When people decide to that it is time to stop coming for their weekly visits to our program I implore that there has to be a strong sense of self-accountability. When patients come here weekly, we weigh them, discuss the week's challenges, make suggestions as to how to navigate around the difficult stressful times and not allow those food sources in that will damage our weight loss efforts.
When there are no weekly, visits, the person is then "in charge" of their own accountability systems. Psychologically, when people know they have a weigh-in in front of a physician or nutritionist, there is a bigger push for success. Fear that if there is no success will have the professional "disappointed" in that person's efforts? Spending very valuable money on a program and not achieveing success? These may be the psychological factors involved with outside "accountability".
Make contracts with yourself: Reward yourself for success, establish goals and reward yourself (non-calotic) for reaching those goals. Stop by here for weigh-ins (no cost!!) and please read my blog daily to stay connected with me.
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