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Andrey Vasilyevich Trenogov, psychologist, psychiatrist: Before you start losing weight, you need to send a certain time clarifying a few uneasy issues.

In order to achieve the goal, you need to understand clearly where you come from and where you go.

To do this, you can do the following exercise: write down (no need to think it over, just write down everything that comes into your mind) all sides of your life affected by excess weight. How does it affect your physical and mental health, work, and relationships with relatives, friends, and other people?

How do you feel about it? Where are these feelings concentrated (in your head, chest, in the stomach, or in the whole body)?

Ask yourself: How do I see myself now? What image appears in your mind? It can be an abstract image, a metaphor, or something.

Then describe the environment where you want to get to. Move mentally to a moment of time when you have already achieved what you want and describe your new life in the present tense. Describe your health state, relations with friends, and relatives. Think about other positive changes weight loss brought into your life.

How do you feel while describing your new state? In what areas of your body the sensation is concentrated?

How do you see yourself in this situation? What image (symbol or metaphor) appears in your mind?

After completion of the exercise, you should have two images:

one for a “starting point” and another for a “destination point.” These images will affect you like a powerful magnet, pushing you away from the “starting point” and pulling towards the destination.