Visualize your dreams
Keep visualizing your dreams and believe that you will achieve them.
Be realistic
Make resolutions and set goals that you feel you can achieve.
Be thankful
Be thankful for all the blessings you have.
Be young at heart
Don't give in to your age -- keep active and exercise regularly; you will live a longer, healthier life.
Enjoy yourself!
Choose an exercise you enjoy! Find something you like, and you will probably stick with it.
Give yourself a reward
Pick a reward to treat yourself with once you meet your goal. Plan short term goals that measure your short term achievements.
Have fun
Keep yourself from getting bored by varying your routine, or alternating the kind of exercise you do.
Join an online support group
Or create your own. The key thing is not to feel alone - make yourself accountable to others.
Keep a journal
Logging what you eat every day (try it here) will help you achieve your goals.
Keep a journal
Logging your activities (try it here) will help you achieve your goals.
Keep positive people in your life
Look for ways to eliminate or limit the time you spend interacting with people who are negative.
Keep your expectations real
Don't expect immediate results, and set goals that you can achieve -- success is motivating!
Laugh everyday
Seriously, think about it, and make an effort to find something to laugh about.
Let go of things you have no control over
Don't fret if it cannot do any good!
List your accomplishments
You may be surprised at how much better you feel about what you have already achieved.
Maintain your priorities
Ask yourself how important that extra spoonful of sugar, or that dollop of mayonnaise is, compared to your priorities for weight loss.
Set short-term goals
Your progress will occur gradually and in small increments. So plan short term goals that measure your short term achievements.
Set your eating goals
Set a specific goal, make a commitment to it, and hold yourself to that commitment.
Stick to your resolutions
Consider your resolutions as a promise to yourself, not as a test of your willpower.
Take before and after photos
There is no easier way to illustrate your progress. The after photos will help you keep it off.
Talk to yourself kindly
Think about how you talk to yourself, and tone down the negative self talk.
Tell your family
Engage your family in your support network. Make yourself accountable to them, and enjoy their support.
Use sticky note reminders
Put reminders for your resolutions in prominent locations, such as on your bathroom mirror, night stand, inside front door.
Visualize success
Think of how you will feel when you have lost the weight. Look daily at a picture of what you will look like at your target weight.
Visualize success
Think of how you will look and feel when you are in better shape. Find a picture of the image of you in shape, and look at it daily.
Write positive affirmations
Remind yourself that you can do it.
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