Recruiting Friends - Journal And Weight Loss

We have seen in the previous post How To Start a Journal and Recruit Others to Help. Today we will talk about your freinds and how they can help you in your weight loss journal.

As you knew we all need our friends. That is what they are there for, to help when you need it most. Perhaps you need a friend now. There are a number of activities your friend can assist with. The first is assertiveness training (See Assertiveness Is A Key Factor In Making The Decision To Lose Weight). You can role-play assertiveness with your friend, who can simulate putting you in various circumstances that you find you can’t overcome on your own. By simulating these experiences with a trusted ally, who is only there to give you support and help you, you can practice overcoming these situations and work out strategies with your support to make that happen. It is difficult when we are making changes to trust anyone with our doubts and fears, and even with the admission of a little self-loathing. But your friend will understand, and be there for you. You must trust other people if you are going to help kick your bad habits.

Another area your friend can help with is in the area of physical exercise. It is hard for anyone, even those who are supremely fit, to always be excited about exercising. In your case, going from not exercising often to exercising six times a week is going to be a difficult change of pace. As your exercise, your body will be sore and while you will start gaining energy once you lose weight, eat better, and get more fit, the early stages will be difficult at best. If you have a trusted confident who can exercise at least half the time with you, then it will be a social activity that you can have fun with and which will benefit towards your goal of losing weight. If you can’t find one friend to exercise with enough because of scheduling difficulties or because your friend may be lazier than you are required to be right now, then utilize a few friends.

Don’t be shy about asking all of your friends if they would like to jog with you or play some kind of sport with you once or twice a week. If you can get commitments from three or four people, then you will have a full support group to ensure you are exercising six times a week, and perhaps even the one or two times you have to exercise on your own, you can find the willpower and determination to make it through a full jogging or workout session. This will get easier on both your body and your mind over time.