You’re officially an after picture. You’ve bled, sweat and cried. You have consumed more broccoli than you care to admit and you’ve hit the goal– whether that’s a weight, a waist size, you got the girl/boy or some other goal.
This is the moment you’ve been dreaming of. Now what? What do you believe about weight maintenance?
Let’s get the diagnosis out here right away: the odds are stacked against us. According to Gary Foster, Ph.D., clinical director of the Weight and Eating Disorders Program at the University of Pennsylvania, almost 65% of dieters return to their pre-diet weight within 3 years. Statistics for “crash diets” are even more abysmal. But you aren’t a statistic. Just like you took control when you decided to lose weight, maintenance is entirely in your control. Today we’re going to explore what you need to do maintain all that work you put in.