Losing Weight by Having Faith in Yourself

"It’s easy to have faith in yourself and
have discipline when you’re a winner,
when you’re number one.
What you got to have is faith and discipline
when you’re not a winner."
Vince Lombardi

Reading Vince Lombardi’s quote makes you stop and think wouldn’t life be much easier if I could have faith and discipline in myself all the time, no matter what was happening in my life.

You actually do have faith and discipline all the time even when times are challenging. During the hard times, most people are thinking about their problems and quite often ideas are popping into thier heads that could solve the challenge. By focusing on the problem you have faith that things will get better and the discipline to take action.

Terri was on the planning committee for her 25th Year Class Reunion. Her main goal was to lose 25 pounds before the reunion which was 8 months away.

She joined the Weight and Exercise Program at her local hospital. Mary met with the nutritionist and planned a diet that would work for her. Then she met with the exercise trainer who mapped out a plan for her.

The first month Terri did not deviate from the food plan, exercised everyday and to her amazement lost 8 pounds. Her faith in the program was at an all time high and also felt because she was disciplined with her routine the weight would continue to melt away.

The next month she continued following the plan and only lost 3 pounds. Terri lost interest in the program, started changing her eating habits and stopped exercising. You can imagine what happened, she started gaining the weight back.

Her faith and discipline took a vacation. One morning while getting out of bed she started thinking there has to be an easier way to lose weight. Her faith and discipline were returning!

While speaking with a friend about the fact she could not lose weight and did not want to attend the class reunion. A thought popped into her head if she cut her portions in half and exercised three times a week maybe she would lose weight.

Her friend offered to try the same plan. They decided to plan their meals together every evening and to exercise together on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Having support and a plan that worked for them both, a miracle happened, Terri and her friend lost weight.

Even though Terri was facing the challenge of not losing weight her thoughts enabled her to regain faith and discipline in herself again.

Please share your stories of when you were in a funk and your faith and discipline returned to help you find a solution to your problems. Sharing your empowering stories with the Love Yourself – It Matters! Community helps us grow and make our lives easier.

Love Helen