- About Treatments That Work
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Information about Weight Loss and This Treatment Program
- Chapter 1 Session 1: Welcome
- Chapter 2 Session 2: Calorie-Cutting Keys
- Chapter 3 Session 3: Goal Setting; Weighing and Measuring
- Chapter 4 Session 4: Labels, Planning, and Calorie Accounting
- Chapter 5 Session 5: Control What You Can, Accept What You Can’t; The Home Food Environment
- Chapter 6 Session 6: Physical Activity and Willingness (Part 1)
- Chapter 7 Session 7: Willingness (Part 2) and Values
- Chapter 8 Session 8: Forming Good Habits and Flexibility
- Chapter 9 Session 9: Restaurant Eating; Handling Weekends and Special Occasions
- Chapter 10 Session 10: Barriers to Living a Valued Life
- Chapter 11 Session 11: Friends and Family
- Chapter 12 Session 12: Introduction to Defusion and Urge Surfing
- Chapter 13 Session 13: Strategies to Help Defuse and Increase Willingness
- Chapter 14 Session 14: Review of Dietary Principles, Mindless Eating (Part 1), and Portion Sizes
- Chapter 15 Session 15: Mindless Eating (Part 2) and Mindful Decision-Making
- Chapter 16 Session 16: Transitioning to Biweekly Meetings
- Chapter 17 Session 17: Maintaining Losses Over the Long Term
- Chapter 18 Session 18: Willingness and Reducing Barriers to Physical Activity
- Chapter 19 Session 19: Committed Action
- Chapter 20 Session 20: Overeating and Emotional Eating
- Chapter 21 Session 21: Lapse Versus Relapse and Reversing Small Weight Gains
- Chapter 22 Session 22: Revisiting Commitment and Transition to Monthly/Bimonthly Meetings
- Chapter 23 Session 23: Maintaining Motivation
- Chapter 24 Session 24: Looking Ahead
- Chapter 25 Session 25: Celebrating Accomplishments
- Appendix A Keeping Track Form
- Appendix B In-Session Weight Change Record
- Appendix C Home Weight Change Record
- Appendix D Weekly Review
- Appendix E Worksheets
(p. 139) Session 23: Maintaining Motivation
- Chapter:
- (p. 139) Session 23: Maintaining Motivation
- Author(s):
Evan M. Forman
and Meghan L. Butryn
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med:psych/9780190232023.003.0024
This chapter (Session 23) discusses how to maintain long-term motivation for weight control by focusing on the importance of values to motivate behavior, even if short-term reward of weight control behaviors is decreasing (e.g., weight loss is slowing, self-monitoring is becoming tiresome). Clients are encouraged to view the hard work of weight control as working toward their values and to use the skill of willingness to continue to engage in healthy behaviors, even when it is difficult uncomfortable to do so.
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- About Treatments That Work
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Information about Weight Loss and This Treatment Program
- Chapter 1 Session 1: Welcome
- Chapter 2 Session 2: Calorie-Cutting Keys
- Chapter 3 Session 3: Goal Setting; Weighing and Measuring
- Chapter 4 Session 4: Labels, Planning, and Calorie Accounting
- Chapter 5 Session 5: Control What You Can, Accept What You Can’t; The Home Food Environment
- Chapter 6 Session 6: Physical Activity and Willingness (Part 1)
- Chapter 7 Session 7: Willingness (Part 2) and Values
- Chapter 8 Session 8: Forming Good Habits and Flexibility
- Chapter 9 Session 9: Restaurant Eating; Handling Weekends and Special Occasions
- Chapter 10 Session 10: Barriers to Living a Valued Life
- Chapter 11 Session 11: Friends and Family
- Chapter 12 Session 12: Introduction to Defusion and Urge Surfing
- Chapter 13 Session 13: Strategies to Help Defuse and Increase Willingness
- Chapter 14 Session 14: Review of Dietary Principles, Mindless Eating (Part 1), and Portion Sizes
- Chapter 15 Session 15: Mindless Eating (Part 2) and Mindful Decision-Making
- Chapter 16 Session 16: Transitioning to Biweekly Meetings
- Chapter 17 Session 17: Maintaining Losses Over the Long Term
- Chapter 18 Session 18: Willingness and Reducing Barriers to Physical Activity
- Chapter 19 Session 19: Committed Action
- Chapter 20 Session 20: Overeating and Emotional Eating
- Chapter 21 Session 21: Lapse Versus Relapse and Reversing Small Weight Gains
- Chapter 22 Session 22: Revisiting Commitment and Transition to Monthly/Bimonthly Meetings
- Chapter 23 Session 23: Maintaining Motivation
- Chapter 24 Session 24: Looking Ahead
- Chapter 25 Session 25: Celebrating Accomplishments
- Appendix A Keeping Track Form
- Appendix B In-Session Weight Change Record
- Appendix C Home Weight Change Record
- Appendix D Weekly Review
- Appendix E Worksheets