Sometimes the more successful you are, the more likely you are to cheat and keep on cheating, counter-intuitive as it may sound.

You are so proud and thrilled when you stand on the scale and see that you have lost five kilograms in a month or even 10 kilograms using the HCG protocol.

Then a colleague brings chocolate cake or muffins into the office, and ten minutes later, as you are wiping the crumbs off your lips, you think, “What Just Happened.”

One “cheat” leads to another, and before you know it, you are on a slippery slope – one that leads back into those baggy tracksuit pants with elastic waist.

Enjoy what you are Eating

Stop focusing on what you are not eating and learn to enjoy what you are. If you are not prepared and organised, the temptation will get the better of you, so plan and prepare.

Why is it that Motivation ebbs and flows like the ocean waves up and down? Believe in yourself and know that this time is different.

You have to trust the process; you will feel satisfied and always look at the bigger picture, a new slim healthy you.

It’s all about being in the right frame of mind, having patience and persistence, and knowing that you can eat healthily, lose weight, and be happy with yourself. One day one step at a time!

It’s all about being in the right frame of mind and believing you will achieve your weight loss goal. Determination, patience and persistence and knowing that you can eat healthily, lose weight and be happy with yourself.

We climb a ladder one step at a time and lose weight by one kilogram. If you give up at the first hurdle, you will never get to where you want to be.

It will help you to stay motivated if you Visualise yourself as slimmer, healthier, and happier.