Healthy dieting and long term weight loss most often requires you to change your eating habits and can result in significant changes to your lifestyle. Before you begin a serious weight loss program you may need to prepare yourself mentally for the changes that you will have to make. This is an important first step for most people.

To help you prepare yourself, write down the reasons why you want to lose weight and how serious you are about losing weight. Confirm in your writing how committed you are to following your weight loss program. Also write down where you have to make major changes in your life, including what you eat, where you eat, and how you eat. Look at your eating habits and decide if there are any that you can break. Remember, breaking a bad habit and replacing it with a healthy habit, will work towards a healthy new life style.

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