EP. #183: Why inspiration won't get you to your weight goal, and what will

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you get derailed from your efforts to lose weight because you lose your inspiration? </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do you stay on track long enough to get results?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So often, people ask me how to stay inspired to eat right and lose weight. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many people believe that inspiration is what you need to be successful, but that’s a fallacy. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sure, inspiration is great! It feels good, and it makes doing certain things easier. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For a little while. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The problem is that you CAN’T stay inspired for very long, no matter how well things are going. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maybe you can stay inspired to do something for a week or a month, but if you want to lose weight and keep it off, that won’t get you there.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That’s exactly why diets fail. Because when you start a new diet, you’re excited by the newness of it and the hope that this diet will be different. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But when you start to get weary of the stress of food restriction,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">your inspiration leaves, and so does your adherence to the diet.</span></p> <p><strong>Establishing positive, healthy eating habits is the secret to success. </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Because once you establish good habits, staying on track is effortless most of the time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Inspiration really is more of an emotion, and our emotions are fleeting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We simply can’t be inspired all the time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So when your inspiration tank runs out, how do you stay on track?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> How do you lose weight and