Give your spouse the commitment to lose twenty pounds and the promise to spend six months at the gym.
At times, the main barrier between individuals and a commitment to lose weight may be a mental or emotional difficulty.
If your friend is in denial about his or her weight problems, or if your mate is simply not interested in changing diet or exercise habits, more overt efforts on your part are unlikely to influence him or her to make a commitment to lose weight.
It may take changes in her evening routine, as much as a strong commitment to losing weight, for her to see any improvement.
Pierce personified what it means to care, give and risk so much, both physically and emotionally, that a commitment to losing hard becomes a first principle of professional life.
According to people familiar with its business plan, W.U.S.A. has raised $40 million to cover the first five years of operations, which means a commitment to losing between $8 million and $10 million a year, provided the league can draw 6,500 fans to each of the 80 games during its inaugural 2001 season.
If you are desperate for your friend to commit to losing weight, resist the temptation to threaten by using "or else" statements or making your friendship or affection contingent on his or her commitment to losing weight.
"Those half-serious New Year's resolutions to lose weight should become year-round commitments to lose weight and prevent future weight gain". The study, which looked at 195 countries and territories over a period of 35 years, from 1980 to 2015, has revealed that 30% of the world's population - 2.2 billion children and adults - are affected by excess weight.
From one of its setters not being able to compete in Tuesday league games because of softball commitments, to losing starting outside hitter Mariah Bankhead to an injury to seeing starting middle Briana Hilo sidelined with an injury, the Guards had to battle through their share of problems.
From one of its setters not being able to compete in Tuesday league games because of softball commitments, to losing starting outside hitter Mariah Bankhead during the regular season to an injury to seeing starting middle Briana Hilo sidelined with an injury in the playoffs, the Guards had to battle through their share of problems.
Resistance was largely ceremonial, an obligation more than a serious commitment to a lost cause.
