{"id":2083,"date":"2020-11-02T09:58:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T09:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/ie\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2020-11-02T09:58:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T09:58:57","slug":"how-to-maintain-cycling-weight-deep-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/ie\/2020\/11\/02\/how-to-maintain-cycling-weight-deep-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Maintain Cycling Weight \u2013 Deep Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motivation when losing weight is easy. The goal is clear, you can see your progress. This makes your life simple and motivation strong. It\u2019s much harder to retain the same level of motivation for weight maintenance. Let\u2019s search for the deep motivation that will carry you towards your long-term weight wellness.<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nMaintenance can feel boring<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you successfully get to your weight, it feels good \u2013 it\u2019s an achievement. But what is the outlook after that? Change nothing? Just keep things the same? That sounds boring and leaves people confused, lost or even discouraged. You will have to go deeper to find a new source of motivation to keep the weight off.<\/p>\n

\"Cyclist<\/a>
You need to concentrate to find the right motivation. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Find your deep reason<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Your new source of motivation should come from a deeper reason for why you want to maintain cycling weight. A good way to identify that reason is to try the \u201c5 whys<\/a>\u201d exercise. First, you ask yourself why you want to keep your current weight. And after that, you ask why again. You repeat this five times and that will get you very close to the heart of what is actually behind your goal. These are examples of what an answer to the final \u201cwhy\u201d might sound like.<\/p>\n

To be able to enjoy cycling my whole life even when I\u2019m old.<\/p>\n

To stay healthy so I can ride a bike with my kids and grandkids one day.<\/p>\n

To be fit enough to go on cycling adventures with my friends whenever the opportunity arises.<\/p>\n

\"Cycling<\/a>
Could adventures with your friends be your motivation? \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Your meaning becomes your big goal<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The great thing is that the meaning behind your goal that you just identified can become the big shiny goal just like weight loss. Now you have something you can connect to when you need to do something hard in order to stay on the path. You can always ask yourself: \u201cIs what I\u2019m doing right now helping me reach my new big goal, my meaning?<\/p>\n

You can trust yourself<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The ability to be flexible with your diet, having supporting activities<\/a>, and deep motivation will all help you with one thing, building self-trust. This is the key overarching skill that will help you navigate weight maintenance over the rest of your life. The future is always uncertain and life will throw all kinds of obstacles and problems at you that will make your weight wellness seem secondary. Only when you can trust yourself that you will be able to correct the course no matter what, can you be sure that the cycling weight will stay off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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