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Step 7. Have a Long-Term Plan


NEW! Excerpted from The EatingWell Diet Book. 

Step 7. Have a Long-Term Plan
As you reach your weight-loss goals, you’re ready for the final step: creating a long-term strategy that will help your successes stick. You’ve come a long way—but know that you will have lapses. Everyone does! The key is to get back on track quickly, and move on. Use our Long-Term Success Plan worksheet to help you anticipate and plan for setbacks. Revise it regularly.


Learn to recognize the lapse-relapse-collapse cycle—and nip a lapse in the bud before it derails your weight-loss plans.Try designating a “red-flag” weight – say, 3 to 5 pounds above your idea weight goal. If you see that weight on the scale, consider it a signal that you need to act immediately. See our Back on Track worksheet for ideas.

 

How To Stop A Binge:

3 Questions to Ask Yourself


1) Am I truly hungry? If you’re not, wait 20 minutes and ask yourself again.


2) Has it been more than 3 hours since I last ate? (If not, it’s probably emotional, not physical hunger)


3) Can a small snack, like a handful of grapes and a few peanuts, tide me over until the next meal?



Go to the Essential Weight-Loss Tools page for more information.
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excellent information loved reading everything now i know i can give myself another chance. thank you very much!

aysha, London, E1
Excellent content and informative.Should be applied.

D.Srinivas, Secunderabad, In


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