If you want to lose weight, you’ll need to make changes.
Change is hard, to be sure. But it’s possible. To make lasting changes that will improve your health and wellness long term, you must first consider why you want to change.
Thinking about your motivation can help galvanize your resolve and make you more likely to stay on track says Krissy Maurin, lead wellness coordinator with Providence St. Joseph Hospital Wellness Center in Southern California. Lasting changes will stick for the long term when they come from “a place of self-love and trying to do what’s best for you.”
Knowing your “why” is the first step on the journey – which may be long and winding. The following 10 tips can help you stay on track in following a weight loss plan or making any other sustainable lifestyle changes that can support good health.