Weight loss is not an instant process. For this reason, many people are able to lose weight, but after a few months they forget about their original goals and are no longer motivated. They eventually forget all about losing weight, and gain all the weight back. Here are some ways to stay motivated, so that all your weight loss attempts do not end in disaster:
- Remember why you want to lose the weight. The best way to stay motivated is to remember why you want to lose the weight. Write down a list of the reasons why you want to lose weight. Put this list somewhere where you will see it everyday. Putting it on the fridge wouldn’t be a bad idea… Every time you see this paper you will remember your motivations for losing weight, and for this reason you will continue living healthy and losing weight.
- Keep a log. Make some sort of chart or log so that you can write down every day, if you stayed true to your weight loss regiment. Perhaps, check one box for the days on which you think you ate healthy and worked out. Check a different box for the days you forgot to workout or ate unhealthily. This way, you will be able to track how you are doing. Another good type of log to keep yourself motivated, is a sort of numerical log. On the days you stay true to your workout / eating regiment you go up one number; and on the days you don’t eat healthy etc. you go down one number. You should set a number at which you want to be at, at the end of each month. A number like 25, would show that you didn’t complete your goals on five days (depending on how long that month was), and you succeeded on the other 25.
- Tell someone how you are doing. Try to tell a close friend / spouse / etc., how you are doing every week. You won’t want to tell that person that you gained a pound this week, so you will be more motivated to lose weight and stay dedicated to your original goals. Another way people do this is by video blogging. Which means posting videos on a website such as youtube, explaining how your weight loss is going.
These 3 techniques can help you stay dedicated to your weight loss goals. Not only will these techniques help you throw off the weight, but more importantly, they will help you keep the weight off.

3 responses so far ↓
1 strawberry871 // Sep 5, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I stay motivated and keep my current weight by hopping on the scales every morning, before I eat or drink anything and before I get dressed. If I have gained a pound, I cut back on what I eat for the day. It’s a continuous awareness that keeps me from gaining.
2 farouk // Oct 30, 2008 at 9:50 am
thanks for the advice:)
3 tmikuckis // May 20, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Watching the scale everyday, now that takes dedication! Thanks for your techniques for staying motivated Strawberry871.
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