Ok, I'm just going to come out and answer this question right now. Yes. Mind-set is not only important for weight loss...its absolutely critical and essential. It is, in the fact, the foundation of all of your weight loss success.

The first thing that we need to look at here is programming. This is really whats its all about. Now, when I say 'programming' I am really referring to your subconscious mind - the driving force behind each and every decision and action you make. Your path, whether towards success or failure, will be determined by your subconscious and how it has been programmed.

Our programming originates from everything we say, do, hear, and so on. This all adds up to create the beliefs that we hold. For example, if, when you are young and all of the way through your life, you are told that you will never be slim and that you'll never lose weight for good with any diet, this is going to form itself into a subconscious belief.

These beliefs will then shape themselves into your attitudes. You'll begin to have a bad attitude towards diets on a subconscious level and this will determine your feelings towards food and dieting. You feelings towards anything will shape your actions. So if your feelings towards diets is that they don't work for you or that you cannot lose weight successfully, you'll end up acting in support of those feelings, attitudes, and beliefs.

All of this, therefore, starts with your programming. If you have spent years battling against your weight then your programming will be all wrong. It will be preventing you from achieving your conscious goal of long term weight loss.

As they say, what you believe, you will achieve. This works both ways. Its used as a motivational quote but if your programming and, therefore, beliefs are negative, then it will result in a negative response. You will always remain overweight if your programming and mind-set are not tackled head on.

So your mind-set really is the foundation of long term weight loss success. The problem is that its generally neglected by the weight loss community. People simply do not seem to realise how important the mind is.....and until you get that right, you'll never achieve your weight loss goals. So how do you get it right? Well, this is something to consider in another article.