When is a loser really a winner? When her weight loss is long-term. Ask anyone who's lost weight and she'll probably tell you that it's almost easier to lose it than keep it off. You can benefit from these proven success strategies:
- Who is Successful? - Learn the characteristics of people who have lost weight and kept it off.
- Mental Volleyball - Learn to use inhibiting statements to help you keep yourself on track.
- Dealing with Lapses - How to prevent ordinary slip-ups or disappointments from becoming disasters that derail your efforts.
- Keep track of what you eat - Writing down what, when and in what setting you eat can help you feel accountable as well as notice patterns that could be contributing to eating when you aren't hungry.
- Behavior Chain Diagram - This tool can also help you think about behavior sequences and triggers that might be leading you down an unhealthy path.
- Change of Pace/Cue Elimination - You may have unhelpful cues in your environment that are easily changed.
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