When losing weight, many people set goals which are unrealistic, such as lose 20 kilos in a month, or 3 or 4 in a week. Well, these are both unrealistic and harmful. Besides it frustration can cause many problems and reduce your optimism to zero, making you to abandon your weight loss program.
This is the conclusion of a group of Japanese researchers who have published their study in the journal Biopsychosocial Medicine, who have observed that patients when starting a diet the most optimistic were the first to abandon it.
In fact, very optimistic that did not leave the program were those who ultimately lost fewer kilos. Furthermore, patients who were able to improve their confidence gradually and throughout the study they were those who managed to exceed their initial objectives.
