The Top 10 Tips for Lasting Weight Loss

There are no answers, only choices in life, and lasting weight loss is all about choice. Lasting weight loss is about getting to know and love yourself. Inside out works best. Sometimes simple is best and these 10 tips provide some simple choices for long-term weight loss.
1. Approach your goal from a place of love.
Loving and valuing yourself are the keys to successful weight loss. So often, we try to achieve weight loss by pushing and punishing ourselves. We end up deprived and miserable and farther from our original goal. Approach it from a different direction. Approach it with love. Start valuing yourself and your body right now.
2. Be complete.
Things that are undone or unfinished in our lives can drain us and keep us from reaching our goals. Weight can sometimes be a form of protection or a sign that something is unfinished. Take care of anything that is unfinished in your life. Work on a coaching assessment like the Clean Sweep and create a personal standard for completion in your life.
3. Meet your needs directly.
Food can be a way to fill yourself up emotionally. So if you find yourself eating when you are not physically hungry it may be a sign that your needs are not being met. Everyone has needs and we will do what we can to meet those needs. Sometimes when we are not conscious of our needs then the way we meet them may not be ideal. Identify your needs and meet them directly. Use an assessment like the Needless program.
4. Movement.
Tap into your vitality and make activity a part of your daily life. It feels good to move. Find a way that you love and fits with you. Schedule your movement into your day planner and honor it as time for you. Add moments of movement into your daily routine wherever you can.
5. Sweat.
After you get moving you will want to work hard enough to sweat. When you are sweating you are impacting your metabolism. Increasing your metabolism will facilitate weight loss. A minimum of 20 minutes of sweating five times a week is recommended for weight loss.
6. Strength training.
Build your muscles with weights and resistance training. Strength training adds muscles (which weigh more) and increases your metabolism.
7. Drink lots of pure water.
Water naturally suppresses appetite and helps the body metabolize stored fat. An average weight person needs to drink eight 8-ounce cups of water a day. However, the overweight person needs one additional glass for every 25 pounds of excess weight.
8. Eat wisely and take vitamins.
Choose healthy things to put into your body. Well balance meals that include 2-3 servings of fruit and vegetables. Don't deprive yourself. If you want something allow yourself to have it in moderation. Nothing is forbidden. Be aware of your choices and how certain foods make you feel. Start choosing more feel good foods.
9. Visualize your success and think positive.
Create a vision of who you will be when you reach your goal. How will you be the same or different? Start giving yourself positive affirmations and allow yourself to see your strength. Throw your scale away or use it at a maximum of once a week so it does not become a focal point for you.
10. Create a system of motivation.
Motivation is something that we need to create for ourselves. Motivating yourself is a continual process so think of how you can set up a system of motivation to help you reach your goal. Who can cheer you on? What kind of structure do you need? What kinds of rewards can you give to yourself? Who can you connect with that is working toward a similar goal? Motivating yourself means being proactive and creating a system that reminds you of how great you are and how well you are doing...and that YOU CAN DO IT!

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