Your greatest motivational tool is accountability.
Motivation can be a very tricky thing to hold on to, but with the help of the tools available with your mobile food tracker, you may be able to overcome the times when your motivation to continue has flagged. Since motivation tends to come and go for most people, keeping on top of the things that you know will give you the will to keep going before you completely lose your motivation is a very good idea. There are a few things that you can do to make sure that you don’t let your weight loss slip through your fingers.
One thing that you can do is to make a series of small achievable goals using your online food diary instead of a single very large goal that can’t be accomplished for some time. In this way you keep yourself feeling successful as you continue to hit each goal. For example, if you really want to lose 60 pounds, your ultimate goal will likely not be reached for 7 months to a year, depending on how fast you are losing. On the other hand if you make monthly goals of 5-8 pounds, you are giving yourself a leg up each time you hit that goal and before you know it, you’ll have lost the total 60 pounds.
There are many tools that come with your online journal, including a diabetes tracker, but one of the best for motivational purposes is the report generator. Run your weight loss report once a week or so when you do your weekly weigh-in to see a great graph of your total weight loss. Sometimes just seeing that trend line going down with the lowering numbers of the scale can be exactly what you need to make it all worthwhile.
Finally, your online journal isn’t just a glorified food database; it can be a tool for total health and motivation. Take part in the member’s only forum to connect with others who are trying to lose weight. Many people find the support and strength they need right there in the forums as people band together to achieve their dreams of getting healthy and losing weight. You even have access to an actual dietician who will answer any of your questions relating to food, nutrition, and weight loss.
Weight Loss Plateaus and Your Food Tracker
A plateau can be especially demoralizing because it involves a slow down or stop of weight loss even when you are continuing to keep to your calorie and exercise goals.
An Exercise Tracker Works To Keep Your Weight Loss on Track
By adding in exercise to burn more calories, you can speed up your rate of weight loss and control how much weight you lose over time.
Things You Can Do To Successfully Meet the Calorie Goals in a Mobile Calorie Counter
It’s important to have strategies in place to deal with the challenges that you may face when you are trying to successfully stick to a reduced calorie diet.
