There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs” – Zig Ziglar

You want to lose weight; you want the fat to drop off your body overnight.

I get that, but I’m going, to be honest with you…

If it’s a quick fix you’re looking for, you’re wasting your time reading this article!

Super fast weight loss is unrealistic, it’s unsustainable and above all:

It’s a dreadful way to diet

It’s time to get out the mindset of food deprivation, excessive exercise and being unhappy until you look like Beyonce.

Losing weight, losing fat, takes TIME.

You didn’t put that amount of weight on overnight so don’t expect to lose it overnight.

Okay, so now we are on the same page…

This diet experience is going to be a lifestyle change

This weight loss journey is going to bring happiness, health and results

But it’s going to take TIME!

Three things you need to do to begin a diet:

Decide that you are READY.

A half-hearted investment will lead to half-hearted results.

A lifestyle change means working to alter deeply ingrained habits every single day

Not Monday to Friday, every day

I’m not talking big changes; we know big changes are not sustainable.

To begin with, I’m talking small nutritional habit changes

For the first week, can you commit to eating a portion of vegetables with every single meal you eat?

If your answer to that is no, then come back to this article when the answer is yes! ☺

Set realistic goals

Goals are important, especially when you’re dieting

Long term and short term goals

Attach a very deep emotional connection to this goal

If you don’t have a goal, you are lacking direction

And we know what a lack of direction means later down the line…

You lose interest and you go back to having a half-hearted investment in your weight loss journey.

Back to step one!

Believe in yourself

You may have been a yo-yo dieter all your life

So you have lost faith in the dieting industry because you have failed so many times before

Every time you’ve failed, it knocks your confidence a step further, and you stop believing that you will ever be successful

If you don’t believe in yourself, your likelihood of self-sabotage skyrockets.

Believe to achieve.

If you have got this far, you’re probably still waiting for the nutritional advice that is going to transform your world

As much as my passion and education evolves around food and nutrition

If your head is not in the right space, any nutritional advice I give is going in one ear and out the other!

A different swing of advice today

But I wouldn’t talk about it unless it was key to your success ☺

Yours In Health,

Steph <3