3 Keys to Weight Management

Andrea D'Ambrosio September 22, 2015 Health, Weight Loss

Key #1: Gradually Implement Sustainable Change

For weight management success, it is vital to implement changes that will be sustainable. Therefore, before getting started, ask yourself if you are you ready to make a lifelong (diet or physical activity) change. This means that you will steer clear of the strict, crash diets or extreme workout regimes that are too rigorous to continue long-term.

When you have decided that you are in it for the long haul, you then want to implement changes gradually. At a conference this past weekend, the keynote speaker highlighted the importance of starting with one change and then adding another after the first is complete or a habit. He spoke about how people can accomplish more than they ever thought possible when they are not overwhelmed with trying to change everything all at once. Here are tips to get started and avoid All or Nothing Mental Sabotage, the most common type of thought-distortion.

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Andrea D'Ambrosio

Andrea is a Registered Dietitian and owner of Dietetic Directions, a nutritional counselling and education company. Andrea's mission is to inspire clients through motivation and guidance to achieve life-long health behaviour changes. She has taken continuing education in the areas of Food Allergy and Food Hypersensitivity, Health Research Literacy, Motivational Interviewing & Coaching for Behaviour Change.