Step1
The big problem with weight management programs is their purpose is not clearly defined.
No! What? What are you talking about?
It's very simple, really. On the surface, it seems to be clear as day - a weight management program is a set of lifestyle instructions designed to help you maintain a certain weight.
That's nonsense, though. You don't follow a weight management program to lose or maintain weight. Think about it. If corpulence were in vogue again (historically, it makes a comeback now and then), you wouldn't bother with programs, diets, diet pills, and so forth. Sure, being overweight is unhealthy and might lead to various problems of sad medical nature. There are, however, many jobs and lifestyles today that pose similar or worse hazards, and yet they are fervently pursued, as they promise their pursuers HAPPINESS in extraordinary amounts.
(Most corporate jobs, for instance, require that you part with some of your nerve cells on a daily basis in exchange for a happiness-inducing paycheck at the end of the week. (I don't even know why corporate help-wanted ads bother mentioning skills and experience. "We want to suck your blood for no good reason, 60 hours a week, no lunch. Salary, 75K" should probably be sufficient). Soldiers, policemen, firemen are (for the most part) folks who are made happy by life-endangering adventures and a reassuring sense of power. Folks who wish to be movie actors are known to live in utter penniless misery for years, without health insurance, while aspiring to a lifestyle that will allow them to buy boats and villas and express their opinion on politics in silly interviews. Junkies find their bliss in their next fix. And so forth).
Step2
You don't really want to be thin, slim, or whatever - you want to be HAPPY. Losing or managing your weight is a very promising happiness-inducing device.
In this Universe of interchangeable causes and effects, you might want to re-examine your priorities. You want to be happy. This would mean that right now you are not. Are the extra pounds at fault here? Or is it the other way around?
The point I'm trying to make is that losing or managing weight should be just ONE of your goals. Being overweight might be merely a PART of what's bugging you.
Step3
Let's get this straight. You're beautiful. Please don't argue with me on that point. You're a woman; ergo, you're beautiful. (I'm a professional artist, so I know, okay?) There are things in your life that keep your beauty from being properly appreciated by others (including men ... or your boyfriend ... or your husband, your girlfriends, etc). Being overweight is one of them (one of the things that keep your beauty from being properly appreciated by others). Yes. Is there anything else? Any other problems? Worries? Fears? Uncertainties?
Make a list.
Some of the problems cannot be helped. Those that CAN be helped SHOULD BE COVERED by your weight management program. If your program does not cover them, it's useless.
Choose wisely.
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