August Weight Loss Challenge: Day 18 – Gearing up for the Final Week
The August Weight Loss Challenge continues and day 18 is another reminder that you are closer to achieving your goal. In this step, it is crucial to sustain the pace and focus on the actions that will allow to push the process to the end. Today we will be looking at the strategies to lock in your habits and keep you motivated as you reach the end.
1. Fine-Tune Your Exercise Routine
After sometime, most of your muscles are usually fully accustomed to the training you are currently undergoing. If you want the outcome to persist, it may be a good idea to make some changes to the regime though minimal. This could mean inclining your exercise routine, adding more weights or pursuing other exercises which accommodates on the varied muscles. The idea is to keep the muscles active and to avoid reaching a state of stagnation or ‘plateau’.2. There is therefore the need to ensure that you keep an eye on your eating habits.
This is because at this stage of the challenge, people may be more relaxed and this make them to indulge in ‘comfort eating’. Remain watchful to monitor foods you consume and be sure that all the foods you take are a creation of your new habits. If, for example, you have realized that you are lately using larger plates, this might be a good time to try new, healthy recipes or to pay attention to portion size.
3. Prioritize Recovery
Therefore, about how to proceed with the given challenge, it is necessary to learn how to listen to your body. If you wake up tired or you find yourself stiff or sore, then it is ok to have a day off or to do some easy going exercises such as stretching or a gentle walk. Recovery is as crucial as training if you want to lose weight by the end of the challenge, it also saves you from getting bored with the program.
4. Reinforce Positive Habits
Day 18 is also good in re-establishing some of the positive habits that you have been practicing for the past weeks. These include hitting the gym daily, drinking water throughout the day, or increasing the number of servings of veggies in a week: celebrate these. Among the aforementioned behaviors, the positive ones will have to be reinforced so that their practice continues to persist as future behavioral changes after the completion of the challenge.
5. Visualize Your Success
It is important to note that visualization maybe a strong requisite for staying motivated. Spending 5 minutes today picturing yourself at the end of it and the emotions you’ll get when you reach there will do a lot. Just imagine the feeling of success, the enhancement in the quality of your life and, among others, confidence. One is to visualize success as this will assist in the build up of more energy and concentration of the individual on the success goal.
Conclusion
I have subsequently learnt that day 18 is all about maintaining the momentum that one has set in good stead. The final week of the challenge has arrived; it is also the last week to give all your best and overcome any barriers that may still be on your way. So stick to your plans, keep your aim to the end and do not forget that no matter how small a step could be, it still gets you closer to the outcome you’re striving for. Let’s finish strong!
Day 18 is also good in re-establishing some of the positive habits that you have been practicing for the past weeks. These include hitting the gym daily, drinking water throughout the day, or increasing the number of servings of veggies in a week: celebrate these. Among the aforementioned behaviors, the positive ones will have to be reinforced so that their practice continues to persist as future behavioral changes after the completion of the challenge.
5. Visualize Your Success
It is important to note that visualization maybe a strong requisite for staying motivated. Spending 5 minutes today picturing yourself at the end of it and the emotions you’ll get when you reach there will do a lot. Just imagine the feeling of success, the enhancement in the quality of your life and, among others, confidence. One is to visualize success as this will assist in the build up of more energy and concentration of the individual on the success goal.
Conclusion
I have subsequently learnt that day 18 is all about maintaining the momentum that one has set in good stead. The final week of the challenge has arrived; it is also the last week to give all your best and overcome any barriers that may still be on your way. So stick to your plans, keep your aim to the end and do not forget that no matter how small a step could be, it still gets you closer to the outcome you’re striving for. Let’s finish strong!
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