Starting a lifestyle management program feels great. You’re enthusiastic and committed, motivation is high, and barriers are low.
You have the wind at your back and a wide-open road to better health.
But as you continue to push your health-goal snowball up that hill, something happens.
- Things might not change as fast as you’d like.
- What seem like minor inconveniences can become significant barriers.
- Tasks and commitments start to pile up that need your attention.
What at first seemed easy starts to get hard. And if things become too difficult, you can lose your momentum and the gains that you’ve made.
So, how do you stay in the game long enough so that your new, healthy behaviors become routine, and you don’t need to rely on motivation and willpower to keep moving forward?
This lesson is about getting through those rough patches. It’s about riding the seesaw of motivation until your efforts pay off in the form of sustained health improvements and improved quality of life.
Let’s get to it.
