11 Powerful Dieting Motivation Tips That Work

What is the secret to staying motivated to stick to your diet? Believe it or not it’s as simple as changing your overall approach to the way you think about dieting and losing weight. You are faced with temptation every day, everywhere you look. It’s tempting to give in – “Oh, just this once won’t do any harm,” or “Only one little bite”….

To help you overcome the obstacles that stand between you and diet success, here are 11 powerful dieting motivation tips for staying motivated to stick to your diet.

1. Clean House

Get rid of every unhealthy piece of food you have. You don’t have to throw it away, donate canned foods to local food shelters. Frozen foods can be given to friends and family members or the homeless shelters.

2. Start Small

Making too many changes at once can be overwhelming and often leave you feeling as though you are depriving yourself. Start small, if you are a soda drinker give up one soda a day and replace it with a bottle of water for a week and go on from there. Give up eating out one day a week.

3. Avoid Drastic Changes

Try not to follow a diet plan that requires you to severely restrict your intake of any one food group or multiple food groups. Sure, you’ll get dramatic results quickly with these plans but the success is short lived.

4. Pick Foods You Like

Honestly, how long are you going to stick with something you hate? If you don’t like eating fish then don’t pick a diet that focuses on fish. It isn’t enough to pick foods that are good for you, pick foods that are good for you and that you enjoy eating.

5. Brown Bag It

Avoid temptation at work or on outings by packing your own food. You can pack a lunch to take to work, you can pack a snack bag. Think about putting a goodie bag in the car loaded with water, fruit slices, granola bars, baby carrots and so on.

6. Eat a Small Snack before Leaving

You will be less inclined to indulge when going to a party or out to dinner if you eat a small meal at home before stepping out. Little things like this can make a big difference when it comes to dieting motivation, because you’ll be less likely to find yourself in a situation where you’re so hungry you want to grab any junk food you can find – and getting off track in the process.

7. Avoid Feeling Hungry

Ideally you should be eating something small every three hours. This will help keep your metabolism steady and you won’t feel hungry. When you wait to eat until you are feeling hungry you are more likely to eat more then you need and more then you should.

8. Indulge!

What! Indulge? Yes, there has to be some reward for what you are doing. Eating healthy doesn’t mean you forsake life’s little temptations dressed up in ooey gooey goodness. The key is to eat healthy 98.9% of the time.

9. Work it Off

Okay, the death by chocolate cake that you ate an entire piece of was worth every bit of guilt you are feeling. Instead of beating yourself up over it, work it off. Pick your favorite activity and do it until you break a sweat.

10. Make Water Your Best Friend

Did you know that those hunger pangs you feel can actually be your body telling you that you are dehydrated? Before eating anything, drink a glass of water.

11. Portion Control

You don’t need a steak the size of your head. Red meat portions should not be bigger than the palm of your hand. An excellent way to deal with portions is to eat on smaller plates. Instead of eating on a big dinner plate, use salad plates. It will trick your mind into “seeing” a full plate of food even though the portions will be much smaller, and you will find that you are able to eat less and still feel very satisfied.

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