Sticking with exercise starts with finding a program you enjoy and that fits in with your lifestyle, goals and needs. That means being realistic about what you'll really accomplish each week rather than going by what you think you should be doing. Use these resources to learn more about enjoying your workouts and making exercise a priority:
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10 Reasons You're not Losing Weight
By Paige Waehner, About.com
Updated June 18, 2009
About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our Medical Review Board
If you find your workouts are hit-or-miss and that you give in to temptation a bit too easily, your weight loss may hit the skids. For exercise to work, you have to do it on a regular basis. Once your body adapts to your program, you then need to change it to keep your body challenged. If you skip too many workouts, it's almost like starting all over every time.
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- You're not exercising enough
- You're not getting enough sleep
- You're too stressed out
- You're eating too much
- You're not consistent with your exercise and healthy eating
- You blow it on the weekends
- You haven't given yourself enough time to see results
- You have a medical condition
- You've hit a plateau
- You don't need to lose weight
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