Adopting Better Behaviors Adds Up to Weight Loss Success

A resolution is a statement you made to yourself or others. To achieve weight loss success, be willing to make modifications in progress. That’s why it is helpful to start small and build up to bigger challenges. If you have tried to lose weight in the past but had problems with following a diet… there’s your sign. Permanent weight loss is about adopting a healthy eating plan. For long-term success, your new habits have to last a lifetime, not weeks or months. It doesn’t matter how often you make a resolution to shed unwanted weight gain. Setting realistic weight loss goals is the only way to improve your health, boost your self-esteem, and reinforce the need to continue your journey. These better behaviors will start to add up and done repeatedly, losing weight, and keeping it off will become automatic.

• Add Strength Training - Although strength training doesn’t burn lots of calories like cardio exercises do, strength training adds muscle mass, which is important for eliminating fat deposits.
• Work Your Way Up - It is important to understand that using exercise to lose weight has potential pitfalls. For example, too much exercise can quickly lead to overeating.
• Recruit an Exercise Buddy - On the weekend, call your friends and organize a hike in your area. Hikes work important muscle groups and allow participants to collectively enjoy natural settings.
• Start with Simple Activities - Experts recommend adding physical activities to support weight loss and to prevent weight regain. Just start slow, be patient, and add methodically add new activities.
• Add Low Impact Exercise - Walking is one of the simplest forms of exercise and it does not require any special equipment. Moreover, walking can be combined with other activities as needed.
• Break Up Physical Activities - Tending a new garden, volunteering for clean-up at your local park, or walking for a good cause is an engaging way to get the exercise you need.

Chances are your New Year’s resolution identified unhealthy or undesired habits that you wish to change. Since it likely took years for you develop these behaviors, don’t expect to change them in a matter of weeks or months. Realize that once you make a resolution to change your behavior, it is something that you will continue to work on and manage for the rest of your life. So, don’t be discouraged by short-term failures or challenges. It does not matter how much motivation you have in January. To attain your weight loss goals requires keeping the inspiration alive by overcoming obstacles and modifying your strategies. It doesn’t matter if you feel like you are off to slow a start, setting incremental goals makes it easier to stick with your resolution. The likelihood of long-term weight loss success increases with each success.