by Anna Jones, Chief Editor
Why do some dieters suffer the endless frustration of losing and then gaining weight
again and again, while others lose weight and keep it off forever?
And wouldn’t you like to belong to the latter group rather than the former?
Here are some surprisingly easy things that successful dieters do - and you can easily
adapt these good habits yourself.
1.) You know that old conventional wisdom that goes “The scale doesn’t matter when
you’re dieting”? For a long time experts spurned the idea of frequent weigh ins, pointing
out that the scale can be inaccurate because of variations caused by water weight.
However, it turns out that weighing yourself daily is in reality an excellent motivator
for dieters. A study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine discovered that dieters who weighed
themselves every day lost the most weight, and kept it off more successfully, compared
to a group of dieters who did not weigh themselves on a regular basis.
2.) Write down everything that you eat. The mere act of putting down everything that you
eat is a motivator that serves to keep you on track and makes you less likely to binge,
fitness experts say.
3.) Find an exercise that you like, even if it’s just taking your dog for a mile long walk, or
bicycling, or tennis - and do it at least a few times a week. It will accelerate your weight
loss, make you healthier, and dieters who also work out are the most successful at
sustaining the weight off.
4.) Plan in advance. If you are going out to dinner with friends or to a holiday party or
even to the movies, what are you going to do when hunger pangs hit? Make certain that
you’ve eaten a filling, non fattening snack or meal beforehand and decide what, if
anything, you will eat at the party, movies, or whatever, before you go.
5.) Schedule the occasional pampering. If you know that you get to eat a small ice
cream sundae once a week, or one brownie, or half a cup of pasta, or whatever you are
craving, you are much less likely to binge. You can also make sure that’s a day when
you put in some extra workout.
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