Thursday, September 27, 2007

The Right Attitude

Do you have what it takes to reach your weight-loss goals? If you think it's just about diet and exercise, you're wrong. Exercise and a proper diet are crucial to any weight-loss and fitness program, but reaching any long term goal — especially one that requires major lifestyle change — means improving your attitude, too. You can have all the external support in the world, but if your self esteem is shot, you'll never have long-term success. Having the right attitude is so important. We all know how easily negative thoughts can lead to a lack of confidence, hopelessness, and depression. You've heard about self-fulfilling prophecy, right? Well, if you tell yourself that you'll always be overweight or unhappy, you'll probably end up overweight and unhappy. It's a tough lesson to learn, but it's true. Okay, so let's turn that scenario around. Tell yourself that you can get fit and you will be happy. It's that simple, I swear. You can master your own fate with positive thinking!

Jillian Michaels