Daily Fit Tip: Go at it together

If you're trying to lose weight, it can be pretty hard to get, and stay, motivated. But what if you had someone around you who could tell you how great your doing, commiserate with you when you're tired of it all, all the while offering ongoing support and encouragement. That would be great, wouldn't it? So why don't you enlist your significant other as a weight loss buddy? Together you can rid yourself of the junk food in the house, and you'll have someone who will remind you that you should be at the gym instead of on the couch. You won't have to prepare two meals - a healthy one and a regular one. Plus, weight loss is a life change, and if you both change your lives, you're less likely to fall back in to bad habits.

For some people, this isn't quite so clear-cut. Take me, for example. My partner is very lean and has no need to lose any weight. But together we can make a commitment to eat better and even though he won't go to the gym with me, I can plan other healthy activities with him, like going on a hike. It's better as a couple and I feel more at ease knowing that he is making the same healthy changes, even if his changes aren't motivated by the need to fit in a certain pair of jeans.

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