Losing weight also depends on your personality. Which of the five types of weight loss personalities are you?

If you copy someone else's weight loss method, you are doomed to fail!

I have a confession to make: I don't think most exercise and diet plans will make you healthier. Totally unexpected, right? Before you dismiss this as untrue, I am not suggesting that exercise itself is bad for your health, or that most diets will make you unhealthy or sick. However, in my opinion, the most important thing is whether you know yourself well enough to know the correct way to lose weight.

If you don't understand why you maintain good (or poor) eating habits and why you make different eating choices every day, then your weight loss plan is doomed to fail. Then there's that voice inside you that tells you: There's no way I can lose weight or change my life. This vicious cycle will only lead to you continuing to gain weight, lacking courage or confidence, and falling into an endless abyss of depression.

However, I want you to know that the weight loss process can be simplified, and you can successfully control your diet and take control of your body shape. The biggest key here is that any weight loss plan often ignores the most important and largest factor: you.

Everyday life always has its ups and downs. Some days you stick to healthy eating and other days you want to indulge or get back on track), are they both for the same reasons? On those tough days, how do you use your willpower to resist dessert? How can we find the strength to fight against the inner struggle? We all know that these difficult situations reflect different problems, and our responses to difficult times vary from person to person, depending on our personality traits. Yet, when it comes to health and weight loss, we often overlook this aspect.

It is your unique personality and DNA that makes you different from others, so you must use your personality to play a vital role in living the life you dream of.

My experience in leading students has confirmed that the key to weight loss is not what you eat or what you choose; the key is the characteristics of "you", that is, your personality. I have helped hundreds of students transform themselves, and from years of experience I have summarized five personality types, which are as follows :

● A good student who follows the rules step by step

● A fashionista who only gets excited for a short time

● A rebellious girl who does whatever she wants

● The selfless and dedicated Miss

● Couch potatoes who easily give up

A four-week weight loss plan is tailored for each of these five personality types, allowing your main traits to be brought into full play, so that you can lose weight successfully in one go and once and for all.

So, what do I mean by "personality"?

Our personalities are like puzzle pieces. It takes hundreds of puzzle pieces to create the whole picture of you. When we piece together your actions and reactions from these puzzle pieces, we can determine the diet and dieting method that is suitable for you, and even master the exercise that is most suitable for you. We can see what I mean by looking at how some people eat their lunch.

Let's say you always eat lunch with your sister and you know her dining preferences very well - she eats at the same time every day and the dishes are always the same. This is because she likes a regular life. Even though she knows she needs different dishes for balanced nutrition, she feels more comfortable when she follows the routine. She is what I call a typical "good student who follows the rules."

Your colleagues are the exact opposite. You can never guess what he will order because he likes to try new things. As a "fashion person who gets excited for only a few minutes", he always loves to try new things and will definitely order new dishes he has never seen before, even if they may be high-calorie foods. As a result, he always seemed to be trying the most popular diets, while his weight went up and down like a yo-yo.

As for your best friend, even though she tries strict diet plans, she always gives up halfway. Why? Because her personality type is "a rebellious girl who does whatever she wants", most plans are too detailed for her and are difficult to execute. She had trouble following a diet plan because she tended to decide on lunch quickly...if she even had access to lunch. As always, no weight loss plan on the market was effective for her.

Let’s talk about your mother. She has always put family and friends first, and when she gets together with them, a good meal is indispensable. So she is always busy making lunch appointments with others, otherwise she won’t have time to eat! Like many people, she is a true "selfless good lady": she never puts herself first, and as a result, she completely ignores her balanced nutrition and physical health.

Finally, let’s talk about your neighbors. Although he is very smart, his attitude towards health is "what's the big deal?" I’ve met many people like this—people who are glamorous and independent, but when it comes to diet and exercise, their mindset becomes, “Why try? I’ll fail anyway.” I call this personality type the “quitter couch potato.”

Your friends and family, and even all of us, belong to one of these five personality types. I have found from experience that people who are usually successful in losing weight are those who understand their own personality because they understand how their personality affects the secrets of life.

Once the way of diet control is incompatible with your personality, losing weight will definitely be a nightmare, because you will be indifferent to the plan, lack motivation, and the chances of success will be even slimmer. Even if one person needs a pre-planned, well-structured diet plan, another may want to customize their meals to stay on track with their weight-loss plan.

Read the following questions carefully and answer them carefully. Each question is multiple-choice. Please honestly choose the description that best describes yourself.

1. Do you prefer to hear good news or bad news first?

a. Just tell me the facts and I will decide for myself whether it is "good news" or "bad news".

b. Tell me the good news first! No matter what the bad news is, there is always a way.

c. I don't care about the order, just make sure I don't miss any exciting details.

d. I need to know the bad news. Solving the problem is the most important thing.

e. I can’t answer that right now. It depends on my mood and the person I’m talking to.

2. Why do you want to start a fitness or diet plan?

a. I want to see the results of my hard work and experience the sense of accomplishment of “I did it!”

b. It's fun to start a new project, but it's best without the pressure of a deadline.

c. It’s a great way to make new friends, and it always motivates me to be part of a team or community.

d. If my efforts can benefit others, I will naturally be happy to take the first step, and it will also make me proud of myself.

e. This is a great opportunity to try new things, and it helps me stay hopeful and work towards my goals.

3. Which of the following do you most avoid and/or find most disgusting?

a. Others are late or slow in doing things.

b. Being restricted by too many rules and/or feeling forced to do certain things.

c. Feeling bored with life.

d. The overly full schedule makes me feel suffocated and I am always being chased by time.

e. Others try to give me advice. Don't tell me what to do.

4. How would you react if someone brought up your embarrassing moments?

a. I would feel humiliated or embarrassed, but I would recover quickly.

b. Oh my god, what? Did I really do that?

c. I would interrupt the other person and explain what was actually happening.

d. I would laugh along and secretly feel unhappy with myself.

e. When the other person continues to talk nonsense, I will smile disapprovingly and think to myself: "Great, let's see who will jump out and complain about his embarrassing things."

5. If you found 500 yuan on the street, what would you do?

a. It helps to pay the bills.

b. Hide it first, so you quickly forget about it and find the money unexpectedly after a month.

c. Hooray! Spend it! Anyone want some coffee?

d. If I cannot find the owner, I will put the money in a piggy bank shared by my family so that I can reach my family’s goal faster.

e. Laughing to oneself at the banknotes, thinking, "Who would let the money fall out of their pockets?"

6. Why is your weight loss journey so difficult?

a. I often indulge in eating and then strictly control myself. I would try to control my diet, but after a while I would relapse into my old habits and would always go back and forth between the two.

b. I'm not sure, but I know I'm not taking my diet seriously because I never pay attention to portion sizes or even what I'm putting into my stomach.

c. I like to keep in touch with others through dinner parties. It's just that I occasionally lose control and don't realize I'm eating too much.

d. I have always been careless about eating, often forgetting to eat, and have no dietary principles.

e. I don’t care about losing weight, I’ve completely given up on that for a long time.

7. My approach is:

a. Once I start working, I finish it and don’t come back to my senses until it’s done.

b. I always start things with great enthusiasm but never finish them. My resume is filled with many brilliant records, but I gave up halfway.

c. I can’t complete my progress unless I have someone to work with me. I need others around to help me and hold me accountable.

d. I always do things in a disjointed manner. I need to stop from time to time to eat snacks, stretch my legs, send text messages, and go to the bathroom, so it often takes a while. But I always get things done in the end.

e. For me, everything is difficult at the beginning. I know I have the ability to do it, but I am always reluctant to take the first step.

8. What is your New Year’s resolution usually?

a. I will start a new journey this year, set many clear goals, and have made plans.

b. My plans are only about me! It’s just… I don’t know which goal to focus on yet.

c. In January, I might decide to take a fitness class twice a week until the end of the year. However, it's not even the end of the month yet and I'm already planning on taking other courses.

d. I would really like to follow this diet or exercise plan, but my life is focused on my family and other things, so I may have to work hard to make time for it.

e. I never make new year resolutions. These goals may well fall through, as they did last year.

9. If you had the opportunity to try something new, how bold would you be?

a. I have to make sure there is room in my schedule or plan for the day.

b. I am brave enough to try anything, so just go for it!

c. Who else is coming? I agree with everything you do. As long as you participate, I will also have a part.

d. I will try it when I finish what I am doing. But when will I be done with my work?

e. This depends on the content. I can accept many things, but if I am not interested, I would rather find something else to do.

10. How do you usually buy clothes?

a. I usually buy five T-shirts or clothes of the same style in different colors, and I only go to two or three stores to buy clothes.

b. I have enough clothes to fill several closets. However, I still keep buying interesting styles.

c. I buy the latest or trendy styles. I like to try new things and discover new shops.

d. I seldom buy clothes unless it is for a special occasion or when traveling. I usually know what I want before I buy clothes, and I never buy things just because I want them.

e. I like to buy clothes online because I am too lazy to go shopping. If the clothes I buy online are too small, I will choose a larger size next time.

11. Suppose you are getting ready to go out and you have no clean underwear to wear, what would you do?

a. This is impossible. There was no way I was going to leave myself without clean underwear.

b. Just adapt to circumstances, there is nothing to worry about.

c. I would immediately go to my favorite lingerie store and buy the same style in different colors. I am happy whenever I have the opportunity to buy something.

d. I would change into a bathing suit underneath and still get through the day.

e. Uh...I'll think of a way. But why all the fuss about everything?

**12. Your supervisor calls you and tells you that he is going to be on sick leave today and you don’t have to go to work. What will you do?

Use this time to do it? **

a. Take the time to tackle many chores at once and clean out areas of your home that you don’t normally have time to organize, such as your pantry or cupboards.

b. Thank God for a day off!

c. I would allow myself a day to relax, watch a movie, go shopping, maybe even go out to eat!

d. I will seize this rare opportunity to visit relatives and friends, or even call close friends whom I haven’t seen for a long time to catch up on my recent situation.

e. Just stay at home and rest. Finally, I can have a day to do nothing and not talk to anyone.

13. What are the signs that you are stressed?

a. I engage in unconscious behaviors such as biting my nails, peeling my nail polish, or fidgeting. By the time I realized I was doing these things, I didn't even know how long I had been doing them.

b. Feeling exhausted. I have to vent or just let go for a while.

c. Deny everything and don’t want to believe this fact, so I should not feel pressured or downplay it.

d. Try to redirect your energy elsewhere and keep your life busy, or even work harder.

e. I can be a bit moody and sometimes get angry. Perhaps it starts with an argument, or a fit of rage while driving. You often find it difficult to control your anger, or even "can't find the reason". In fact, this all comes from unspoken pressure.

14. If you ask a fortune teller to read your palm, she will describe you as:

a. Follow rules, have clear logic, and need to live a regular life step by step.

b. Free-spirited, fun-loving, and always a little careless.

c. Good at socializing, with a changeable personality, it is difficult for them to maintain a consistent appearance.

d. Willing to support others, but often to a point of overdoing it. You enjoy caring for others.

e. You are highly efficient when you choose to act, but fear often holds you back. You are quite talkative.

Now, look back at your answers and add up the number of letters to find out your eating personality type. Don't forget that you may have several traits at once; after all, as unique individuals, we often have complex personalities. In addition to your most prominent personality type, you may also have traits that fall into other categories.

Most A's: You are a good student who follows the rules

Most of them are B: You are a rebellious girl who does whatever you want.

Most of them are C: You are a fashionista who gets excited for only a short time

Most of them are D: You are a selfless and dedicated lady

Mostly E: You are a couch potato

This article is from Sancai Culture "Your personality determines how you lose weight"