Building a weight loss support network

For many of us the weight loss trip is a difficult and lonely one. 

While some of us can achieve successful weight loss alone, many more need a assistance network to help us lose weight and keep it off. 

What is a weight loss support network?

Basically, a dietary system is an individuals we can share our weight loss objectives, difficulties, triumphs, concepts, emotions and journey with, and who will offer assistance to us when we need it and help us in some way to accomplish our objective. 

Support networks can be formal, informal, expert, non-expert, online, offline, huge or small, or any mix of these based on our individual conditions and needs.

Formal categories, as the name indicates, is a network created to help us to lose weight and meets formally at frequent times and places. Illustrations of a formal group include things like diet clubs or weight watchers meetings, running or exercise clubs and classes.

An informal group on the other hand, often just gets together whenever and 
wherever possible and may just be made up of a group of friends who occasionally talk over lunchtime or work colleagues who sometimes stroll together at the afternoon meal. 

Expert groups may be created up purely of weight loss and fitness experts such as weight loss professionals, dietitians, health and fitness instructors, gym teachers, psychologists, etc. 

Non-expert groups generally consist of individuals for common assistance and motivation such as that which can be procured from close family and friends, colleagues, neighbors, etc. 

Online networks can be a great help to those of us with weight loss or fitness goals because for many of us reducing weight is a everyday fight and online support networks are available to us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Online assistance networks via the internet can provide us with many factors like healthy recipes, work out and dieting guidelines, weight loss tools, support groups and forums and prosperity of useful details, such as where to get more help if we need it. 

Some of us may benefit from large weight loss support networks that include
support across a variety of locations, or may offer assistance in only one place but offer it from many sources. 

Smaller groups may offer identical support but will do so from a limited number of sources. 

The most effective weight loss support systems combine formal and informal elements, expert and non-expert members, are both online and offline, and provide support across as many areas as required from the biggest variety of sources available.

How does a weight loss support network help people reduce weight? 
Weight loss organizations can help those of us with weight loss goals
in many ways including:

• Providing motivation
• Providing encouragement
• Helping us to stay accountable and on course
• Providing us with guidance, advice and information
• Listening to us when we're feeling down and doubtful
• Providing friendship when we most need it
• Helping us feel that we are part of a team and that we are not alone
• Helping us to overcome our fears
• Sharing and enjoying our experiences and successes

Which people should we have in our weight loss network? 

As described earlier, the best weight loss support networks combine formal and informal elements, have both expert and non-expert associates, are both online and offline and are huge or small based on our individual circumstances and needs. 

Generally discussing, when we are placing together our own weight loss support network, we should be looking to recruit the help of people who: 

• Are trustworthy
• Are reliable and dependable
• Have expertise gained from experience
• Are non-judgmental
• Are, or have been, in a similar situation to us
• Are positive, fun and enjoyable to be around
• Don't give up easily
• Will be honest with us
• Will get tough with us if we need it
• Will forgive our failures and encourage us to stick to it despite them
• We feel comfortable sharing our feelings and thoughts with
• We are confident can help us
• Are as committed to a healthy lifestyle as we are
• Genuinely care about our health and happiness and are happy to help

Under each of the headings chosen, we can then list people who can help us including both professionals and non-professionals. 

Among the professional help available physicians, dietitians, health and fitness trainers, life coaches, weight loss specialists, gym instructors, psychologists, etc, and gaining help from these professionals is as simple as calling their office and making an appointment to see them. 

Non-professional help can come from friends, family, neighbors, colleagues
and acquaintances, internet support groups and forums, etc, and help can be gained from them usually just by talking to them about your goal, gauging their reaction and if necessary asking them if they would like to help or get involved in some way on our journey. 

Generally, the most useful non-professional network members will be other people who share our weight loss or fitness related goals or have already successfully achieved similar goals.

It is these people who are more likely to form walking or exercise groups with us, share recipe ideas and cooking tips with us and listen to and encourage us when we are finding the going a little tough. They are also the most likely people to really enjoy sharing our experiences and successes. 


Conclusion 

For many of us the weight loss journey is often a hard and lonely one. Keeping motivated and sticking to our course are critical if we are to achieve our ideal weight and maintain it for the rest of our lives. 

While a small number of us can achieve successful weight loss alone, many more of us need a support network to help us lose weight and keep it off.


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