How to Maintain Weight Loss, Week in Week Out

Whenever you start a new diet, you are usually very upbeat, focused, positive and eager to get on track, lose weight, and get fit. But as the months go by and weight loss week after week becomes more challenging, it can be very difficult to stay motivated, continue exercising and making healthy eating choices. Here are some tried and true ways that you can use to stay on track with your weight loss.

Sort through old photos of you and tape one on the refrigerator after finding a picture of yourself that you absolutely hate; a picture taken when you were at your heaviest weight. Tape it on the refrigerator or the cupboard where you will see it every time you go looking for a snack. Every time you see the picture tell yourself that you will never look like that again and this will help motivate you to not have that extra snack.

Set weight loss goals and rewards for yourself and write down these goals and rewards. Things like ‘When I lose five pounds I will buy that fabulous red dress’ or ‘When I can fit back into my skinny jeans I’ll treat myself to those boots that will look great with my skinny jeans’ or ‘When I lose thirty pounds I’m going to Florida for a vacation and I’m actually going to buy a swimsuit and go in the water.’

Work towards you goals! Keep track of your progress and reward yourself well when you accomplish another goal that you have set for yourself. Setting goals and rewarding yourself is a powerful way to stay motivated to diet because you will start to really see the positive results of all of your hard work.

Start a blog, name it My Weight Loss Week, and get a little digital support. Starting a blog will help you stay motivated to keep going because now you are accountable to your readers to stay on your diet and keep losing weight. Having a blog will also get you a lot of support from your readers in the form of helpful comments and emails to keep you motivated to stay on track.

A picture is worth 1000 words so flip through some of your favorite clothing catalogs and cut out photos of the clothes that you want to be able to wear when you are at your ideal weight. Pin them up on your closet doors, on your mirror, anywhere where you will see them. Stay focused on how you want to look when you are at your ideal weight, the time when your weight loss week in week out won’t be needed, then visualize this and it will help you make it happen.

Read by going online or read books that detail the stories and successes of other people who have lost weight successfully. Reading about the success of others will help inspire you to keep going. After all, someday someone might be reading about your struggle with weight loss as a way to stay motivated and to stay on their diet!

Try new things and do not get stuck in a food or exercise rut. Try new ways to exercise, considering a martial arts class, belly dancing, or take some friends to a roller rink or ice rink to skate for the afternoon or even go sledding or skiing. No matter what the season, there is sure to be some new outdoor or physical activity you can try to change your routine a little and take the focus off your weight loss week by week.

Avoid people who are unsupportive or that sabotage your weight loss efforts. If you have a friend who always want to eat fast food or go get ice cream and tells you that it is OK to cheat on your diet ‘just this once’ or says other things that dampen your efforts, do not hang out with that person anymore. Do not let anyone hold you back from doing what you know is best for you – making healthy choices and enjoying your weight loss week in week out!

Warm regards

Rowena French

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