Every journey begins with the first step, so if you’re inclined to work towards better wellness through weight loss, you need to start off on the right foot. Sometimes the fear of failure or the immense task ahead can put you off, but it’s much better for your mental wellbeing to just focus on it one day at a time – so let’s start with day one, shall we?
There are two things you need to do on day one of your weight loss plan to make it exciting and motivating for the rest of the journey, as well as achieving the results you want in the end. Firstly, make day one the best day. Invest all your efforts into the first day of your weight loss plan to start as you mean to go on. In short, get a full night’s rest of 7-8 hours the night before, and eat a healthy breakfast. Thoroughly follow your diet plan, whichever one you’ve decided to follow, and drink plenty of water and do a good workout. Then finish off your successful day one by going to bed at a reasonable time, so you’re fresh for day two and you’ve set the stage to stay consistent with reaching your goals. If your first day doesn’t go well in this way, you’ll ultimately end up giving up on your goals.
Secondly, you need to tune in your mind into long-term goals. Weight loss shouldn’t be about a one-off quick-fix goal, but rather long-term lifestyle changes for better wellness. On day one of your diet, sit yourself down and put it in your mind that this weight loss plan isn’t just for now, but you’re going to stick to a healthier lifestyle – and the key word in there is ‘life’. It’s much easier to stick with a weight loss plan if you know you’re trying to make permanent changes, or else you’ll just get quick results and quit and then regain, or put on more weight than you had in the first place. You might end up not even making it to day two or three because if you’re only doing it short-term, what’s the point? You’ll cut corners, skip steps and lose all motivation before you make it to day four! Either way, short-term goals will leave you unsuccessful and miserable, which certainly isn’t the result you want, so start well on day one and see where the rest of the journey takes you.
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