If you have ever lost 5, 10 or even more kilos and gained them back, you know that it is difficult to maintain the weight. Therefore, we often hear that it is easier to lose weight than to keep it off.

That's why it's difficult to find a program that merges with our lifestyle and that's also why it's really a key part of these transformations. If you're ready to stop dieting and start adopting a new lifestyle, then keep reading.

 

Set a Realistic Weight Goal

4 Tips to Keep Your Weight Down - Great I Am

If you feel like your weight loss has plateaued and this is incompatible with your goal, then perhaps this is your body telling you that losing even more weight may be unrealistic. To put this another way: YOUR goal weight may not be YOUR BODY's goal weight. If you are training as much as possible, maintaining a balanced and adequate diet and your body still doesn't “show progress” then it could be its way of telling you that your goal has been achieved. You must change your objective or adapt your lifestyle otherwise you risk causing damage to your own health.

 

Pay attention to portion sizes and snacks

4 Tips to Keep Your Weight Down - Great I Am

Eating those crumbs that fell on the counter or licking the peanut butter spoon, even chopping up bits of food while cooking may seem harmless but, in the long run, it can be significant. Small actions accumulate. “Just one cookie” at a time can be put together into several whole packages. Try to gain more awareness of what it's like to be hungry or what it's like to be full. You should eat to not be hungry and not to be full. Next time you go to “snack” on something that isn’t exactly a meal, you should ask yourself 3 questions:

  1. Am I really hungry or am I eating just because this “is here”?
  2. Am I just bored?
  3. Am I just anxious?

 

Try to Obtain “External” Support

4 Tips to Keep Your Weight Down - Great I Am

Family and friends can be very important in these transitions. Eating ends up being a social act and if you feel pressure to eat more than what you intend to eat, then this can compromise your efforts. Having a group of people who support you can help a lot in these situations.

 

Try to Account for Yourself Every 3 Months

4 Tips to Keep Your Weight Down - Great I Am

We spend time getting together and meeting other people… Why not do that with yourself? Identify the beneficial habits that helped you lose weight in the beginning and every 3 months HONESTLY check with yourself to see if you have maintained them and find solutions to return to them or improve them.

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