Weight Loss Tips: If You've Ever Asked Yourself "Why Am I So Fat?"

If you have ever asked yourself the question above, and don’t really know the answer or where to look for the answer, you may have stumbled upon a solution to changing your body shape.

However, if you have simply wondered “Why am I so Fat?” and have come up with an answer like: “Because of my parents / my environment/ my neighborhood / my family /my race /my husband/ my childhood…..”, then, think about this: You have found, not the answer to your problem, but an excuse. And sadly, this excuse that will continue to keep you overweight for the rest of your life.

Now if that’s what you want (to continue to be overweight or out-of-shape or definitely not the best you can be, both physically and mentally), then the excuse you have found will serve you well.

If, on the other hand, you really want to change your shape and lose weight, you will need to find the Real Reason that you are overweight and why you simply cannot make a move to change your body shape. And then, you will need to tackle the deep-down reason you are getting bigger, and eliminate it.

So, the Short Answer to your question: “Why am I so Fat?” is this: your internal programming, the way you think and react, is making you fat.

The Longer Answer to your Question (“Why am I so Fat?”) is this: You may have heard that the human mind is made up of the conscious and subconscious, “parts” of what we call our mind. (Most people know this; few really know how to work with or upon this knowledge.)

The major portion of the time, it is the unconscious or subconscious parts of your mind that runs the whole show that you call Your Life. Most of our decisions may be made for us by our unconscious minds, and the rest of our body simply acts upon those decisions.

A common example is that of driving a car: You get into the car, and after a long and boring journey, you arrive at your destination, and you remember hardly anything about what you really did on that journey. What really happened was that your unconscious mind worked everything out, and got you to your destination, and all you can consciously remember are one or two turns or lane-changes in the entire journey!

You may also have seen this happen with regard to food: The food may be laid out before you, and your unconscious mind (who’s on a “see-food” diet) simply gets at the food, consuming and absorbing all the calories it can lay hands on, in the shortest time possible. In the meantime, your conscious mind (the person you call “You”) has taken a short holiday, only to enter the scene when the food is gone. That’s when remorse sets in, when you feel bad about having eaten all that food. But it’s too late, at least with regard to that meal.

What does this mean to you with regard to your losing weight and more importantly, to keeping it off, is that you must take conscious control of your decisions, instead of letting your unconscious mind pre-decide what you do in everything.

And please remember that your unconscious mind is a powerful part of your mind, and does not change as easily as your conscious mind. For example, you may read an article that tells you why being overweight is bad for you, and you may fully agree. What is really happening here, is that your conscious mind is agreeing. However, the real driver, the one who does the long-term actions for you, your unconscious mind, is still convinced that the way you were going before reading the article (i.e., not worrying about your weight, or changing your diet or the amount of exercise you do) is still the way to go. So, if you want to change your shape, long-term, you need to get your unconscious mind working for you, instead of against you, as it is currently doing.

Have you come up against the case, where you want to do something, but you just cannot get yourself to do it? This is a clear example where your conscious mind and unconscious minds are working against each other. On the other hand, you may have found the case where you can really easily (and consistently, long-term) work at something. In this case, your unconscious mind is in line with what your conscious mind wants, and your unconscious mind is working to power you forward towards what you want.

To get your unconscious mind on your side with regard to changing your body-shape, start becoming Aware of what you think is "Normal", "Correct", "Right" or "Good" for you to do.

Grab a piece of paper, and write out a list of all the things you think are "Normal" for you.

Because, many of these things that seem "Normal" ("Correct", or "Right") to you, could be making (or keeping) you Fat.