PREVENTION PLUS CLINIC
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 1.     PRIORITIZE. The beds might not get made, but Amy Reed, 36, still makes time for exercise. That’s how she has kept off more than 80 pounds for 13 years. “ I have to schedule it in and let go of other things, like a perfectly clean house,” she says. 

2.     FIND A PASSION. “I have a dance background and when I found jazzercise, I said, ‘Thank God.’ If somebody had told me I had to go out and run five days a week, I’d still weigh 185 pounds,” says Anne Geren, 41, who has lost 55 pounds and has kept it off for 13 years. 

3.     KEEP AN EXERCISE LOG.     It makes you more accountable. Norma from Dallas, who hangs hers on the refrigerator, checks off six workouts a week dutifully. “If I miss one day, I make that my day off for the week.” 

4.     SET A GOAL. Sign up for some fun runs and try to improve your times. “Went from a 5-K to a 4-miler, then a 5-miler, then a 10-K. As I was building miles and speed, I was getting fitter and losing more weight,” says Therese Revitt, 42, who lost 80 pounds and recently ran a marathon. 

5.     GET PUMPED. It wasn’t until I put on more muscle through resistance training that I was able to keep the weight off almost effortlessly,” says Verona Mucci, 37, who went from a size 18 to an 8. The reason? Muscle burns more calories around the clock.