{"id":6802,"date":"2017-09-27T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T12:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2017-09-22T14:00:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:00:17","slug":"lost-weight-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/workout-wednesday\/lost-weight-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Weight&#8230;Now What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6804 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2017\/09\/Joy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2017\/09\/Joy.png 306w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2017\/09\/Joy-197x350.png 197w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/files\/2017\/09\/Joy-168x300.png 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK, you\u2019ve lost some weight. Now you can relax, right? Not so fast! Maintaining weight loss can take just as much effort as losing it. Here are some tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Know your triggers,<\/strong>\u00a0roadblocks and favorite excuses. We all have them!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t kid yourself<\/strong>. This is a long-term effort. The first year or two after significant weight loss may be the hardest, but if you can stick it out you\u2019re more likely to make it in the long run.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learn from others<\/strong>\u00a0who\u2019ve succeeded and follow their example.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make sure you have a social support network<\/strong>\u00a0of friends, family and health professionals who will support your new healthy habits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Find healthy ways to motivate<\/strong>\u00a0yourself to stick with it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>At the end of the day<\/strong>, it\u2019s up to you. Hold yourself accountable for the decisions you make.<\/li>\n<li><strong>And remember,<\/strong>\u00a0you can\u2019t do it by diet alone. For people trying to keep weight off, exercise is even more essential. The American Heart Association recommends 200 to 300 minutes of physical activity a week to keep those extra pounds from creeping back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/healthyforgood.heart.org\/be-well\/articles\/keeping-a-healthy-body-weight\" class=\"broken_link\">https:\/\/healthyforgood.heart.org\/be-well\/articles\/keeping-a-healthy-body-weight<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, you\u2019ve lost some weight. Now you can relax, right? Not so fast! Maintaining weight loss can take just as much effort as losing it. Here are some tips: Know your triggers,\u00a0roadblocks and favorite excuses. We all have them! Don\u2019t &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/workout-wednesday\/lost-weight-now-what\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9193321,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workout-wednesday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paB9fc-1LI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9193321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6802"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6806,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions\/6806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/healthyhorizons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}