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#4) “Build in Accountability”.

Accountability is essential for progress, it helps you not only track your success, but also can be used as a motivational tool to help you spring forward.  The “10 Tips for Losing 100 Pounds” article states that including an accountability component in your weight loss plan.  Things like working with a partner or friend, showing up at a meeting every week, or scheduling a follow-up appointment with your doctor can be beneficial if you use them as progress marks.  The problem, though, is that most people see these kinds of goals as simply things that they “should” accomplish, not necessarily believing that they really “can” or “will” accomplish them.  And they’re usually not motivating, either.  What’s the reward when you reach one of these markers?  How do you build momentum to continue moving forward?  How do you celebrate your success so that it makes you want to continue working toward your goal?  Because things like weekly meetings made me feel uncomfortable, intimidated and miserable, they never worked for me.  Also, I found my friends and family to be highly unreliable.  Every time I’d tried working out with a buddy in the past, instead of motivating each other over the long term, we held our team enthusiasm for awhile, but quickly would become each other’s enablers as we slacked off and decided to have lunch together instead of work out.

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