MAINTAINING YOUR WEIGHT LOSS(Part 5 of our Weight Loss Series)

Ok,folks-here's where most people veer off course. Truth is almost all of us can(and have-many times over)lose weight. We just don't keep it off. Fully 95% of those that lose the weight gain back every ounce and then some! Why??
Again-the "SECRET" is very obvious yet seldom exercised by most dieters who "diet",lose the weight and then slide right back to their old habits. THAT WILL NEVER EVER WORK. NEVER.
Drop the concept of "diet" as anything other than a lifelong change. Below we list the things the 5 % who lost and kept off the weight-sometimes over 100 pounds-for good.

ACCEPTED SETBACKS AND STILL KEPT TRYING

WEIGHED THEMSELVES EVERY SINGLE MORNING

EXERCISED AN HOUR AT LEAST 5 TIME PER WEEK

ATE COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES(WITHIN REASON) AND DID NOT DRASTICALLY REDUCE THEM EXCEPT AT THE INCEPTION OF THE DIET

ATE SMALL, FREQUENT MEALS WHEN POSSIBLE

LOOKED FOR WAYS TO INCREASE THE ACTIVITY IN THEIR DAILY LIFE

WHEN DINING OUT CONSISTENTLY MADE THE BEST CHOICE POSSIBLE

KEPT TRACK OF THE CALORIES CONSUMED PER DAY(OR POINTS)

It is also important to assess your weight loss goal once you reach it. Maybe you once weighed this weight when very young but does it suit you now ? Is your face more attractive with 5 more pounds and is that still within an acceptable BMI range?(see our earlier blog to calculate your BMI). Once you are at your goal do you feel you can safely strive for a lower weight-again while maintaining the guidelines for a healthy BMI?

Any wonderful thing-a garden,a relationship,a hobby-requires tending. So does maintaining your goal weight. But isn't creating a healthful life and future worth it. What could taste better than that?