5 Effective Ways To Stick With Weight Loss

How To Stick With Weight Loss Goals

It can be a challenge trying to stick with weight loss. Many people would love to lose 5 pounds, but there are those who need to lose, as much as 30, 50, or even 100 pounds. A journey like that is not short nor is it easy and often includes ups, downs, plateaus, and setbacks.

So how can it be accomplished? You’ve seen the stories of heroic triumphs plastered across the internet, social media, talk shows, and infomercials, the ones with amazing headlines such as, “Amazing Mom With 5 Kids Finds Time to Hit the Gym” or “Spectacular 100 Pound Weight-loss With Common Sense Tactics.”

These are not miracles. These people did not find a magic pill. They used sensible tactics to stick with weight loss and reach their goals.

5 Effective Ways To Stick With Weight Loss

1. Treat Yourself Fairly

Yes, you need willpower to stick with weight loss. But we’re all human. The truth is willpower isn’t an endless supply of magic beans. You run out and at some point and fall off the wagon. There will be a stressful situation you can’t seem to manage. You may binge while you’re all by yourself or in front of everybody at a celebration.

The key is to forgive yourself and treat yourself fairly. Know that it happens to everybody and one bad day doesn’t mean you are failing or that you have worked for all this time for no reason. A cheat day or wavering in your willpower means you’re human. Be prepared and expect it, they key is to move on and get back on track immediately.

2. Set Manageable Goals

A 50 or 100 pound loss, while impressive, is not by any means unattainable, but reaching goals renews your motivation. If you want to stick with weight loss, break it down into bite-sized nuggets.

Plan to lose about 5 to 10 pounds a month (as about a one to two pound loss each week is considered healthy and sustainable weight loss). Anything more than that, is a celebration. Anything less is still a victory. The important part is you are setting manageable goals with healthy ideas about what your body is most likely capable of supporting.

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3. Find A Buddy

You’ll find it much easier to stick with weight loss when you decide not to go it alone. A workout buddy is a big help. You can diet at home with your spouse, join a weight loss app or program, and hire a nutritionist or a physical trainer. The bigger your support group the more people’s energy you have to draw on and the more consistently you feed off that energy and support the better off you will be.

4. Break The Plateaus

Wow, you’re doing the work and it’s really paying off.  You’ve lost 5, 10, even 20 pounds. You keep things going, but you can’t seem to shake anymore. It all stops working, the diet, the cardio, the strength training seems to stop being of any value. Your journey has plateaued and you find yourself a little bit hopeless all over again.

Power through a plateau by getting out of your rut. Often in weight loss, we find ourselves in routines for workout and food. Changing your routine by taking an extra or different workout class, adding strength session to your week or adjust your protein ratio. Shocking your system is one of the most effective ways to work through a plateau.

5. Make Your Biggest Changes Small Ones

The best way to stick with weight loss is to make small sustainable changes that you don’t really notice. Flavored waters instead of soda during the day and with meals, smaller plates when you eat, skipping dessert, or eating a little fruit instead of cake. These are all small sustainable changes to keep your weight loss on track. Most important, these profound habit changes ensure long-term weight loss success.

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Remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day. Be patient, but at the same time, don’t fixate too far in the future. Otherwise, you’ll just lose motivation and give up. Three weeks is optimal here as that is the amount of time it takes to build good habits – habits that stick. Also, three weeks is a long enough period of time that you can see good results, but not so long that it’s hard to stay motivated. Anyone should be able to do three weeks if they put their mind to it.

Check out this 3 Week Diet Plan which teaches you how to build proper habits over the course of three weeks that will help you lose those unwanted pounds and stick with weight loss into the future.