As women, we often feel like we have to have it all together, all the time. You may be thinking I’ve got this under control. You work, take care of kids, or go to school. It's easy to think that you could never be the one to struggle or let yourself go. It's easy to believe that we can have our eating habits, workouts, and work life balance in control all the time. However, even you know that as time gets away from you, you may begin to realize your body is changing and you can’t keep up. Ultimately, you want to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but you just don’t know where to begin. Maybe this is the first time you’re really observing that your body is going through changes. Or perhaps work and life have caught up with you and now your once balanced lifestyle and work split is feeling unrealistic. You may have been a college athlete and thought your metabolism would never catch up with you, or you’ve always been lean and never had to worry about healthy choices and managing your weight until you got older. It's easy to get into this cycle of believing it could never be me.
I am here to tell you, there is a way to overcome the challenges you’re facing with your lifestyle. Whether that means working out more, developing better eating habits, or reducing stress from your everyday life. Work-life harmony can be maintained. Many factors affect weight loss and management. Such as stress, sleep, food, self-care, and exercise. It's important to understand that your body will change with time and knowing how to best take care of yourself is key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle overtime. Common Reasons Individuals Begin Counseling for Weight Loss? Counseling isn’t for everyone, but it can help you understand what is going on in your life with the help of an outside perspective from a therapist.
Here are some common reasons people may choose to come to counseling for weight loss:
- You’re beginning to lack energy and it affects your work-life balance
- Signs and symptoms of depression, anxiety, or stress are showing up
- You’re setting new goal and want to change how you look
- Maybe you’re seeking to be more active with kids,
- You’d feel more confident when finding a partner
- Maybe you’re feeling guilty about making a change, even though you know you need to
- You know you want to lose weight, but you feel it's selfish to invest in yourself
- Making a healthy lifestyle change would help you to focus on work, family, and other tasks
There are many reasons why people come into counseling for weight loss and lifestyle changes with our therapy services. However, there are also many reasons people avoid counseling altogether. For example, you may feel it's vain and or self-absorbed to focus on you, because you’re so used to being the caretaker and don’t know how to invest in you. Other people are in denial of needing help and because they have a million other things to do. So, they just never get around to getting help, even when the voice in their head tells them they need to. If you’re a mom maybe you believe you should be spending more time with your partner or investing your time into your kids. Thinking about yourself has become the last thing on your mind. Perhaps you’re a successful working individual and you think this should be easy, so why would I go to counseling to get my health on track.
The truth of the matter is this, counseling can help you organize your life better so you can make time for yourself and the events in life that mean the most to you. It is not selfish to change your health, so you can reevaluate your stress levels, time at work, family commitments and so on. If it means you’re able to enjoy the time you spend with your loved ones better, it's worth it to spend this time working on you. Healthy Lifestyle Counseling can help if you’re struggling to make lasting changes. Lifestyle changes don’t happen overnight. Whether that means reducing your stress levels, losing weight, eating healthier, or developing a better work-lifestyle balance, know that it takes time.
You may be thinking, “ I just don’t have the time to wait”, but that is why our therapist is here to help you. We are your guides. We will make changes that are appropriate for you and your goals. Counseling for healthy lifestyle changes can help you develop a healthier way to manage your commitments, so you’re not overwhelmed at the end of each day. Maybe you’ll begin to take time to journal, spend enough time with your kids, and enjoy a date night with your partner. Perhaps you’re looking to lower blood pressure, cholesterol, or blood sugar in order, or just establish a healthy and reasonable routine.
Therapy with us can help you reach these goals. It's easy to get into the rabbit hole of thinking about all you need to get done. If you’re a mom perhaps you’re struggling with perfectionism, or you feel guilty or feel like a hot mess at the end of the day. You want to do it all, but you know you need help from your family, partner, and you want to enjoy time with your loved ones, instead of being stressed. You don’t need to continue to feel bad for not having it all together, you certainly don’t need to become an Instagram mom and hold yourself to unrealistic expectations. It's ok to ask for help, and shouldn’t have to feel bad asking your family or partner to pitch in, so you can take a moment for yourself.
How Can I Help you at Psych Health Services?
First, I want you to know that what you’re going through is normal and valid. We need to get to a point where we acknowledge that we cannot do everything all the time. That means at home you may need help from time to time. At school you need to take a break, and at work, sometimes you need to turn off the phone. We all need breaks and that's ok. In counseling, you will be provided with the tools you need. We can discuss getting your health in order. We will do psychoeducation so you can understand how different body types are affected by weight loss. You’ll learn what is best for your body. We may discuss topics such as impulse control because some people struggle to know when to stop eating or do not understand that they may stress eat. We’ll discuss the mechanisms behind this and how to overcome it.
Making sure you surround yourself with positive influences and support networks, over negative influences and enablers will help you be more successful in your healthy lifestyle journey. What is holding you back from beginning therapy? Making healthy lifestyle choices from a holistic viewpoint isn’t always straightforward, but when you get on the right path, your mind and body will thank you for your commitment to a healthier way of living. Don’t allow yourself to be bogged down by the negative influences, self-defeating internal dialogue, and uncertainty as to whether you have time. Losing weight is not hopeless, it just takes time and the right resources.
By committing to a healthy lifestyle my goal for you is to develop improved self confidence and self-esteem, so you can make a lasting change. Most importantly, you will get your power back. Once positive change occurs, I want you to gain knowledge that weight is only a small component to lasting change. It's important, but not all that matters. True weight loss is a lifestyle change. Overall, I am excited to work with you on your transformation to better health.
Begin counseling for weight loss today!
To get started follow the steps below and I look forward to meeting you where you’re at. Begin your Healthy Lifestyle Journey with Counseling for Weight Loss You don’t have to continue to be overwhelmed by the mainstream views on weight loss and work-life balance. Healthy lifestyle counseling can help you lose weight, eat healthier, reduce stress, and improve negative health patterns.
To start your counseling journey, follow these simple steps:
1. Contact Psych Health Services
2. Meet with our skilled health and wellness therapists
3. Start taking back your power and live life from a healthier perspective
Other Counseling Services at PsycHealth Services
At PsycHealth Services, we offer a wide range of Counseling that help couples, parents, teens, and those looking to attain better mental health. Services you may be interested in include therapy for teens, counseling for parents, Therapy for weight management, anxiety treatment, depression counseling, stress therapy, and postpartum depression treatment. Additionally, we offer online therapy and in-person therapy in Hinsdale, IL. Get started today and begin your therapy journey in Oak Brook, Westchester, Hinsdale, Western Springs,Westmont, or anywhere in the state of Illinois.