If you ask people for advice regarding how to lose weight, they will repeat the same old stuff that they tell to hundreds of others: that is, diet and exercise. What these people don't or won't realize is that there is much more to do about weight loss that just plain old diet and exercise. How you identify yourself can make or break your weight loss goal. In this article I will tell you how to create an identity for yourself that will supercharge your weight loss program!

First of all, let me ask you a single question: how would you describe your current health? Would you describe yourself as 'fat and ugly' or 'thin and fit'? Think about it and write down what you think about yourself on a piece of paper. Remember that this step is very important, as in this step you would be giving a self-imposed identity on yourself, whether positive or negative.

The next step is to follow-up on this by saying aloud some more positive and negative statements about yourself. Say that I am ugly', 'I am beautiful', 'I am fat', 'I am fit', 'I am thin and slim'.

Okay, did you realize any changes within yourself as you said those phrases aloud? You should have already noticed that when you utter the negative statements, you feel low and depressed about yourself. On the other hand, when you utter the positive statements, you give yourself a high and tend to have a positive outlook about yourself and life in general.

The secret to reaching any goal is to think positive about yourself, and weight loss goals are no different. What YOU think about yourself matters more than what the world thinks about you. If the world believes that you are fat and ugly, it should not bother you because your subconscious believes that you are thin and healthy. Having a positive identity about yourself has many advantages, just as having a negative identity can be harmful for your health.

For example, consider that you are following a certain diet plan. If you subconsciously identify yourself as a fat person, you will never be able to have any amount of success with any diet plan you use. You will be eating fatty foods because you think yourself to be fat On the other hand, if you assume that you are slim, and then you will be eating what slim people eat, and doing the exercises that slim people do. Then, diet and exercise won't look as hard as it does now because your entire outlook will be positive; you will be positive about reaching the weight loss goals you have setup for yourself.

So let me ask you the question again: what is your identity? How do you describe yourself? If you have no identity then it is high time you create one NOW, if you want to lose weight successfully, that is.