Not letting small “slips” turn into large weight regain
*From The National Weight Control Registry. See “Long-term Weight Maintenance” in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 82, No. 1, 222S-225S, July 2005.
Staying On Track with Your Goals
Setting realistic goals and tracking your progress are key to your success. In fact, research has shown that those who keep track of their behaviors are more likely to take off weight and keep it off. A reasonable rate of weight loss is 1 to 2 pounds per week.
These resources can help you set goals and monitor your progress:
When I’m stuggling with my weight goals, I look for inspiration everywhere. I never know when I’ll stumble on something that will click for me (that’s how I stumbled onto The Hacker’s Diet.) Lately I’ve been looking through the federal government’s sites and they’ve put together some interesting lists.
Buried a couple of links down from one of the above lists is a list of 119 small steps you can take to start losing weight today. Some I’m already doing (4, 9, 13, 27, 88!) others sound like good ideas (3, 11, 108) and still others are never going to happen (10, 39)
Another link led to The Weight-Control Information Network. Here’s a link to their publications.n I’ve sent away for a lot of them to distribute at Eat4Today Live! All for free. Most of the government sites have a publications page.o And a lot of them are free. Also, a lot of them are available as PDFs and can be viewed online.
The quality (especially the interest level) varies from site to site and from publication to publication.g But, you never know when you’ll find just the thing to keep you going for another week.
Successful Losers
From nutrition.gov:
When I’m stuggling with my weight goals, I look for inspiration everywhere. I never know when I’ll stumble on something that will click for me (that’s how I stumbled onto The Hacker’s Diet.) Lately I’ve been looking through the federal government’s sites and they’ve put together some interesting lists.
Buried a couple of links down from one of the above lists is a list of 119 small steps you can take to start losing weight today. Some I’m already doing (4, 9, 13, 27, 88!) others sound like good ideas (3, 11, 108) and still others are never going to happen (10, 39)
Another link led to The Weight-Control Information Network. Here’s a link to their publications.n I’ve sent away for a lot of them to distribute at Eat4Today Live! All for free. Most of the government sites have a publications page.o And a lot of them are free. Also, a lot of them are available as PDFs and can be viewed online.
The quality (especially the interest level) varies from site to site and from publication to publication.g But, you never know when you’ll find just the thing to keep you going for another week.
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