Diets and weight loss programmes are only effective if implemented consistently, this is not always easy. If you find yourself falling off the wagon, here are some tips to keep you on the straight and narrow during your weight loss journey.

1. Find your main motivation for losing weight

Reasons for wanting to lose weight vary, some people want to look better, some people want to be fitter and some people want to be healthier, while others strive for all of the above. Being as specific as possible will help to stick to your convictions.

Make a list and read it when you are feeling helpless, this will help you remember why you made a visit to the weight loss clinic in the first place.

2. Keep temptations to a minimum

If you know you can’t resist eating biscuits with your tea, simply stop buying them. It is much more difficult to give into temptations, when you don’t have temptation at hand. Even better, your family will have healthier options to choose from too!

One way to keep yourself from buying all unhealthy snacks you love is to make a list and go grocery shopping after you have had a healthy meal. Studies show that shoppers who felt full were less likely to give in to temptation and having a list gives you focus.

3. Take up exercise

If you haven’t taken up some form of exercise yet, do. This will help keep you motivated as well as stick to your diet. If you know you just spent two hours in the gym burning off the calorie equivalent of a burger, you are much less likely to eat one.

4. Do your research before eating out

You should not stop dining out simply because you have decided to join a weight loss programme. Friends can help motivate you and being social improves our mood. You can definitely go out with your friends, if you make healthy choices.

Start by searching online for the restaurant you plan on visiting ahead of time. This way you can check out the menu and find the healthy options, something that will fit in with your weight loss programme. It may take some tweaking, such as ordering your protein with a side of vegetables, instead of pasta or potatoes or eating less than the whole plate and asking the restaurant to wrap up the rest for later.

If there really isn’t anything on the menu that fits the plan set out for you by weight loss specialists, why not eat before you go out? You still enjoy the company and know that you’re keeping to your weight loss programme. Remember that alcoholic beverages can be very high in calories, so choose what you drink wisely too.

5. Track your progress

Keeping track of your weight loss progress via a journal, or similar, will keep you motivated. If you plateau at any point and get disheartened, you should speak to your weight loss specialist. They will be able to determine if there is a reason for this or if this is to be expected based on where you are in the programme.

By monitoring your progress you are able to make connections between your actions and your weight loss. If you lose a lot of weight when you have been strict with your diet and dedicated to the gym, you know that those actions bring rewards. If you do not lose as much, but know that you haven’t been sticking to the healthy eating plan, then you can see immediately why your weight loss plan hasn’t been as effective as you want it to be.

6. Understand that weight loss will take time

You did not gain all of the weight you want to lose overnight and neither will it disappear overnight. Dedicating yourself to a weight loss programme is a long term commitment and if you follow it with this in mind you are sure to see results.

7.Find a friend to take the weight loss journey with you

We all want to be successful in losing weight, but if you’re afraid that your willpower alone won’t see you through, be sure to get a friend to take the journey with you. This way you will be committing to a weight loss programme and to the other person. You will have someone to share healthy meals with and an exercise buddy that motivates you when you want to give up.

Keeping yourself on track is easy with the personalised support offered by Slender Wonder, where your health is a way of life.

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