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Before you go out to search for a job, you probably take stock of
yourself. This means assessing your
talents and abilities, your personal preferences, and your social skills. Once you’ve completed your personal inventory,
you are ready to look for the job of your dreams.
The same sort of plan of action can help you as you begin your weight
loss program. You’ll need to do a little
research on yourself. You’ll need to
write down things about your activities, goals, interests, and try to combine
them into a workable diet and exercise routine.
It can be difficult—sometimes painful—to conduct such a
self-evaluation. But it can be quite
beneficial for your long-term health. Before
beginning a weight loss program, you need to ask yourself some questions. In some cases, they may be hard
questions. But they will help to ensure
the success of your weight loss regimen.
The National Institutes of Health have said that obesity is the second
leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. This means that your personal inventory has
life-or-death consequences. This means
that you’ll need to be brutally honest with yourself. Otherwise, your health could suffer in the
long run.
A number of diets take a cookie-cutter approach. As a result, you may follow them for a time,
but then tire of them. That is why it is
so critically important to have a personalized weight loss plan. This may mean that, once you conduct your
inventory, you’ll need to conduct a registered dietician to find the diet
that’s right for you.
In your inventory, determine how you are currently doing, as far as diet
and exercise are concerned. You might
consider giving yourself a grade of excellent, satisfactory, or needs improvement. Determine how many years you have been
overweight and note whether you are constantly on a diet. Also, make note of whether you tend to gain
back weight once you’ve lost it. Then,
determine what your weight loss goal is.
Remember that a realistic goal is to lose about two pounds a week. Finally, determine how best you can reach
your goal.
You may also want to take a family history. This is important when you go to a doctor,
and it’s also critical when you go to see a dietician. Note whether any members of your family are
overweight. Do you have a family history
of heart attack? Diabetes? Cancer?
Osteoporosis? What is your Body
Mass Index? Is it where you would like
it to be? What is your cholesterol
level? Is it considered to be dangerous
by your doctor? What is your blood
pressure? Could it be improved? Are you under a great deal of stress? Do you generally follow good health
habits? The answers to these questions
can help determine your personal health risks.
You’ll also want to determine
how much physical activity you engage in.
For instance, does your job require you to bicycle or run? Do you currently take part in at least 30
minutes of exercise several days a week?
Do you engage in stretching exercises?
Do you lift weights? Are you
involved in sports? Do you use exercise
as a means of relaxation? Do you dance
in order to have a good time? Again, the
answers to these questions will help to determine your current physical
activity level and what you need to do in the future in order to increase your
activity.
Granted, your personal inventory could leave you a bit demoralized. After all, you may not be eating the way you
should. Your family might have a history
of disease and obesity, and you may not be doing as much exercising as you
should. The idea of the personal
inventory is not to make you depressed.
Rather, it’s simply information that you can use as you try to plot your
roadmap to weight loss success.
You might consider taking your personal inventory from time to
time. That way, you can see how much
progress you’re making. Such progress
could inspire you to set new goals for both diet and exercise. Keep in mind that you’re never too old to
learn something new about yourself. The
key is to take that knowledge and use it for effective action.
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