Pre-Weight Loss Assessment: Understanding Your Starting Point

Before considering a weight loss plan, examine your weight history and lifestyle. This information will help you determine what changes need to be made in order to attain your weight loss goals.

Things You'll Need

• Healthy Foods
• Health Magazines Or Books

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Instructions

• 1

  Assess your eating habits. Do you skip meals? Eat on the run? Snack when you're not hungry?

• 2

  Notice what triggers your tendency to overeat. Do you eat out of boredom? Was there a traumatic event in your life?

• 3

  Consider your activity level. Do you take the elevator when you could walk? Is your TV set an unrelenting distraction in your home?

• 4

  Make a list of risky behaviors you exhibit that can contribute to weight gain. Smoking, alcohol consumption, poor eating habits and a lack of exercise all fit the bill.

• 5

  Recall diets that you've experienced in the past and list the best features of each one. You can incorporate these into your new weight loss plan.

• 6

  Set realistic goals - consider your genetic background, environmental factors and metabolism.

• 7

  Use the above to deal with the roots of your weight problem, break bad habits in your lifestyle and/or introduce good ones.