Your Excuse: "I'll Only Feel Confident When I Lose All This Weight!"

The Excuse Buster: Increased confidence is undoubtedly a great benefit of losing weight. When you're fit and healthy you just feel better about yourself, and that confidence gets carried into every aspect of your life. You're better at your work, your relationships tend to deepen and become richer, and even your day to day activities seem to take on a more positive hue. The problem is that most of us tend to equate this increased confidence with the finality of that last excess pound dropping off, when it really doesn't have anything to do with the weight loss itself.

Rather than looking forward to the day when you finish losing weight because you think it will make you feel more confident, why not begin working on boosting your confidence now?

Here are two easy ways to do it:

Feel good about yourself now
You may think that having a slim body is what makes you feel good about yourself, but it's actually your own thoughts! As the weight drops off, you inevitably begin thinking more positively about yourself; thoughts like, "I'm really proud of myself; I'm doing so well; I feel really good; I know I'm going to reach my goals; I'm looking great..." and so on. Start thinking those thoughts now, and you'll find yourself feeling more confident even before you've lost your first pound.

Take pride in your appearance
Most people dream of wearing beautiful clothes after they are thin, but settle for looking frumpy and disheveled while they are still losing weight. While you may not want to invest in a new wardrobe for every size along the way to your goal, you can still make an effort to wear clothing that makes you feel good now. Get rid of clothes that are much too big or old and faded. Take care to be well-groomed in other ways too, like your hair, and do what you can to be presentable in every way you can. Take pride in your appearance and you won't be able to help feeling more confident.