4 Easy Tricks to Help You Stay on Track with Your Weight Loss Program

Losing weight initially is the easy part of weight loss. What’s tough is maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle with determination and consistency. Here are four helpful hints from Dr. G’s Weight Loss and Wellness Program that’ll help you stick to your diet and see the results you want.

Start a Food Journal

Keeping track of the food, you’re consuming will help you better determine which food groups you need more of and which you should cut back on. You can also jot down the amount of calories, fat and other nutritional values in your meals to make sure you’re not over-indulging. Keeping a food journal can also increase your ability to stick to a healthy diet by providing you with a mini cookbook of healthy and diet-right recipes to reuse.

Set Realistic Small and Large Goals

Similar to other aspects of your life, weight loss is an achievement. Come up with a few small and large goals to accomplish over time with your dieting. Larger goals will take more time to reach. Setting smaller goals to accomplish along the way will keep you motivated and enthusiastic. These goals can be as simple as losing almost a pound a week until you reach a goal of losing 10-20 pounds in a couple of months.

Track Your Success

Tracking your success will help you better understand your progress and allow you to visualize yourself achieving your goals. Set up weekly weigh-ins. Notice if your weight loss is consistent or not. Make a note of which foods you ate which days and how it relates to your weight loss. This will also help you make positive changes to your dieting to come up with the right plan for your lifestyle and body.

Reward Yourself

Losing weight is a challenge, which is why it’s important to reward yourself along the way to keep up your energy. Set cheat days for yourself, indulging in a small treat such as a donut or cupcake. Be sure not to overdo it and plan calorie-controlled portions of your favorite guilty pleasures. It’s completely normal to treat yourself daily, so long as you’re not sacrificing the hard work you’ve put into dieting.

By sticking to a plan and organizing your dieting, you’ll become more motivated and excited about your weight loss.

Author

Dr. Charles Goldsmith Dr. Charles Goldsmith started his career as an OB/GYN over 30 years ago. He ran a successful practice but noticed his clients consistently requesting assistance with weight loss. After countless hours of research and studying the numerous aspects of weight loss, Dr. Goldsmith determined that weight loss is very complex and needed to be supervised by a physician.