“How to maintain weight that you recently achieved?” Ever thought of this? If not yet, then start thinking, cause you would want to maintain it, to maintain your fitness level.

But before that, let’s know the answers to few other questions?

1. How did you achieve your new weight?

Every one of us whoever had decided to climb down the weighing scale had first planned a daily routine which included, to sleep well, track what and when we eat along with portion size(calorie intake), track BMI and inches, stay away from junk food, increase the water intake to 8-10 glasses(for proper hydration), follow several types of exercise routines(cardio, aerobics, plyo, strength, power, weight), not bringing home any processed food and many more.

When you start to calculate the time and efforts that you had put in during the entire weight loss program and for few others money as well (if taken up gym, nutritionist sessions etc.), you can see the big picture of how much dedicated you were, right?

Now ask yourselves, just because you have achieved your target weight will you give up such a beautiful lifestyle which must have helped many of you to get rid of many diseases like blood pressure, thyroid issues, acidity, lactose intolerance, dehydration issues, weakness, stress, etc. that helped you understand the healthy version of living.

I am sure no one would want to disturb the healthy routine for their body. However, if you plan to to do so, let’s see the consequences.

2. What happens if you change your healthy routine?

Often we have heard that we need to change our exercise routines to make sure that we maintain weight or keep going down the scale and this is true.

However, what I am referring here is not about the exercise routine but the healthy routine that we took up to achieve our healthy or target weight.

So, what happens when we change our healthy routine? Our body after a complete recovery phase is no more used to bad food and acts in a repulsive way when we feed it with any kind of junk food like deep fries from street stalls (that reuses oil day after day), food kept overnight and sold in the streets, restaurant food which is made with a week old liquid spice mix etc., clearly indicating that the body cannot take it any more.

Still, there are people who would ignore such indications and go on with these food, thinking it’s time for them to take a break from the healthy schedule and enjoy life. During the course of these actions your body will definitely start supporting you once again and start digesting all the bad food in addition to bringing back all the health problems too.

Sad part is that, you don’t understand the loss you are doing to yourselves. You are actually re-training your body to crave for these junks, carbs, and all those items that results in weight gain instantly, making it once again a disastrous life for you.

Eating junk food might satisfy your brain but not your body’s daily requirement of nutrients and leads you to eat bigger portions every time causing weight gain.

You tend to sleep less when your body runs short of minerals and you can be sure of those reduced love handles coming back once again.

Changing your healthy routine by not exercising, is a must fall back and you cannot run away from getting fat once again.

so finally let’s get the real answer to….

3. How to maintain weight?

Well! follow these great tips to maintain weight and live a healthy life forever:

a. Hydrate your body with 8-10 glasses of water.

b. Exercise at least 30 minutes to 2 hours daily.

c. Do not skip your breakfast. Eat your breakfast loaded with proteins, vitamins, minerals and tiny bit of carbs from veggies or try oat meal.

d. Carry healthy food to your office to maintain weight. Chop veggies a night before and cook the next day. It will only take 30 minutes to cook 2 meals and 2 snacks.

e.  Avoid emotional eating.

f. Team up with family, friends or colleagues to make sure that you stay motivated.

g. Stay active as much as possible doing every tiny task yourself.

h. Step on the scale that you have at home to check your weight and track your inches every month.

i. Do not skip any meal and eat your last meal at least 3-4 hours before bed time.

j. Avoid eating too many carbs in your last meal.

k. Start participating in sports and other social events like marathon, trekking etc.

Try every possible way to stay active, fit and maintain weight. You can use this great diet plan to ensure continuity.

Eat healthy and stay fit.