Maximize Your Motivation

Once you hit your desired fitness level, you need strategies to help you maintain what you have achieved. The following may prove helpful when motivation lags:

• Continue to establish small attainable goals and then celebrate your successes with fun, non-food related rewards
• If you haven't done so already, keep a food and activity journal. This can help by keeping you aware of when your prone to lower your activity level or increase your calorie intake
• Shake it up every once in a while. Just as a workout routine can get stale so can a food rut. Every so often try a new recipe or dish.
• Get social support as it can improve your chances of maintaining long-term fitness

Remember to give yourself a break when relapses occur. Don't let one isolated incident derail you from your new healthy lifestyle. Get right back to your healthy habits and stay the course, you deserve it!