How to stay motivated when losing weight 
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| If you see results you will be more motivated to continue the program you are on. The best motivation is when you see others succeed. You too will like to be one of them. Tip Credibility: 54 (Best Tip!) |
| Why not combine your weight loss with a charity event, this way you can run or walk for charity and get in shape at the same time plus you’ll feel more obliged to achieve your goal because you’re letting others down. Tip Credibility: 38 |
| Read weight loss magazines that will help motivate you, this way you’re surrounded by weight loss success stories that help make you more positive that you can also follow in their foot steps. Tip Credibility: 38 |
| Celebrate small weight loss goals as much as big ones, whether it’s with a new piece of clothing or jewelry (just stay away from food rewards!) Tip Credibility: 38 |
| To avoid snacking why not put a mirror in your kitchen, this way when you head towards the fridge you'll see your reflection and stop you in your tracks by reminding yourself of your present weight problem. Tip Credibility: 38 |
| Keep a daily journal of what you eat, when you eat and how you're feeling. It's really helpful for the first couple of weeks to become more aware of what you're putting in your body and how it affects you. Tip Credibility: 33 |
| If you don't feel that you have someone to support you in your life, find support on one or several online weight loss forums. You will likely make some new friends :) Tip Credibility: 32 |
| Stay off the scale: The scale lies. You could train hard and eat right and build five pounds of muscle and lose five pounds of fat and what will the scale say? That you still weigh the same.
This leads to frustration, even though you've made good Tip Credibility: 19 |
| Eating regular smaller meals helps a lot. Something else that helped me a lot was just being more active. Take some nice long walks works. Tip Credibility: 16 |
| Move as much as possible! Do squats while doing dishes, waiting for the microwave, or even while shampooing your hair. Run to the mail box, wrestle with your kids. Structured exercise is great, but keep moving all day long. Tip Credibility: 16 |
| Also, making breakfast the largest meal of the day instead of dinner. This helps your metabolism keep running throughout the day =) Tip Credibility: 9 |
| Don't go it alone--lose weight with a partner. My wife and I losing weight together made it much easier. The support keeps you focused and motivated. Tip Credibility: 8 |
| Don't set a goal, instead make a promise. For example, I promised I'd spend 30 or more minutes on the treadmill every day for an entire month when I started. After 21 days, it turns into a habit, and the 2nd month is easier than the first. Tip Credibility: 8 |
| I lost over 50 lbs. by ignoring all weight loss ads. Stay away from pills, powders, fitness gadgets and diet food. Find an exercise you like and do it often. Focus on veggies, fruits and lean meats. Box food, bread and booze are not your friends. Tip Credibility: 8 |
| Don't go by the scale. It's true that you can gain muscle weight which will be great. So keep track of all your body measurements and you can also get motivated by the way your clothes will start being looser as you lose those inches. Tip Credibility: 6 |
| In order to lose weight, start with a healthy breakfast. Eat more frequently and healthy during the day and avoid eating after dinner. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Find about any one from your friends or family who lost considerable weight. This can really motivate you. Also keep in company of people who are also on weight loss plan. As it is a community you keep listening to their successes and stay motivated. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| If Your drinking coffee in the morning, you should rotate it with water. This helps jump start your metabolism as well as flushing out the caffeine. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Keep a log of how much exercise you do and how many calories you eat Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Be creative and try to make your workouts fun. I like to stay hype when I do my work outs ITS ALL IN YOUR MIND! Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Motivation is a hard one. It is so individual. Get a mental image of what you want to look like.Make it as real as possible, then imagine yourself stepping into the image and feeling what you will feel like, in the new body. This helps change mindsets Tip Credibility: 5 |
| Don't worry about numbers, work on how you look. Make exercise fun by dancing, sports, etc. Don't deny yourself foods you love, just eat them less. Denying yourself during a diet can result in binge eating. Reward positive changes so you feel good. Tip Credibility: 5 |
| It really helps if you get your family involved. My wife is the best at preparing meals that help us watch our weight. She helps me stay focused and I help her as well. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| When you think of loosing wait the only real thing to be aware of that is what and how much is passing through a small hole in your face beneath your nose. Everything else is a bad excuse. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Don't go for a diet but change your way of eating - make eating to a very important 3 times half an hour a day event. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| picture a brand new body shape of urs in your mind,buy a new pair of jeans which is a size or 2 smaller to motivate urself to loose weight fast Tip Credibility: 4 |
| The key is to make fitness a priority. I always work out first thing in the morning before I do anything else. It may be hard to do initially but you get used to it. Once your workout is done you don't have to think about it for the rest of the day! Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Take a picture of yourself before you start trying to lose weight and then at regular intervals afterward. I know this works for trying to build muscle. Because the gains (or losses) are gradual, often you don't notice them as they happen over time. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Make sure you do something you enjoy! Create active 'movement' rituals into your day, add structured and unstructured activities into your program and create the habit. Take action and enjoy the process. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| I pay far less attention to the weight scale and far more to the body fat percentage. I find it tells me more about how good a shape I'm in. I recently started using an HGH product and dropped from 19% to 15% in just over a month. Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Buy the Cutest pants, outfit.. in your target size. Keep it hanging where you can see it everyday!Start noticing as you loose weight (yes try it on) that you are getting closer to your 'weightloss celebration night out' to wear it! Tip Credibility: 4 |
| Has anyone heard of Sensa? It is a sprinkle solution that you sprinkle on your food. It has a sweet shaker, and also a salty shaker. Works pretty good they say. I am trying it, will let you know
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| plain and simple the best way to stay motivated is to DO NOT STOP WORKIN OUT!! stop once and your done for another month or so of not working out..motivate yourself by having pictures of youself every month and keep a visual goal of your achievement Tip Credibility: 1 |
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