HealthyWage's 10 Ways to Make Your Resolution Stick

This is the last full week of January. How are you doing with your new year resolutions? If you're looking for a little extra motivation on this Monday, I've got some for you right here: 10 Ways to Make Your Resolution Stick.

I joined together with HealthyWage and some of the other Top 50 Weight Loss Bloggers of 2016, to come up with a list of ways to help stick to your New Year's Resolutions. I contributed #8: Keep a Food Journal. 

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As you'll read from my quote in HealthyWage's article, “when it comes to losing weight, I recommend keeping a food journal. Not every week is going to be a success. Some weeks, I have a gain on the scale; some weeks I have a loss. When I have a good week, I like to look back on what I ate. It’s like my own personal recipe for success!”

For the most part, I use Sparkpeople to keep track of what I eat, but I also like to use a special Instagram account "FoodOfGoalOfLosing" to share actual pictures of everything I ate throughout the day. It keeps me accountable, knowing that other people are going to see what I ate. 

I have a strict no-shame policy on my Instagram Food Journal, so don't be surprised if you see a few too many pictures of animal crackers, or dark chocolate. Indulging in a treat every day actually helps me stay on track, and helps to avoid a binge due to feeling deprived.

Speaking of staying on track, as promised, here are my weigh-in results from my second week in my HealthyWage challenge:

Base-line weight, January 6th: 254 lbs

Second weigh-in, January 20th: 246 lbs

Total weight lost: 8 lbs!

My meal plans for this week look fairly similar to last week. For a closer look on that, you can read more, here: Meal Plans. Make it a great week!