Dieting? Are you serious? Many people talk a big game when it comes to losing weight, but how committed are they when it comes to making the effort?

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You can assess your own weight-loss efforts and initiative to get started by asking yourself a few questions. Are you waiting to get started? If you're waiting for a certain event or stressor to pass before getting started, then forget it. There will always be stress, birthdays, weddings, parties or other excuses that you're using. Don't put off getting healthy - you can take the stairs instead of the elevator right now, or bypass dessert today. Have you made yourself accountable? Telling someone that you plan to lose weight can give you that extra push to do it, because you've shared your desires with someone else - now it's "out there," and you'll have to answer for it.