Permanent weight loss can't be measured on a scale. It's a feeling, a lifestyle, and a new attitude about your body and your health. There are many ways you can tell but these 10 permanent weight loss milestones are by far the most important.
1. You've 86ed The Daily "Weigh In" - You've tossed or burned your scale or packed it up in the back of your closet. You know what you need to do and you don't need a daily "weigh in" to keep you accountable or afraid anymore. You also get that practicing healthy habits daily is what really matters.
2. You Listen to Maintainers - Losers are constantly losing and gaining. Maintainers on the other hand know what it takes to stay at a healthy weight for years and for life. You now realize you should have been listening to them all along. When losers start in on your healthy habits you just smile and change the subject.
3. You're Eating Gets Better & Better - You're eating habits get better and better month after month year after year. Instead of caring about the latest diets, supplements, pills or products you look for ways to get the right balance of healthy foods and nutrients daily.
4. You Exercise Regularly - You realize that a healthy diet alone does not = weight maintenance so you find ways to stay active daily whether it's walking, lifting weights, Zumba, pilates, yoga, or gardening. You understand that moving every day is key to health and a healthy metabolism too.
5. You Get That Quality & Quantity Both Count - Unlike most crazy dieters who insist on slashing calories, cutting out entire food groups, or eating weird diet foods you care more about the quality of the food that goes into your body. You eat real food and you also eat an adequate amount for your level of activity.
6. Diet Scams Don't Phase You - Unlike yoyo dieters and lifetime losers you couldn't care less about the latest diet scame i.e. acai, HCG, and vitamin B injections. You lost it the healthy way and you're going to keep it off the healthy way too. Diet scams are for dummies and you know that now.
8. You Measure What Matters - You're no longer obsessed with that number on the scale, calorie, carb, or fat counts but you sometimes journal your food, measure a portion of something, measure your bodyfat, and try on your skinny clothes just to make sure you're still on track with your healthy habits.
9. A Bit of Weight Gain Doesn't Freak You Out - If you do happen to step on a scale at the doctors, the gym, or after you get back from vacation you no longer have a panic attack or a diet meltdown and start researching all the latest diets. You realize that a few extra pounds mean absolutely nothing. You drink some water and get on with your life then check again in a few weeks to reassure yourself that it was just water weight.
10. Your Health Is Your Top Concern - You care more about improving your health than some silly number on a scale because you now realize that a healthy weight is a product of healthy habits and a healthy lifestyle not the other way around.
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