How To Regain Weight Loss Motivation

Weight loss is a goal so many of us set ourselves, and unfortunately, so many of us struggle with it. There’s no quick fix to losing weight despite all the fad diets that are available promising instant results.

However, we all really know that the only way to lose weight is through dedication and hard work. However, it can be hard to find the time to fit exercise, meal planning, and the general organizing that losing weight requires. It’s particularly hard to stay motivated when there are so many competing demands on our time – work, children, family, socializing, and occasionally having a rest.

Despite this, motivation is key to losing weight and somehow we all need to find a way to keep those motivation levels up. Here are 10 simple tips to regain weight loss motivation to help keep you on track.

10 Tips To Regain Weight Loss Motivation

1. Be Realistic

If you’re new to exercise there’s no point trying to run a marathon in the first week. It simply won’t happen. You need to be realistic about what you are able to achieve, particularly in the beginning. Even small improvements should be seen as an achievement and recognized as such.

However, you also have to be realistic and accept that you’re not going to want to exercise every day. If you find your motivation and enthusiasm is dropping or you’re aching or sore from exercise, you need to take a break. You need to be realistic and accept there will be natural waves in motivation and not give yourself a hard time when it is low.

2. Be Sociable

So much research suggests that exercise and weight loss is much easier when you’re not doing it alone. By working out with a friend or in a group, or keeping a food journal, you’ll find motivation is much easier to come by. You can help motivate each other, and it can force you to go even when you don’t want to because you won’t want to let the other person down.

3. Eat Sensibly

We all know that a healthy diet is a key to weight loss. However, it also has a huge impact on motivation levels. If you’re eating a large amount of heavy, stodgy food, you will feel sluggish and unmotivated. The key to maintaining motivation is to eat sensibly. You’ll not only feel more motivated because you’ll lose weight, but you’ll also feel more energized.

4. Get Enough Sleep

Exercise is the same as anything else. It’s much harder to do if you’ve not had enough sleep. Whether it’s work, exercise, or being sociable, it’s much more effort on no sleep. Weight loss is also aided by a good night’s sleep so it is important that you get a decent night’s sleep.

5. Set Yourself Small Goals To Aim For

Setting yourself small goals instead of one large end goal will be much better for your motivation. By achieving small goals along the way, you will feel much better about these achievements. This will inspire you and motivate you to keep going with the weight loss plan and exercise.

6. Be Motivated in Other Areas of Your Life

Achieving and being motivated in other areas of your life will spill over into your exercise and weight loss program. It’s much easier to continue to keep going throughout the day rather than stop and start. By being motivated in other areas, even as simple as cleaning the house regularly, you’ll find yourself much more able to stick to your weight loss goals.

7. Avoid Pictures of Models

Models are often super skinny, or at the very least have had varying degrees of computer editing on the photos of them. This projects an unrealistic expectation and in normal life we don’t have such editing facilities. Research has shown that pictures of models and what you want to aim for can actually hinder your motivation.

8. Pick an Item of Clothing to Aim For

Whether it’s the jeans or a dress that you want to fit into again, this will work much better as a reminder of why you need to stay motivated. This is something realistic, achievable, and it means something to you.

9. Imagine the Worst-Case Scenario

Imagine what it would be like if you didn’t exercise or lose weight – would you want to look like that and be that unhealthy? This can be a much stronger incentive and motivator than imaging what you would look like if you do work out.

10. Focus on the Reasons

Why are you trying to lose weight? It is to look better, to be healthier or some other reason? You need to focus on the reason why you’re doing this in the first place, as it will be a constant reminder of why you need to stay motivated.

Regain Weight Loss Motivation: The Risks of a Sedentary Lifestyle

It’s probably not coming as any big news flash to you that exercise and smart nutrition combine for an unbeatable system of health, vitality and wellness in both mind and body, from head to toe. Besides, if you live to be 70 or 80, but the last 40 years of your life are plagued by health problems because you decided you would rather sit and lounge your way through life rather than being active, is that really living?

To help regain weight loss motivation, check out these 6 serious health risks directly related to a sedentary lifestyle and you might just have enough motivation to get up and get moving every day.